Jersey Based GB7JI Joins the D-STAR Repeater Network

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The Jersey Amateur Radio Repeater Group has recently set up a new D-STAR repeater based in Jersey, just north of St Helier.

The D-STAR repeater will mainly serve Jersey but should also provide coverage for the Channel Islands and adjacent French coast. GB7JI D-STAR Repeater is connected to the gateway and the internet.

Details of GB7JI are as follows:

  • Height 88m above sea level

  • TX Freq 430.850

  • RX Freq 438.450


Antarctica Operation RI01ANT

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Alexei, RX6A, will be active as RI01ANT from Antarctica between 25th December 2020 and 30th May 2021.

Activity will be from Russian Progress (WAP RUS-11) and Vostok (WAP RUS-13) Base stations.

Operations will be on 40 meters and higher using CW and FT8. QSL via RX6A. ADDED NOTES: Alexei, RX6A, is currently operating as RX6A/MM from on-board of the Russian scientific research icebreaker "Akademik Treshnikov" (aka Akademik Tryoshnikov) on its way to Antarctica.

DXClusters reports show activity on FT8 and SSB, on 30/12/10 meters.


Pella Amateur Radio Club APRS Balloon Spans the Globe

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Pella Amateur Radio Club’s Pella Exploring Near Space 144.39 MHz APRS balloon project, callsign WB0URW-8, had nearly spanned the globe

According to Jim Emmert WB0URW with the group, a SkyTracker placed on the balloon launched 5th November 2020 has nearly come back to Iowa after travelling across the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Asia and the Pacific.

The Pella Amateur Radio Club has been interacting with students at Jefferson Intermediate School and Pella Christian Grade School via virtual means this fall after many years of in-person interaction at local science classes, and the balloon launched for Pella Community School students will likely be the first to span the entire globe for the project, which could be confirmed as soon as this Wednesday. Emmert says Pella Exploring Near Space is made possible by grants from the Pella Community Foundation and Marion County Community Foundation.

Watch the video - https://www.kniakrls.com/2020/11/16/pella-amateur-radio-club-balloon-spanning-globe/