Mar 5, 2022 at 23:15 SGT, BEAR-4 was launched from Singapore.
It carried an APRS beacon on 144.390 MHz, and also sent an SSTV image (ROBOT36 format) on 145.500 MHz in 5 min intervals.
SSTV image 
Launch
Author: 9V1KG
Klaus 9V1KG - DU1KG - AJ6HA
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.
If you are not registered, click on “Register” on the Login screen or on the REGISTRATION button below to get the 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
- you can post in the membership forum
- provide additional information in your profile
- access the form to post items for sales on the SARTS market place
Once the majority of SARTS members are registered, additional features will be implemented.
Thank You!
QR Code For Payment of Membership Renewal
Happy New Year 2022!
We begin the year 2022 by providing more ways to make payment for membership renewal. You will find the PayNow QR Code and the UEN on the membership renewal form.
SARTS Special NetCall
Date: 31 December 2021
Time: 4:00 PM VHF and 5:00 PM UHF SGT
Express greetings to all fellow HAM’s before the year turns to 2022!
9V1UP – 3rd Balloon Start from Singapore
Saturday, Dec 18
22:45 RSAF positive clearance for 23:00 lift off. 
Almoast ready 
Ready to go 
RX Team 
Flight track 
Retrieved by Faizal 9W2DVZ 
IARU HF World Championship 2021
A good start: first time participation under 9V1HQ since a long time.
BEAR – Balloon Experiments with Amateur Radio
During the October online SARTS meeting, Chew, 9V1YP, gave a very interesting presentation about the recent two weather balloon experiments.
9V1UP – 2nd Balloon Start from Singapore
October 16th, 2021
APRS monitoring station 
On track for 1130 launch, give or take 10m 
9V1LW standby – open sea 30 m in front 
2021 Oceania DX (OCDX) Contest
The phone section of the 76th 2021 OCDX starts at 06:00 Z on Saturday, October 2nd, and ends at 06:00 Z on Sunday, October 3rd.
OCDX promotes HF contacts to and from stations in the Oceania region as well as contacts between stations inside Oceania. DX transmitting entrants contact as many Oceania stations as possible.
Prefixes are multipliers, entries on individual bands are supported. Contest exchanges are signal reports plus a serial number, starting at 001. The deadline for submitting logs is 31 October 2021.
Current rules can be downloaded from here.