Southgate ARC

1. International Emergency Communication Registry of Operators (IECRO) 2021 Annual Membership

   Its that time of year again. Every January IECRO runs its membership drive campaign

2. Radio Society of Christchurch (New Zealand) Centenary Award

   The Christchurch ARC (NZART branch 05) is pleased to announce an informal award to celebrate the club’s centenary

3. ARISS contact is scheduled for students at Hisagi Junior High School, Zushi, Japan

   Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS)

4. Australian radio hams keep same callsign when upgrading

   In July 2020 Australia followed other countries and stopped forcing radio amateurs to change callsign every time they got a new qualification or moved to another part of the country

5. TV DETECTOR VANS ONCE PROWLED THE STREETS OF ENGLAND

   The United Kingdom is somewhat unique in the world for requiring those households which view broadcast television to purchase a licence for the privilege

6. Germany dealt with over 3,500 radio interference complaints in 2020

   Germany's Federal Network Agency BNetzA take radio interference seriously and in 2020 dealt with over 3,500 cases

7. Does price buy performance or satisfaction in an HF transceiver?

   Frank Howell K4FMH of ICQ podcast is talking on this subject at the Denby Dale amateur radio club on Weds January 20th at 7.30pm (1930utc)

8. Radio hams comment on the draft BNetzA plans for 2021

   Germany's amateur radio round table (RTA) has commented in a letter on the Federal Network Agency BNetzA draft plan for the year 2021

9. QSO Today with Clint Turner KA7OEI

   Clint Turner, KA7OEI, is an experimenter, builder, and operator on all bands and modes

10. ICQPodcast - Improving your Handy Talkie

    In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Ed Durrant (DD5LP), Frank Howell (K4FMH) and Bill Barnes (WC3B) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and in this episode’s features How to improve your Handy Talkie