Station personnel at 4U1ITU — the Amateur Radio station at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland — have installed a webcam in the station, allowing anyone with an Internet connection to view live happenings at the station. 4U1ITU will be signing as 4U1WRC during the 2012 World Radio Communication Conference (WRC-12), which runs…
The ARRL International Humanitarian Award: Andrey Fedorov, KL1A (aka RW3AH, ) was named this year’s recipient of the ARRL International Humanitarian Award. Fedorov is the former Chief Coordinator of the Russian Amateur Radio Emergency Service (RARES) and has been involved in providing communications support via Amateur Radio for almost 25 years. He has also served…
Over a decade ago, HAM radio operators set up base in Sabarimala to help prevent disasters like the one at Pullumedu that claimed the lives of over a 100 devotees on makaravilakku day, last year. Now the HAM Emergency Communication and Disaster Management Society (HECDMS) has set up control rooms at Sannidhanam, Pampa and the…
On January 10, the US District Court for Maine issued a ruling in the FCC’s lawsuit to collect monetary forfeitures issued to Glenn Baxter, K1MAN, of Belgrade Lakes, Maine. The FCC had assessed forfeitures in the amount of $21,000 against Baxter on three asserted violations of the Communications Act of 1934 and its regulations: Failure…
Introduction The “Beacon Robot” is a new project born after the experience achieved on the realisation of the previous “Beacon IY4M”, operating on the same frequency since 1985.In the last version, we have added many new features, upgrading the controlling software and hardware, according to the most modern digital techniques. Now the user can have…