Contests, DXpeditions and Special Events

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6m operation - EN39 on the air next week de KC8QVO/VE3

Posted: 11 Jun 2016 08:26 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...vo-ve3.526388/

All,



I am leaving tonight for EN39. I just realized this was the weekend of the
June VHF Contest. If I had known that earlier I would have taken a couple
extra days off work to get set up for the contest. Tomorrow will entirely
be traveling and unloading the truck, then I still have most of a days work
to set up the antenna system. So I am not sure how much "contest" operating
I will be able to do. Though, I may try to do some mobile operating on 6 as
I drive through Wisconsin and...



6m operation - EN39 on the air next week de KC8QVO/VE3

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Wisconsin High Altitude Balloon Launch June 11, 2016

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 06:18 PM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...1-2016.526437/

Wisconsin HAB balloon launch Sat. 6/11/2016

From Joe N9UX:

"We are "go for launch" tomorrow, June 11.



Setup begins about 8AM.



Launch location:

North Park

Allison Park Drive

Richland Center, WI 53581



GPS: 43.347298, -90.388291

http://tinyurl.com/Wisconsin-HAB-launch-site



Launch will be streamed on Facebook video this time, on the Wisconsin HAB
page: https://www.facebook.com/WisconsinHAB



APRS will be beaconing KB9UFO-11 with the balloon icon.

Search aprs.fi for the...



Wisconsin High Altitude Balloon Launch June 11, 2016

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HamTv By ISS Space station on 13 june school in Canada ( rx on Australia) !

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 05:36 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...tralia.526363/

Ham TV experiment





An ARISS contact is scheduled Monday 13 June 2016 at 15:19 UTC for a school
in Canada.



Astronaut Tim Peake announced his intend to use the Ham Video transmitter.







The contact will be established per telebridge, provided by VK4KHZ, located
in Queensland, Australia.







VK4KHZ is operational for Ham Video reception and will stream the signals
to the BATC server in UK.







Interested parties are invited to view the video live:



batc.tv ...



HamTv By ISS Space station on 13 june school in Canada ( rx on Australia) !

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Colorado 14er Event with SOTA

Posted: 09 Jun 2016 07:42 PM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...h-sota.526342/

Amateur Radio operators from around Colorado will be climbing many of
Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains and Summits On The Air (SOTA) peaks to set
up amateur radio stations in an effort to communicate with other radio
amateurs across the state and around the world. Join in on the fun during
the 25th annual event and see how many of the mountaintop stations you can
contact. This year the event is expanded to include the entire weekend,
August 6 & 7. However, many...



Colorado 14er Event with SOTA