Amateur Radio Operator to Change on International Space Station

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The current crew serving aboard the International Space Station are to complete there rotation, being replaced by a fresh command crew on 13th December 2017.

Licensed Amateur Radio Operator Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA and his colleagues Randy Bresnik and Sergey Ryazanskiy will be replaced by crew leader Alexander Misurkin and two amateur radio operators Mark Vande Hei, KG5GNP, and Joe Acaba, KE5DAR.

Additional crew members Scott Tingle, KG5NZA, Anton Shkaplerov, and Norishige Kanai  will depart from Kazakhstan on 17th December to complete the crew onboard the International Space Station.

 

Croatia gets 60m, expands 160m Access

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Croatian radio amateurs now have access to a secondary 60-metre allocation of 5,351.5-5,366.5 kHz, as agreed to at World Radiocommunication Conference 2015, with a maximum 15 W EIRP. This updates the current practice of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) issuing 1-year licenses to operate on 60 metres.

Amateur/Ham Radio Operators in Croatia also now have access to more of the 160 metre band - 1,810-1,850 kHz with a maximum power of 1.5 kW PEP, and 1,850-2,000 kHz with a maximum power of 1 kW PEP.

German Klasse K Licence Postponed

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It appears that the potential new K class German entry licence has been postponed indefinitely.

“The discussion on the introduction of another license class has been postponed indefinitely, because it can not be ruled out that such an introduction could restrict the self-construction privilege of amateur radio operators.”
— DARC Report