The 2022 version of the Technician Class question pool is out. The National Council of Voluteer Examiner Coordinators have really made quite a few changes to the question pool this time. They removed 64 questions, added 51 new questions, and updated 136 questions. There are now a total of 412 questions total. This means that close to half of the questions are different from the last question pool.
Read MoreFox Mike Hotel Portable Operations Challenge is Now Open Source
/The Steering Committee determined that after two years of offering the POC (Portable Operations Challenge) with about 18 entrants each year that it could not continue to put the resources into it. However, the Steering Committee continues to have faith in the concept and ideas embodied in the POC as a means to change amateur radio contesting for the betterment of all.
Any group is welcomed to take the approach, methods and rules and use them as-is or with changes as desired. The POC should be retained although the endorsing body might add their brand as was the case with using this website’s brand, Fox Mike Hotel.
The theory and operationalisation of the Portable Operations Challenge is detailed in the article by Frank K4FMH in the National Contesting Journal in the Sept/Oct issue, 2021. NCJ is free as a digital download to all ARRL members.
Good contacts and 73 to everyone who participated in the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Operations Challenge in 2020 and 2021!
Portable Operations Challenge - https://foxmikehotel.com/challenge/
CAMSAT XW-3 (CAS-9) is Designated Hope-OSCAR-113 (HO-113)
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At the request of the Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT), AMSAT Vice President of Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, has announced the designation of the new Chinese XW-3 (CAS-9) satellite as Hope-OSCAR-113 (HO-113).
Developed by CAMSAT, in cooperation with the Chinese government’s aerospace and education departments, XW-3 was launched on 26th December 2021 at 0311 UTC on a CZ-4C Y39 vehicle from China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
CAMSAT completed the design and manufacture of the amateur radio payload and manages the satellite’s in-orbit operation. Alan Kung, BA1DU, of CAMSAT announced the successful launch, and reports of telemetry and contacts soon followed. XW-3 has a linear transponder and a camera that can take photos of Earth.
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