Southgate Amateur Radio News for Friday 27 April 2012
 

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Birthday of Samuel Morse

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Samuel Morse, who introduced telegraph communications in the United States,
was born 221 years ago today on April 27, 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts

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50th Anniversary of the UK in Space

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The United Kingdom sent up its first satellite 50 years ago when Ariel 1
launched on April 26, 1962. To commemorate the occassion BBC News
interviewed radio amateur Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO

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LEFARS celebrate 50th anniversary

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The Loughton and Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society (LEFARS) will be on
the air to celebrate their 50th Anniversary today April 27

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Bureaucratic antenna restrictions in Flanders

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The Belgian National Society website has published an update on the
restrictive antenna requirements imposed by the Flemish Government

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Baofeng UV-5R video

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Chinese companies are now producing competitively priced dual-band FM
amateur radio handhelds and this video shows one of them, the Baofeng UV-5R

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Lewes Amateur Radio Society in the press

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Delmarva Now report on the Lewes Amateur Radio Society whose membership has
grown from 5 to 41

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NZ4O MF/HF/6M (600-6 meters) Radiowave Propagation Forecast

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The NZ4O MF/HF/6M (600-6 Meters) Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2012-18
has been published at 0000 UTC on Friday April 27, 2012

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Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin

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ICPO - Islands, Castles and Portable Operations. Probably the most
comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the internet

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Rare footage of FISTS CW Club founders on Youtube

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G3ZQS and G2AKK talk about Morse, FISTS CW Club and Samuel Morse's 200th
Anniversary

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DX News from the ARRL

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The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX
activity