Southgate Amateur Radio News for Saturday 15 February 2014
 

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Fully licensed in 57 days

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There’s little doubt that gaining the Full UK amateur radio licence is a
proud moment – and Cathy Colless has every reason to be very proud… she
took, and passed, all three licence levels in just 57 days… with no prior
amateur radio experience

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GB3VHF off the air

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The 144.430 MHz beacon GB3VHF, located at BT Fairseat on the North Downs in
Kent, is currently off the air following suspected storm damage

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My Stupid Plan for 60 Meters

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The Ham Radio Now interview with ARRL's Brennan Price N4QX about the chance
for a real 60 Meter (5 MHz) band at the 2015 World Radio Conference
generated considerable response

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Incoming CME's

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Space Weather reports three CMEs are heading for Earth. Individually they
are minor clouds. However, by striking Earths magnetic field in quick
succession on Feb 14-15, they could cause significant geomagnetic activity
around the poles

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Propagation de K7RA

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There seemed to be a disconnect between daily sunspot numbers and solar
flux over the past reporting week (February 6-12), with the average daily
sunspot number rising 28 points to 184.3, and average daily solar flux
declining 8.5 points to 171.9

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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 on the amateur radio bands

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Vintage Movie: Electronics At Work

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This 1945 Westinghouse movie covers the operation of a electron tube and
explains the basic principles of radar

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Jupiter's Radio Emissions

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The sixth National Astronomy Week (NAW) runs between March 01–08 and this
year is focused on Jupiter, which is a source of strong radio emissions as
well as being a very prominent optical target

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IOTA news from OPDX

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Weekly IOTA (Islands On The Air) News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW,
editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin

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Martin Lynch and Sons Ltd launch new one-click shop mobile site

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Martin Lynch and Sons Ltd are proud to announce the launch of the
Hamradio.co.uk Mobile website

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DXCC Country/Entity Report

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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Saturday,
8th-February, through Friday, 14th-February there were 226 countries active