2021 Committee Nominations

Amateur Radio News from Southgate ARC

• Ofcom to add EMF clause to ham radio licences
  Ofcom have decided to go ahead with their plans to introduce an unnecessary EMF clause into the amateur radio licenCe. It will be inplace no later than May 18 and there will be at least a 6 month grace period to comply
• WSPR Rowing Atlantic sea!
  Yes I did it! Guirec Soudee, after 74 days at sea and over 2,900 nautical miles of rowing, between Canary Isl snd Carabbean Isl I finally arrived this Friday February 26th in St Barthélemy
• France: New Amateur Radio Callbook available for download
  A new callbook listing the more than 13,000 radio amateurs in France at the end of 2020 is now available for free download
• The strongest geomagnetic storm of the new solar cycle (so far)
  Did you know, March is the most geomagnetically active month of the year?
• DXpedition video - K5P Palmyra Atoll
  The following is a YouTube.com video/presentation at a 'Redwood Empire DX Association' (W6KB) online club meeting by John Miller, K6MM, titled 'K5P DXpedition: The Cursed Paradise of Palmyra Atoll'
• Costa Rica and its great VHF National Channel
  Costa Rica is a small country but it has an exceptional repeater system, which helps to save the broken topography of this Central American country of 51,100 km², thanks to the work of the main radio clubs and individual radio amateurs who actively participate
• New 70cm beacon at Catalonia
  Since March 1st a new 70cm band beacon is active nearby Barcelona, sponsored by Unió de Radioaficionats de Catalunya-URCAT
• Alan Turing's grades
  Alan Turing's grades report cards. Alan Turing was a code breaker and the father of computer science - here I react to some of his school grades
• German North Pole DXpedition
  Operators Martina/DF3TS and Thomas/DC8TMmwill activate Svalbard (EU-026) as JW/homecalls to start their DXpedition between April 10-13th, 2022
• St. Lucia operation
  Operators Bill/K9HZ (J68HZ), Kyle/WA4PGM (J68PG) and Dan/W0CN (J68CN) will once again be active as J68HZ from a villa at Labrelotte Bay, Castries, St. Lucia (NA-108, WLOTA L-1336), between March 2-11th