India Joins Beaches On The Air

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A two-member team of amateurs from West Bengal – VU3IBL & VU3IZV activated India’s first beach on the air. The activations were on the 18th and 19th of December from Mousumi Island Beach (Grid – NL41). The team also made use of the special callsign – AU2SOA for this beach activation.

The team was actively supported by the Parks of the Air – India team for this first-ever beach activation from India.

Mousuni Island is located towards the Southern end of West Bengal. It is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal on three sides and a river on one side.

Beaches On The Air is a global award scheme for radio amateurs that promotes portable operation from beaches. Rolls of honour and awards for activators (those who operate from the beaches) and chasers (those who contact them from home or elsewhere). You can participate from any beach, country or region around the world.

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Amateur Radio Operations at the US Military Academies

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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.

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Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Changes to the Amateur Radio

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Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Changes to the Amateur Radio

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) have introduced changes to the amateur radio operation structure effective January 2023 to ensure the certification in Malaysia is in line with the practice in other countries.

MCMC said the changes include examination format, examination syllabus, qualification requirements to sit for the examinations and the introduction of Class C.

It also involves the Morse Code examination to upgrade to Class A which is now replaced by a computerised multiple-choice exam and the use of frequency and beam power limits for each class.

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