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Tim Peake Sandringham School UK contact
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The first UK Amateur Radio school contact by UK astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS
from the International Space Station (ISS) will take place on Friday,
January 8, 2016 at 0847 GMT with students at Sandringham School, St. Albans
in Hertfordshire. The school will use the call sign GB1SAN
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Ten Tec announcement
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As some of you may be aware, Dishtronix has purchased the assets (but not
the liabilities) of Ten Tec from RKR Designs.. I had desired to keep this
under wraps until Ten Tec is reorganized, but there is too much speculation
concerning the service department to continue without an announcement of
some sort
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ARISS contact today
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Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the
Frederick W. Harnett Middle School, Blackstone, Massachusetts, USA on
Tuesday 5 January.
AOS is anticipated at 17:42 UTC
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Retirement of RSGB General Manager
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The RSGB reports Graham Coomber, G0NBI, announced his retirement as General
Manager of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) on Monday, January 4,
2016
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Getting the right signal
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Smartphone and web-based communications can be prone to failure when they
are needed most such as in last month's floods in Tamil Nadu. Amateur Radio
can provide a reliable alternative when disaster strikes
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Propagation de K7RA
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Over the past week, average daily sunspot numbers were up, but average
daily solar flux values were down, compared to the previous seven days