Sad news to start the New Year off. Jim Frysinger WE4SI is in the hospital from a fall he had at home getting in-to his truck. A couple of broken ribs and a blood clot on his lung.
He will be out of pocket for awhile.
From KD4WX
Category: FYI
From ARRL – “Access to 60 Meters Continues to Expand”
From ARRL (source: http://www.arrl.org/news/access-to-60-meters-continues-to-expand)
11/11/2019
[CORRECTED: 2019-11-14 @ 1234 UTC] According to the latest edition of The 5 MHz Newsletter, regulatory agencies in an expanding list of countries have granted amateur radio access to a 60-meter band.
A secondary allocation of 5.351.5 – 5.366.5 MHz was released to radio amateurs in Kuwait, where they will adhere to the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) allocation, permitting a maximum power of 15 W EIRP. Indonesian and Greek hams recently gained access to the same allocation.
Meanwhile, Israel has extended authorization of 5 MHz amateur permits to the end of Decembern 2023 and added a Channel 0 to the existing eight channels, where hams may run 100 W PEP on several modes, depending upon the channel.
Still under discussion is ham radio access to a 5 MHz secondary band in Australia, where the band is used by some emergency services and law enforcement. Nearly 80 countries offer some level of amateur access to the 5 MHz band.
In the US, ARRL petitioned the FCC shortly after WRC-15 to allocate a secondary 60-meter band and to permit 100 W PEP, as already authorized on the existing channels there.
Submitted by KD4WX
“Calling radio amateurs: help find OPS-SAT!”
From ESA:
Calling all radio amateurs! ESA is challenging anyone with amateur radio equipment to catch the first signals from OPS-SAT, ESA’s brand new space software laboratory.
On 17 December, OPS-SAT will be launched into low-Earth orbit on a Soyuz rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, together with ESA’s Cheops exoplanet-tracker.
Once launched, the satellite will deploy its solar panels and ultra-high frequency antenna, and then start to send signals back home.
Could you be the first on Earth to catch them? ESA’s mission control team in Darmstadt are asking for your help to find the fledgling CubeSat.
Source/More Info: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Calling_radio_amateurs_help_find_OPS-SAT
Submitted by KD4WX
Jay’s uBITX from November Meeting
A picture of Jay’s (WS4JM) uBITX radio from the November club meeting.
Weather 101
From NWS Nashville:
LINK: https://www.weather.gov/ohx/weather101
Free for anyone interested.
Submitted by KW1LL
Great ShakeOut
Participate in the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill
FEMA, in partnership with ShakeOut, encourages everyone to take action and register their participation in the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill.
The 2019 International ShakeOut day is Oct. 17. Millions of people worldwide will drop, cover, and hold on during earthquake drills in schools, organizations, communities, and households at 10:17 a.m. local time.
Earthquakes can happen where we work, live, or travel, and earthquake drills are an opportunity for everyone, everywhere, to practice earthquake safety and other aspects of emergency plans. Visit ShakeOut.org to register your participation, find resources, and learn more.
Submitted by KD4WX
Spotter Classes
From NWS Nashville
Has it been years since you’ve taken a spotter class? Do you know someone interested in weather? Give yourself a brush up or pass this along to someone you know:
Online SKYWARN spotter season for NWS is underway. Our next class is this afternoon (10/3) at 1 pm, but we’ll be offering classes throughout the month of October. Take the class at work or from the comfort of your own home for FREE.
Register here: https://www.weather.gov/ohx/skywarn
Thanks and we’ll “see you” online!
Scott Unger
NWS Nashville
Submitted by KD4WX
Dipole Antennas
Looking for a better understanding of how a dipole antenna performs? The link below could be enlightening.
Submitted by KD4WX
Article – “September is National Preparedness Month”
From ARRL
Source: http://www.arrl.org/news/september-is-national-preparedness-month
September is National Preparedness Month
09/03/2019
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sponsors National Preparedness Month each September to promote family and community disaster and emergency planning throughout the year. The 2019 theme is “Prepared, Not Scared.” FEMA is a long-time ARRL partner agency. This year, FEMA wants participants — which include Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) volunteers — to share their activities and success stories, as well as brief descriptions of their National Preparedness Month plans (include “NPM” in the email subject line).
An appropriate submission would be your ARES team’s planned or conducted ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET) activity. The SET is designed to assess the skills and preparedness of ARES and other organizations involved with emergency/disaster response, and the 2019 SET is scheduled for the October 5 – 6 weekend. Guidelines and specific SET reporting forms for Field Organization leaders are on the ARRL website. Download and send completed forms to Steve Ewald, WV1X, at ARRL Headquarters. See page 71 in the September 2019 issue of QST for more information on the 2019 SET.
Submitted by KD4WX
United States POW-MIA Special Event – September 13-22, 2019
Source: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2019/august/united-states-pow-mia-special-event.htm
Look for special event station K4MIA/8 to be active between September 13-22nd. Activity is to honor and support our Veterans.
Operators are Linda/N8LRS and Metro/W8MET acting as a sister-station from Ohio for the 4th year. This event was originated by Mike, K4MIA, from Florida with other sister-stations involved.
Details can be found on the ARRL Web site under “ON-THE-AIR” under SPECIAL EVENT under the call-letters of K4MIA. Also, this special event will be in the September QST. Please take part in this special event for our Veterans.
QSLs are available with SASE. They will be operating on 40 meters SSB.
ADDED NOTE: Other sister stations to look for K4MIA/5 and K4MIA/7.
Submitted by: KW1LL
White County Amateur Radio Club 