Is this something we should be concerned about? Well, BPL is now becoming established in the Philippines and will shortly be trialed in Malabon. BPL uses HF frequencies and has been shown to cause severe interference to HF receivers/transceivers such as used on amateur radio frequencies as well as government and civil agencies.

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The regular District 1 meeting will be held on July 5, 2009, Sunday, 2:00PM
at New Era University, Central Ave, Quezon City.
 

WHEREAS, there is a need to adopt an icon that would officially represent the sponsorship of the PARA Annual National Convention;

WHEREAS, this icon shall be passed from one District sponsor to the next District host during the culmination of every PARA Annual National Convention conducted;

WHEREAS, the most appropriate icon that could be adopted for this purpose is a microphone as it is the most common object used by all ham radio operators;

WHEREAS, the first turn over activity shall be conducted during the 2010 PARA Annual National Convention at Tagaytay City wherein the symbolic microphone shall be handed over by the PARA President and the District V Director, the host District in the year 2009;

WHEREFORE, be it resolved as it is hereby resolved to adopt a symbolic icon, a microphone, to be handed over from one District host to another at the end of every PARA Annual National Convention;

RESOLVED further that the 2009 District V Director be given the task and the privilege to provide the said icon together with its proposed inscription within ten (10) days from approval hereof, to be presented to the PARA Board for approval and adoption;

RESOLVED finally that the first symbolic turnover shall be made during the 2010 PARA Annual National Convention in Tagaytay City to be handed over by the PARA President and the 2009 District V Director.

Manila, 18 June 2009

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Acer group held their General membership meeting at Inasal, Quezon Memorial Circle, on 7th June. As can be seen the turnout was very good. More pictures can be seen by clicking on the tree.

The 2009 IARU HF World Championship Contest takes place the second full weekend of July, beginning 1200 UTC Saturday and ending 1200 UTC Sunday (11-12 July 2009).  Both Single and Multi operator stations may operate the entire 24-hour period.

All licensed amateurs worldwide are eligible to participate in this contest. The objective of this contest is to contact as many other amateurs, especially IARU member society HQ stations, around the world as possible using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands.  Multipliers are the total number of ITU zones plus IARU member society HQ stations worked on each band (not mode).  Thus, your Society's HQ stations participation are very important for the multipliers.  Last year, we had 10 societies participated in the contest from Region 3, and I hope to hear/work more HQ stations from our region this year.

IARU officials represent a maximum of four multipliers per band (AC, R1, R2 and R3). Our two regional AC members have the option of using "AC" or our regional designator "R3". Regional EC members who are not AC members must use our designator "R3".

You can find the complete rules at;
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/iaru.html

I am planning to participate in this contest and hope to see you all during the contest.
Enjoy and good luck!

73,

Jay S. Oka, JA1TRC
Secretary, IARU Region 3

CAVITE ACE conducted an orientation seminar on May 16, 2009 in Cavite. Pictured here are some of the participants. CAVITE ACE are hoping to host an NTC special exam on 18th July and welcomes those who have already attended PARA assisted seminars or those who wish to upgrade their license class. For more details please contact Elmer, DU1EG, 09155051052, or drop by at their 2m frequency of 144.720MHz.
 

More pictures will be available shortly, watch this space....

A new article has been submitted to the members articles section of the web site by Mario “Ricky” Maipid, KB4SAD. The article describes the history of DX1DBT, or DU1DBT as it was at the beginning. To view this article please click on the DX1DBT logo.

The Emirates Amateur Radio Society was formally authorized by the UAE government on February 5 2008 and EARS was accepted into the IARU on February 10th 2009. Based in Sharjah, it has 72 licensed Amateur Radio operators, 28 are members of EARS. His Highness Abdulla Faisal Al Qassimi, A61AQ, is EARS President. The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in UAE authorized EARS to conduct examinations for aspiring amateur radio operators.

Joining the ranks of EARS operators is our own Edgardo Tumang, DV3SJM, who has just received his callsign A65BC after regulatory changes in the UAE and IARU acceptance of EARS membership.

Congratulations to Edgar who has waited since 2004 to be able to operate from UAE!

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An updated sunspot forecast graph can be seen on http://www.para.org.ph/propagation.htm

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Reiteration by NTC of requirement for
Proof of Amateur Activity on renewing amateur licenses.

Dear Fellow Hams,
You are cordially invited to attend the 16th International Grand Eyeball QSO from July 10th - 12th, 2009 at
South Point Hotel Casino & Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada.
For more details please click on the picture.

The 2009 Seanet will be held in Seoul Korea between 23rd and 27th October 2009 at Capital Hotel, Seoul city and Mt. Sorak in Gangwon province, Korea.

The event will be organized by the Korea Ladies Amateur Radio Club sponsored by Korea Amateur Radio League and supported by Ministry of Korea Communications Commission, Seoul City, KDXC, Korea Tourism Cooperation.

As Solar Cycle 24 has now started it pays to keep your eye on various web pages that show solar information. We have collected some of this information and it is displayed on our Propagation Page.

Prelude to War By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL

Off the Grid By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS

lid, kid, space cadet By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL

Mix By Rod Newkirk, VA3ZBB/W9BRD

Ham History By Dick Sylvan, W9CBT