New Portable Antenna Covers 60m Band

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Amateur Radio outdoor operation specialists SOTABeams have updated their portable Antenna to reflect a change in operating conditions.

With the decline in solar activity, 40m is getting to be hard work for more local HF contacts. A good choice when conditions are poor is often to use a lower frequency. The 5MHz band (60m) is now available in many countries so SOTABEAMS has introduced a version of their popular Band Hopper antennas to include 60m. The Midi Hopper is a full-size, full-performance antenna that covers 20m, 40m and 60m. It is ready tuned, includes a balun. feeder and guying for a 7m telescopic pole.

Band Hoppers are a complete system including:

  • A resonant multi-band dipole antenna with Perspex link hardware
  • A 10m feeder - high quality RG174 terminated in a BNC plug
  • A high performance current balun
  • A guying system for a lightweight telescopic pole (6 - 8 metres length recommended)
  • Three Wire Winders to ensure tangle-free operating
  • Three lightweight aluminium alloy pegs
  • A detailed set of instructions
  • A nylon carry bag with attachment clip

More details - http://www.sotabeams.co.uk/band-hopper-iii-three-band-linked-dipole/

New Scandinavia Ham Radio Operators

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Following successful work by Amateur/Ham Radio training groups, a number of new Amateur/Ham Radio Operators have come on air in Scandinavia

In June 2017, 34 new operators joined the amateur/ham radio hobby, making a total of new operators to 64 so far in 2017.

Of the 64 new operators, 61 have taken up membership with the national association - SSA

Not to be outdone by their Swedish neighbours, in the city of Bergen, Norway a group of 15-60 years old have completed an amateur/radio education course.

The training team nearly achieved a perfect result, with all but one of the 22 students passing the exam.

Norway has a single class of Amateur Radio license. It is thought the single 28 question exam paper, to get the equivalent of a CEPT Class 1 licence (equal to UK Full), may be the shortest of any CEPT country.

SSA (Google English) - http://tinyurl.com/SwedenSSA

Norwegian Radio Relay League (NRRL) (Google English) - http://tinyurl.com/NorwayNRRL

Royal Mint Special Event - GB4RME

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Members of the Barry Amateur Radio Society will be active from 'Her Majesty's Royal Mint' at Llantrisant, South Wales, UK, operating as GB4RME (Royal Mint Experience) between 31st July and 5th August 2017.

It is thought that the operation is special as the team from Barry Amateur Radio Society will be the first to operate a special event station from within a Mint.

Activity will be on CW, SSB, DATA RTTY and JT65, plus Satellite operations.

Confirmed operators include Glyn (GW0ANA), Philip (MW0DHF), Kenneth (GW1FKY) and Richard (GW4BVJ)

QSL via GW0ANA, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW and ClubLog.

There will be a Web page set up for the operation on QRZ.com.

More information about the Royal Mint - http://www.royalmint.com/en/the-royal-mint-experience