Accessed on 17 June 2018, 1501 UTC, Post #595.
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Here are the top Amateur/Ham Radio news stories for the period 14 June 2018 to 16 June 2018 compiled by the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Views expressed in this news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.
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News for Saturday 16 June
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QSO Today – Raul Midon – AE3RM
Bad ass and blind is how my guest on QSO Today describes himself on his website and the release of his new jazz music album of the same name |
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The Reverse Beacon Network and FT8
A few weeks ago, several prolific Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) nodes began spotting FT8 signals, using the combination of WSJT-X and an unreleased Aggregator Version 5 |
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Free book SDR for Engineers
Analog Devices has recently released a new 375 page text book for free called ‘Software-Defined Radio for Engineers, 2018‘ |
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VK6WIA NewsWest
New to Amateur Radio, this show is for YOU! This week, new amateur calls on air, a new FreeDV on-air net, courses, contests and calendar updates and that’s just to whet your appetite |
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Beware of scammers on the Swap Shop
Tom Adams, ZS6OMT from Potchefstroom notified SARL News that he advertised on the SARL Swap Shop for an Electronic Morse keyer and got a response from a Graham Mckinnon from Bredasdorp in the Western Cape with mobile number 083 338 0586 |
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News for Saturday 16 June
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Foundations of Amateur Radio #158
Get a Contesting Buddy
There is a solitude about amateur radio. Sitting in your shack, listening to the bands, trying to locate an elusive station and if you’re doing a contest then even that can be something that you do alone. Don’t get me wrong, I like my own company as much as the next introvert, but there is much joy to be found in finding a companion |
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The Cass Awards
Janusz Wegrzyn, SP9FIH, has won the 2017 Single-Operator Cass Award. ‘The Cass Awards encourage DXpedition operating excellence.’ |
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Quake Contesters bound for Niue
Members of the Quake Contesters will be active as E6Y at Turtle Lodge in the Makefu area on Niue Island (OC-040) between October 6-16th |
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W9DXCC DX Convention and Banquet
Dear fellow radio amateur: It’s our hope that you might help us spread the word about the 66th annual W9DXCC DX Convention and Banquet on Sept. 14-15th, 2018, in Schaumburg, Illinois |
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Propagation de K7RA
Sunspots returned a few days ago after a 7-day absence. Average daily sunspot number dropped from 12.9 in last week’s report to 4 this week. Average daily solar flux dropped from 73.2 to 69.4 |
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Tony’s 10m Band Report
Yes folks a really good week when the entry point for the list was raised from three to four. It’s been a long time since that happened.
Anyway, most popular DX of the week was, AO18FWC who cracked 6 days out of 7 as top dog although there were quite a few more 18FWCs on air and some 18FIFAs too. There was plenty more DX out there |
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SA tech site reports on YOTA
South African Technology site MyBroadband reports on the upcoming Youngsters On The Air event being held in August |
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City celebrates Emergency Preparedness
Mercer Island Radio Operators (MIRO) will be participating in the annual ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Day over the weekend of June 23 to 24 at Luther Burbank Park |
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Mock drill exercise by State Disaster Management Authority
Pandit, VU2DCT says: Yesterday I was called up by Maj Gen (Retd) V K Dutta ji convener National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) from New Delhi regarding to participate in Mock drill exercise which was being organised at UPSDMA head quarters Lucknow (India) |
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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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News for Thursday 14 June
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ML&S Training Academy packed on a Tuesday evening at ML&S for Advanced Exam
A family of three travelled some 120 miles from Norfolk, another individual from Wiltshire and one from West Sussex to take their Amateur Radio Advanced Exam at Martin Lynch’s Training Academy in Staines-upon-Thames. In total, 11 people took the exam and the pass rate was extremely high with only 2 just missing the grade on line |
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Huge dust storm on Mars
Yesterday, NASA lost contact with the Opportunity Mars rover as a ferocious dust storm spreads around the Red Planet |
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K8CX’S 2018 Dayton HamVention Photo Gallery
This is Tom’s 22nd consecutive year for the gallery, and it contains 392 photos taken this year at the Crowne Plaza, various events and hospitality suites. There are now close to 5692 Dayton photos on HamGallery |
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Ofcom review of directory enquiries
Ofcom has published a consultation on directory enquiry (118) numbers, following a review of how people use these services, and the cost of calling them |
Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio Notes:
The Big Island Amateur Radio Club (BIARC) will participate in the annual ARRL Field Day communications exercise on 23-24 June 2018 at Hilo’s Reed’s Bay Hotel. The event is free and open to the public.
Jim Sugg (AH6AE) needs a patient radio amateur “to demo how ham radio works at (the) upcoming emergency preparedness fair in Waimea (Hawaii Island)” on Saturday, 25 August 2018, 0800-1200 HST, at the Mana Christian Ohana Hall in Waimea. For details, call Jim at (808) 747-4500 (mobile).
Please send your Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio news items to kh6jrm@arrl.net for inclusion in this blog and for submission to Hawaii Island radio stations and social media.
For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please check the blog sidebars and links. These news feeds are updated daily and weekly. Thanks for joining us today.
Aloha es 73 de
Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)
Public Information Coordinator
Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section
