Rye Man Convicted for Making Racial Remarks over Amateur Radio Networks

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Rye Man Convicted for Making Racial Remarks over Amateur Radio Networks

A Rye man has been convicted of broadcasting racist messages over the CB and amateur radio frequencies, police confirmed today (Wednesday, February 2).

John Saxby, 61, of Rye Harbour Road, was convicted of a charge of committing racially aggravated harassment without violence when he appeared at Hastings Magistrates Court on Wednesday, January 19.

The CB and amateur radio frequencies are most commonly used on ships, lorries and people engaging in two-way radio conversations.

The court heard between March and June 2021, Saxby made a number of racial remarks over the radio networks.

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Pilots Fault Electronics "Spoofing" of GPS Signals

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No one likes radio interference - not hams and certainly not airline pilots. Stuff for Colin

Radio interference that has created electronic spoofing of GPS signals is reported to be interfering with aircraft attempting to land at Israel's Ben Gurion airport, according to several news outlets. The Times of Israel reports that the signals are coming from defence systems installed in Syria by Russia and they are having an impact on commercial airliners.

State-owned Israeli TV station KAN said that Moscow has told Israel the signals are part of defense systems designed to protect Russian soldiers in Syria. A pilot told the KAN news outlet that the signals during the last four weeks have been as strong as those experienced in early 2019. The pilot said, however, that those earlier signals eventually stopped. He told the station "“What we’ve run into is [electromagnetic] spectrum interference from the east, which has taken us a while to understand what it is."

The reports said that officials believe the interference with commercial planes is collateral damage and that the jamming is directed elsewhere.

ARRL Seeks Candidates to Serve on its Investment Management Committee

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ARRL Seeks Candidates to Serve on its Investment Management Committee

ARRL is seeking three qualified candidates to serve on its Investment Management Committee. Selected individuals will be part of a six-member team to provide oversight of ARRL’s external investment manager and to advise ARRL’s Administration & Finance Committee and the Board of Directors on investment policies and portfolio management.

It is expected that committee members will meet quarterly, with one or two meetings in person and the remaining meetings via videoconference. Terms of office are to be 5 years, however, qualified candidates will be the initial committee members and the initial terms will be 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years to create an appropriate staggered term structure.

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