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THE DAY OF YLs 2013
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- Published on Sunday, 24 March 2013 06:37
- Written by Rizkallah Azrak - OD5RI
THE DAY OF YLs 2013
For the 3rd time in the world, "THE DAY OF YLs" 18 and 19 May 2013.
This weekend is intended to gather on the air all amateur radio women around the world and of course all OM are invited to participate.
THE DAY OF YLs 2013 RULES
Organiser: Carine F5ISY, Sandra HK3JJB, Petra DF5ZV, Katie WY7KRA, Dunia EA8MT, Helga IN3FHE
Aim of this day: To promote YLs activity around the world
Time: 2013-05-18 06h00 UTC to 2013-05-19 18h00 UTC
Bands: 3,5 - 7 - 14 - 21 - 28 MHz & for the first time VHF also but outside the relays, of course.
To help competitors to find each other we propose to use frequencies +/- 10 kHz from the following activity center frequencies:
- CW: 3.533, 7.033, 14.033, 21.033 and 28.033 MHz
- RTTY: 3.588, 7.044, 14.088, 21.088 and 28.088 MHz
- SSB: 3.733, 7.133, 14.213, 14.240, 14.300, 21.233, 21.400 and 28.433 MHz
Modes: CW, SSB, RTTY
Exchanges: RS(T) + YL/OM (e.g. 59(9)+ YL/OM)
The same station may be worked once on each band and mode
Award: An award will be issued to all participants (SWLs also) who has contacted or heard for the 33 points with YLs (pdf file):
- For OM / YL 2 points
- For YL/ YL 3 points
- For YL / OM 1 point
Results will be published separately for OM and YLs according to the number of YLs logged
Logs: Mail log to f5isy at orange.fr not later than 2013-06-26
Mail object: call + OM/YL + Number of YL contacted + Total number of QSO
Log software: http://f1agw.free.fr/AGW_YL/AGW_YL.htm
You can use also and many tnx N1MM for that: http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=18 &DOYLSRTTY.udc
http://www.qrz.com/db/F5ISY
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=115349598506734
La radioamateur
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- Published on Friday, 15 March 2013 08:28
- Written by Bernard Bouchard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaQ5UB8V0tw&feature=share
IARU Announces Frequencies for Korean Ham Radio CubeSat OSSI
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- Published on Friday, 01 March 2013 07:25
- Written by Rizkallah Azrak - OD5RI
ARISS contact planned February 22, 2013
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- Published on Sunday, 24 February 2013 18:34
- Written by Webmaster
An International Space Station school contact has been planned February 22, 2013 with participants at Uplands Elementary School, Penticton, BC, Canada. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 19:36 UTC , which is 20:36 CEWT. Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG will answer students’ questions.
The contact will be a telebridge operated by IK1SLD, located in Northern Italy. Interested parties in Europe are invited to listen to dowlink signals on 145.800 MHz FM. The contact will be conducted in English.
The contact will be broadcast on EchoLink AMSAT (node 101 377) and JK1ZRW (node 277 208) Conference servers, as well as on IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010. Read more.
Source: IARU-R1
The Art and Skill of Radio-Telegraphy
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- Published on Saturday, 23 February 2013 09:55
- Written by Webmaster
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) introduces new International Reply Coupon (IRC)
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- Published on Sunday, 17 February 2013 23:22
- Written by Webmaster
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) has introduced the newest model of the International Reply Coupon (IRC): The Doha model -- so named for the 25th Universal Postal Congress that took place in Doha, Qatar in October 2012 -- will replace the current model, known as the Nairobi model.
The Doha model IRC will go on sale on July 1, 2013. It is valid for exchange it until the end of 2017. The Nairobi model -- first issued on July 1, 2009 -- remains valid until December 31, 2013. IRCs are exchangeable in every UPU member country for stamps representing the minimum postage for an ordinary priority letter-post item or airmail letter sent abroad for a reply. According to the UPU, 120 postal systems around the world worldwide had issued more than four million Nairobi IRCs with a total value of approximately $5 million as of October 31, 2012.
The Czech Republic has won the UPU's competition to design a new international reply coupon (IRC), beating 13 or countries. The work of Czech artist and graphic designer Michal Sindelar will display the theme "Water for Life", chosen to reflect the 2013 United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation in 2013. The new "Water for Life" IRC will go on sale on 1 July 2013. Postal customers will be able to exchange it until the end of 2017. It will replace the current coupon, known as the Nairobi model, which was first issued on 1 July 2009 and will remain valid until 31 December 2013.
How does it work?
When one writes to a stranger and requests a reply, it is considered polite to enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope. This works well when both persons live in the same country; however, if they are from different countries, the enclosed postage stamp will not be valid. This technical problem was solved in 1906 when the Universal Postal Union, during its Congress in Rome, introduced the International Reply Coupon service. As the service began before the days of airmail, the earliest coupons could only be redeemed for a single-rate ordinary postage stamp to a foreign country. In terms of today's UPU Convention, International reply coupons (IRC) are exchangeable in all member countries for the minimum postage of a priority item or an unregistered airmail letter sent to a foreign country.
The UPU's International Bureau processes several million coupons each year and deals with of all accounting aspects. The International Bureau does not sell IRCs directly to customers; they must buy them from their local post office. Although Posts are not obliged to sell IRCs, it is mandatory for Posts to exchange the coupons. If a Post does not sell IRCs, it is possible to purchase them in a post office located in a neighbouring country.
Ham Radio Deluxe V6.0 Released
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- Published on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 01:42
- Written by Webmaster
HRD Software, LLC announced the release of Version 6.0 of the Ham Radio Deluxe Software. The product will be available at noon on Friday, February 8th, 2013. This culminates more than a year of development with both the free 5.x versions and the new 6.0 versions.
Features include 8 new DX awards, 7 updated awards, QSL card label printing, support for new radios, true FSK for RTTY, RTTY for SuperSweeper (CW coming in an .0X release), support for AR and CC clusters, QSX support for select radios (more coming in a .0X release), new rotor support and much more. One of the spectacular new features for DXers is in the DX Cluster window. These new Worked Status Indicators (WSI) icons let you know if you’ve worked that spot on country, band, mode, band/mode, and/or leaderboard (for DXpeditions). The new cluster also has support for indicating if the spot is a member of LOTW or eQSL.
Videos for Version 6.0 are also provided on our YouTube channel | You can purchase and download the product at HRD website.
My second DV QSO
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 February 2013 06:10
- Written by Rizkallah Azrak - OD5RI
I replied to Elie but he couldn't make out my call. I tried several times and was about to give up when he called again with solid copy. Perhaps he had turned his beam my way. I tried calling one more time. This time he heard my reply and we had a good QSO with several periods of solid copy punctuated by occasional break-ups. These occurred when QSB took the digital signal down to near-invisibility in the FreeDV waterfall. I doubt that good SSB copy would have been possible at those times either. I managed to make a recording of the end of this QSO so you can get an idea of the audio quality. It was recorded off-air using my Olympus digital voice recorder, then played back using the mic input of the USB sound dongle to make an MP3 file.
14th IARU Region 1 Youth ARDF Championships 2013
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- Published on Saturday, 02 February 2013 23:17
- Written by Webmaster
Bulletin No. 1 of the 14th IARU Region 1 Youth ARDF Championships 2013 is now available.
Date: June 12 – 16, 2013
Venue: Tři Studně, Czech Republic
More information is available at http://eyac2013.com/
DX Code of Conduct
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- Published on Saturday, 02 February 2013 16:11
- Written by Webmaster
- I will listen, and listen, and then listen again before calling.
- I will only call if I can copy the DX station properly.
- I will not trust the DX cluster and will be sure of the DX station's call sign before calling.
- I will not interfere with the DX station nor anyone calling and will never tune up on the DX frequency or in the QSX slot.
- I will wait for the DX station to end a contact before I call.
- I will always send my full call sign.
- I will call and then listen for a reasonable interval. I will not call continuously.
- I will not transmit when the DX operator calls another call sign, not mine.
- I will not transmit when the DX operator queries a call sign not like mine.
- I will not transmit when the DX station requests geographic areas other than mine.
- When the DX operator calls me, I will not repeat my call sign unless I think he has copied it incorrectly.
- I will be thankful if and when I do make a contact.
- I will respect my fellow hams and conduct myself so as to earn their respect.
Download an Arabic article on DX Code of Conduct written by HZ1YR - yousef Raffa