Here are the latest Amateur Radio news, events, and commentary compiled by the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club.
Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio News update are those of the reporters and correspondents.
Accessed on 13 April 2022, 0634 UTC.
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- RSGB’s Commonwealth Games SES
- Important role of radio hams in emergency preparedness
- New RSGB EMF video
- RAC ‘Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day’ special event
- Wireless Podcast April edition
- Teacher uses ham radio balloons to encourage STEM learning
- Radio Caroline North Easter
- Scrambled radio transmissions
- Local HAMs will observe 45 years
- World Amateur Radio Day
- A dead sunspot explodes
- High Altitude Balloon Experiment
- The Irish Net
| RSGB’s Commonwealth Games SES
Posted: The 2022 Commonwealth Games starts on 28 July. Over 5,000 athletes will converge on Birmingham and the surrounding area from an estimated 72 hosts to compete over 12 days as part of the Games
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| Important role of radio hams in emergency preparedness
Posted: Hawaii Public Radio KHPR report amateur radio operators will participate in a statewide emergency communications drill on April 16
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| New RSGB EMF video
Posted: The RSGB have published a short video outlining new EMF regulations and the guidance and tools the RSGB provides for radio amateurs
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| RAC ‘Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day’ special event
Posted: On Monday, April 18, 2022, Radio Amateurs of Canada is organizing a special on-air event to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day
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| Wireless Podcast April edition
Posted: The April 2022 edition of the Wireless Podcast looks at the shortwave radio spectrum, considers its importance in the past and continued relevance in a digital world
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| Teacher uses ham radio balloons to encourage STEM learning
Posted: Radio amateur Chris Murphy KD2MRV has been teaching students how to build and launch high altitude balloons that carry an amateur radio APRS payload
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| Radio Caroline North Easter
Posted: Tune in for more musical nostalgia during our marathon Caroline North broadcast over the Easter weekend Friday 15th – Sunday 17th April – live from our legendary radio ship Ross Revenge!
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| Scrambled radio transmissions
Posted: Yesterday’s geomagnetic storm scrambled HF radio transmissions
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| Local HAMs will observe 45 years
Posted: On April 17, 1977, 20 Highland County area amateur radio operators gathered in the Farm Bureau conference room to discuss organizing an amateur radio club to serve the interests of the amateur radio community.
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| World Amateur Radio Day
Posted: Every April 18th, radio amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day
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| A dead sunspot explodes
Posted: A dead sunspot exploded today. The corpse of AR2987, which decayed days ago, erupted, and the debris is heading straight for Earth
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| High Altitude Balloon Experiment
Posted: High-altitude weather balloons, also known as HABs, are increasingly popular in meteorological and scientific communities in terms of analyzing atmospheric and weather patterns
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| The Irish Net
Posted: Active not only on Sundays, but most weekdays starting at around 1600 UTC, the informal gathering on 14.156 MHz frequently suffers from QRM during contests and DXers unawaware of this long standing net of North American operators with an Irish connection
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