South African 40 MHz (8m) ham radio contact

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A landmark contact on the 8m band at 40.675Mhz has been recorded in South Africa between two ZS Stations.

The successful contact between Willem Badenhorst, ZS6WAB and Ian Roberts, ZS6BTE was recorded on Saturday 16th August 2015.

Willem ZS6WAB at operating his amateur / ham radio station from Polokwane used a FSK441, Ian, ZS6BTE operated from Johannesburg.

VHF in ZS2FM's weekly updates - http://www.sarl.org.za/Default.asp#VHF_UHF

South African Radio League - http://www.sarl.org.za/

FreeDV digital HF Voice Mode QSO Party

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The Amateur Radio Experimenters Group is organizing a world first FreeDV digital HF voice mode QSO Party weekend for September 12/13th 2015 using the special event callsign VK100ANZAC courtesy of the WIA.

FreeDV digital voice is an open source codec/system developed by David Rowe VK5DGR. The aim is to encourage as many people as possible to come and try their hand at digital HF voice operation using FreeDV around the world.

More details - http://www.areg.org.au/?p=1578

Senator Thanks Radio Amateurs

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Mississippi US Senator Roger Wicker, has thanked ham radio operators for their lifesaving role during Hurricane Katrina

When Hurricane Katrina knocked out communication services on the Coast, amateur radio operators provided many people with their only contact to the outside world. Recently, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker came to South Mississippi to personally thank the operators who played a critical role during the disaster. 

Senator Roger Wicker thanked ham radio operators

Whilst meeting the team of radio operators, Wicker took up the opportunity to make his first amateur radio contact to commemorate Hurricane Katrina.

"This is Kilo 5 Alpha, K5A, special events station for the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina," Wicker announced over the radio.

Wicker picked up some new communication skills during a visit with some ham operators at the Central Jackson County EOC building in Vancleave.

“It’s a good opportunity for us to thank the amateur radio operators for their role in helping the public and helping to save lives and helping to get information out that was vitally needed”
— Senator Roger Wicker