Accessed on 09 April 2018, 0049 UTC, Post #518.
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Here are this weekend’s top Amateur/Ham Radio news stories from the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Views expressed in this news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.
VK6WIA NewsWest
Welcome to NewsWest. It’s been a week since we devoured more hot cross buns and easter eggs than were good for us. Doesn’t time fly? |
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QSO Today Fred Cady KE7X
Fred Cady, KE7X, took his love of radio and electronics as far as he could go – that was to a PHD in Electronic Engineering where he settled into teaching at Montana State University |
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5G is coming
BBC Click reports that the next generation of wireless technology will give us self-driving cars, smart cities and could even teach you to score a goal like Messi |
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News for Saturday 7 April
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Foundations of Amateur Radio #148
Experience comes from doing …
During the week a friend reminded me that the process of determining what’s happening within a shack comes with experience |
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Movie features ham radio
The ARRL report the movie ‘A Quiet Place’, starring Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, features amateur radio
Photo: Scene from “A Quiet Place” |
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A hole in the sun’s atmosphere
An unusually wide hole in the sun’s atmosphere is facing Earth and spewing a stream of solar wind toward our planet. Estimated time of arrival: April 9th |
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VK Shires Contest manager needed
The March 2018 meeting of the WIA Board has just been finalised. At that meeting the board accepted this committee’s recommendations to conduct the Trans-Tasman Contest and the VK Shires contests under the banner of the WIA |
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N.Z.A.R.T. Conference
Otago Branch 30 are your hosts for this year’s annual N.Z.A.R.T. Conference and cordially invites members and partners to join with us to celebrate the 92nd conference and also our own 90th year of operation |
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Propagation de K7RA
We only saw sunspots over two days of this past week, March 30 and 31 when the daily sunspot numbers were 11 and 12. There were no sunspots during the previous week, so the average daily sunspot number rose from 0 to 3.3 |
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End of mission for PicSat satellite
PicSat, launched January 12, carried an amateur radio FM transponder. Unfortunately following a loss of communications in March the team has had to announce the end of the mission |
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ARRL seeks new CEO
The ARRL is looking for what will be its 3rd Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in just over 2 years |
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RSGB supporting clubs to encourage growth and participation
Clubs around the country are doing great things to encourage new people into amateur radio and to help current radio amateurs to develop their skills at all levels. The RSGBprovides a range of services to support clubs in these activities |
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DX News from the ARRL
The American Radio Relay League’s round-up of the forthcoming week’s DX activity on the amateur radio bands |
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Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio events:
Source:
Big Island Amateur Radio Club (BIARC) March 2018 Newsletter.
Everyone is invited to the HPP Radio Day from 0900 to 1600 UST on Saturday, 28 April 2018, at the Hawaiian Paradise Park Community Center, 17th and Maku’u Drive in the Puna District. For details, contact Mike Stratton (KH6PAC) at jefffan@hotmail.com.
You still have time to sign up for the BIARC QTH.NET Email Listserve. According to coordinator Les Hittner (K0BAD), “The main advantage of using such a listserve is that you do not have to individually maintain a list of club-member email addresses in order to enter into important conversations related to club operations.” Les adds that “The listserve provides a secure means of sending club email.” To register for the listserve, please send an email to lhittner@hbci.com.
General Comments:
For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please check the blog sidebars and links. These news feeds are updated daily and weekly.
Please send your Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham 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.
Thanks for joining us today.
Aloha es 73 de
Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)
Public Information Coordinator
Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section
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