Radio Industry Calls for Government Protection from Smart Assistants

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Radio Industry Calls for Government Protection from Smart Assistants

Millions of Britons have bought voice-controlled devices in recent years, principally Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Assistant. Most are used for listening to audio, with many households using them as replacements for traditional standalone radio sets in kitchens and bedrooms.

British radio broadcasters including the BBC and the main commercial radio groups now fear they have inadvertently handed control over their output to large technology companies who make smart speakers. They fear the US-based technology companies will hoard data on users’ listening habits, could be tempted to slip their own adverts into radio broadcasts, and may ultimately make it harder to find UK-produced content.

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Austrian Telecomms Act Passed

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Austria's amateur radio society ÖVSV report on October 13, the Telecommunications Act 2021 was passed in the country's National Council

The ÖVSV organization was able to achieve important improvements for the amateur radio service in Austria. The amateur radio service also played a role and its importance was underlined in the speech by Eva-Maria Himmelbauer, Member of the National Council (with applause from the plenum). It tabled two amendments with improvements, which were adopted.

Video of Speech - https://www.parlament.gv.at/MEDIA/play.shtml?GP=XXVII&ITYP=NRSITZ&INR=125&INR_TEIL=1&DEBATTE=3&DEBATTE_TEIL=1&TS=1634130875VII/BNR/

Telecommunications Act 2021 - https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXVII/BNR/BNR_00369/fname_1003362.pdf

The National CW Speed Week

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The National CW Speed Week

The National CW Speed Week started at 04:00 UTC (06:00 CAT) this morning Sunday 24 October and will end at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CAT) on Saturday 30 October 2021.

The activity will take place on 80, 40 and 20 metres and you may not work the same call sign more than ONCE on each band. The idea is to make as many contacts as you can within a 7-day calendar period; the goal is to log all contacts on the RaDAR Sport Log, developed by Eddie, ZS6BNE.

Visit www.radarops.co.za/zsportal; you will need a log-in PIN from Eddie in order to take part. The PIN allows you to edit your own log if you have made an error.

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