Amateur Radio News

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Windham, NH High School Launches Balloon with APRS Tracking

Posted: 05 Mar 2016 07:51 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...acking.514045/

The Windham High School launched a balloon this morning at around 7AM
Eastern time. As of Noon on Friday, the Balloon had passed 47, 500-feet in
Altitude, and was traveling at 58MPH. You can track the Balloon on aprs.fi
using callsign KC1DFW (http://tinyurl.com/z4ldg5x).

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RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now includes coverage maps!

Posted: 05 Mar 2016 03:58 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...e-maps.514131/

RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now includes coverage maps!



Its been a busy year for Team RFinder...partnering with radio societies
worldwide in the countries of Canada, Great Britain, Italy, Mexico, Spain,
France, Germany and now the ARRL in the United States...



We have worked hard for you to improve data...and it will get even better
in the near future with more detail on the new digital modes that have
cropped up in the past couple years. Those...



RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now includes coverage maps!

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2001, March 4, 2016

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 07:07 PM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...4-2016.514018/

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2001, March 4, 2016



Amateur Radio Newsline report number 2001 with a release date of Friday,
March 4, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.



The following is a QST. Hams in Australia and New Zealand lose a longtime
favorite retail giant. A satellite lets an unprecedented QSO happen between
Antarctica and Argentina. Hamfests are gearing up in New Jersey and West
Virginia. And, at long last, theres a reasonable explanation for the "space
music" heard four decades ago...



Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2001, March 4, 2016

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ARISS Celebrates its 1000th Educational Amateur Radio Contact

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 12:50 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...ontact.514007/

ARISS Celebrates its 1000th Educational Amateur Radio Contact







ARISS celebrated 15 years of a permanent ham radio presence in space last
December.



In 2000, several pupils and a teacher got to chat on 2 meters with the
first ISS Commander, William "Shep" Shepherd, KD5GSL. Since that first
ARISS school contact, astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the station have
talked with students in 44 states in the US and in 51 other countries.







Celebrate with...



ARISS Celebrates its 1000th Educational Amateur Radio Contact