Welcome to the Monday edition of “Big Island ARRL News”. In this post, I’ll feature the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news from the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club and some interesting events being planned for Hawaii Island radio amateurs. Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.
First, we turn to some of the trending events happening in the world of Amateur/Ham Radio. This post covers the period of 25 January 2019 to 28 January 2019.
Accessed on 28 January 2019, 2200 UTC, Post 852.
Source: http://www.southgatearc.org
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News for Monday 28 January
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Bouvet Island DXpedition – Fake news reports |
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PocketRxTx v3 from Dan Toma YO3GGX released |
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Repeater Timeout kit launched |
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Ham radio vital during disasters |
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Why ham radio still has an enduring appeal |
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Vintage TV report on Amateur Television operation |
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Ground Hog Day special event |
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News for Sunday 27 January
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Germany: 2018 ham radio license statistics |
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Radio amateurs are always ready |
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Only four days for your award nominations and motions |
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Beaches on the Air (BOTA) |
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OrigamiSat-1 requests help for testing 5.84 GHz downlink |
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AO-85 operations re-started – telemetry requested |
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Four-man team bound for Saba Island |
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News for Saturday 26 January
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Foundations of Amateur Radio #190 |
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Australian AX calls |
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John Robert Stratton, N5AUS, is new ARRL West Gulf Division Director |
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Ham radio exam question pool for the Philippines |
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VK6WIA NewsWest |
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South Africa to support the IARU position on WRC-19 agenda items affecting Amateur Radio |
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WIA Board Comment |
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Propagation de K7RA |
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News for Friday 25 January
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Partial Government Shutdown impacts ham radio |
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ARRL statement on Amateur Radio Parity Act |
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ISWL callsigns for February |
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Calculate latitude and longitude at centre of Maidenhead locator |
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Solar wind sparks pink auroras |
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Break your scope’s bandwidth barrier |
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DX News from the ARRL |
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Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio notes:
The Original Big Island of Hawaii International Swap Meet/Ham Fest is set for Saturday, 02 January 2019 at the Waimea Community Center, next to the ball field off the Mamalahoa Highway in Waimea (Kamuela). The event is sponsored by the Kohala Hamakua Radio Club and will include a swap meet, vendor sales, an EMCOMM Forum, and VE testing for new and upgraded amateur radio license. For details, contact Steve Milner (WH6N) at this email address: wh6n@arrl.net
Doug Wilson (KH6DQ) has announced this year’s free amateur radio Technician License courses. Here are the starting dates: 6:30 p,m,, 08 February 2019, at the Aupuni Center in Hilo; 14 March 2019 at the West Hawaii Civic Center in Kona; 23 May 2019 in Waimea (place to be announced later); 17 October 2019 at the Keaau Community Center; 19-26 April 2019 and 03 May-10 May-17 May-24 May 2019 at the Discovery Harbor in Ka’u. For more information, please contact Doug at this email address: douscelle@aol.com
The Puna Emergency Radio Club (PERC) needs Hawaii Island radio amateurs to help support communications for the Sunday 17 March 2019 Big Island International Marathon in Hilo, Hawaii. If you’d like to help, please contact comms coordinator Sean Fendt (KH6SF) at 430-1884 or via email at: sean@sfendt.net
Alan Maenchen (AD6E/KH6TU) is now taking registrations for his April 2019 online CW class. According to Alan, the class “is an on-line video chat meeting twice a week for eight weeks for an hour each. Since this is an internet based virtual classroom, no commute is needed. You can do this from home. Technician class hams can participate and practice their skills on their 80,40, 15, and 10M CW allocations.” For more information, please visit this site:
https://cwops.org/cw-academy-2/
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