Welcome to the Big Island ARRL News update.
Top Story: An International Space Station contact has been scheduled with students at River Ridge High School in Florida.
Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio are those of the reporters and correspondents.
Content supplied by the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club.
Accessed on 02 March 2020, 0145 UTC, Post 1334.
This post covers the period of 29 February 2020 through 01 March 2020.
Source:
http://www.southgatearc.org
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Ham College 62
Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 1
Operating Standards: frequency privileges; automatic message forwarding; stations aboard ships or aircraft; power restriction on 630 and 2200 meter bands
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Upcoming SpaceX CRS-20 launch
The spouse of ARISS Hardware team member Ed Krome, K9EK, pointed out that the ARISS next generation radio system, the InterOperable Radio System (IORS) is prominently described as a primary payload, not secondary, on the SpaceX CRS-20 mission which will be launched no earlier than March 6, 2020 (ET)
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New QO-100 Band Plan announced
Just in time for the 1-year anniversary of the successful commissioning of the two transponders of Qatar-OSCAR 100, an encore is pending: The capacity of the NB transponder will be expanded from about 250 KHz to almost 500 KHz
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Southgate News is now on ShortWaveRadio
We now have a regular Sunday morning news broadcast on ShortWaveRadio.de
So tune in every Sunday at 10am UTC on 3975 and 6160 kHz. This 1-hour-long programme is repeated on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Please click the link above for times and frequencies
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Your daily Amateur Radio & Communications website
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News for Saturday 29 February
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Foundations of Amateur Radio
The impersonal nature of digital and other myths
The other day I bumped into a concept that I’ve heard repeated before. The so-called “impersonal nature” of digital modes
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The Space Weather Woman
Solar Wind Pockets and Solar Orbiter Surprise – The latest space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov WX6SWW
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A working scale model of a HF curtain
A working scale model of an HF curtain array antenna is on display at the National Voice of America (VOA) Museum of Broadcasting in West Chester, Ohio
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VK6WIA NewsWest
NewsWest for Sunday 1st March 2020 is the Club Focus edition, and we have news from several Western Australian clubs
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Global Shortwave Coordination
The A20 Global Shortwave Coordination Conference was this week in Kuala Lumpur, from 24-28 February. The conference provided an important forum to resolve or minimize instances of mutual interference among shortwave transmissions for the Summer (A20) season
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Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio News:
The Puna Emergency Radio Club (PERC) needs volunteers to provide communications support for the 15 March 2020 Hilo Marathon. PERC also is looking for a ham with a vehicle equipped with a mobile radio to serve as “runner” between aid stations. For details, contact Bob Gomez (KB6EGA) at bbg691@yahoo.com.
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.
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https://paper.li/f-1576465810 (breaking Amateur/Ham Radio News).
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