Welcome to the webpage of the Secunda Amateur Radio Club. We are a proud member of the South African Radio League.

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ZS6SRC - FIFTH BACAR PROJECT - 21 October 2017

Secunda Amateur Radio Club - Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio Equipment Initiative

Launch of BACAR 5 will be at Trichardt Model Airplane grounds, near Secunda, 21 October 2017.

U-TUBE VIDEO OF BACAR-IV LAUNCH - 2016

1. ZS6SRC BACAR BLOG          

2. SRC - PHOTOS OF BACAR LAUNCH & PACKAGE RETRIEVAL - 2016   

5. HABEX

6. SPUTNIK 1 - RUSSIAN INFO

7. SPUTNIK 1 - NASA INFO

ZS6SRC - ISS SSTV - 2016

Decoded ISS SSTV Photos - April 2016 - click here

MAKE NATURE YOUR SHACK

World Wide Flora and Fauna in Amateur Radio

The WWFF program wants to draw attention to the importance of protecting nature, flora and fauna. In this spirit amateur radio operators set up and operate their radio stations from designated nature parks and protected nature areas – generating attention for these areas whilst giving the ham radio community an interesting activity to contact. WWFF is an international and non-commercial program run by the coordinators of a large number of national Flora and Fauna programs.

WWFF:- http://wwff.co/about/

MIT builds a quantum computer out of 5 atoms

Scientists from MIT successfully create a quantum computer out of only five atoms that factors numbers in a scalable way using an algorithm proposed by Professor Peter Shor back in 1994. The feat marks an important landmark development in quantum computer technology. - Click HERE to read more -

Could metal particles be the clean fuel of the future?

McGill-led research points to metal powders as potential replacement for fossil fuels. Can you imagine a future where your car is fueled by iron powder instead of gasoline? - Click HERE to read more -

Self-healing electronics material

A major difficulty in the development of flexible electronics is that the materials used cannot withstand stretching, bending or breaking. Now researchers at Penn State University in Pennsylvania (USA) have developed a new electronics material that can repeatedly heal itself and restore its properties.. - Click HERE to read more -

SECUNDA WEATHER - HOURLY UPDATED

Up-to-date weather satellite images recorded at Secunda, South Africa.

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The "DX Code of Conduct"

Operators are urged to support it:

* 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. *
* I will never tune up on the DX frequency or in the QS X 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 radio amateurs and conduct myself so as to earn their respect *

SOUTHERN AFRICAN AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITE ASSOCIATION    (SA AMSAT)

SA AMSAT to build Satellites in South Africa

1. KLETSkous (Click on KLETSkous)

Interview with Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP reporting on the progress made on SA AMSAT’s KletsKOUS CubeSat project, or download the audio mp3 version from www.amsatsa.org.za .

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