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Jackson Recognizes Amateur Radio Week:

Posted: 13 Jun 2016 05:16 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36955


The city of Jackson is recognizing Amateur Radio Week June 20-26. During
the June 7 Jackson City Council meeting, Mayor Kay Pippin presented a
proclamation to the Butts County Emergency Communications Auxiliary. The
all-volunteer group of amateur radio operators, or hams, provides
communications support to local emergency officials and helps with disaster
drills and real-life emergencies.


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Communication's Last Line:

Posted: 13 Jun 2016 05:16 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36954


Ham radio operators are people lovers, survivalists: LIHUE -- The highlight
of Tad Miura's experience as a ham radio operator happened in 2010, on a
particularly slow day in Hawaii's amateur radio world. In fact, had Miura
not been on his radio, the ham operator attempting to communicate with
Hawaii from the International Space Station may have passed over unnoticed.
But instead, the two of them were able to log the contact in their records,
and had about eight minutes of uninterrupted conversation before the
International Space Station orbited out of range. "He knew about the Navy
base here, about PMRF (Pacific Missile Range Facility), and he said he'd
been there," Miura said. "So we were able to have a conversation about
that." Miura explained most astronauts who board the International Space
Station are certified ham operators because some of the equipment on the
station is amateur radio equipment. He said many of them have a passion for
amateur radio, but their schedule is so tight, most of them don't have time
to jump on the waves just for fun. "They might have a half an hour of
scheduled free time before bed, so this particular individual, he was using
that time to try to communicate with different people on Earth," Miura said.


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Amateur Radio Roundtable: Chris Wilson, National Sales Manager of Yaesu:

Posted: 12 Jun 2016 05:00 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36952


On Amateur Radio Roundtable Tuesday June 14th at
8:00 PM Central (0200 UTC Wed) will be the
James Lea (WX4TV) family. All members of
their family have their license now and
involved in DXing, satellite, speaking, etc.
We will be talking about the special youth
event, K1D, on Field Day.