.radio Now Available

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The top-level domain (TLD) name '.radio' is now available to the radio industry and amateur radio enthusiasts and is reserved for individuals and companies with an active interest in the radio sector.

The .radio TLD can be used for web and e-mail addresses and will be managed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) with support from other world broadcasting unions.

Individuals or entities that will be accepted for the use of a .radio domain are radio broadcasting stations, Unions of Broadcasters, Internet radios, Radio Amateurs, Radio professionals (journalists, radio hosts, DJs, etc.), Radio-related companies selling radio goods and services and radio products and services.

One or more .radio domain name(s) can be requested during the launch period, which ends on 31 October 2017.

.radio domains registration - http://www.register.radio/

Realtime Band Conditions

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Created by Tad Cook (K7RA) bandconditions.com is an experimental Website providing 24/7/365 actual (REALTIME) band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for Contesters interested in increasing their scores.

It can also be of benefit to other Radio Amateurs to determine band conditions for Nets and casual QSO's.

This information is NOT based on any software predictions or any kind of satellite based readings. It is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA.

Realtime BandConditions - http://www.bandconditions.com

VOACAP Predication - http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html

Imaging the Ionosphere Using Polarimetric SAR and GPS - https://nex.nasa.gov/nex/projects/30/

Kenya Gets 60m Allocation

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Following a request from the Radio Society of Kenya (RSK), Kenya state radio regulator, CAK (Communications Authority Kenya) advised the RSK that a new 60m allocation has been granted between 5275 kHz and 5450 kHz on a secondary basis.

All modes are permitted with a maximum power of 400W PEP.

Tnx:  5Z4XB, 5Z4NU, VK3XXX, CAK

Kenya National Frequency Allocation Table (p.52) - http://www.ca.go.ke/images/downloads/FrequencySpectrum/NationalFrequencyAllocation/The_National_Table_of_Frequency_Allocation_2017.pdf