Accessed on 22 April 2018, 1558 UTC, Post #533.
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Here are today’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.
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Royal Wedding – Prince Harry to Ms. Meghan Markle
The first use of the ‘GR9’ prefix in the U.K.
Ofcom has issued this unique ‘Special Event Callsign’ to be used from 19th to 23rd May inclusive, and we believe it may be the first time that the ‘GR9’ prefix has ever been active
The special callsign GR9RW will be active for five days in May to mark the occasion of the Royal Wedding between HRH. Prince Harry and Ms. Megan Markle |
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SDR Workshop at NARC on 5 May
The SDR Workshop at the National Amateur Radio Centre on 5 May will address antenna issues for the SARL RF Noise Monitoring Project |
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VK6WIA NewsWest
In this Contesting edition of the news we look at upcoming contests and recent past experiences. There’s a reminder for HARGfest, notifications from Ham College, the WA VHF Group, and the Broadcaster get together with the NewsWest Team, plus more |
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ZS4 Sprint this afternoon
The ZS4 Sprint is a fun activity to promote contacts between radio amateurs in the Free State and radio amateurs in Southern African countries and takes to the air from 14:00 to 16:00 UTC on Sunday 22 April 2018 |
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Lyrid meteor shower
Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet Thatcher, source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower |
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News for Saturday 21 April
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Beijing authorizes 60m from July 1
CRAC report the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in Beijing has announced that on July 1 radio amateurs will have access to the 5 MHz (60m) WRC-15 band |
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Foundations of Amateur Radio #150
Last week during F-troop something very interesting happened. If you’re not familiar with F-troop, it’s a weekly net for new and returning amateurs and every Saturday we welcome callers to the one hour net to discuss anything and everything amateur radio |
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Consultation on World Cup 2018
Ofcom has received requests from the BBC and ITV for consent to broadcast exclusive live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2018 |
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Propagation de K7RA
At 0631 UTC on April 20 the Australian Space Forecast Centre issued a Geomagnetic Disturbance Warning |
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King’s High School ARISS contact on BBC TV
On April 19 student Eleanor Griffin led the live question and answer session between King’s High School (GB4KHS) and astronaut Ricky Arnold KE5DAU on the International Space Station (OR4ISS)
Image: Nicola Beckford reporting on the contact for the BBC – credit KHS |
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Network Radio channel on Zello
Ian Abel G3ZHI reports there is now a channel dedicated to Network Radio on the Zello walkie talkie smartphone App as well as a dedicated Facebook Group |
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Replacement speaker for the FT-817
SOTABEAMS is now stocking a replacement speaker for the FT-817.
The stock speaker is easily damaged if you use the radio in wet weather. This dulls the sound of the radio |
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Radio ham pitches solar plan
Radio amateur Evan Cameron VE6BIC pitched two ideas to Sturgeon county councillors during their April 10 meeting |
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International Marconi Day: GB4IMD
International Marconi Day celebrates the huge part Guglielmo Marconi played in the invention of radio. International Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour Amateur Radio event that is held annually to celebrate the birth of Marconi on April 25, 1874 |
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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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