Amateur Radio News

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DX Engineering visits the NEW 2017 Hamvention venue.

Posted: 25 Aug 2016 10:03 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...-venue.534556/

Published on Aug 15, 2016



Michael Kalter, W8CI - Treasurer of the Dayton Amateur Radio Association
(DARA) interviewed by DX Engineerings Tim Duffy, K3LR during a visit to the
Greene County Fairgrounds and Event Center in Xenia, Ohio - The new venue
for the 2017 Dayton Hamvention®. The visit to the fairgrounds was on August
11, 2016.





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Ham radio around the world balloon

Posted: 25 Aug 2016 08:31 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...alloon.535329/

Ham radio around the world balloon

The amateur radio CNSP-29 144 MHz APRS balloon, callsign K6RPT-12, has
successfully completed three circumnavigations of the globe and is still
flying



On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 it passed within a mile of the San Jose site
where it was launched on June 13.



California Near Space Project CNSP-29

http://www.cnsp-inc.com/cnsp-29/



Follow CNSP on Twitter

https://twitter.com/K6RPT...



Ham radio around the world balloon

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18th World ARDF Championship

Posted: 25 Aug 2016 02:50 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...onship.535328/

18th World ARDF Championship

The 18th World Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championship will take place
in Bulgaria on September 3-9, 2016



Hundreds of competitors from 39 countries, including the UK, are expected
to take part in the event hosted by the Bulgarian Federation of Radio
Amateurs (BFRA)....



18th World ARDF Championship

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AmateurLogic.TV 11th Anniversary Contest

Posted: 24 Aug 2016 10:23 PM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...ontest.535319/



October is AmateurLogics 11th Anniversary. Weve teamed up with Icom and MFJ
to offer some lucky amateur a great HF station.



• Icom IC-7300 Base Radio (Icom)

• MFJ-2010 Off Center Fed Dipole HF Antenna (MFJ)

• MFJ-4230MV 12 volt, 30 Amp Power Supply (MFJ)

• 100 foot RG-8X Coax (MFJ)



Details at www.amateurlogic.tv/contest