Here is the latest Amateur/Ham Radio News from the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Views expressed in this news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents. Content supplied by the Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Accessed on 27 April 2019, 1710 UTC, Post 952.
Source: http://www.southgatearc.org
Please click link to read your selections. This post covers the period 24 April 2019 through 27 April 2019.
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News for Saturday 27 April
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Foundations of Amateur Radio #203
How does a Software Defined Radio or SDR work?
If you’ve been around the hobby in the past decade, you may have come across the invention of a Software Defined Radio, or SDR. You might even own one and if you’ve looked into how it works, read the explanation that essentially describes it as a traditional radio where all the components are implemented in software |
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Arduino and RF from kHz to 1 GHz
We are very excited to announce the RFzero – a multipurpose Arduino RF and GPS controlled platform. The RFzero can generate frequencies from 2605 Hz and beyond 200 MHz |
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CQ WIA Annual Conference
The WIA Annual Conference is almost upon us, only four weeks to go, this year’s event will be held at the impressive Park Royal Hotel near Darling Harbour in the heart of Sydney |
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Digital Activity Days ’01-10′
Digital Activity Days ’01-10′ are held annually in January and May in the following periods:
– from 00:00 UTC on January, 1st till 23:59 UTC on January, 10th;
– from 00:00 UTC on May, 1st till 23:59 UTC on May, 10th |
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Intrepid Spirit Award
The Intrepid-DX Group is pleased to announce the recipient of the annual ‘Intrepid Spirit Award‘. We are pleased to have received so many worthy nominations to consider |
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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 25 April
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 Tony’s 10m Band Report
So FT4 is about to be launched. This is a contest specific mode to be incorporated into WSJT-X as I understand it. About half the transmit and receive time of FT8. Bring it on!
Lots of AM (Spain) stations about but for me accolade of the week goes to LU9DCE (Argentina). Not only did he manage high popularity all week he managed to spot all his contacts. It all helps to show 10m is active and alive. |
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Commemorations of the Freedom Day (25 April) in Portugal
Freedom Day (25 April) in Portugal is a national holiday, with state-sponsored and spontaneous commemorations of the civil liberties and political freedoms achieved after the revolution. It commemorates the 25 April 1974 coup and Portugal’s first free elections on that date the following year |
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NASA social media efforts win two Webby Awards
NASA’s social media presence, which has grown from a few accounts more than a decade ago to dozens of channels with millions of followers, was honored Tuesday with a pair of Webbys and People’s Voice awards as part of the 2019 Webby Awards |
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News for Wednesday 24 April
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Radio hams help woman return to village
The West Bengal Radio Club (WBRC) – an organisation of ham radio enthusiasts, has been instrumental in helping a woman from Jharkhand to return to her village |
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Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio News:
Doug Wilson (KH7DQ) is continuing his free Technician License Classes on Hawaii Island. The current class is underway at Discovery Harbor in Ka’u. There are two remaining classes this year: 23 May 2019 in Waimea (location TBA) and 17 October 2019 at the Keaau Community Center in Keaau, Hawaii Island. For details, contact Doug at douscelle@aol.com.
Hawaii Island radio amateurs are encouraged to sign up for the new ARRL EMCOMM Course (EC-001). According to Pacific Section Manager Joseph Speroni (AH0A), “The new EC-001 course addresses Hawaii’s situation as an island state…the first class scheduled for Hawaii will begin in June.” Pacific Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC), Clem Jung (KH7HO) will handle student enrollment for the course and “coordinate scheduling with the ARRL Education department.” The course is free and is open to all Amateur Radio operators. To register, contact Clem at kh7h0@arrl.net.
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Aloha es 73 de Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)
Public Information Coordinator
Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section
https://bigislandarrlnews.com
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