Amateur Radio News
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First amateur radio in geosynchronous orbit
Posted: 16 Oct 2016 08:20 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...-orbit.505312/
Finally!
"Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, a new ham band will be
available for the Americas"
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-amateur...orbit-aid.html
Also reported on other news sites as well; ARRL, Southgate ARC, etc.
73 and Happy Holidays de John - WØPV
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Lebanon, OD5, Conducted Radio HAM Exams After 13 Years Of Silence
Posted: 16 Oct 2016 06:11 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...ilence.541102/
Lebanon, OD5, ministry of communication conducted a radioham examination
event last Saturday 16 oct 2016 in the premises of Ogero, ministry of
communication in Beirut. Around 50 hams sat for the exams, after 13 years
of abscence of examination. Mr A.MYoussef, director general and Ing Toni
Aoun as well as OD5TE Hani, OD5TX MICHEL, OD5KU ELIE among others are to be
thanked. The Ham community should expect a boost in ham activities from OD5
very soon.
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The ARRL Letter, October 13, 2016
Posted: 15 Oct 2016 05:12 PM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...3-2016.541055/
The ARRL Letter
October 13, 2016
Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, Editor
[Note: Clicking on the story links below will take you to the news article
as it appears in The ARRL Letter on the ARRL website.]
Amateur Radio Volunteers Mustered in Response to Hurricane Matthew
Current Rules Holding Hams Back...
The ARRL Letter, October 13, 2016
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Foundations of Amateur Radio - Episode 71
Posted: 14 Oct 2016 08:11 PM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...ode-71.540959/
DX, common ground on a common term? Sometimes you find yourself in an
unexpected argument about something that everyone agrees on. DX is a
classic example of something everyone agrees on - right?
Foundations of Amateur Radio is a weekly podcast about anything ham radio
and can be downloaded from
http://podcasts.itmaze.com.au/ and found on
iTunes by searching for VK6FLAB.
If youve run out of episodes to listen to, check out the previous
series: "What use is an F-call?" which...
Foundations of Amateur Radio - Episode 71