Radio Hams Train for Emergencies

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RF Wireless Amateur Radio Club will be participating in Field Day which takes place 24-25 June 2017
 
Lynn Neece WR7G, a member of RF Wireless Amateur Radio Club of Burley, said that while field day is an opportunity for the public to learn about the hobby and how to get started, for members it is also a training exercise for responding to a natural disaster or other emergencies.
 
Members will experience what it is like to operate away from their normal home stations by being part of a simulated emergency that requires setting up under adverse conditions, including the use of emergency power and portable antennas. The exercise will provide a chance to test systems and practice emergency protocols that are necessary when regular communications are disrupted.

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Neece said he enjoys the technical side of the hobby and derives satisfaction from knowing that he would be able to help out neighbours in the event of an emergency and reach his family in Pennsylvania.
 
Media Story - http://www.keypennews.com/index.php/component/k2/item/807-ham-radio-operators-train-for-emergencies-to-support-the-public
 
ARRL Field Day - http://www.arrl.org/field-day

Consultation Mobile Ship Communications

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Ofcom is consulting on plans to make new regulations that would enable ship passengers to use mobile devices on-board ships, without the need for a wireless telegraphy licence, if certain standards and requirements are met
 
The plans would mean that passengers could use their devices without causing interference to land-based mobile networks.
 
The system enabling such use effectively replicates, on a ship, the operation of a land base station. It is intended to implement a recent decision by the European Commission. 
 
These regulations will replace similar exemption regulations we made in 2011 - 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016D2317&from=EN
 
To give proper effect to the European Commission decision, it is also necessary to vary the ship radio wireless telegraphy licences in order to ensure operators comply with certain new technical and operational requirements.
 
Deadline for responses to today’s consultation is 3rd July 2017 - https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-3/mobile-on-ships-regulations-2017
 

German Radio Ham Map

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Ulrich Thiel DK1UT/VK2UTL has produced a Google map of amateur radio stations in Germany based on the based on information published by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) 
 
Thiel has processed the data using Python, adding a visualisation a map of the location of the stations, overlaying the information on top of GoogleMaps.
 
There can be several amateur radio stations at one coordinate. Click on the mark for more information. A red mark stands for class A, one purple for class E and one blue for class A and E in the same place. 
 
Germany currently has two license classes:
Class A = CEPT Class 1 = UK Full
Class E = CEPT Novice = UK Intermediate
 
German Radio Map - https://fusiontables.googleusercontent.com/embedviz?q=select+col8+
from+1lGAOwlSUK7nCUsA0FlRRG9buB1QV51zNzJFUr7yj&viz=MAP&h=false&lat=51.2482144526009&lng=10.020759216308534&t=1&z=6&l=col8&y=2&tmplt=2

BNetzA German Amateur Radio Callbook May 2017 PDF -  https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Frequenzen/Amateurfunk/Rufzeichenliste/Rufzeichenliste_AFU.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=28