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Live streaming of ISS CubeSat deployment
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Radio amateur Masahiro Arai JN1GKZ reports that six CubeSats will deploy
from the International Space Station on Monday, January 16
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ARRL asks FCC to allocate new 5 MHz Band, retain channels and current power
limit
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ARRL has asked the FCC to allocate a new, secondary contiguous band at 5
MHz to the Amateur Service, while also retaining four of the current five
60-meter channels and current operating rules, including the 100 W PEP
effective radiated power (ERP) limit. The federal government is the primary
user of the 5 MHz spectrum
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Essex Skills Night Monday
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The first Skills Night of 2017 takes place Monday, January 16 at the
Danbury Village Hall in Essex. Skills Night is a free event, open to all,
hosted by the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society Training Team.
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German regulator acts on radio interference
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In 2016 the German communications regulator Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) took
decisive action against 6,000 devices causing radio interference
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Satellite logging updates requested for ARRL LoTW
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AMSAT has requested that BY70-1 be added as 'BY70-1' in the next
configuration file for the ARRL Logbook of the World (LoTW)
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VE100VIMY/VY2 activation
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From Alberton to Summerside to Kensington and Clinton, Prince Edward Island
(VY2) Radio Amateurs took to the airwaves to tell the world of Canada’s
World War I victory at the Battle of Vimy Ridge
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Essex ARDF event planned
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The Thurrock Gazette reports on the preparations for an Amateur Radio
Direction Finding (ARDF) event to be held by Thurrock Acorns Amateur Radio
Club
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The WIA Fact Sheets
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Some WIA members, noting accusations and criticisms on social media and
elsewhere, have sought a response from the WIA Board to those claims
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Foundations of Amateur Radio - Episode 84
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Antennas are Ugly or how to add value to your neighbourhood by being a
radio amateur with a boat or a flagpole on your property
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Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
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Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be
at low levels