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Ham College 56

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General Amateur Radio Exam part 27. Meters, Batteries, RF Exposure.
Plus surprise visit from Ray Novak, N9JA live in the Icom booth at Tokyo
Hamfair 2019. Preview ground breaking new technology

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ATU finalises its positions for WRC-19

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IARU Region 1 has released a report on the African Telecommunications Union
preparatory meeting for WRC-19 held in East London, August 26-30

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QSO Today - Eric Sears - ZL2BMI

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Eric Sears, ZL2BMI, who joins me from New Zealand, is famous for this 80
meter QRP double sideband rig that he designed and documented in the 1980s
for his personal use when “tramping” in the forests and mountains of New
Zealand

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WRC-19 Asia-Pacific preparatory meetings

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WIA Board Director Greg VK2GPK reports WIA continues its commitment to
international representation in the lead up to the ITU World Radio
Conference (WRC-19) which is being held in Egypt later this year

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ICQPodcast - Radio Caroline (GB55RC)

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In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard M0TCH, Martin
Rothwell M0SGL, Ed Durrant DD5LP, Frank Howell K4FMH and Bill Barnes N3JIX
to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the
news in brief and this episode’s feature is the GB55RC activation onboard
Radio Caroline at the start of August

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South Orkney Islands DXpedition

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VP8/VP8DXU Corporate Sponsors -- We are delighted to announce that Low Band
Systems will supply their High-Power Bandpass Filters for all planned
bands. This complement of best in class filters, in conjunction with
vertical and horizontal polarized antennas, will allow us to operate two
stations on the same band simultaneously and improve overall inter-station
operability

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Rescue assistance by Malabar Amateur Radio Society (MARS)

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A few hours after the landslide occurred at Kavalpapra, Nilambur in Kerala,
INDIA on August 9 where around 40 houses where gone under the mud and the
all means of communications were breakdown, members of Malabar Amateur
Radio Society (MARS) played a crucial role providing communication support
to the Authorities

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ADF4351 new Arduino code

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I have been challenged by another member of our club, the Banbury Amateur
Radio Society, to get some code working to program the Analog Devices
ADF4351 - a digital signal generator with a range of 35MHz to 4.4GHz (yes
you read that right)

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AMSAT SA Dual Band Yagi now available for export

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AMSAT South Africa (AMSAT SA) has developed a dual-band Yagi VHF/UHF
antenna for satellite operation

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DXCC Country/Entity Report

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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 25th
August, through Sunday, 1st September there were 207 countries active

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IOTA news from OPDX

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Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin