You can now order Pizza with Morse Code

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You can now order Pizza with Morse Code

For the first time ever, popular pizza delivery chain Papa John’s is offering its customers the chance to order pizza via Morse code to celebrate its partnership with Call of Duty® and the new World War II game, Vanguard.

Available from 28th November 2021, pizza lovers can transport themselves back in time by ordering their Papa John’s treats through dashes and dots.

They’ll simply need to sign up at https://www.papajohnsmorsecode.co.uk/win the chance to get their hands on a complimentary Morse Code Kit and order themselves a free Call of Duty® Bundle, including one large pizza, classic side, large drink, and access to bonus in-game items, delivered in a limited-edition pizza box.

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ARRL Clean Signal Initiative on the Horizon

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ARRL Clean Signal Initiative on the Horizon

After a few months of gathering support from the amateur community for the project, the ARRL Clean Signal Initiative (CSI) is finally getting off the ground. The Board’s Programs and Services Committee approved the concept several months ago, and since then I have been canvassing some of the best-known RF engineers in amateur radio to get their support and input. As a result, the team will be conducting our first Zoom call next week to lay out the next steps for the project. All I can say at this time is that there are some amateur radio “heavy hitters” behind this, and I believe it will be a game-changer for the ARRL.

For those that may be unaware of this project, here is a synopsis (or at least my vision):

The CSI gets the ARRL formally in the “technical standards” business. (Other technical organizations already do it: IEEE, UL, ASTM, and SAE, and others.) The ARRL currently tests new products to informal standards, with no real hard benchmarks for manufacturers to meet, other than the minimal standards outlined in FCC Part 97.307.

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Broadcaster in Ham Radio 40m Band

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DARC describes how a case of interference in the Primary amateur radio 40m band, by an AM broadcast station in Tashkent, was speedily dealt with

There was an AM broadcast on 7160 kHz on 22nd October 2021 between 18:00 and 18:15 UTC. Due to the transmission power of the radio station and the breadth of the commercial A3E signal, there was considerable impairment of radio traffic in the 7155 to 7165 kHz range in large parts of Europe and the Middle East.

The frequency range 7000 to 7200 kHz is exclusively assigned to the amateur radio service in accordance with the Ordinance on the Amateur Radio Act (Amateurfunkverordnung - AFuV) Annex 1 (to Section 1 No. 6).

Germany's Band Watch contacted the company responsible, Media Broadcast, to investigate the cause. Media Broadcast said the mistake was made by a contracted relay station in Tashkent. The exact cause is still being investigated. The provider there had actually been commissioned by Media Broadcast to broadcast on 6040 kHz in the 49 m radio band. We were assured that this was a one-off incident and apologized for the inconvenience.

DARC - https://darc.de/