Southgate Amateur Radio News for Saturday 9 January 2016
 

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BBC TV: Sandringham school amateur radio ISS contact

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The BBC report Sandringham School in St Albans has made history by making
the first amateur radio call from the UK to a British astronaut on the
space station

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Commemorative EME transmission from dish on 'Project Diana' site

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Radio amateurs will attempt a 23 centimeter Earth-Moon-Earth (EME,
or 'moonbounce') transmission on January 10, using the 60-foot-diameter
TLM-18 dish on the former 'Project Diana' site, now part of the InfoAge
Science History Museum in New Jersey

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Festival provides Hams an emcomm exercise

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The West Bengal Radio Club in India is providing logical help during a
religious festival on Sagar Island, mainly for lost children, as part of
their emergency communications training

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2016 Foundation for Amateur Radio Scholarship Information

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The Foundation for Amateur Radio, Inc., will be administering a total of 46
scholarships, worth an aggregate of $71,000 for the coming 2016/ 2017
academic year. The scholarships range in value from $500 to $5,000 each

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Go Green for St Patrick's Day Award

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We are encouraging amateurs worldwide to get on air and go green for St
Patrick's Day on the 17th March with the annual St Patrick's Day Award

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Essex Hams listen to Tim Peake GB1SS

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Essex Ham members listened to Tim Peake GB1SS on the International Space
Station on Friday January 8. Some of their recordings are now available

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Bend man named 'Ham Radio Operator of Year'

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Joseph Barry K7SQ was chosen for the award by members of the High Desert
Amateur Radio Group (HIDARG)

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December RSGB Board Proceedings

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The proceedings for the RSGB Board meeting of December 19, 2015 are now
available to RSGB members

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Ramsey Kits Calls it Quits

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ARRL report after more than 40 years as a purveyor of inexpensive
electronics kits for hobbyists, the Ramsey Hobby Kits group has thrown in
the towel, effective on January 1

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Propagation de K7RA

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Solar indices were down over the past reporting week (December 31, 2015
through January 6, 2016) with average daily sunspot numbers down from 49.6
to 41 and average daily solar flux down from 122.3 to 98.2

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K for Kernow in the Press

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The West Briton newspaper reports Cornwall's radio amateurs have opened the
new year on the air making contacts world wide using their K-for Kernow
call signs

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TX Factor GB2RS News Podcast

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All the very latest Amateur Radio news is now available via the TX Factor
GB2RS weekly podcast