Denmark's 40 MHz Beacon is Back on the Air

At the end of August 2021, the OZ7IGY 8m beacon on 40.071 MHz was turned off because of a faulty trimmer in the power amplifier stage

At the end of October 2021, after replacing the faulty part it was turned back on.

OZ7IGY Beacons - http://www.oz7igy.dk/

Repeater Troublemaker Caught Red-Handed!

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

USA Active 40 MHz Experimental Station

Experimental Station WL2XUP is transmitting WSPR on 40.662 MHz in the 8-meter band.

WL2XUP is an FCC Part 5 Experimental station operated by Lin Holcomb, NI4Y, in Georgia. It’s licensed to operate with up to 400 W effective radiated power (ERP) between 40.660 MHz to 40.700 MHz.

A 2019 Petition for Rulemaking (RM-11843) asked the FCC to create a new 8-meter amateur radio allocation on a secondary basis. The Petition suggests the new band could be centered on an industrial-scientific-medical (ISM) segment somewhere between 40.51 and 40.70 MHz. The spectrum between 40 and 41 MHz is currently allocated to the federal government and, as such, within the purview of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

ARRL member Michelle Bradley, KU3N, of Maryland, filed the petition on behalf of REC Networks, which she founded and described in the Petition as “a leading advocate for a citizen’s access to spectrum,” including amateur radio spectrum.

40 MHz Petition for Rulemaking RM-11843 - https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/105260090923685/8%20meter%20PRM.pdf