Melbourne QRP by the Bay

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If you're into QRP, homebrewing and HF antennas don't miss Melbourne's QRP by the Bay.

QRP Basics
£14.99
By Dobbs G
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Enthusiastic amateurs will gather on Chelsea beach and show of projects, demonstrate antennas and swap experiences.

If you've just got your ham ticket and haven't done much HF, it's a great opportunity to see how it's done with 5 or 10 watts. It's easier than you 
think.

VK3YE Peter Parker told WIA National News that the venue will be Chelsea Beach, near Victory Park and the Chelsea Longbeach Surf Lifesaving Club.

The date: Saturday February 14 from 3pm. That's Saturday February 14, any time from 3pm.
QRP by the Bay is an informal gathering. Bring any radio related projects, equipment, antenna or accessories. Stay as short or long as you like. 

The venue is family friendly with numerous parks and food outlets nearby.

While it’s Valentine’s day there’s plenty in and around Chelsea to combine a visit with a meal or sunset walk on the beach.

This will be the fourth Melbourne QRP by the Bay. Last November’s produced a record crowd with nearly 30 present.

Yasme Honours IARU Region 1 Youth Programme

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The Board of Directors of the Yasme Foundation has announced the recipients of the Yasme Excellence Awards for 2014, and other actions

Yasme Honours IARU Region 1 Youth Programme

Yasme Honours IARU Region 1 Youth Programme

IARU Region 1 is delighted to learn that Lisa Leenders, PA2LS, the Chair of the Region 1 Youth Working Group and Florin-Cristian Predescu, YO9CNU have been awarded a Yasme Excellence award for their work in organizing and promoting Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) and amateur radio youth activities.

The Yasme Excellence Award is presented to individuals who, through their own service, creativity, effort and dedication, have made a significant contribution to amateur radio. The contribution may be in recognition of technical, operating or organizational achievement, as all three are necessary for amateur radio to grow and prosper.

Furthermore, the Yasme Foundation has awarded IARU Region 1 a grant of $5,000 in support of youth activities in amateur radio.

In a separate action, the Yasme Foundation has awarded IARU Region 1 Member Society, the Egyptian Radio Amateurs Society for Development (ERASD) a grant of $2,000 in support of its activities.

In acknowledging the award to IARU Region 1 for its youth programme, the President of IARU Region 1, Don Beattie, G3BJ, said “We are delighted that Yasme has chosen to recognise and support the work we are doing here in IARU Region 1. The future of amateur radio lies in our ability to attract and retain high calibre entrants to our ranks. Whilst the march of communications technology might, to some, seem to cast a question-mark over “traditional” amateur radio, our view is that there is much to attract today’s youth into our ranks. With Yasme’s financial support, we will be able to work even more energetically to help our Member Societies bring focus to attracting the new blood which amateur radio needs so much”

Yasme Foundation - http://www.yasme.org/

IARU Region 1 - http://iaru-r1.org/


Free Android SSTV Encoder/Decoder Software

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Ahmet Inan and his wife, Olga Miller, have teamed up to develop some very nice open source SSTV software for Android devices.

Free Android SSTV Encoder/Decoder Software

Free Android SSTV Encoder/Decoder Software

Olga has written the "SSTV Encoder" while Ahmet wrote the SSTV Decoder named, "Robot36 - SSTV Image Decoder".

Ahmet says he would like to keep the name Robot36 even though the app is able to decode more than just the Robot36 as a great respect for the Robot engineers who developed the awesome Robot36 mode.
It currently supports the following modes:

  • Robot Modes: 36 & 72
  • Martin Modes: 1 & 2
  • Scottie Modes: 1, 2 & DX
  • Wrasse Modes: SC2 180

"Robot36 - SSTV Image Decoder" is available for free on Google Play and also via GitHub.

GooglePlay - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xdsopl.robot36&hl=en
GitHub: https://github.com/xdsopl/robot36/tree/android

Olga's free open source SSTV Encoder - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=om.sstvencoder