Hungarian 5MHz Beacon HG7BHB Closed Down

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The Hungarian 60m CW Beacon HG7BHB ( ITU Region 1), which could be found on 5352.5 kHz, has now ceased operation.

Established in 2015 by MRASZ, the Hungarian national amateur radio society, the beacon went out of order on 20th February 2017 and following a substantial increase in activity near its frequency plus the fact that an alternative frequency was not available, the decision was taken to switch off the HG7BHB beacon.

Map of Italian Ham Radio Repeaters

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Andrea Nuzzi IZ8WNH has made available an interactive map of amateur radio repeaters in Italy 

By selecting a place of interest, the application displays the results on both map and a table. The data can be downloaded as a CSV file for programming your transceiver memories using CHIRP or ADMS (for Yaesu radios).

Italian Repeater Map - https://www.iz8wnh.it/en.html

4 metres and WG2XPN

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North American 4 metre Transatlantic beacon license for WG2XPN has been renewed for another 2 years, allowing operations until 2019.

Beacon Trustee Brian, WA1ZMS advises that the beacon is still operating 24/7 using its usual operating parameters (70.005MHz CW, GPS locked, 3kW ERP) with a 3-element yagi aimed at 60 degrees true North from grid square FM07fm. The QTH is 1280m ASL.

The beacon has been heard via multi-hop E-skip in the UK and across the EU.

The WA1ZMS 2 metre sister beacon also remains QRV on 144.285MHz.

QSL reports for either beacon are encouraged via the DX cluster or http://www.beaconspot.eu