SARCFEST
Sunday 7th August - Come along
Everyone is cordially invited to the Summerland ARC Hamfest ("SARCFEST"). at the clubrooms, 414 Richmond Hill Road, Richmond Hill. 11km east of Lismore, off the Bruxner Highway.
Gates open at 8am. Traders entry from 7 am.
Parking via Livotto Drive.
Entry is $2, or $5 for a family. What's on at SARCFEST 2011
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Hams Not Happy With Latest BPL Changes
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Amateur radio advocates are disappointed the FCC didn’t do more in its latest action regarding "access broadband over power line" systems.
The commission released a Second Report and Order on BPL Monday. ARRL, a national association for hams, has been active on this issue. It noted that the R&O is in response to a court order that instructed the commission to revise its BPL rules, which ARRL had challenged earlier. The association believes BPL emissions "pollute" the radio spectrum, including bands used by amateur radio, and that BPL has failed as a method of delivering broadband connectivity.
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Newsflash
| History This Week |
| A look back at events that made history this week - compiled by the Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW read full article |
| CQ WW SSB Kicks Off Big Stretch For WRTC Qualifying |
| Not only is the CQ WW DX SSB Contest the biggest ham radio test of the year, but it's also the kick off of a very difficult one month stretch for hams around the world - and especially in the US and Canada - on the road to qualifying for the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship. read full article |
| EF8M, P49Y Look To Carve New Marks In WPX CW Record Book |
| While conditions weren't as good for the 2010 WPX CW Contest
as the WPX SSB, the top scorers in the Single Op High Power
and Low Power categories, EF8M and P49Y, could be on their
way to victories and new World records. read full article |
| A Look At D4C Multi-Single In CQ WW SSB 2008 |
| After more than a year of hard work, an international
group of contesters has put together a top flight station in
the Cape Verde Islands, as D4C is now becoming a staple of
major contests like CQ WW DX. Team member Fabio Schettino I4UFH
gives radio-sport.net readers a look inside D4C. read full article |
| North American QSO Party Looks For High Band Boost |
| After starting off the year with the ARRL RTTY Roundup, hams in North America get
to test their CW skills this weekend in the North American QSO Party, one of many
contests that has seen reduced scores on the high bands in recent years because
of lackluster solar conditions. read full article |
| NAQP Shelves Plan To Allow Skimmer For Single Ops |
| For the second time in a month, organizers of a ham radio contest have found themselves
struggling to define operator assistance revolving around the CW Skimmer and other wide-band
CW decoding technology, as a rules change for the 2011 North American QSO Party that would
have allowed assistance for Single ops was shelved on Christmas Eve. read full article |