Big Island ARRL News, 08 September 2017, 1505 hrs, UTC, Post #305.

Source:

http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=current

Accessed on 08 September 2017, 1505 hrs, UTC.

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Comment:

Here are the major topics discussed in the 07 September 2017 edition of The ARRL Letter:

• “Amateur Radio Preparations Ramp Up as Irma Strengthens to Category 5
• FCC Technological Advisory Council Investigating Technical Regulations
• More Professional and Citizen Research Suggests Eclipse Briefly Affected HF Propagation
• New “Pre-Release” Version of WSJT-X Includes FT8 Changes
• Peggy Whitson, ex-KC5ZTD, Breaks Cumulative Time-in-Space Record
• NASA Invites CubeSat Launch Initiative Applications
• Route 66 Special Event Set for September 9-17
• In Brief…
• The K7RA Solar Update
• Just Ahead in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions”

Don’t forget the Hawaiian Islands Grid Madness 2017 set for Sunday, 17 September 2017, from 1300 to 1700 HST. For more information, visit http://gridmadness.blogspot.com.

Also on the horizon is Radio Day II, set for Saturday, 30 September 2017, at the “Great Organic Lava Farm” otherwise known as GOLF or the Kopua Farm Lots Golf Course.  For details, contact Kim at wh6kim@gmail.com.

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Thanks for joining us today.

Aloha es 73 de

Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)

Public Information Coordinator

Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section