06/26/2020 The digital edition of the July/August issue of the National Contest Journal (NCJ) is now available for viewing on your desktop or laptop. Click here to go the ARRL Magazines page and scroll down to access this and other ARRL publications. NCJ is also available for reading on with the ARRL Mags app on…
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Get your malagasy call sign 5R
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IK5ZUI Ham Member QRZ Page You can obtain a malagasy call sign 5R for a future DXpedition in Madagascar or for your collection. Madagascar is full of tourists from different countries. Today you can have your malagasy call sign in less than 20 days! The authority for telecommunications of Madagascar haven’t agreement with foreign countries…
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Electricity May Go Out in Western Antelope Valley – The Mountain Enterprise
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POSSIBLE SCE PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUT-OFFThere is the possibility of a Public Safety Power Shut-off in communities south of Hwy 138, Sunday through Tuesday. Remember, after two hours or so, during a PSPS (or any other power outage), the internet will be inaccessible, possibly landline telephone service as well. Cell phone towers don’t work after…
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QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast Carole Perry – WB2MGP – Southgate Amateur Radio Club
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Carole Perry, WB2MGP, was my guest in episode 51, five years ago this week. Carole leads a Youth Forum at the major hamfests every year including Dayton and Huntsville. This year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, she will lead it at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. I thought to introduce Carole again before the…
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Ham College episode 67 – Southgate Amateur Radio Club
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Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 5 E1E Volunteer examiner program: definitions, qualifications, preparation and administration of exams, accreditation, question pools, documentation requirements. 57:40 Download Read the full article at http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2020/august/ham-college-episode-67.htm. STRAY SIGNALS does not claim ownership of the article. The original author is responsible for the content of this post Tweet
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Classical home listening: Beethoven, John Sheppard – and Komitas – The Guardian
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• Suffering from Beethoven anniversary fatigue? The British pianist Paul Lewis has the ideal tonic. His album Für Elise: Bagatelles, Opp 33, 119 126 (Harmonia Mundi) brings together the three sets of bagatelles, written across Beethoven’s career. These punchy, gleaming miniatures, hardly unknown – some are popular with amateur players – tend to be overshadowed…
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Maybe there’s hope for cycle 25?
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Five scientists associated with National Center for Atmospheric Research, Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, University of Maryland Department of Astronomy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Centre for the Analysis of Time Series, London School of Economics and Political Science, School of Engineering and Innovation are making a bold prediction about Solar Cycle 25. In…
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How Larry King Got Duped Into Starring in Chinese Propaganda – Mother Jones
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This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica‘s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Jacobi Niv had paid Larry King a few thousand dollars apiece to narrate half a dozen videos for…
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Hurricane Watch Net for ISAIAS on NA5B WebSDR
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NA5B Ham Member QRZ Page N1FM Premium Subscriber QRZ Page JF1IRQ Ham Member QRZ Page Thank you for the information. Japan has also become a typhoon season. 73 JF1IRQ 9K2DB Platinum Subscriber Platinum Subscriber QRZ Page N4BUT Platinum Subscriber Platinum Subscriber QRZ Page Read the full article at https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/hurricane-watch-net-for-isaias-on-na5b-websdr.718014/. STRAY SIGNALS does not claim ownership…
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#76 How I Solder in 2020
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KM9G Ham Member QRZ Page Some joke about putting your shoes on before running away as the bear invades your camp… I’m completely self taught and even I can make this stuff work. K8JHR Ham Member QRZ Page Seriously? Sheesh! This is definitely NOT front page ham radio NEWS, and should be relegated to a…