An antenna for mobile use!

This would fit the mobile shack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iwhiKfrLPIU#!

Or maybe this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01A8K-ECkMs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cqdx.ru%2Fham%2Fnew-equipment%2Fair-25-inflated-antenna-tower-for-amateur-radio-cert%2F&feature=player_embedded

The Star of India 148th Birthday

The Star of India is the oldest active sailing ship in the World and it was launched from Ramsey Shipyard in November 1863.
The ship is now in San Diego, California and on 12th and 13th November it will be sailing with an Amateur Radio station on board using the callsign NS6OI.
The radio station will operate from 16:00z to 23:00z as follows:
SSB 14.275mhz and 28.350mhz
CW (every 2 hours) 14.035mhz and 28.025mhz

NS6OI QSL cards will be sent to stations which provide their QSL card and a SASE.
The mailing address for QSL cards is:
Star of India Amateur Radio Club/NS6OI
1492 Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
The IOMARS are planning to set up a special event station from Ramsey Coast Guard Station.

? more toys may be required in the future!!

Success in Europe

During the meeting of the CEPT WRC-12 Conference Preparatory Group held in Bucharest between November 1st-4th 2011 an European Common Proposal was agreed.

This ECP represents the block vote of 48 administrations and was passed without dissent. It proposes an allocation to the amateur service between 472-480 kHz on a secondary basis with a maximum power limit of 5W eirp.

This ECP will now be forwarded to the ITU as a contribution from CEPT.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who participated in the work of the working group that led to the adoption of this proposal. Also thanks are due to those European Member Societies who helped to influence their national administrations in this matter.

Now for WRC-12.

Colin, G3PSM

CEPT Co-ordinator for Agenda Item 1.23

From: International Amateur Radio Union Region 1
http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_content&view
=article&id=879:success-in-europe&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50