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Here’s the latest Amateur/Ham Radio News compiled by the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club.

Views expressed in this post are those of the reporters and correspondents.

Content provided by the Southgate Amateur Radio Club.

Accessed on 13 September 2020, 2202 UTC, Post 1628,

Source:  http://www.southgatearc.org/

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News for Sunday 13 September

ARISS Telebridge Contact with school in Spain
An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Chris Cassidy KF5KDR with students Avellaneda Ikastetxea, Sodupe, Spain

Amateur radio on BBC Radio Surrey
RSGB report Board Director Stewart Bryant G3YSX and SOTA organiser Tim Price G4YBU were interviewed on BBC Radio Surrey on Friday, September 11

AMSAT-DL Online Symposium September 26
AMSAT-DL have announced this year’s symposium will be streamed live on YouTube and most of the lectures will be in English to cater for an international audience

VK6WIA NewsWest
NewsWest for Sunday 13th September 2020 is the Club Focus edition, where clubs have free reign to promote themselves and their activities

Hackaday: ISS Ham Radio Repeater
Al Williams WD5GNR writes on Hackaday about the new ISS Amateur Radio repeater

 

News for Saturday 12 September

Foundations of Amateur Radio
Yak Shaving …
Not every adventure gives you an outcome. Today started with reading a thank-you email from a listener who shared their activities and wanted to express their gratitude for encouraging them to get on air and make noise

GB0CBC from Bangor Cathedral
Today Saturday 12th September, Dragon Amateur Radio Club are running the call sign GB0CBC (Cadeirlan Bangor Cathedral), from the grounds of Bangor Cathedral in Gwynedd, North Wales

Sep-Oct QTC now available
The September-October edition of QTC magazine is now available from the Radio Amateur Society of Australia

MacLoggerDX Version 6.30 released
Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that version 6.30 of MacLoggerDX has been released

Propagation de K7RA
An extended lull in solar activity persists. The smoothed sunspot minimum occurred last December, but the flurry of moderate sunspot activity in August has not continued

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Aloha es 73 de Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)

Public Information Officer

Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section

Published by Russ Roberts

Retired News director of Pacific Radio Group Radio Stations on Hawaii-the Big Island. I have more than 40 years of broadcast experience, including positons at KTUH-FM (UH-Manoa), KPOI-FM (Honolulu). KHLO-AM (Hilo), KKBG-FM (KBIG-FM)(Hilo/Kona), KAPA-FM (Hilo-Kona). Native-FM (Hilo-Kona), and ESPN Hawaii (Hilo-Kona). Former University of Hawaii-Hilo librarian. Retired Air Force Officer. Amateur (Ham) Radio operator since 1977 (currently holds the Amateur Extra Class License from the FCC-KH6JRM).... Can read, write, and speak Russian. Retired on 30 September 2011, but still maintains a Hawaii Island News Blog.

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