Special Regional Secondary Locator – Q

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In response to requests from radio amateurs and after contact from Ofcom, a special RSL “Q” will be available from Wednesday 14 September 2022 until the end of official national mourning on Monday 19 September 2022.

Any licensed radio amateur may choose to use this after their UK call sign prefix to show their respect for the Queen if they wish to do so.

Radio amateurs will need to download the Notice of Variation (NoV) which is available from https://rsgb.org/main/operating/licensing-novs-visitors/online-nov-application/notice-of-variation-to-mark-the-passing-and-funeral-of-her-late-majesty-queen-elizabeth/

Radio Hams in Nuclear Power Plant Exercise

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Radio Hams in Nuclear Power Plant Exercise

Ohio Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) just completed a dry-run exercise for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Lake County, Ohio.

ARRL Ohio Section Emergency Coordinator Stan Broadway, N8BHL, said the drill was practice for the federally judged exercise scheduled for September.

The Ohio Emergency Operations Center (EOC) amateur station, W8SGT, was utilized and on the air to communicate with several counties in northeast Ohio. Amateur radio serves in the emergency planning as a backup communications resource. The actual exercise is focused more on the power plant and its operation, but the state EOC is involved for the process.

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New Zealand acts over Importation of Handheld Transceivers

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New Zealand acts over Importation of Handheld Transceivers

A Northland man who breached the Radiocommunications Act faces a fine of up to $30K

It relates to the importation of two types of handheld transceiver which should only have been sold to licensed radio amateurs.

New Zealand has specific regulations around the use of two-way radios. Concern about them led to the introduction of a Notice in 2018 banning the importation, sale and distribution of two-way radios without a special, endorsed licence.

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