Big Island ARRL News, 23 December 2016, 05:55 hrs, UTC, Post #74

Source:

http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2016-12-22

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Comment:

This is the last ARRL Letter for 2016.  This issue covers the important Amateur Radio News and ARRL activities as of 22 December 2016.

This edition discusses the following topics:

• National Parks on the Air Contact Tally Tops 1 Million!
• The Digital Edition of January QST Now Available on New PageSuite Platform
• FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to Step Down in January
• The Doctor Will See You Now!
• National Parks on the Air Update
• Hawaii Amateur Radio Volunteers Assist Honolulu Marathon
• Commemorative Fessenden Christmas Eve 600-Meter Transmissions Set
• Christmas Eve SAQ Alexanderson Alternator Transmission Set
• Santa Turns to Remote Operating to Boost Radio Coverage of North America
• Eleven US Schools, Organizations Advance to Next Stage of ARISS Ham Contact Selection
• German Radio Amateurs Gain Access to 60-Meter Band
• Chinese Over-the-Horizon Radar QRMing Low End of 40 Meters
• Past AMSAT-NA President Robin Haighton, VE3FRH, SK
• In Brief…
• The K7RA Solar Update
• Just Ahead in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
• For the latest Amateur Radio news and information, please check out these websites:
• http://www.HawaiiARRL.info.
• https://oahuarrlnews.wordpress.com.
• http://www.kh6jrm.info (breaking news for radio amateurs).
• http://kh6jrm.blogspot.com (Simple Ham Radio Antennas).
• http://hawaiisciencedigest (latest science and technology news).
• Be sure to check the blog sidebars for the latest press releases from ARRL Headquarters.
• Please send your Hawaii Island Amateur Radio news items to kh6jrm@arrl.net at least two weeks prior to your event so I can notify our local print and broadcast media in a timely manner.
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• Aloha es 73 de Russell Roberts (KH6JRM), Public Information Coordinator, Hawaii Island, ARRL Pacific Section.