Southgate Amateur Radio News for Sunday 19 April 2015
 

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1260 MHz added to Fox CubeSats

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AMSAT Vice President Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, has announced plans to
incorporate an L band receiver in Fox-1C and Fox-1D

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ISS Ham Radio Digital TV

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The request to power up the Ham Video system on 2395 MHz was added to the
crew task list on April 16

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Kosmos-2504 pushes target off its orbit

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Anatoly Zak reports on the maneuvers of Kosmos-2504 whose signals were
detected by a Dutch amateur radio enthusiast Cees Bassa

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NASA Cube Quest Challenge

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The Cube Quest Challenge, sponsored by NASA’s Space Technology Mission
Directorate Centennial Challenge Program, offers a total of $5 million to
teams that meet the challenge objectives of designing, building and
delivering flight-qualified, small satellites capable of advanced
operations near and beyond the moon

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ZL100ANZAC

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Special event call sign ZL100ANZAC has been issued to commemorate this
important event. To celebrate the ANZAC centenary in New Zealand ZL100ANZAC
will be activated by a group of ZL operators

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ARRL 'Ham Aid' HF gear arrives in Micronesia

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An ARRL 'Ham Aid' kit of HF gear has arrived in Federated States of
Micronesia (FSM) as part of a relief effort in the wake of Tropical Cyclone
Maysak