Southgate Amateur Radio News for Wednesday 13 January 2016
 

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Amateur Radio Parity Act HR 1301 to get House Subcommittee airing

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HR 1301, the US House version of the Amateur Radio Parity Act, was among
four communications-related measures set for a legislative hearing on
January 12 before the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Chairing the panel is US Rep Greg Walden, W7EQI, an Oregon Republican

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H.265/HEVC vs H.264/AVC: 50% bit rate savings verified

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BBC Research and Development reports on the formal subjective verification
tests of the H.265/HEVC video compression standard

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New Section Manager appointed in Missouri

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ARRL's Missouri Section has a new leader. Cecil Higgins, AC0HA, of
Pittsburg, Missouri, has been appointed as ARRL Missouri Section Manager,
effective January 11

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IARUMS newsletter now available

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The IARU Monitoring System reports Beijing's Over The Horizon (OTH) Radars
are interfering with large parts of the 80m amateur radio band

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ARISS educational radio contact with school in Civitate, Italy

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Today's ISS contact will be commencing at approximately 11:35 UTC and will
be broadcast live

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Advance Level Course to be run by Verulam ARC

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Verulam Amateur Radio Club is about to start an Advance Level course. This
will be part classroom based in St Albans area and part 'on line'

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IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

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Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

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UK AllStar Hub Amateur Communication and Technology Rally

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The UK AllStar Hub will be holding its first Amateur Communications Rally
on the 14th February at Nantwich Civic Hall in place of the Radio Active
Rally

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A ham for over 40 years

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The Jackson Progress reports on Buzz Kutcher K3GWK who first took his
amateur radio exam while in High School