Amateur/Ham Radio News Headlines, 21-22 April 2018

• The K7RA Solar Update
• W6NBC Wins the April QST Cover Plaque Award
• W5KUB to Stream Hamvention® 2018 Worldwide
• Special Call Signs to be On the Air for 2018 FIFA World Cup, More Invited
• “Horizons” is Next Mission for Astronaut Alexander Gerst, KF5ONO
• The Doctor Will See You Now!
• FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Stepping Down
• Space Station Commemorative Slow-Scan TV Transmissions Prove Extremely Popular
• Sweden’s SAQ LF Transmitter to be On the Air on May 1
• Virginia Radio Amateur Completes Contacts on All 29 Ham Bands

• Clare Ham Radio Enthusiasts Promote The Wild Atlantic Way:
• John Lindsey: Discovery of Radio Waves Eventually Gives Rise to Hams:
• VK6WIA NewsWest for 22 April 2018:
• Foundations of Amateur Radio #150:
• DogparkSDR Version 1.12 Released:
• Propagation Forecast Bulletin #16 de K7RA:
• Air Waves at the Seaside for Radio Enthusiasts:
• In the Information Age, Radio Retains Its Relevance:
• Today’s Strange Sun: Cycle 24 Stays Weird:
• DX News — ARRL DX Bulletin #17:

• My first antenna build. A 400 MHz folded dipole yagi
• 75 meters
• Make an antenna wireless?
• FCC license on resume
• It’s getting really frustrating
• What is the first thing I should do as soon as I am FCC Legal?
• Mega QRM in 7 KHZ
• Call sign suffix /IMD?
• This sub has hostility (Extra class AMA?
• Got my first QSL card in the mail

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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