CARS will be participating in the SCYENCE FAIR 2019 (https://scyence.cyi.ac.cy/) being organized by the Cyprus Institute which will be held in Nicosia on Friday 15/3 and Saturday 16/3. The fair aims at the participation and presentation of scientific experiments by school students from all over Cyprus and all ages. So far, students from 19 schools have registered to participate in the exhibition, and they are increasing daily. Continue reading
The ITU has updated a key recommendation for cross border usage of Emergency Communications Equipment.
The new 2019 edition of ITU Recommendation M-1637 is clearer regarding countries facilitating the use of radio equipment that may be physically brought by visiting relief personnel into the territory where there is a disaster or emergency.
The recommendation is intended to avoid delays due to customs procedures and type-approvals, etc and facilitate the use of both professional, as well as amateur, radio equipment in such situations.
Link to the document: https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-M.1637-1-201901-I
CARS has just been informed that the 5B4AKV DMR repeater currently operating in Nicosia has received some major improvements over the past few days.
Specifically, the two Motorola GM340 UHF radios that were used to create the original 5B4AKV DMR repeater have now been replaced by a Motorola MTR2000 repeater. As a consequence, the 5B4AKV DMR Repeater power output has now been increased from 10W to 40W. Continue reading
The Cyprus Amateur Radio Society wishes Manos Manoli 5B4AFQ a speedy recovery.
Manos has been involved as a volunteer in last Saturday’s Troodos search and rescue operation for the group of 21 Scouts that lost their way in the snow. Continue reading
Cyprus (5B) is ready to join Summits On The Air (SOTA) on 1st of February 2019.
Summits On The Air (SOTA) is an amateur radio operating award program launched in Great Britain in 2002. Its aim is to encourage amateur radio operators to operate temporarily from mountainous locations, combining hiking and mountain climbing with operating their station from the summits of hills and mountains. Points are awarded to the activator for operating from a summit, and to each of the chasers “working” the activator. The higher the mountain is, the more points the activator and each chaser receive. Continue reading
IARU-R1 announced that in 2019 the YOTA Youth Sked project will begin again, with the main objective of gathering youngsters on the amateur radio bands. The Net will be held every fourth Thursday of each month from 19:00 UTC to 22:00 UTC (21:00-00:00 local Cyprus time), and every month there will be a different group of youngsters that will act as a net control.
The Nicosia Club is pleased to announce that the link between WIRES-X room “Nicosia-Cyprus” DTMF ID: 41002 and Brandmeister DMR TG28097 has been re-established. Connected on the same Talkgroup is the YSF reflector “YSF Cyprus” (ID: 14353). This way C4FM(Yaesu System Fusion) users can talk through WIRES-X 41002 or YSF Cyprus to DMR users.
Also the D-Star reflector XLX146 has been re-established and Module E is linked to DMR TG 28096 allowing D-Star users to talk to DMR users.
With the introduction of a new law in 2018 affecting the running of Associations and Institutions in Cyprus, CARS has been requested to review the Society constitution.
We are therefore in search of legal support to help review the Constitution and propose the required changes that need to be made in order for the Constitution to be in line with the new law.
Please contact the CARS President if you can provide the contact details of a lawyer who can help with the review of the current CARS constitution, at the least possible cost (of course).
The 5th of January it’s again Kids Day. This event is especially created to promote Amateur Radio to youth. This is a moment where you can share your amateur radio hobby with your family, grandkids, friends, scouts or even to the general public. This day can be the first time for youth to experience a real radio QSO, hopefully they get interested in becoming a licensed amateur radio operator.
You could make use of this suggested exchange: Name, age, location and favourite colour. Be sure to work the same station again if an operator has changed. To draw attention, call “CQ Kids Day.”
Suggested frequencies IARU R1:
10 Meters: 28.350 to 28.400 MHz
15 Meters: 21.360 to 21.400 MHz
20 Meters: 14.270 to 14.300 MHz
40 Meters: 7.080 to 7.120 MHz
80 Meters: 3.650 to 3.750 MHz
More on www.iaru-r1.org
The Cyprus Amateur Radio Society
wishes all radio amateurs and their families
a Merry Christmas, and a happy, prosperous and creative 2019.
