The early 1920s saw the dawn of international amateur radio. A series of significant milestones led, over some five years, from no amateur transmission ever having been heard on another continent, to intercontinental two-way communications becoming commonplace. The RSGB will commemorate these historic events by encouraging everyone to get on the air to make QSOs – […]
The RSGB IT Helpdesk is unusually busy at the moment, and this has resulted in a backlog of tickets waiting for a response We know that some of you have been waiting considerably longer than normal for a response—please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in getting back to you. We are working through […]
With the decision to hold the planned October 2021 workshop event virtually, Region 1 is now not able to make planned in-person announcements and presentations of Medals to recognise exceptional support for the Region’s work.
The Executive Committee has therefore …
For the ‘centenary’ of the first official authorization of an amateur station, the REF (THE FRENCH TRANSMITTER NETWORK) will use the call sign ‘TM100AA’ from 1st to 15h September 2021
The call sign “8AA” was assigned to André Riss on September 3, 1921.
André was born in 1894, in Boulogne and was authorized at the age of 27 to use a transmitter of his own construction with a power of 1 kilowatt.
It became “eF8AA” (Europe France 8AA) in 1927, then “F8AA” in 1932.
He joined the REF in August 1927, n ° REF 423.
André was active until his death on March 2, 1982.
This evening the RSGB kicks off its autumn Tonight @ 8 webinar series with Gavin Nesbitt, MM1BXF giving an introduction to meteor scatter communications Our free webinars are live-streamed on the RSGB YouTube channel and you can ask questions during the presentations via live chat. For more information on tonight’s talk, and other webinars in […]
Version entity is Comoros, D6 ADIFCnt.txt has 340 current DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 21340 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 21490 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: IQ6SB/LT is Italy, I AL3V is in ITU zone 8, not … Continue reading →
Version entity is Comoros, D6 [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: IQ6SB/LT is Italy, I AL3V is in ITU zone 8, not ITU zone 7 AL3V is in CQ zone 5, not CQ zone 4 AH6RE and NP3XW are both United States, K … Continue reading →
VER20210906, Version entity is Nauru, C2 Download: [ CTY-3123 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: AL5P and W9ET are both United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 7 AI4DB, N4HAI and N4TY are … Continue reading →
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Andy Wang, who shares the following recording and notes:
DPRK's international radio service was named "Radio Pyongyang" until year 2002. Now it is called "Voice of Korea".
In Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages, there are different words to distinguish the north and south.
In English language, word "Korea" may stand for both.
I think the name "Radio Pyongyang" is clear, does not have ambiguity. The name "Voice of Korea", we cannot guess which side it is from.
The radio recording was on the Military Foundation Day in DPRK, 25 April 1999. Its content is the celebration of the festival.
The programmes are political promotion news, editorials, songs and music.
The distance from receiving place Shenyang to Pyongyang is about 374.3KM, to Seoul is about 565.4KM, and to Beijing is about 660.5KM.
The two distances are shorter than to China's capital, it is easier to receive the radio programmes from the Korean Peninsula, and no special equipment is required.
Sometimes in the night, in the mid wave band, the radio transmission from North Korea can "mix" with Shenyang local radio signal, unintentionally interferes the local broadcast.
Broadcaster: Radio Pyongyang
Date of recording: 4/25/1999
Starting time: 11:00
Frequency: 9.445 MHz
Reception location: Shenyang China
Receiver and antenna: Philips Radio Receiver and Casette Recorder AW7509 with antenna on it
