Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2357 for Friday, December 30th, 2022
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2357, with a release date of
Friday, December 30th, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams in Switzerland get use of the 4m band.
Amateur ranks grow on Prince Edward Island, Canada -- and get ready
to jump into the DX Ultra-Marathon. All this and more, as Amateur
Radio Newsline Report Number 2357, comes your way right now.
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SWISS AMATEURS GRANTED ACCESS TO 4M BAND
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We begin this week with good news for the new year.
Starting on the first of January, hams in Switzerland will be allowed
to operate on the 4m band using all commonplace simplex modes. The
Swiss amateur radio association USKA reported recently that their communications
authorities have granted approval to hams holding HB9
licenses for a maximum operating power of 25 watts ERP. Hams may
operate only on freqencies between 70 MHz and 70.0375 MHz. They also
have permission for the range between 70.1125 and 70.5000MHz.
Relays and Echolink gateways will not be permitted on the band, and
any stations being operated via remote-control must get permission
from the Regulator, OFCOM-CH.
(DARC, FEDERAL NETWORK AGENCY)
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TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATIONS RENEWED IN GERMANY
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: There is also good news for hams in Germany as temporary
authorisations for certain bands have been renewed for another year.
Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has the details.
JEREMY: In Germany, the Federal Network Agency, BNetZA, has extended temporary
allocations for amateur operation in part of the160 metre,
the 6 and 4 metre and 13 and 6 centimetre bands. These permissions were
to have expired at the end of this year, but are now granted anew until
the 31st of December 2023. According to a Google translation of the announcement
in the agency Gazette, 6 m band operation is allowed in the
50 to 50.4 MHz frequency range. Class A licence holders may use a maximum
of 750 watts PEP and Class E licence holders can transmit with a maximum
of 100 W PEP with operation only permitted using horizontal polarisation.
For the frequency range between 50.4 and 52 MHz, only 25 watts PEP is
allowed, but contest operation is permitted.
On the 4m band, operation is granted up to 25w ERP using horizontal
polarisation by Class A licence holders and on frequencies between 70.150
and 70.210 MHz. At the top end of 160 metres, Class both A and E licence
holders may use their permitted maximum transmission power, operating at
weekends within the frequencies 1.85 and 2.00 MHz. Contest operation on
160m is only allowed on these frequencies and at the weekend.
Finally, holders of licence Class E are given access to the 13 and 6 cm
bands, from 2320 to 2450 MHz and 5650 to 5850 MHz with a maximum power of
5 W PEP so that they can take part in the Hamnet Mesh data network
This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(FEDERAL NETWORK AGENCY)
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HAM RANKS INCREASE ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AFTER STORMS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In one Canadian province, hams have noticed that the
aftereffects of the past storm season haven't all been bad. Sel Embee,
K B 3 T Zed D, is here to tell us about one big change for the better.
SEL: There are a lot of happy radio operators on Prince Edward Island
lately. Hams in this province of Atlantic Canada have discovered their
ranks are growing.
According to a report by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, tropical
storm Fiona and the COVID-19 pandemic have created an environment that
has led island residents to discover the appeal of radio communications. Prince
Edward Island, also known among island chasers as IOTA Number
NA-029, has become a place to nurture new amateurs, according to members
of the Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club.
The club's president, Bill McMaster, VY2WM, told the CBC that the group's
membership has grown especially after amateur radio's profile grew during
tropical storm Fiona this past September. At the time of the storm, local
operators were helping with emergency response through the CANWARN
emergency communications network, joining the ongoing nets, providing
status reports and weather updates.
Organizers told the CBC that the hams on the island expect to have another
training program for license candidates by springtime.
This is Sel Embee, KB3TZD.
(CBC)
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