Amateur OR Ham Radio - Google News for Friday 5 April 2013
 

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Amateur radio connects Discovery class to space station - Madison Record

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 02:25 PM PDT
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Madison Record
Amateur radio connects Discovery class to space station
Madison Record
MADISON – Amateur radio may seem low-tech, but this medium went sky high to
an in-flight astronaut for Discovery Middle School students. “The students
chatted with astronaut Dr. Tom Marshburn (who serves as physician for the
space station team) for ...



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G100RSGB on the amateur radio satellites - Southgate Amateur Radio Club

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:13 AM PDT
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G100RSGB on the amateur radio satellites
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Flight Refueling Amateur Radio Society (FRARS) were active on the amateur
radio satellites on Thursday, April 4 using the special event callsign
G100RSGB. On one pass of the satellite FO-29 FRARS club member Clive
Lambert-Hutchinson G7SVI had ...



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First Cuba to EI contact on FO-29 - Southgate Amateur Radio Club

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:13 AM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...ct_on_fo29.htm


First Cuba to EI contact on FO-29
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Hector Martinez CO6CBF in Cuba has worked Joe Murphy EI5EV in County
Kilkenny on the amateur radio satellite FO-29 over a distance of 6955.1 km.
Hector writes: I am pleased to report that today I had my first contact on
satellites with Ireland. Joe ...



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Samoa DXpedition - Southgate Amateur Radio Club

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:41 AM PDT
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Samoa DXpedition
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
A team of 15 German amateur radio operators will be active as 5W0M from Le
Lagoto between April 4-18th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB
and RTTY plus 2 meter EME. They plan to have four stations active
simultaneously on the air with amp ...