Author: 9V1KG

Klaus 9V1KG - DU1KG - AJ6HA

BEAR-5 Latest Update

Balloon Experiment with Amateur Radio BEAR-5 is expected to be airborne on Sunday, 12th Jun 2022 from around 06:45 SGT. CAAS, RSAF and IMDA have approved our application to launch. Payload DRA818V is assembled by 9V1LW and 9V1CV.

APRS on 144.390 MHz, will transmit telemetry: location, altitude, temperature and pressure.

On reaching higher altitude, every 5 minutes SSTV on 145.500 MHz, transmitting a virtual postcard of the balloon.

CQ WPX Contest SSB 2022

Please don’t forget: From March 26th, 00:00 UTC to March 27th, 23:59 UTC, the CQ WPX contest takes place. It’s an ideal opportunity to test your equipment and antennas. The contest draws thousands of entries from around the world. Last year we had a record participation from Singapore.

The latest rules can be found here.

E-mail forwarding for SARTS Members

To all SARTS members:

As a bonus of your SARTS membership you can apply for the use of an e-mail forwarding address like

9v1__@sarts.org.sg

Simply send a short e-mail to Harish, 9V1HP, under 9v1hp at sarts dot org dot sg with the subject: “Email forwarding 9V1..”.

Please state your call sign (9v1..) and the email address you want your callsign address to be forwarded to.

Precondition: active paid SARTS membership.

73 Klaus 9v1kg at sarts dot org dot sg

Member Registration on the SARTS Website

To all SARTS members

The website’s content management system allows to provide content visible to registered and logged in SARTS members only, which is not visible to the general public. In order to activate this feature, please register.

Registration process

Click on the sidebar under SARTS MEMBERS Login or use the REGISTRATION button below. With Login the following screen will be displayed.

Login screen

If you are not registered, click on “Register” on the Login screen or on the REGISTRATION button below to get the registration screen:

Registration
Registration screen

Input a Username – please use your call sign or handle + call sign (space is accepted, e.g. “9V1KG Klaus”) – and your Email address. You will then receive a confirmation/ verification email sent to the address provided. Therefore double-check the email address before submission.

After receiving the confirmation/verification email, it still can take a while before your login works, as – for security reasons – approval is done manually by the webmaster.

At the moment after registration and login there is no big change, except that

Once the majority of SARTS members are registered, additional features will be implemented.

Thank You!