Isle of Man Amateur Radio Society
Advancing Amateur Radio On The Isle of Man
It is with sadness that I report the passing on Wednesday 26th November 2014 of Maurice Kelly, GD0JBL of Ballasalla.
On behalf of the IOMARS I pass our condolences to Maurices family and friends for their loss.
The funeral will be on Wednesday 3 December, at 1.15pm, St Andrew’s Church, Douglas.
Andy Morgan GD1MIP secretary
The Isle of Man amateur radio society 66th Annual General meeting is due to take place on Tuesday 09th December 2014 at the Sea cadet hall, Tromode, Isle of Man.
Members are asked to attend at 19:30 hours for a commencement of the meeting at 20:00 hours.
Items to be entered onto the AGM agenda:- Election of committee and what 2015 holds for us all plus any other business.
Refreshments – Tea / coffee biscuits and a chip butty will be provided.
If you want to add to the agenda or say anything please contact any committee member or the secretary Andy Morgan (details on the main page).
Tuesday December 9th 2014.
19:30 hours at the Tromode sea cadet hall.
Please contact the secretary Andy Morgan via email iomars@manx.net or any other committee member if you have any matters for the agenda or if you fancy taking on a role within the committee.
See the previous post for details.
Ofcom is proposing to make changes to the amateur licence. Some changes are not in our favour so it is important as many people respond as possible.
Ofcom has consulted the RSGB in these matters and counted that as one vote. That is with the weight of all the various committees with different interests within the RSGB.
Below are the links you will need. The first is guidelines from the RSGB, the second is the link to the consultation document.
https://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/amateur-radio-licence/howtorespond/form
Please find time to fill in the on line form, it doesn’t take long and this one is important. NB To be submitted to Ofcom by 5pm on 20 October 2014.
Thank you
Anyone got one?
Or possibly a TS790?
Andy
Tuesday December 9th 2014.
19:30 hours at the Tromode sea cadet hall.
Please contact the secretary Andy Morgan via email iomars@manx.net or any other committee member if you have any matters for the agenda or if you fancy taking on a role within the committee.
Towards the end of the year, radio amateurs will have the opportunity to receive what must be the ultimate DX from a ham radio payload transmitting the data mode JT65B as it flies around the Moon
Beijing plans to send a lunar orbiter around the Moon carrying a 14 kg battery powered payload known as 4M-LXS which was developed at LuxSpace. The amateur radio payload will transmit a JT65B signal on 145.990 MHz which can be decoded by radio amateurs using the free WJST software.
The orbiter is one of the test models for Beijing’s new lunar probe Chang’e-5, which will be tasked with landing on the moon, collecting samples and returning to Earth. The launch, planned for 4th qtr 2014, is aimed at testing the technologies that are vital for the success of Chang’e-5. The orbiter will be launched into Lunar Transfer Orbit (LTO) then will perform a flyby around the Moon and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere after 9 days.
The orbiter arrived in Xichang, Sichuan on Sunday, August 10 and was then transported to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
Beijing to test recoverable moon orbiter
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-08/10/c_133546027.htm
IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination Pages
http://amsat.org.uk/iaru
Free WSJT Software
http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/
All courtesy of…. http://www.southgatearc.org.
On 15th June 2014 IOMARS members entered the RSGB 2nd 144MHz backpackers contest.
Well we won the hill toppers section.