April 3 – TASMA

April 3, 2021: General Meeting

By Rochelle Cocco Posted on March 30, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with April 3

All are invited to the next TASMA General Meeting held online on April 3, 2021 starting at 9am. If you are a TASMA member, you will automatically receive the link to join this meeting. If you are not a member …

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The K7RA Solar Update

14 January 2022

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: The Australian Space Forecast Centre issued this warning at 2355 UTC on January 13:“A Southern coronal hole with extensions into the equatorial region is expected to reach geo-effective location on the solar disk on late UTC day 15 January. As a result, unsettled-to-active conditions with a chance of minor storms are possible on these two days.”Two new sunspot ... [...]

Youth on the Air Camp to Return in June

13 January 2022

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ARRL Foundation to Create Club Grants Program

13 January 2022

A new ARRL Foundation Club Grants program, funded by a grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), will make $500,000 available to radio clubs. The program will provide up to $25,000 for worthy club projects. Requests for more than that will be referred back to ARDC.ARRL has long recognized that it is in the best interests of amateur radio to encourage and support amateur radio club... [...]

Launch of a Wooden Satellite Still Pending

13 January 2022

Two spacecraft comprised of wood or using wooden framing are hoping to launch this year and next. One will carry an amateur radio payload.WISA Woodsat, a Finnish spacecraft that planned to include an amateur radio payload, was forced to postpone its announced launch target from 2021 to 2022 after the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination system turned... [...]

Eight-Satellite TEVEL Mission to Launch on January 13

12 January 2022

The TEVEL mission, which consists of eight satellites carrying amateur radio FM transponders, is set to launch on January 13 at 1525 UTC on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-3 mission, which also carries AMSAT-Spain’s (AMSAT-EA) EASAT-2 and HADES satellites. The TEVEL satellites were developed by the Herzliya Science Center in Israel. All eight satellites will use the same frequencies, as long as... [...]

Eight US Schools and Organizations Could Host Ham Radio Contacts with Space Station Crew

12 January 2022

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has announced the schools and organizations hoping to host ham radio contacts with an International Space Station (ISS) crew member. Contacts would take place between July 1 and December 31. Eight of the proposals submitted during the recent proposal window have been accepted to move forward in the selection processes. The primary goal of... [...]

2022 International DX Convention in Visalia, California, is Cancelled

12 January 2022

The 2022 running of the popular International DX Convention (IDXC) in Visalia, California, has been cancelled. IDXC Co-chairs Bill Kendrick, N6RV, and Mel Hughes, K6SY, posted this announcement on the IDXC website: “It is with regret that the 2022 International DX Convention in Visalia, California, has been cancelled. The convention committee of the Southern California DX Club acted in response... [...]

Growing Number of Operators Completing WAS on 222 MHz

12 January 2022

[UPDATE: 2022-01-12 @ 1510 UTC] After this story was posted, ARRL announced that it has validated the 222-MHz WAS application of John Swiniarski, K1OR, for WAS # 13. His last contact was with NH6Y in Hawaii on January 9.]Until very recently, it had been some 35 years since the most recent Worked All States (WAS) was awarded on 1.25 meters. Former ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, in Arkansas,... [...]

EASAT-2 and Hades Satellites with FM Repeaters Scheduled for Launch

12 January 2022

The EASAT-2 and Hades satellites are scheduled to launch on January 13 on a SpaceX TR-3 flight, AMSAT has reported, citing information provided by AMSAT-EA President and Mission Manager Felix Paez. Both will carry amateur radio payloads offering FM voice and data retransmission in FSK or AFSK up to 2,400 bps, and Hades is equipped for slow-scan television (SSTV) and FM voice beacons with call s... [...]

ARISS Highlighted among NASA’s Best Space Station Science Pictures of 2021

10 January 2022

NASA has recognized Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) as a science education and research program. Two images of ARISS activity are among those singled out by the space agency as some of the Best Space Station Science Pictures of 2021. ARRL Representative to ARISS-International Rosalie White, K1STO, said recognition is significant because it shows that NASA considers what... [...]

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April 3, 2021: General Meeting