Southgate Amateur Radio News for Friday 26 October 2012
 

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WS4FSM hosts the largest school contact ever with the ISS

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Next Tuesday, Oct 30th, at 15:58 UTC most of Palm Beach County's 187,000
students will be watching live as 10 students and 2 teachers make contact
with the International Space Station

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ITU launches Tech Needs Girls Prize to spark creativity

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To mark the first ever International Day of the Girl Child, ITU members and
partners are today joining forces to launch the Tech Needs Girls Prize, a
new global technology competition designed to inspire more girls to embrace
technology and invent the future

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Halton and District Radio Amateurs to stage first rally

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The Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News reports on the inaugural Halton and
District Amateur Radio Rally that will be held on Saturday, November 17

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Whitby Amateur Radio Club does double duty as road crew

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With a radio in one pocket and work gloves in another, radio hams in
Whitby, Ontario have been helping to clean up the streets

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Scouts use ham radio

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Members of the University of Tennassee Amateur Radio Club took part in this
year's JOTA

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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

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HAM is where the heart is

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The Hindu Times interviews Gopal Madhavan VU2GMN president of the Amateur
Radio Society of India (ARSI)

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GQRP Risworth 2012 video

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Steve G1KQH made this short video at the weekend while visiting the GQRP
Rishworth Convention on the 20th October, 2012

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Opera Optical Beacon variation

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Based on the lecture given by Stuart Wisher G8CYW at the RSGB convention,
outlining the use of a high frequency audio sub-carrier for optical
communications, a modified version of the Opera beacon is in development

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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