Goodbye Bluetooth?

Good bye Bluetooth - the most common short-range wireless data exchange technology as its now set to face the threat of extinction unleashed by a scientist from Bankura with his newer micro device that's set to serve the digital gadgets soon.

The scientist has been offered the patent for a revolutionary wireless antenna that can help data transfer 100 times faster than Bluetooth. Super compact ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna, the micro device is developed by professor Srikanta Pal, FINALLY in October he was awarded the patent right by Centres Patent Office, for which professor Pal had applied in July, 2013.

Professor Pal said, This is the world's smallest antenna, it's sized 14mm X 11mm with about a 10:1 bandwidth. It has almost a constant impedance bandwidth, gain and omni-directional radiation pattern.

RSGB’s Tonight@8 Spring series

The RSGB’s Spring 2023 series of Tonight@8 kicks off this Monday 9 January when Ben Lloyd, GW4BML will be talking about Portable Operating. As well as explaining briefly the definition and benefits of portable operating, Ben will also share a little about his amateur radio adventures.

These focus mainly on SOTA, working DX and contesting, but all by operating portable. Ben will run through everything that is packed away in his rucksack to enable successful activation.

You can watch and ask questions live on our YouTube channel or special BATC channel. Further information about this and other webinars can be found on the Society’s website -http://rsgb.org/webinars

Amateur Radio Operations at the US Military Academies

The Service Academies Radio Group (SARG) was recently formed for alumni and amateur radio operators who are interested in the five U.S military academies.

William Curry, W5CQ, founder and net control operator for the SARG Net, said two months ago there was a new interest in forming a group and net. He noticed that only one military academy, West Point, W2KGY, was still operating a club station. At one time, every military academy had an operating club station.

“The club stations at the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Maritime Academy all have been off the air for some time. But we now have 50 new members, all who are interested in promoting amateur radio at all of the academies.”

— William Curry, W5CQ

The SARG net meets every Thursday at 2200 UTC on 7.280 MHz, and every Saturday at 1600 UTC on 14.338 MHz. All amateur radio operators, whether they are veterans, or just have an interest in the military or history of the academies, are invited.

Curry has been licensed since 1950 and holds an Amateur Extra-class license. He is also an ARRL Life Member.

Contact SARG Net - w5cq@arrl.net