Old "Traffic News" messages
World Amateur Radio Day
18-04-2012
Submitted by: ON5EX
The SARL will also participate in World Amateur Radio Day with the call sign ZS6IARU on Wednesday 18 April 2012.
QSL via ZS4BS to the SARL Bureau.
QSL via ZS4BS to the SARL Bureau.
GR1ØØMGY - Titanic Centenary
10-04-2012
Submitted by: ON5EX
The sinking of White Star Line's RMS Titanic on 15th April 1912 sent shock-waves around the world and has touched our hearts ever since. To commemorate this tragic event, GR1ØØMGY special event station will be activated between 10-15th April, 2012.
Some fifteen operators will man two 400 watt transmitters on the eight HF bands from 3.5 to 28 MHz, using directional antennas. Only CW will be used except on the open days, 14-15th April, when SSB will help the public to understand the operation. Activity on VHF is also planned.
QSL through G3SXW.
Some fifteen operators will man two 400 watt transmitters on the eight HF bands from 3.5 to 28 MHz, using directional antennas. Only CW will be used except on the open days, 14-15th April, when SSB will help the public to understand the operation. Activity on VHF is also planned.
QSL through G3SXW.
ON4BB/P - Castle of Skeuvre
01-04-2012
Submitted by: ON5EX
On April 1st from 6h00 UTC onwards, ON4BB/P will be QRV from Skeuvre Castle on all bands. Team members: Luk ON4BB, Willy ON5JE, Paul ON6DP, Fred ON6QR, Didier ON6YH, Pierre ON7PC and Jean ON7ZM.
Skeuvre Castle stood model for the Champignac castle in the popular strip "Spirou" and the story goes Luk ON4BB is the ham operator in Franquin's strip album "QRN sur Bretzelburg"!
QSL via bureau.
EI8GQB aka ON4EI activity
18-03-2012
Submitted by: ON5EX
On March 18th-26th 2012, Oliver/ON4EI will again be QRV from Ireland near Fethard (IO62EL) on top of Benneshill (170m ASL) with his Irish callsign EI8GQB.
He will enter the CQ WPX SSB CONTEST as SOAB Low Power Non Assisted (March 24-25). During the week before the contest Oliver will set up 5 antennas to support SO2R operation. Reference frequency is 7.100 MHz +/- QRM.
Equipment:
- 18m top loaded vertical monopole for 160-80m bands + 32 radials.
- 2 Spiderbeam antennas for 20/15/10m bands.
- 200m long beverage East-West.
- 3 elements East-West bidirectional inverted V beam for 40m band.
- Rigs are Elecraft K3 & Kenwood TS2000.
Olivier will hold a daily blog and post regularly video on ON4EI's YouTube channel.
TC18M - Naval Victory Commemoration
17-03-2012
Submitted by: ON5EX
To commemorate the Naval Victory of 18 March 1915, TC18M will be on the air during the weekend of March 17-18, working SSB, CW and BPSK31 on HF bands.
QSL manager is TA1HZ and information is at www.qrz.com and www.tcswat.org. QSL cards will be ready for Friedrichshafen Messe (end of June), so there is no need to hurry sending your card direct, unless needed for an award.
ON4WRC/P activating ONFF sites
29-02-2012
Submitted by: ON5EX
On February 29, ON4WRC/P will activate 2 ONFF sites in Knokke-Heist:
100% QSL via bureau.
- ONFF-018 nature park Dievegat, 0900-1200 UTC, 40-30-20m, CW/SSB
- ONFF-017 nature park Reygaertsvliet (De Vrede), 1230-1630 UTC, 40-30-20m, CW/SSB
100% QSL via bureau.
ON50HC - 50 years radioshack Oostkust
28-02-2012
Submitted by: ON5EX
Radioclub ON6HC is celebrating its 50th anniversary and for this occasion are using a special callsign ON50HC.
QRV on all bands and modes until the end of 2012, running FT-1000/FT-897/FT-840/Icom E2820.
Amateur radio exams in DR Congo
30-01-2012
Submitted by: ON5EX
On January 27, 2012 the first Amateur Radio Exams took place in the ARAC clubhouse in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Pascal, 9Q1PM, did an excellent job preparing the candidates for the test. All 21 candidates passed!
The exam was supervised by Mr Mpatamana of the Ministère des Postes Nouvelles Technologies de Communication. The club has great plans to be on the air with their club station 9Q0AR on a regular basis.
The exam was supervised by Mr Mpatamana of the Ministère des Postes Nouvelles Technologies de Communication. The club has great plans to be on the air with their club station 9Q0AR on a regular basis.
SI9AM - ON operators
25-01-2012
Submitted by: ON5EX
ON4AWT (Fons), ON5RZ (Raf) and ON7DS (Dirk) will be again active from the far North in Sweden, January 25-30 as SI9AM. They will also be QRV for the UBA SSB DX contest on January 28 and 29.
QSL via SI9AM only.
SAQ - new test transmission on 17.2 kHz
10-01-2012
Submitted by: ON5EX
"The reason for the trouble with SAQ on Christmas Eve was most probably a damaged fuse in the excitation circuit for the 500 V DC generator. The fuse was not completely blown but measured a very high resistance (150 ohm). When we lost the excitation current to the DC generator, we also lost the control current to the choke coils in the conductors to the main motor, and thereby the speed control of the alternator was lost. It was confusing that the problem occurred exactly when we connected the running alternator to the antenna. We were actually on air a few seconds with decreasing frequency until the antenna was disconnected by the protection circuit in the speed control."
Because of the missing Christmas Eve transmission there will be a SAQ test transmission on Tuesday 10th, 2012 at 13:30 UTC. There will only be a transmission with "VVV VVV VVV DE SAQ SAQ SAQ" running for about 30 minutes and no message. There will be no QSL-card exchange for this test.
