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ZS30SRC - SECUNDA RADIO CLUB 30YR ANNIVERSARY - 2018

Held AT TRICHARDTFONTEINDAM 21-28 January 2018

ZS30SRC field station consist of:

80M/160M - Dipole Antenna - SSB & Digital
40M - Vertical Antenna - SSB & Digital
20M - 2el Quad - SSB & Digital
17M - 2el Quad - SSB & Digital
15M - 2el Quad - SSB & Digital
12M - 2el Quad - SSB & Digital
10M - 2el Quad - SSB & Digital

(Unfortunate we had to unplug all antennas a few times due to lightning and lots of rain)

Sam's Radio Accessories did sponsor a G5RV antenna for the raffle

Sid Tyler was the winner of the G5RV

Need Amateur Radio Equipment - CONTACT: SAM or Bertrand @ +27 11 802 2976 or e-mail: radioacc@telkomsa.net

Thanks to all who made this week a big success

Real-Time HF Propagation Prediction

ZS6SRC - SIXTH BACAR PROJECT - 11 August 2018

Secunda Amateur Radio Club - Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio Equipment Initiative

Launch of BACAR 6 will be at Trichardt Model Airplane grounds, near Secunda, 11 Aug 2018.

Focus this year will be on YOTA (Youngsters on the Air - 2018). YOTA brings together young Radio Amateurs under the age of 26 who have the passion for amateur radio and technology. 80 Participants from 34 countries will visit Amateur Radio in South Africa and one their projects will be to build their own payloads to fly on BACAR 6. Please visit their webpage at www.zs9yota.co.za

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

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/

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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 *

TROPOSPHERIC DUCTING FORECAST

Tropospheric (a.k.a. "Tropo") DX modes are defined by the mechanics behind them. A Tropo DX mode is any condition that scatters, reflects or refracts signals in the Troposphere allowing long distance reception (and hence interference) to occur in the VHF, UHF and/or microwave radio bands. Refraction occurs when the normal Index of Refraction has been altered. Vertical boundaries between different types of airmasses usually cause this..where a temperature inversion (warm air over cooler air) exists. This causes signal enhancement. When the vertical boundary becomes especially sharp, the amount of refraction becomes so severe that signals extend a great distance as though caught in a duct...thus the reference to tropospheric ducting.

Propagation:- http://www.dxinfocentre.com/

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