European Radio Amateurs' Organization

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels

ARRL reports they have petitioned the FCC to reconsider its order removing the secondary Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Service allocations at 3.3 – 3.5 GHz

On Tuesday, November 10, Dave Johnson G4DPZ gave an online satellite talk to the Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club, the video is now available for everyone to watch on YouTube

On the 16th of October 2020, there was a remarkable 3000+ km contact made on the 70cms band between South Africa and St.Helena in the South Atlantic

We are pleased to announce the arrival of our Nevada RC-105 antenna mounting bracket for the Icom IC-705

JARL cancelled the Tokyo Ham Fair due to COVID-19, but, unlike ARRL or DARC, JARL did not plan anything in lieu of Ham Fair. Therefore, some radio amateur volunteers hosted the “Virtual Ham Festival 2020” on November 1, 2020

The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity on the amateur radio bands

A fairly average week, poor in the middle not bad at the weekend. I worked a few PYs and LWs again but nothing exotic. But there were some interesting ones out there. FK8HA (New Caledonia), 7Q6M (Malawi), ZD7FT (St Helena), FR1GZ (Reunion) and XR33M (Chile Special)

The ARRL reports on the role of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) in response to tropical storm Eta

The next free amateur radio Foundation Online training course run by volunteers from Essex Ham starts on November 15

Laurie Margolis G3UML, BBC journalist and News Editor, is well known for being the radio amateur who broke news of the Falkland Islands invasion in 1982. He shares some of his stories in this talk to the Mid Ulster ARC

After being consistently ‘Out Gunned’ using his Ultrabeam 6el by Gary G0FWX who uses the InnovAntennas BOLPA (Band Optimised Log Periodic Array), Peter, G2YT decided to join the part and install the much shorter BOLPA Log

Q and A Mini Course: The Breathing Heliosphere and Solar Activity Cycle (Part 1) - The latest space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov WX6SWW

Ofcom has approved requests from Bauer Radio to change its ‘approved areas’ in the North, and South and West, of England, following a public consultation

The Mid Ulster ARC is planning an online Foundation training course via zoom. This will last a period of weeks and as it is via zoom, anyone can join. The plan will be weekly classes one evening a week

I want to mention with great pride that I am celebrating his birth-date 30 Nov every year with a special callsign - AU2JCB for the last 15 years. The lookups are 66,700 and my QSOs are more than 150,000