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.
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Aloha es 73 de Russell Roberts (KH6JRM).
Public Information Coordinator.
Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section.
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