Hamvention Officials Keeping an Eye on Coronavirus

Hamvention show organizers will post updates as the 15-17 May 2020 event nears, but they’re optimistic that coronavirus will not be an issue.

“At this time, the Hamvention Executive Committee has been in contact with the Greene County Public Health Department, and we do not anticipate any impact because of this issue,” a March 3 Hamvention statement said. The Greene County Public Health Department reports that no cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ohio.

“Greene County Public Health is working closely with the Ohio Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and are prepared to respond, should there be a community spread of COVID-19,” the Hamvention statement noted. “The current risk to the general public is very low. Travel advisories are in effect and can change anytime, so please see the CDC Travel Advisory webpage before travelling.”

ARRL Story - http://www.arrl.org/news/dayton-hamvention-officials-keeping-an-eye-on-coronavirus-situation

2020 SARL 95 National Convention

The Sandton and Hammies ARCs are hosting the 2020 SARL 95 National Convention over the weekend of 3 to 5 April 2020 at the Wanderers Club in Illovo, Johannesburg.

The SARL Symposium will be run on Friday 3 April with the SARL AGM on Saturday morning 4 April. The SARL 95 Celebratory Dinner Dance will be held on Saturday evening with Eddie Eksteen and the LM Radio Band.

Why SARL 95? The SARL will be 95 years old in 2020 and application will be made for a special call sign.

Members are hereby invited to submit motions for discussion at the AGM, as well as submit nominations for the various SARL Awards and Trophies. A call is also made to fill the five vacancies on Council as per the Constitution and Rules. The Councilors stepping down, maybe nominated if they are willing to stand. The relevant documents can be found on the AGM Documents page in the Members Only section.

The closing date for options and nominations is midnight on Friday 31 January 2020 and must be sent to the SARL Secretary.

Digimode Powerpoint Slides Released

Neil Smith G4DBN has released the PowerPoint slides for a talk he gave to the RSGB Convention titled 'I can HEAR it, why won’t it decode?' at the RSGB Convention

The slides cover what Aircraft Scatter does to a 144 MHz FT8 signal, Rainscatter and the multiple phase/frequency-shifted signals and cancellation effects caused by Ducts and other tropospheric phenomena.

Download 'I can HEAR it, why won’t it decode?' Powerpoint - http://www.g4dbn.uk/?p=1328

Neil G4DBN (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/g4dbn