National Mills Weekend

The National Mills weekend will take place this year on the 9-10th May 2015.

Members of the A54 VERON section will be active, from an old corn mill known as the  'The Old Mill' (which dates from 1846) located on the Oudemolensedijk 16 at Oudemolen we will be QRV on all HF bands and 2 meters with the special call PA05MILL.

The team will be using the special event callsign -  PA05MILL.

All stations that haves a qso with PA05MILL receive a beautiful special QSL card via the QSL bureau.

A beautiful digital mill award will also be issued - for more information visit -  http://www.qrz.com/db/pa05mill

Irish Frequency Database Launched

Amateur / Ham Radio operators and shortwave listeners have a new online source of Irish radio frequencies.

FrequencyDB.com is an Irish radio frequency database that has received a make over and relaunched. The database contains over 1700 frequencies from the island of Ireland.

Irish Frequency Database - http://www.FrequencyDB.com/database

76 GHz Under Threat from Car Radar

Amateur Radio and Amateur Satellite allocations in the 76 GHz band are under threat from vehicle radar systems

The FCC is seeking comment on issues involving expanded use of various radar applications in the 76-81 GHz band, which Amateur Radio shares with other services. The band 77.5-78 GHz is allocated to the Amateur and Amateur Satellite services on a primary basis, and to the Radio Astronomy and Space Research services on a secondary basis.

“We undertake this proceeding to expand the available spectrum for radar operations in the 76-81 GHz band,” the FCC said in a detailed Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Reconsideration Order (NPRM&RO), released February 2015 in ET Docket 15-26.

The Commission said the proposals include allocation changes as well as provisions “to ensure that new and incumbent operations can share the available frequencies in the band.”

ARRL Story - http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-seeks-comment-on-radar-sharing-schemes-that-could-displace-amateur-radio-at-76-81-ghz