IOTA Contest 2021 Logs Now Online

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The logs for the IOTA Contest 2021 island stations have been added to the IOTA database and are available for QSO matching.

Record holders who have made IOTA contacts in an IOTA contest after 2003 can claim credit for them without submitting QSLs, provided that the contact details match.

IOTA - https://www.iota-world.org/

Once you have logged in, go to the My IOTA tab and select Add Contest QSOs.

JOTA-JOTI Looking for Helpers

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JOTA-JOTI takes place from the 15th - 17th of October; hundreds of Scout stations are taking part, including many Irish Scout Troops.

The IRTS are seeking volunteers to lend a hand and an hour or two over the weekend in order to facilitate the event.

If you are interested in volunteering and introducing the next generation of Scouts to Amateur Radio, email Niall, the IRTS Youth Officer at yota /at/ irts.ie, include your name, a phone number and your County or Town, so we can set you up with the closest participating Scout Troop.

If you can't volunteer in person, don't forget to have a listen on the Bands on 15th to the 17th of October, and get some Scout Stations in the Logbook.

More information, including a full list of participating stations can be found at www.jotajoti.info

More Information - https://www.jotajoti.info/

Satellite Light Pollution

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Satellite Light Pollution

Go outside and enjoy the night sky because it might be about to change.

That’s according to Dr. Samantha Lawler with the Physics Department at the University of Regina (Saskatchewan, Canada).

She explains that thousands of communications satellites are being launched over the next few years and one company alone, Starlink, is planning to launch 42,000 satellites in the next twenty years.

SpaceX’s Starlink is adding 60 new satellites every few weeks. Dr. Lawler explains that all of these satellites reflect the sun, which then muddies the view for astronomy research. Her prediction for the light pollution is that the worst of it will be at 50 degrees latitude North and South, which aligns with Regina, Calgary, Vancouver and Winnipeg, among others.

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