TechFest 2020 Have you ever thought about communicating with people in different countries, around the world, “off the grid?” Or, communicating with the astronauts on the International Space Station via a small handheld radio? How about becoming a weather spotter to help your community prepare for weather events? If you answered yes to any of…
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WICEN hits the airwaves on the BBC World Service – Southgate Amateur Radio Club
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Australia’s WICEN NSW Forward Commander, Compton Allen, was interviewed on the BBC World Service’s Digital Planet programme where he spoke of the role amateur radio operators are playing as part of the emergency response in the Aussie bushfire crisis. Listen to the podcast on the BBC World Service on https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csy67g Read the full article at…
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New Book from ARRL: Amateur Radio Contesting for Beginners – ARRL
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01/17/2020 Contesting is one of the most exciting aspects of amateur radio — and for some, it’s their primary ham radio activity. Amateur Radio Contesting for Beginners by contesting veteran Doug Grant, K1DG, offers practical information and ideas that will help you to get started in contesting — “radiosport” — or to build your skills,…
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ARRL On the Air Podcast Premieres on January 16 – ARRL
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01/14/2020 ARRL’s new On the Air podcast for those just getting started on their amateur radio journey, will debut this Thursday, January 16, with a new podcast posted each month. The podcast is a companion to the new bimonthly On the Air magazine, which is already on its way to member subscribers. On the Air…
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How Morse Code Works and Still Lives On in the Digital Age – HowStuffWorks
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“” Advertisement He was a successful businessman and a presidential portraitist. But above all else, Samuel F. B. Morse is best remembered for his eponymous Morse code, an elegant system that revolutionized communications back in the 1800s. Even in the heyday of Silicon Valley and social media, there’s still a place for the well-worn code.…
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YOTA Month Reported a Success in the Americas – ARRL
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01/15/2020 For several years now, Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) has sponsored YOTA Month each December, primarily involving young radio amateurs in Europe and Africa. In December, youth-operated amateur radio stations in the Americas picked up the ball to contribute more than 12,000 contacts to the worldwide event. Eighteen operators aged 25 or younger deployed…
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Germany Special Event Recognizes Anniversary of SDR Development – ARRL
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On The Air Special Event Stations, DXCC Program, W100AW W1AW QSLs via Bureau, Amateur Code, Operating Resources, QSL Service, Centennial QSO Party, NPOTA, Logbook of the World, Operating Specialties, W1AW, International Grid Chase 2018, Hiram Percy Maxim 150th Birthday Celebration, Awards, Contests Licensing, Education Training FCC License Info and Forms, Volunteer Instructors/Mentors, Getting Licensed, College…
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Amateur radio license course to be held – Hillsboro Times Gazette
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The year of 2019 was quite a year weatherwise throughout the United States. Not only were Midwestern states hit with heavy rains and flooding, but ideal conditions led to massive and tragic wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and California. Just in the past few days Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean were hit…
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Further changes to some BBC local radio medium wave services – Southgate Amateur Radio Club
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Kieran Clifton Director, BBC Distribution Business Development In my blog posted in the summer of 2017, I explained the BBC’s plans for local radio and the reasons for the closure of some of our medium wave transmitters – which happened in January last year. This was the first stage of putting into action a plan…
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Thomas J. Malloy, 91, Air Force Veteran, Framingham Heart Study Participant – framinghamsource.com
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NATICK – Thomas J. Malloy, 91, of Natick died peacefully, surrounded by family on January 11, 2020. Tom was the beloved husband of 45 years to the late Therese (Pineau) Malloy and the cherished father of Marianne Malloy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kathleen Crawford of Natick, Michael Malloy and his wife Beth of Hopkinton, and…