Welcome to the “Southgate Amateur Radio Club News” update from Big Island ARRL News.
Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio News summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.
Content provided by the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club.
Accessed on 18 August 2019, 1555 UTC, Post 1079.
This report covers the period of 16 August 2019 to 18 August 2019.
Source: http://www.southgatearc.org
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News for Sunday 18 August
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VRT withdraws slur against radio amateurs |
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QSO Today – John Nowacki – W3NA |
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FCC dismisses ARRL, AMSAT requests in Small Satellite proceeding |
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SARL RF Noise Workshop |
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Pirates On US Navy Satellites – UHF SatCom |
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SARL HF Digital Contest this afternoon |
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BBC increases Kashmir service on shortwave |
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News for Saturday 17 August
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Foundations of Amateur Radio |
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Threat to Amateur Radio 23cm band |
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France: National societies send joint statement to regulator |
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WIA Director highlights ham radio spectrum threats |
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144 and 1240 MHz threats: IARU submits papers |
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QO-100 geostationary satellite talk at Hamfest 2019 |
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Radio amateur adventure weekend of Western Slavs |
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Propagation de K7RA |
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News for Friday 16 August
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World’s first FT8 contact on 122 GHz |
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The spectacular end of Longijang-2 moon mission |
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The Space Weather Woman |
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Amazon Forest operation |
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Radio hams combine hobby with serving the community |
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RSGB-Workshop email reflector |
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INDEXA Newsletter |
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DX News from the ARRL |
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Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio News:
Alan (AD6E/KH6TU) reminds us about the Hawaii QSO Party from 24 – 25 August 2019. “The HQP will run from 0400Z 24 August to 0359Z 26 August. Translated, that’s 6 pm HST Friday through 5:59 pm Sunday. Work as many stations on as many bands and modes as you can. You can find the rules here: http://www.hawaiiqsoparty.org/Rules/HQP/HQPRules-2019-A.html
Doug Wilson (KH7DQ) is offering one more free Technician License Class this year. The class begins Thursday, 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 set for Sunday, 15 September 2019, from 1300 to 1700 HST. You can find the revised contest package here: https://gridmadness.blogspot.com
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Aloha es 73 de Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)
Public Information Coordinator
Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section