Bletchley Park 'listener' Passes

One of the last surviving Bletchley Park 'listeners’ who intercepted and passed messages on to Allied codebreakers at Bletchley Park, has died
 
Alison Robins, 97, taught herself Morse code and German during World War Two and stayed up all night eavesdropping messages from U-boats around the British coast.
 
She rarely spoke about her wartime years, that were spent in isolated points around the coastline, intercepting messages from enemy fleets.
 
Forces Network - http://www.forces.net/news/last-surviving-bletchley-park-listener-dies-aged-97
 

Free Back Issues of Ham Radio Horizons

Ham Radio Horizons, a late 1970's publication of 36 issues has been made available to download free of charge by The Internet Archive Group.
 
More details - https://archive.org/details/hamradiohorizons?sort=titleSorter

ACMA Annual Report Released

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has published its annual report, which includes references to its activities for radiocommunications services.The ACMA has a network of fixed, transportable and mobile monitoring for the entire spectrum. It also has a compliance laboratory that carries out testing of radiocommunications devices to support industry to meet standards compliance and product labelling.

There had been a steady decline in radiocommunication interference complaints, down to 486 in 2016-17, with nearly 300 enforcement actions were taken.

Interference to domestic free-to-air broadcast television and radio services are treated separately and again have declined.

The ACMA’s strategy includes educating TV viewers about reliable reception needing an optimised antenna.

View ACMA Report - https://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/annual-report