25th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day

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25th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day

SKYWARN Recognition Day is 7th December 2024. The annual event is celebrating its 25th anniversary. SRD was established in 1999 by the National Weather Service and ARRL® to commemorate the contributions of SKYWARN volunteers. Using amateur radio and other means of communication, SKYWARN spotters provide real time ground truth to NWS offices. The ham-volunteers can also provide vital communications between NWS and local emergency management officials when other means go down.

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Special Event Station - AU2JCB

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AU2JCB is a special event call-sign to commemorate the birth date (30 November) & to pay homage &to tell about the great INDIAN scientist Acharya JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE who is recognized as the "Father of Wireless Communication" by the scientific community of our world & IEEE.

I am, VU2DSI is operating with this call sign for the last 17 years since 2005& operate AU2JCB from 15 November 2024 to 16 December 2024.

Details of Operation

Period - 15 November 2024 to 16 December 2024

Frequencies

10 M - 28545, 28520,28350.
21 M - 21235, 21310, 21350.
20M - 14210, 14250, 14310.
40 M - 7040, 7150.
80 M - 3710.

FM MODE - 6M –50800, 51500. 10 M---29700.

Preferably the operation will be on higher bands according to propagation conditions.

QSL, Direct to VU2DSI, "SURABHI" MEHERABAD. AHMEDNAGAR.414006. INDIA.


Jamboree On The Air EME Event

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An earth-moon-earth (EME) event will take place during the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) 18-19 October 2024. the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope located in Dwingeloo, Netherlands will facilitate the EME event, listening for scout stations on 432.050 MHz between 17:00 UTC and 22:30 UTC both days.

Those interested in listening in may do so through the CAMRAS WebSDR.

More Information - https://www.scouting.org/international/jota-joti/jota/