New ARDC Director of Technology

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Software developer Schuyler Erle NØGIS has joined the team at Amateur Radio Digital Communications as its new director of technology. Announcing his arrival on their website, ARDC called Schuyler uniquely qualified for the post because of his long history in open source software development, ham radio and wireless technology and engineering management. He has been a licensed ham since 2011 and is a former member of the Auxiliary Communications Service in San Francisco, California, which operates in times of crisis.

Schuyler is the coauthor of "Mapping Hacks," published in 2005 by O’Reilly Media. The book explores the potential held by Free / Open Source geographic information systems. In Sonoma County, California, he was able to establish a cooperative that helped bring high-speed Internet access to a rural community living in the coastal hills.

PRESENTER OPINION : The ARRL elections this year are a sham?→

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PRESENTER OPINION : The ARRL elections this year are a sham?

I’ve always recommended that hams join the ARRL, but recent events have certainly tested my resolve. The ARRL seems to lurch from calamity to calamity. Earlier this year, there was the decision to discontinue sending copies of the print version of QST to members. Then, in May, there was a cyber attack on the ARRL’s shaky IT infrastructure.

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UK, NZ Hams Mark 100 Years of Two-Way Radio Communication

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Hams in the UK and New Zealand are getting ready to activate special callsigns to mark the first trans-global two-way radio communication and will be operating from the locations where it happened: the Mill Hill School in North London where young Cecil Goyder, G2SZ, made radio contact with Frank Bell, Z4AA, a ham in Shag Valley, Otago. The date of the hour-long CW contact was the 18th of October 1924.

Cecil's callsign will be back on the air in hopes of contacting hams around the world as operators call CQ from the school from the 14th through to the 20th of October. Frank's original callsign has been modified to ZL4AA for the New Zealand operation which will be on the air from the 12th through to the 20th of October.

The big day, of course, is the 18th of October, when hams will re-enact that first contact, using a frequency as close as possible to the 1924 original, which was around 92 metres).

Meanwhile, be listening as well for other stations taking part in the celebration: GB2NZ is on the air through the 26th of October 2024 throughout the UK. ZM100DX is on the air through the 26th of December throughout New Zealand. The New Zealand station will be using CW, SSB and several other modes. The QSL manager for all four special-event calls is MØOXO

More Information - http://www.GB2NZ.com