Southgate ARC

1. Foundations of Amateur Radio

   Amateur Radio and the art of getting started - One of the regular topics of conversation in amateur radio, especially for those new to the community, is where to start? The sheer volume of available options is often overwhelming

2. Brazil's radio hams meet with regulator ANATEL

   LABRE met with ANATEL on November 18 to discuss changes in the legislation governing the Amateur Radio Service in Brazil, specifically the revision of Resolution 449/2006

3. WIA Director stresses importance of clubs promoting ham radio

   WIA Director Peter Clee VK8ZZ looks at the difference between the number of newcomers joining the hobby in Australia compared to the UK

4. Centenary of Ham Radio Transatlantic Tests

   The ARRL reports on the bi-lateral events taking place in the UK and USA to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the successful amateur radio transatlantic tests

5. Intermediate Bath-based distance learning

   Book now to secure a place on the popular free BBDL online course for the amateur radio Intermediate exam

6. Radio hams participate in Brazilian Space Agency workshop

   Radio amateurs in Brazil participated in a Workshop held by the Brazilian Space Agency on Small Educational Satellites

7. Moon bouncing and radar imaging with LoRa

   The LoRa radio protocol is well known to hardware hackers because of its Long Range (hence the name) but also its extremely low power use

8. This ham radio is unsafe at any frequency

   The Retro QRP Widowmaker, if that’s any kind of a hint

9. Austrian special event

   Members of the Austrian DX Board (ADXB) will be active as OE50ADXB from their club station OE1XBC during the month of December

10. W1AW code practice text sources taken from February 1922 QST

    In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1st Transatlantic Test, the code practice text material for the week of December 6 through 10 originates from the February 1922 issue of QST. It was in this issue the results of the Transatlantic Test were published

11. Southgate Vibes amateur radio podcast

    Southgate Vibes is our twice-weekly amateur radio podcast