$9.3m grant for HAARP HF research

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$9.3m grant for HAARP HF research

University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute received a five-year, $9.3 million grant to expand activities at the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program in Gakona

The U.S. military built HAARP in the 1990s for $290 million to conduct ionospheric research related to communications, navigation, surveillance and more. But in 2015 the Air Force ended the program and turned HAARP over to the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

UAF has operated it sporadically since for government and independent clients.

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Online talk: Sustainable RF!

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The Denby Dale ARS will be hosting an online talk on Zoom by John G8SEQ on Sustainable RF ! this Wednesday 14th April at 7:30 pm (1830 GMT). All are welcome to join the meeting

John G8SEQ started work in the mining industry taught in school, college and university. He is particularly interested in portable operating using sustainable energy and omni-directional antennas - his talk is called Sustainable RF!

Denby Dale ARS -http://www.ddars.net/

Belgian Special Prefix

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The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) has announced that all Belgian radio amateurs and Belgian radio clubs may replace the normal prefix 'ON' in their call sign by the special prefix OS during the period between 18th April 2021, to 12th December 2021. This measure does NOT apply to short callsigns (vanity calls) and the callsigns of unmanned stations.

The BIPT explains its decision to celebrate two special events of special importance this year:

  1. The "International Radio Amateur Day", on April 18, 2021.

  2. The anniversary of the first transatlantic radio transmission, on December 12, 2021. On that date, it will be 120 years ago that Guglielmo MARCONI first succeeded in bridging the Atlantic Ocean wireless with radio signals.