GERMANY GETS NEW 4 METER BAND
DON/ANCHOR: Things are about to get very busy on 70 MHz in Germany. From
now until late summer, hams will be enjoying a test period on the band.
That includes Amateur Radio Newsline's Ed Durrant, DD5LP, who has that
story.
ED'S REPORT: The German regulator "BNetza" in its announcement 384/2017 released
on the 16th. May, a day earlier than originally expected, reports
that German Amateurs may use a section of the 70MHz band from 70.150 to
70.180MHz for a test period starting from immediate effect until August
31st this year. The same conditions apply as were in place for the
previous test in 2015.
These conditions are - the amateur is a secondary user on a
non-Interference basis (the primary users are the national Railway and
the Military), no portable or mobile operation, 25 watts ERP maximum on
any mode up to 12KHz bandwidth and horizontal polarization only. All
transmissions, including equipment tests must be entered in a station
log book.
Four meters is a little-used section of the amateur spectrum, and not
available in many countries. The lack of suitable commercially made
amateur radio equipment has been a problem until more recent Software
Defined Radios have been able to provide 70MHz access.
The 70 MHz band performs especially well during times of Sporadic E
propagation - typically occurring during the summer months, which permits
radio communications throughout Europe.
Additional details are available at 70MHz.de website, which is in German
but has translations into various other languages available.
Already having sent a CQ on 4 meters with no replies as yet, for Amateur
Radio Newsline, this is Ed Durrant, DD5LP, in Bavaria, Germany.
(SOUTHGATE)
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SCOUT CAMPS GET ON THE AIR
DON/ANCHOR: The young radio scouts of K2BSA are busy again on the air,
activating the call sign at a variety of locations - and showing up in
Ohio for Hamvention! Here are the details from Amateur Radio Newsline's
Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
BILL: This week in Radio Scouting, we have 3 activations from Scout Camps
on the Air, and we'll be seeing you in Ohio.
Douglas Sharafanowich, WA1SFH, will be activating WA1BSA at Camp Sherman
Hoyt in West Redding, CT on Saturday May 20th. This activation is for the
Radio Merit Badge Requirement 9(a)(6), and will have 20 scouts. Part of
a STEM Merit Badge weekend.
Larrie Deardurff, AF7NU, will be activating his callsign at the Benton
District Camporee in Alsea, OR on Saturday May 20th. Larrie will demo
radio to Scouts at the Camporee with an Icom-7100 and a Butternut HF9V
HF Vertical.
BSA Troop 20 ARC, WS5BSA, will be activating Black Mesa in Kenton, OK on
Sunday May 28th. This active group will set up Yaesu FT-817 from top of
Black Mesa, and operate SSB on 17m & 20m. They will use either Gipsy
Dipole or MFJ-1899T Vertical antenna. They will also carry portable 2m
Yagi and attempt to hit multiple repeaters in OK, TX, KS, CO, and NM
using FT-817.
Hamvention is this weekend May 19th through the 21st. K2BSA will be
present and will be answering your questions on how you can get involved
in radio scouting. We look forward to seeing as many of you there as we
can. We'll be in booth 2205.
For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit
http://www.k2bsa.net/.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
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