Canadians Mark Transatlantic First

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CF3BP will be operating from the York region near Toronto until 12 December 2021.

It will mark the anniversary of the first transatlantic amateur radio transmission from Canada by Edward Rogers Senior using the call 3BP.

He was one of the few amateurs to successfully transmit across the Atlantic in an ARRL-sponsored test and the only Canadian to succeed, using a 500W spark gap transmitter.

Operated by members of the York Region ARC, a schedule is available, where you can also read more about the historical event.

326 Candidates Pass Dutch Ham Radio Exams in 2021

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On November 3, the last radio exams of 2021 were taken. In addition, 7 candidates passed the F-exam (CEPT HAREC) 36.8% and 24 for the N-exam (CEPT Novice) 70.6%. Now that the last exam of this year is behind us, it is also time to take stock of the exam results 2021.

Henk Vrolijk, secretary of the SRE (Stichting Radio Examens) says: "This year the SRE has organized an exam nine times. In addition, we received a total of 440 candidates at the various locations (Nieuwegein, Leeuwarden and Veldhoven): 159 for taking the F exam and 281 for the N exam. A special exam was also taken four times, three times N and once F. The success rate among the N candidates this year was 80.4% (229 passed).

In 2022, the organization of radio exams will again be in the hands of the Radio Exams Foundation. On the website of the SRE, the already known exam dates in 2022 are listed. The next exam is on 19 January 2022 in Nijkerk (GLD). The N-exam on 19 January is already fully booked, with the F-exam there is still room - https://www.radio-examen.nl/

Norway Looking to Introduce Entry Level Ham Radio License

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Norway Looking to Introduce Entry Level Ham Radio License

Norway is planning to introduce a 10 watt Entry Level License that will enable young people 12-13 years old to get started building simple transmitters and receivers

The Norwegian Research Council has given 1 million Kroner (£86,516) to support the project to recruit young radio amateurs.

Within the framework of its program "Strength of children and young people's digital competence and understanding of digital technology", the Norwegian Research Council has allocated 1 million kroner to the project "Radio Communications Technology for Young People".

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