Ham Radio Exams in Belgium Cancelled

The COVID pandemic in Belgium has caused the communications regulator BIPT to cancel all amateur radio examinations.

Due to the exceptional circumstances, we are facing again for the moment, all registrations and exams are on hold until the situation is stabilized. We will get back in touch with you as soon as the new government measures are no longer relevant.

Unfortunately, there is no possibility to take this exam online.

UBA - https://tinyurl.com/IARU-Belgium

Novel SSB transceiver Design with only Seven Transistors

When Pete Juliano N6QW sat down to design a sideband transceiver for the 20 Meter (14 MHz) ham radio band, he eschewed the popular circuits that makeup so many designs. He forged ahead, building a novel design that he calls Pete’s Simple Seven SSB Transceiver, or PSSST for short.

What makes the PSSST so simple is not only its construction but the low component count. The same circuit using four 2N2222A’s is used on both transmit and receive.

Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2021/11/20/pssst-heres-a-novel-ssb-radio-design-with-only-seven-transistors/

GB2/GB100 Scotland Special Event

Special event stations GB1002ZE and GB2ZE will be active to commemorate centenary achievement by Paul Godley's, 1921 DXpedition to Ardrossan, Scotland.

Paul Godley, 2ZE, was able to receive the first transatlantic shortwave amateur radio message from the amateur station 1BCG located in Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.A. The received message was recorded in Godley's logbook on the 12th December 1921 at 02:52 GMT which was hastily composed by his 1BCG colleagues:

“Nr 1 de 1BCG words 12, New York. Date December 11, 1921, to Paul Godley, Ardrossan, Scotland. Hearty Congratulations. (Signed) Burghard, Inman, Grinan, Armstrong, Amy, Cronkhite.”

— QSL via GM0SEI

More details - https://www.transatlantic.org.uk

All UK and Crown dependency licensed radio amateurs may use the suffix "/2ZE" with your own callsign between December 1-26th, 2021