GigaParts Expands Facilities

GigaParts will be expanding to a new Hunstville location featuring 55,000 square feet of space. In addition to the larger storefront, GigaParts will expand its product lines to include photography, astronomy, general aviation, and maker components for the first time. GigaParts has been a major ham radio equipment supplier in the US for more than 25 years.

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RSGB Director's SOTA challenge

RSGB Board Director Ben Lloyd, GW4BML has taken on the challenge of activating 10 summits during 12 days on the remote Scottish islands

He will climb some with his partner and fellow radio amateur Martha, and their two-year-old daughter Lyra.

This Summits on the Air (SOTA) challenge combines Ben’s favourite hobbies of amateur radio and hiking, but it also sometimes brings with it adverse weather conditions and the need to reach remote islands by kayak!

Ben is hoping that by sharing his challenge he will not only inspire radio amateurs to try SOTA, but he will also encourage people who love walking and hiking to try amateur radio.

You can catch up with his adventures on the RSGB social media channels and through the special playlist of videos on the RSGB YouTube channel.

YL in Philippines is net controller, Aged 10!

The newest operator handling a weekly evening net for the Philippines Ham Radio Cebu DX7CBU is also a very new ham who has wasted no time showing her leadership skills. At the age of 10, Summer Mina, DY7SUM, is the youngest member of the club, where her parents, Bjorn, DW7KGB, and Bopbop, DW7OIC, run nets on other nights. With the help of her parents and her mentor, Jet, 4F7MHZ, the club's founder and trustee, Summer sat for her Foundation exam from the National Telecommunications Commission this past June and received her licence. Now she is actively taking check-ins on 2 metres.

Jet told Newsline in an email that Summer was inspired by her parents' activities as amateur radio operators, calling her a natural achiever. Her leadership abilities extend to her academic life off the air. When she's not running the show on the local repeater, Summer is in her third term as president of her class at the Maria Montessori International School in Cebu.