Southgate Amateur Radio News for Wednesday 23 December 2015
 

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ARISS postpones anniversary SSTV event

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The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Slow-Scan TV
event set for December 26-27 has been postponed due to 'complications in
planning,' ARISS has announced

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Geosynchronous Ham Radio Payload

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Phys.org interviews Hume Center Director of Research Bob McGwier N4HY about
a geosynchronous satellite amateur radio payload which will aid disaster
communications

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ARISS is 15

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15 years ago, on December 21, 2000, students at Burbank School in Burbank
Illinois, U.S.A. lined up and readied themselves for a very historic event
- the first school contact with the crew on the International Space Station

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Spain gets new WRC15 5 MHz allocation for the next year

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At the end of November, the existing Spanish 5 MHz permission came to a
close. Following the result of the WRC15 decision on 5 MHz the Spanish
administrator has now permitted access to the new allocation 5351.5 –
5366.5 kHz, 15W max e.i.r.p. , 3 kHz max. Bandwidth using SSB and CW modes

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First Skills Night of New Year

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The first Essex Skills Night of 2016 will be on Monday, January 18, hosted
in Danbury by the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS)

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RSGB Survey 2015 update - Last Chance!

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Have you completed the RSGB’s Amateur Radio survey yet? You don’t need to
be a member of the RSGB to have your say, and time is running out!