Motorola Expects U.K. Government to Extend Airwave Contract
“The Home Office originally expected that emergency services could start using this ESN in September 2017, allowing Airwave to be replaced by December 2019, but a report last year revealed that the new network was £3.1bn over budget and wouldn’t be ready until December 2022″
“In September, during a hearing before the U.K. Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, representatives of the Home Office said that the Airwave network would likely operate until 2024 due to the ESN delays.”
The Union of Radio Amateurs of Kyrgyz Republic (ARUKR) announced that on 4th June 2021, the Kyrgyzstan Telecommunications Regulator made the new WRC-15 Amateur Secondary Allocation of 5351.5 – 5366.5 kHz available to Kyrgyz hams at a maximum power of …
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dave Zantow, who shares the following recording and notes:
BBC World Service (16:49)
September 12, 2001 at 0000 UTC on 5975 kHz
Receiver used was a Japan Radio Co. NRD-545 (Sync on and 10 kHz bandwidth). One can hear minor DSP artifacts (burps) mixed in the background. Of course a common trait for the NRD-545.
The German Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) reports in its official publication Amtsblatt 9 that a device from SolarEdge does not comply with the EU Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive………………CLICK Graphic to read more.
The HF band plan in its version of 16 October 2020 (Virtual General Conference “Novisad”) including the annex has been revised. The band plan comprises 2 pages, as does the explanatory annex. It can be downloaded via this URL: https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hf_r1_bandplan.pdf. …
Lomond Radio Club is now open for normal meetings in the clubhouse from 7pm on Thursday evenings . Covid safety measures are being observed.
A listing of all known nets in Scotland, collated by RSGB Regional Rep Tony, MM0TMZ in association with Jack, GM4COX and the West of Scotland ARS and published at www.wosars.club/radio-nets.
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The RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park re-opened last week in line with current Covid restrictions. The volunteers welcomed a fantastic 1,226 visitors over the Bank Holiday weekend and that number has continued to rise during the week. One young lad came with his father and they were both inspired to start studying for […]
The Dartmoor Radio Rally is due to take place on the 4th of July. In view of the uncertainties of Covid-19 restrictions that may be introduced at short notice, the organisers ask that visitors please check the website here before travelling.
The next Tonight @ 8 live webinar airs tonight at 20.00. In a change to the previously advertised programme, Rob Sherwood, NC0B is talking about Transceiver Performance for the HF DX and Contest Operator. His presentation explains the process that Sherwood Engineering go through to produce detailed performance figures for a wide range of transceivers, […]