What Happens to British Ships When Satellites Don't Work?

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What Happens to British Ships When Satellites Don't Work?

The Royal Navy and Britain's merchant fleet, along with most others around the world, rely on satellites for navigation - but what happens if they don't work?

It's a question that troubles the former First Sea Lord, Lord West of Spithead, who has spent months trying to find out if the UK has a back-up plan.

"My concern is that those people who are not friends with us are looking at ways to knock out satellite communications," he says.

"I thought I'd ask the government, I thought they'd have processes, but it became very clear from their answers that they don't understand what the problem is.

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Repeater Troublemaker Caught Red-Handed!

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Switzerland's national amateur radio society USKA reports on action to tackle the problem of repeater abuse.

On 2nd July 2021, in the morning on various 70 cm repeaters, increased interference in the form of DTMF and siren signals were heard again. Various DF teams were encouraged to track down the troublemaker and with success - various bearings led to Bellevue / Gottschalk Enberg (southeast of Menzingen), where two teams found an already known radio amateur at 12:30 p.m. Two people then had intensive conversations with this troublemaker, who - as in a conversation on May 26, 2021 with another successfully tracker - pretended to be stupid and clueless. Due to the waterproof bearing results and the repeated encounter of the same person at the coordinates of the respective bearings, there is no doubt that we have found the right one.

Maybe it's just a pious wish, but we hope that the interferer's intelligence is sufficient to see that it is now time for his QRT.

It remains for us to express our thanks to all those who have supported us for weeks and months with their tips, their active help and thousands of kilometres driven. In the end, Ham spirit is what you achieve together - and not what you talk about autocratically and preferably by radio.

USKA - tinyurl.com/IARU-Switzerland


Free Online Examination Study Tool

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A new free online examination study tool has been created called RadioMentor.net

It was originally set up to help USA students prepare for their amateur radio licensing examinations, however, through their partnerships, they have now expanded their training team to cover multiple countries across the globe.

RadioMentor aims to provide all students (for free) with the resources they may require in order to successfully pass their amateur exam on the very first attempt.

In addition, RadioMentor aims to facilitate lifelong friendships between students so that they can continue learning from each other into the future well after the formal exam stages have ended.

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Mock examination papers are a critical tool required for any successful training class. As such RadioMentor aims to ensure that students gain as much experience as possible prior to the big day.

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RadioMentor - http://www.RadioMentor.net