Radio Hams to Operate from Hot Air Balloon

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On Wednesday 10th August 2022, radio club Zottegem ON6ZT / UBA section ZTM will plan the Friends Round Flemish Ardennes from a hot air balloon.ON8VC Jurgen, ON3NSB Niels and ON5MB Bernard will provide the round on the known frequency 145.550 MHz. Balloon will take off in the Zottegem region (JO10??) and the flight will probably take 1 to 1.5 hours from max 2500 feet. Balloon will also be available to follow via APRS. Starting time probably between 18 and 20 hours.

Those who want to follow /work this unique round already put a big exclamation mark in their agenda at 10 August For a balloon ride, everything depends of course on the weather conditions. In case of bad weather, the round will not take place.

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Lack of Danish Ham Radio Training

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The June 2022 report from the Board of Denmark's EDR notes the problem with lack of availability of training courses and suggests maybe as many as 50% who pass the exam never become active.

Other Highlights include

  • Lack of volunteers are both national board level and club level

  • Lack of training services being provided by local clubs

  • Requirement to invest in virtual / joint training services

  • Requirement for mentors to educate and coach new licneces

  • Aim to retain 50% of successful candidates as Hams

Meeting report - https://www.edr.dk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EDR-nyhedsbrev-01.06.2022.pdf

Proposed New Ham Radio Regulations in Slovakia

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Proposed New Ham Radio Regulations in Slovakia

Eight years after it was requested by Slovakia's national society SZR, the communications regulator is proposing increasing the Novice power limit to 100 watts with access to all HF bands

After the approval of the amendment to the Act on Electronic Communications in Parliament, the Regulatory Office returned to our permission conditions (PP), which had been postponed for more than eight years. The SZR submitted its proposal already in 2014, and despite many meetings and our comments, progress was minimal.

The ice did not move until this spring when the office began to work intensively on the permit conditions. During this period, the SZR was in intensive working contact with the office and participated in the preparation of the wording of many parts, while we started from our proposal eight years ago.

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