A request to any ham: I’m making a demo for CardiffARS and need recordings of people introducing themselves and talking about their interests in the hobby. If you’re willing and able could you send me one of you? ~30s to 2min

Es’hail 2 is a communications satellite recently launched by the Qatar Satellite Company which carries an Amateur Radio transponder capable of both narrowband and wideband modes. This transponder was designed by both the Qatar Amateur Radio Society and AMSAT Deutschland. Detailed information can be found on their project page.

Direction Finding (DF) is an international competative sport where a team or individual has to locate a number of hidden transmitters using basic equipment, namely: a receiver, directional antenna and (usually) a map. Direction finding can be a small competition in an urban enviroment over 100’s of meters or a large event covering 10’s of miles over rough terrain in a national park!