December:
- DKARS Magazine 29: End of December 2016 (with reservation), edition 29 of the digital magazine (PDF) wich contains more then 40 pages in the Dutch and English language can be downloaded free of charge.
Go to: Magazine and download the latest version. - PA2OLD has started the construction of a new website that works with the WordPress engine, which will replace this site in a few months.
- New DMR Tier 1 and 2 handheld radio from Wouxun, the KG-D901 DMR Digital Two Way Radio: Wouxun
- Wat als telecommunicatie uitvalt? Agentschap Telecom. Onderzoek mogelijke kwetsbaarheden in telecommunicatie-infrastructuur.
November:
- Can Ham Radios Really Talk to Space? National Geographic
- November 17: Again intruder in the 40 meter band, probably radio Eritrea.
Report is send to the IARU by a Dutch amateur.
See the video made by Cor van de Westeinder: Intruder 7.180 time is UTC - Saturday November 12 10820 page views on the website!
- Nice article about the SSB-Radio-Net (“SSB-Ronde” in Dutch) on the 2 meter band: hamnieuws.nl (in the Duch language).
- Solar Storm Forecast see: This Week’s forecast by: DR. Tamitha Slov.
- Update: The predicted Solar Storm turned out to be a storm in a teacup.
De solar wind is so slow that there is almost no effect. - Just Weeks After Obama’s Executive Order on Catastrophic Space Weather Events, a Coronal Mass Ejection Is Set to Hit on Election Day? Coronal Mass Ejection
- NASA prediction shows the Earth-directed solar storm will hit us
on November 9: QRZnow.com - Experimental frimware for the DMR handheld Tytera TYT MD-380: MD380-experimental-firmware and in the Dutch language: MD380 experimentele firmware Flyer.
- Dag voor de Radio Amateur digitaal geslaagd: HAMDigitaal.nl (in Dutch)
- International Amateur Radio Union Region 2: New Band Plan for Region 2
See als: Region 2 document (PDF) - Veron Vademecum 2016 nu beschikbaar: Vademecum 2016.
October:
- Hytera comes with new radioamateur DMR Radio: HAMDigitaal.nl in Dutch and Hamspirit.de in German.
- New DMR Dutch Codeplug for the BFDX TD501 at: Codeplug by PE2MOS
- The DMR BFDX TD501C radio now with CTCSS: PortofoonWeb (Dutch company specializing in the sale of communications equipment)
- DKARS magazine October: Magazine No. 27
Sources: Short News uses a variety of sources.
