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These Ham Links are provided by John Woodstock, K1DWU. The news items are updated daily.

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Amateur radio operators group 'RACES' into action (New Jersey)
This Week in Amateur Radio - Radio Officer Michael Hartmann Participating RACES members, from left: Claus Finke, Ray Caruso, Al Goldberg, Allen Zuk, Michael Hartmann, and Walter Hartmann at Veterans Park for the 24-hour Field Day for Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Serivce.

Ham radio operators to commemorate end of WWII (North Carolina)
This Week in Amateur Radio - On the 65th anniversary of the Japanese surrender in World War II, local ham radio operators will try to link up historic battleships that served in the Pacific Theater.

FCC Reaffirms 2×2 Call Signs Are Only for Advanced, Amateur Extra License Classes
This Week in Amateur Radio - In May 2010, John Gottschalk, KB1DDK, of Westwood, Massachusetts, requested a new call sign via the FCC's vanity call sign program. Gottschalk, a General class licensee, requested KK1CQ -- a 2×2 call sign -- and a waiver from the Commission allowing him to hold the call sign. The FCC denied both requests on Tuesday, August 31, 2010.

Ham radio operators getting busy in Dallas (North Carolina)
This Week in Amateur Radio - Ham radio operators from across the country have been camping all week in Dallas preparing for Saturday’'s 55th annual Shelby Ham Fest. Ham Fest Chairman Robby Hamrick expects more than 5,000 people to jam Dallas Park to buy and sell equipment and watch demonstrations. And some will take the exam to become licensed Ham operators.

Hurricane Earl Heading for North Carolina, Hurricane Warnings Issued for New England
This Week in Amateur Radio - Hurricane Earl -- once again a Category 4 storm -- is currently aiming for North Carolina's Outer Banks. At 11 AM (EDT), Earl is located about 300 miles south of Cape Hatteras and 765 miles south of Nantucket Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts. Earl is now moving north at a speed near 18 MPH, and is expected to turn north-northeast with an increase in forward speed on Friday. The center of Earl will pass near the North Carolina Outer Banks Thursday night and approach Southeastern New England sometime on Friday night. No significant change in strength is expected today, but forecasters at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) expect that the storm should show gradual weakening beginning on Friday.

IARU Region I SSB Field Day This Weekend:
eHam.net News - This upcoming weekend, Sept. 5th and 6th, from 13.00 UTC to 12.59 UTC, the IARU Region I SSB will take place. Please listen for and work as many portable stations in Region I as possible.

DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #35:
eHam.net News - This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, The Daily DX, The Weekly DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.

Hurricane Earl Heading for North Carolina, Hurricane Warnings Issued for New England
ARRL - Hurricane Earl -- once again a Category 4 storm -- is currently aiming for North Carolina’s Outer Banks. At 11 AM (EDT), Earl is located about 300 miles south of Cape Hatteras and 765 mles south of Nantucket Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts. Earl is now moving north at a speed near 18 MPH, and is expected to turn north-northeast with an increase in forward speed on Friday. The center...

ARRL Members Nominate Candidates For Director, Vice Director:
eHam.net News - The policies of the ARRL are established by 15 Directors who are elected to the Board on a geographical basis, with elections for three-year terms held in five divisions each year. At the same time, Vice Directors are elected on the same basis. Responding to solicitations in the July and August issues of QST, ARRL members in the Pacific, Rocky Mountain, Southeastern, Southwestern and West Gulf Divisions have nominated 16 candidates for the 10 positions of Director and Vice Director.

New D-Star Repeater Now In Place In ARRL Laboratory:
eHam.net News - The ARRL Lab has installed a D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) repeater in the Lab at the ARRL Headquarters building. Operating with an output of 147.390 MHz, positive offset, the W1HQ D-STAR repeater is a local repeater with a modest footprint covering the Hartford-New Britain, Connecticut area. The antenna is on the roof of the Headquarters building with the repeater located in the Lab. With its gateway, the repeater is accessible to any D-STAR user on the planet. The Lab's call sign is W1INF.

This Week On The Radio:
eHam.net News - This Week On The Radio:

Hurricane Earl Heading For NC, Hurricane Warnings Issued For New England:
eHam.net News - Hurricane Earl -- once again a Category 4 storm -- is currently aiming for North Carolina's Outer Banks. At 11 AM (EDT) on Thursday, September 2, Earl is located about 300 miles south of Cape Hatteras and 765 south of Nantucket Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts. Earl is now moving north at a speed near 18 MPH, and is expected to turn north-northeast with an increase in forward speed on Friday. The center of Earl will pass near the North Carolina Outer Banks Thursday night and approach Southeastern New England sometime on Friday night.

ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up To Lately?
eHam.net News - This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members, including advocating for and representing Amateur Radio at the local, national and international level, facilitating elections for Directors, Vice Directors and Section Managers, putting W1AW on the air, holding operating events and more.

New Rules For Employee Participation In Drills Begin September 3:
eHam.net News - Beginning September 3, the new, revised wording of Section 97.113 goes into effect. As of this date, the FCC will permit government entities that sponsor disaster and emergency drills to hold these drills without applying for a waiver. Additionally, employees who wish to participate in non-government-sponsored drills and exercises may do so under certain conditions.

FCC Reaffirms 2x2 Call Signs Are Only For Advanced, Amateur Extra Class:
eHam.net News - In May 2010, John Gottschalk, KB1DDK, of Westwood, Massachusetts, requested a new call sign via the FCC's vanity call sign program. Gottschalk, a General class licensee, requested KK1CQ -- a 2x2 call sign -- and a waiver from the Commission allowing him to hold the call sign. The FCC denied both requests on Tuesday, August 31, 2010.

New D-STAR Repeater Now in Place in ARRL Laboratory
ARRL - The ARRL Lab has installed a D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) repeater in the Lab at the ARRL Headquarters building. Operating with an output of 147.390 MHz, positive offset, the W1HQ D-STAR repeater is a local repeater with a modest footprint covering the Hartford-New Britain, Connecticut area. The antenna is on the roof of the Headquarters building with the repeater locat...

WIA News Podcast for Sun, 5 Sep 2010
K1DWU - Wireless Institute of Australia [Source: Planet-Ham.com / 09-02]

Radio Caroline to replace masts on Ross Revenge
Southgate ARC - UK-based Radio Caroline says its radio ship Ross Revenge is to have a new antenna system installed

Sable Island DXpedition update
Southgate ARC - Randy N0TG, reports: Operation dates have been modified slightly due to logistics matters: October 21–29th, 2010

Denmark plans terrorism charge against Kurdish TV
Southgate ARC - The Danish government says that it backs the filing of terrorism-related charges against two Denmark-based companies behind a Kurdish television station that prosecutors accuse of promoting the PKK militant group

Win a Wouxun KG-UVD2 dual-band HT
Southgate ARC - AmateurRadio.com is offering a free prize drawing. With the help of our generous sponsor, Wouxun.us, we’re holding a drawing for a Wouxun KG-UVD2 Dual-Band HT (US$107 value)

Chelmsford Talk - The Battle for the Bridge at Arnhem
Southgate ARC - On Tuesday, September 7, Peter Best G8BLS will give a talk on the Wireless Communications issues that arose during Operation Market Garden in 1944

GB2EFF on the air from Epping Forest Festival
Southgate ARC - The Loughton and Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society (LEFARS) will be at Chingford Plain, this coming Sunday, September 5, to activate GB2EFF from the City of London Corporation’s, Epping Forest Festival

Jordanian special event station
Southgate ARC - Members of the Royal Jordanian Radio Amateurs Society (RJRAS) will activate special event station JY7P between September 17–19th

CQ magazine launches streamlined website - celebrates with special web-only offer
Southgate ARC - CQ magazine has launched a new, easy-to-navigate website, and is celebrating with a special web-only discount offer

Peter Hale, G4OAD - Silent Key
Southgate ARC - Peter Hale, G4OAD became a Silent Key 24th August 2010, aged 82 years. He leaves his wife Vera and sons Simon and Kevin

Portuguese AM Feast
Southgate ARC - Following the proposal of one of our members for a nation-wide operation using amplitude modulation on 144 MHz, the ‘Associação de Radioamadores do Litoral Alentejano’ invites everyone to participate in a special AM transmission commemoration, using the 80, 40, 20, 10 and 2 metres bands, Sunday, September 19, 2010

Win a Wouxun KG-UVD2 Dual-Band HT!
eHam.net News - AmateurRadio.com is offering a free prize drawing! With the help of our generous sponsor, Wouxun.us, we're holding a drawing for a Wouxun KG-UVD2 Dual-Band HT.

CQ Unveils New Website:
eHam.net News - (Hicksville, NY) -- CQ magazine has launched a new, easy-to-navigate website, and is celebrating with a special web-only discount offer. The updated site, which features a clean new look and a streamlined user interface, completes a company-wide website upgrade for all four magazines published by CQ Communications, Inc.

Earl Possibly to Upgrade to Category 4 Storm, US Atlantic Coast on Alert
ARRL - On August 30, Hurricane Earl intensified into a Category 4 hurricane -- sustained winds 131-155 MPH -- before leveling out back into a Category 3 storm. But even as a Category 3 hurricane, Earl is still a major storm with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 90 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds extending outward up to 200 miles. According to the National Hurricane C...

ARRL to Close in Observance of Labor Day
ARRL - ARRL Headquarters will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, September 6. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Tuesday, September 7 at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. We wish everyone a safe and festive holiday weekend.

Tony's 10-metre band report
Southgate ARC - Another very lean week with the weekend a little better but still not exactly jumping. I think UT7IL should get a mention for being consistently good at both spotting and making contacts. But, take Tuesday, with that DX about, why were more people not working them? It’s a mystery

Amateur Radio DXpedition to Jarvis Island - latest
Southgate ARC - On 2010 August 31 the Refuge Manager at US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) notified the Radio Expeditions Inc team that it will receive a permit to conduct the next DXpedition to Jarvis Island (KH5)

ARRL in Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?
ARRL - Compiled by S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA ARRL News Editor news@arrl.orgThis feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of August.ARRL Sections along the Atlantic Coast are watching and monitoring the progress of Hurricane Earl, with many assisting WX4NHC...

James Garland, W8ZR, Wins August QST Cover Plaque Award
ARRL - The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for August is James Garland, W8ZR, for his article “The StationPro Master Station Controller.” Congratulations, James! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or authors of the best article in each issue -- is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll Web page. Cast a ballot for your favorite article in the...

Discover the Fun of 6 Meters (and Up!) in the ARRL September VHF QSO Party
ARRL - September is here, and according to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, that means the VHF bands are getting a workout: “If you’ve never experienced the fun of VHF+ operating, the ARRL September VHF QSO Party is a great place to start. With many HF radios now offering at least 6 meter SSB/CW capabilities -- and some offering 2 meters and 70 cm as well -- any amateur with a Technician...

D-STAR Update
K1DWU - Eastern MA ARRL - Terry Stader, KA8SCP writes on PART-L: [This came in on another mail list; some good stuff for D-STAR users.] There are some items of interest to the D-Star user community worth making you aware of. First and foremost, the 2 meter D-Star machine... [Source: Planet-Ham.com / 09-01]

New England Area Flea Markets, Sept. 1, 2010
K1DWU - Eastern MA ARRL [Source: Planet-Ham.com / 09-01]

AMSAT at Shelby Hamfest
Southgate ARC - AMSAT Area Coordinator Bob Felt, KB5YZG and AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW will be representing AMSAT at the Shelby Hamfest on Saturday and Sunday, September 4-5

First airing for MX0GBB/P club callsign
Southgate ARC - Over the full August bank holiday weekend, members of the Brigg and District Amateur Radio Club (BDARC) operated their club call sign MX0 GBB/P for the first time. Watch the video

Spare places on Essex morse class
Southgate ARC - As well as a Foundation course, the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society is also starting a Morse class on Thursday Sept 2

Edgware and District Radio Society - EAP 2010
Southgate ARC - Celebrate the autumn evenings with some multi-band HF activity in EAP with both CW and SSB action from Tuesday, 21st September to Friday, 1st October

GIOTA - Greek Islands On The Air
Southgate ARC - Aegean Dx Group members will be active as SV5/homecall/p on 3-7 September 2010, from Arkoi Island for the Greek Islands On The Air – GIOTA award programme

Hurricane Earl
Southgate ARC - Hurricane Earl information statement issued by the Canadian Hurricane Centre of Environment Canada at 9.11 AM ADT Tuesday 31 August 2010

IRESC press release
Southgate ARC - Salvatore C. Torres, Senior Vice President/Director of Presidents of the International Radio Emergency Support Coalition has issued this press release regarding the wide-spread flooding in Pakistan

Java Breadboard Simulator 1.11
Southgate ARC - The Java Breadboard Simulator application was designed to be a small tool which enables students to simulate circuits developed on a breadboard

BBC Radio 3 - Morse and Music
Southgate ARC - The BBC Proms concert on Monday, August 30, now on the web, featured a piece called PK, inspired by the Marconi telegraph station at Porthcurno

Amsat Symposium - poster presentation and demonstration opportunity
Southgate ARC - The poster presentation and demonstration area proved to be a popular place to visit at the Baltimore Symposium. The 2010 Symposium Committee plans to duplicate this success at the Chicago Symposium

Amateur Radio Club makes a comeback after nearly signing off (Oklahoma)
This Week in Amateur Radio - Oklahoma State University’s Amateur Radio Club is making a comeback. Having been around since the 1920s, Amateur Radio Club is one of the oldest clubs on campus.

Ham radio can be a life saver (British Columbia)
This Week in Amateur Radio - Long before Facebook, email, cell phones and satellites, a select group of people were able to communicate across continents, often broadcasting from obscure locations using ham radios. By today’s standards it may not seem too impressive. But what happens when the next big earthquake hits us?

Gabfest attendees have chance to ham it up in Uniontown (Pennsylvania)
This Week in Amateur Radio - The Uniontown Amateur Radio Club will hold its annual Gabfest on Saturday, an event that is geared toward ham radio operators and electronics enthusiasts.

New radio lab helps students broadcast to the world and space (West Virginia)
This Week in Amateur Radio - The radio club will make use of the new applied mathematics and engineering lab in Stutzman-Slonaker, room 303. The radio club uses shortwave and high frequency radio to broadcast on wavelengths not used for commercial or other specific broadcast purposes.

Radio men keep communications open (Pennsylvania)
This Week in Amateur Radio - During emergencies and disasters, the Clinton County Sheriff's Office relies on a vital yet obscure member of their volunteer quartet to provide emergency communications. The Clinton County Emergency Communications Team is a group of volunteer amateur radio operators who help area first responders communicate with one another when normal communications channels are broken or overloaded.

Ham Radio Can Be A Life Saver:
eHam.net News - Long before Facebook, email, cell phones and satellites, a select group of people were able to communicate across continents, often broadcasting from obscure locations using ham radios. By today's standards it may not seem too impressive. But what happens when the next big earthquake hits us? When an unexpected disaster occurs, cell phone reception and email are often quick to fail. That is when we really start to appreciate people who know what to do in the event of an emergency: the professionals and amateurs who are prepared and can relay information. It's a good thing there are ham radio clubs like the Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association and the Cowichan Valley Amateur Radio Society, which have repeater antennas located on the Island. They have a worldwide radio web that predates the Internet by more than 50 years. These repeaters allow radio communication in places where there is no cell phone coverage, or if there is a problem with cell phone towers due to earthquakes, etc. During a disaster, ham radio associations set up portable self-powered stations at emergency gathering locations. Besides sending and receiving critical disaster relief information, they are also there to send and receive short messages between loved ones and friends all over the world.

FCC Reaffirms 2×2 Call Signs Are Only for Advanced, Amateur Extra License Classes
ARRL

QST Columnist Recognized for Documenting Radio’s Past
ARRL - John Dilks, K2TQN -- who pens the “Vintage Radio” column in QST every month -- was awarded the AWA Houck Award for Documentation by the Antique Wireless Association (AWA) at their 2010 World Convention, held August 17-21 in Rochester, New York. This award is presented each year to an AWA member who has written original articles on radio development or history in the AWA Journal, AWA Review or o...

QST Columnist Recognized for Documenting Radio’s Past
ARRL - John Dilks, K2TQN -- who pens the “Vintage Radio” column in QST every month -- was awarded the AWA Houck Award for Documentation by the American Wireless Association (AWA) at their 2010 World Convention, held August 17-21 in Rochester, New York. This award is presented each year to an AWA member who has written original articles on radio development or history in the AWA Journal, AWA Review or ...

MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint
WA7BNM Contest Calendar - 2300Z, Sep 6 to 0300Z, Sep 7

iPhone Sat Tracker
Southgate ARC - A promotional video for an iPhone Amateur Radio satellite tracker App has been uploaded to YouTube

IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
Southgate ARC - Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Fredy, DE0MST of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

Austrian Military Radio Society - 50th anniversary
Southgate ARC - The Austrian Military Radio Society celebrates its 50th anniversary from Sep 1 until Dec 31. Several special event stations will be activated for this event

US Amateur Radio Emergency Service celebrates 75 years of service
Southgate ARC - The US Amateur Radio Emergency Service, ARES, will be celebrating its 75th anniversary from September through December 2010

Fire safety message gives food for thought
Southgate ARC - The Herald newspaper reports that the Torbay Amateur Radio Society were given a presentation on fire safety by firefighter Simon M3VTO

Indian universities aspire to launch student satellites
Southgate ARC - Calcutta News reports that 25 Indian universities aspire to launch satellites but the Indian space agency indicates current launch opportunities are limited

Jamboree On The Air
Southgate ARC - Bob, VK6POP, wishes to remind you that there's about six weeks to go until Jamboree On The Air

Netherlands Antilles
Southgate ARC - As many of you know by now, the Netherlands Antilles will likely be dissolved as a country on October 10, 2010. Several new DXCC entities will result from this change including the addition of the island of Curacao (PJ2) as a new DXCC entity separate from Bonaire (PJ4)

BBC Radio Ulster presenter offers SatNav voice
Southgate ARC - BBC Radio Ulster listeners may be used to driving along to the sounds of Hugo Duncan’s popular afternoon programme, but they can now enjoy hearing the presenter keep them on the right path any time of the day by downloading the unique voice of Uncle Hugo to their SatNav system

WIA National Field Day - Saturday 23 October 2010
Southgate ARC - Plan your participation in this great public relations event to help promote amateur radio to the public and have fun

ZS6JVT 40 metre HF Youth Spring Competition
Southgate ARC - The ZS6JVT 40 metre HF Youth Spring Competition will take place on Saturday 4 September between 10:00 and 12:00 CAT

Transmission 2010
Southgate ARC - Radio communication is a vital part of today’s world. British Wireless for the Blind Fund invites you or your Club to take part in Transmission 2010, our annual competition to make as many contacts across the world as possible and raise money for a very worthwhile cause at the same time

Youth@HamRadio.Fun: A 2010 Youth DX Adventure
ARRL - By Duncan MacLachlan, KU0DM ARRL Youth Editor ku0dm@arrl.netI desperately wanted to go on a DXpedition before I turned 18. I know not many kids my age have had the opportunity to travel abroad, let alone travel abroad for the sole purpose of doing something you love. So when Don DuBon, N6JRL, first contacted me, informing me that there was a possibility that I could accompany a group of young ope...

Hurricane Earl Continues to Strengthen, Watch Nets Activated
ARRL - With Hurricane Earl now a category 2 storm -- and expected to become a major hurricane -- WX4NHC and the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) -- activated at 8 AM EDT on Monday, August 30; WX4NHC is the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida. As of 8 AM (EDT) on Monday, August 30, Earl’s center is approximately 25 miles east north-northeast of St Martin in the north...

IOTA news from OPDX
Southgate ARC - Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW

Independence Day Brazil BPSK3 CDX Contest
Southgate ARC - The Cantareira DX Group (CDX) has the honor to invite the radio amateurs all over the world to participate in the Independence Day Brazil Contest (BPSK3)

Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC - Bright Sparks Quiz
Southgate ARC - There is a change of venue for this year's Bright Sparks Quiz

Exciting papers and presentations rolling-in
Southgate ARC - As of this week, the 2010 Amsat Symposium Committee has had several exciting offers for papers and presentations

HAMNET Report
Southgate ARC - WSAR (Wilderness Search and Rescue) ran an operation at Matroosberg on the 12th and 13th of August in an attempt to recover the remains of Elaine Abrahams who fell over the edge of Groothoek Canyon at the end of June. Listen to this report from Hamnet's National Director, Francois Botha, ZS6BUU

History This Week
Southgate ARC - A look back at events that made history this week - compiled by the Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW

New AO-51 schedule as satellite enters full sun
Southgate ARC - AO-51 Command Team, Mark Hammond, N8MH said this week that according to projections, the next 100% illumination period for AO-51 has begun

RaDAR Special event station PD55RADAR
Southgate ARC - Peter PD1AJJ and Elmar PD3EM will be active with the special event callsign PD55RADAR between 4 - 14 September 2010. RaDAR is short for Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio

Spanish Lighthouse WFF/FEA Op
Southgate ARC - Members of the URE, LYNX and DXCITING from the EA3 and EA5 districts will activate EG3LH from the Faro el Galacho, Punta Corballera Lighthouse between September 4-5th

Sun storm to hit with 'force of 100m bombs'
Southgate ARC - The Sun has been generating some imaginative news headlines during the summer months, an Australian news website has just covered the issue

It's time to register for the 2010 AMSAT Symposium
Southgate ARC - It is time to register for the 2010 AMSAT Space Symposium and General meeting. You can register on-line at the AMSAT Store

DXCC Country / Entity report
Southgate ARC - According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 22nd-August, through Sunday, 29th-August there were 207 countries active

Tennessee QSO Party
WA7BNM Contest Calendar - 1800Z, Sep 5 to 0300Z, Sep 6

DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest
WA7BNM Contest Calendar - 1100Z-1700Z, Sep 5

WAB 144 MHz QRP Phone
WA7BNM Contest Calendar - 1000Z-1400Z, Sep 5

GB7ML 2m D-STAR node: great coverage
K1DWU - G4VXE - I noticed a D-STAR buzz on 145.6375 the other day when I was testing an analog set and a quick 'Google' showed that the GB7ML 2m D-STAR node was now operational from Tring. The coverage map at ukrepeater.net looks really impressive and showed potential... [Source: Planet-Ham.com / 08-30]

WIA News Podcast for Sun, 29 Aug 2010
K1DWU - Wireless Institute of Australia - WIANEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING AUG 29 2010. [Source: Planet-Ham.com / 08-29]

Find Hams in Your Area
K1DWU - KB6NU - I've blogged about finding hams in your area before: How Many Hams Are in Your Neighborhood? How Many Hams in Your Grid Square? A recent thread on the HamRadioHelpGroup mailing list prompts me to revisit this topic, though. The replies list four different... [Source: Planet-Ham.com / 08-29]

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
Southgate ARC - Solar activity is still at low levels. Currently Sunspot 1 101 is big but quiet. The effective sunspot number is expected to be less than 10 for the coming week