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27 October 2020

• New amateur radio book
  Hi, I am very pleased to announce the release of my 6th ham radio book, ‘Testing 12 Measuring amateur radio performance on a budget.’
• RSGB seeks records of complaints about on-air behaviour
  The RSGB has been trying to quantify the size of the problem and recently made a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to Ofcom asking for the number of reports that had been submitted
• Mobile firms to be banned from selling ‘locked’ handsets
  Mobile phone companies will be banned from selling ‘locked’ handsets, under a range of new rules from Ofcom that will make switching even simpler
• IRTS Committee Meeting on Zoom
  The Irish Radio Transmitters Society (IRTS) committee will meet on the Zoom platform on Saturday next October 31st
• South Dublin Radio Club Tuesday presentation on EIRSAT-1
  South Dublin Radio Club continues its weekly club meetings on Tuesday nights from 2000 to 2200 via Zoom
• IOTA News from OPDX
  Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
• Draft 2021 Blue Book
  Have you downloaded a copy of the Draft 2021 Blue Book from the South African Radio League website? There is a link on the front page
• Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
  Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to remain at low levels.
• AMSAT Symposium Satellite Talks on YouTube
  The video of the 38th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, held on October 17, 2020, is now available to view on YouTube
• Peru to sell amateur radio frequencies
  BNamericas reports Peru’s Ministry for Transport and Communications (MTC) plans to sell-off amateur radio frequencies in the 3.3-3.8 GHz band for 5G mobile
• Amateur Satellite FAQ and How-To Wiki
  The AMSAT News Service reports John Brier KG4AKV and Brad Brooks WF7T have created a wiki page you can use to look up the abbreviations and acronyms used in amateur satellites
• ICQPodcast - HF-PRO-2-PLUS-T Antenna Review
  In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard M0TCH, Martin Rothwell M0SGL, Ed Durrant DD5LP, Frank Howell K4FMH and Bill Barnes WC3B to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news
• Mid Ulster ARC Tuesday Night Lecture
  The Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club Tuesday Night Lecture Series have now moved to twice monthly on the 2nd and 4th
• A dark streak just appeared on Mars
  Amateur astronomers are monitoring something new on Mars. A dark streak has just appeared near one of the Red Planet's giant extinct volcanoes, Arsia Mons