EI Station Works Japan on 70cms Moonbounce for EI First

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Irish Amateur Radio operator Tony EI8JK has successly worked Japan on 432 MHz, bouncing a 70cms singal into Japanese station JA6AHB.

The pair have been trying to make the contact for several weeks with Tony making small incremental improvements to his system to squeeze out every fraction of a dB. In the end, they managed to complete the contact using the JT65 mode on Monday morning during a 2-hour window to make it an EI-JA first on the UHF band.

In terms of equipment, JA6AHB was using 500 watts into a 7 metre dish while Tony was using 4 x 21 element yagis with a medium powered amplifier.

Tony EI8JK Antenna System - https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2018/09/ei8jk-works-japan-on-70cms-moonbounce.html


Try Thailand's Amateur / Ham Radio Exams

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Thailand's communications regulator NBTC has made the sample amateur radio exams available online to try

Almost all of the 110,000 Amateur Radio Operators hold the Basic license as for many years it was impossible to take Intermediate or Advanced exams in the country. The national society, the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST), only has around 900 members.

The three license classes in Thailand are:

  • Basic with 100 watts on 28 MHz and 60 watts on 144 MHz
  • Intermediate with 200 watts output, all bands
  • Advanced with 1,000 watts output, all bands

While the online exams are in the Thai language Google's Translate tool enables you to work out the English meaning.

Thailand's Basic Amateur Radio Exam (100 questions 90 minutes)

Google English - https://tinyurl.com/Thailand-Basic-Exam
Thai - https://oss.nbtc.go.th/OSS/ETest/Exam.aspx?sysgrp=AR&lvl=1

Thailand’s Intermediate Amateur Radio Exam (100 questions 90 minutes)

Google English - https://tinyurl.com/Thailand-Intermediate-Exam
Thai - https://oss.nbtc.go.th/OSS/ETest/Exam.aspx?sysgrp=AR&lvl=2

Thailand’s Advanced Amateur Radio Exam (100 questions 120 minutes)

Google English - https://tinyurl.com/Thailand-Advanced-Exam
Thai - https://oss.nbtc.go.th/OSS/ETest/Exam.aspx?sysgrp=AR&lvl=3

Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/rast.org