Welcome to the “Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio News” update from Big Island ARRL News.
Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.
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Accessed on 12 June 2019, 0345 UTC, Post 1001.
Source: http://www.southgatearc.org
Please click link or scroll down to read your selections. This article covers the period 09 June 2019 through 11 June 2019.
AMSAT Field Day on the Satellites
Most hams know about the ARRL Field Day event each June, and most who have participated in an ARRL Field Day in recent years are aware that a satellite contact will gain 100 bonus points for a participating station. However, all may not be aware that there is a parallel event sponsored by AMSAT that is geared exclusively to satellite operation |
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Cyprus Special Event
Special event station 5B19CWC is now active. The special callsign is being used by the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society to celebrate the Cricket World Cup which began May 30th and will end July 14th |
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QSO Today – Glenn Johnson – W0GJ
Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, began his ham radio journey as a teenager and from his love for chasing DX, has since been to many DX entities around the world |
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ICQPodcast – EQUINOX review and 40 years of BYLARA
In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard M0TCH, Martin Rothwell M0SGL, Dan Romanchik KB6NU and Frank Howell K4FMH to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s feature is a double feature, a fictional book featuring amateur radio called Equinox and 40 years of BYLARA |
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Radio Special Award
Special event for the 94th birthday of composer Mikis Theodorakis
From 20 to 29 July 2019 |
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DXCC Country/Entity Report
According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 2nd June, through Sunday, 9th June there were 213 countries active |
IOTA news from OPDX
Weekly IOTA News – compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin |
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WIA VP highlights crisis facing ham radio
“The amateur community has felt a heightened awareness that the hobby of Amateur Radio is in the grips of a material existential crisis unlike the hobby has seen before whereby extinction is a very definite possibility…” |
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Hammies Sprint
The Hammies Sprint is a fun activity to promote contacts between Hammies and radio amateurs in Southern African countries with an emphasis on ZU stations and will run from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC this afternoon |
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Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio News:
Doug Wilson (KH6DQ) is offering his final free Technician License Class for this year. The course is set for 17 October 2019 at the Keaau Community Center in Keaau, Hawaii Island. For details, contact Doug at douscelle@aol.com
“Grid Madness 2019, the Hawaii Island-based VHF/UHF Simplex contest is coming Sunday, 15 September 2019, from 1300 to 1700 HST. For the complete program package, please visit https://gridmadness.blogspot.com. Also, you can contact Stan (AH6KO), the event coordinator, at ah6ko@arrl.net
For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please check the blog sidebars and links. These news feeds are updated daily and weekly. Of special note is a series of articles by Stacy Holbrook (KH6OWL), who has profiled several Hawaii Island radio amateurs in his column. You can find Stacy’s articles in the right hand sidebar of this blog. His current article discussed DMR repeaters available on Hawaii Island…excellent article.
Thanks for joining us today.
Aloha es 73 de Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)
Public Information Coordinator
Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section
https://bigislandarrlnews.com
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