Featured on the cover of October’s QST Magazine is Anna Matson, KN4IVD, of Aiken, SC, a name that should be familiar to viewers of this report. Ms. Matson is a member of the Schofield Middle School Radio Club, N4SMS, which has dominated the ARRL School Club Roundup for past few years.
Team K4YTZ placed first in the 2020 SC QSO Party’s multi-two+LP Mixed category, racking up over 149,000 points. They also took top honors in the annual 2021 Parks on the Air "Support Your Parks" Plaque Event. Club members Steve, W3SPC, Darcy, K4DQP, and John, NJ4Z completed 1,951 QSO's in a single weekend from Oconee State Park.
Public Information Coordinator, Gordon Mooneyhan, W4EGM, recently visited the Anderson Radio Club and spoke about the importance of Public Information Officers. He reminded the audience that “each one of us is potentially a public information officer. Any time someone asks us about our hobby, we have the opportunity to either make it a positive or a negative experience.”
As we enter a period of amateur radio centennials, Gordon would like us to keep some important dates in mind. First up is December 11, 2021, celebrating Marconi’s first transatlantic radio transmission. Additional events will follow, culminating with the centennial World Amateur Radio Day on April 18, 2025, celebrating the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). Stay tuned for more details.
The Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands erupted on Sunday, September 19. In order to facilitate communication into and out of the area, EMCOM-SPAIN has asked that the IARU Emergency Center of Activity Frequencies be kept clear in case the situation worsens: 3.760 MHz; 7.110 MHz; 14.300 MHz, and 21.360 MHz.
IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinator Carlos Alberto Santamaria Gonzalez, CO2JC, has requested that radio amateurs in Central America avoid 7.098 and 7.198 MHz in the wake of an earthquake September 22 in Nicaragua.
