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Trans Canada Pow Wow Club

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Wandering around the shack at midnight (05:00 UTC), worked all the dx on
the cluster, nothing to do? QSY to 3.750 and check into the Trans Canada
POW WOW Club

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Mini Night of Nights 2016

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It's mid winter, atmospherics are low and you're snug in your radio room.
What could be better than to hunt for MF signals? And HF too of course

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G0KSC design 40m rotating dipole to take the market by storm

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G0KSC has again broken from tradition and introduced a new design, this
time a 40m rotating dipole. The Delta C-140 is under 12m wide and despite
being small has an extremely high radiating efficiency which is reflected
in the antenna's SWR bandwidth, the whole 40m band in under 1.5:1 without
an ATU

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World Radio Day 2016

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This year, the UNESCO theme for World Radio Day on February 13 is 'Radio in
Times of Emergency and Disaster'. Radio still remains the medium that
reaches the widest audience worldwide, in the quickest possible time

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Nepal has an IRLP-enabled repeater

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The 2-metre repeater in Kathmandu Nepal serves those with hand-held
transceivers and has now been upgraded to become the latest IRLP node with
worldwide access

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RadCom Plus released

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A new edition of the RSGB publication RadCom Plus has been released in both
epub and Flip formats

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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

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Swedish parliament confirms rejection of DAB radio switchover

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It is reported the Swedish Parliament has rejected the proposal for a
transition from FM to DAB+ digital radio

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Alex Discovers Amateur Radio

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A free booklet is available aimed at introducing newcomers to the hobby
that can also be used as a handy reference while getting started

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Matt Holden, K0BBC, tapped as ARRL Dakota Division Vice Director

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ARRL President Rick Roderick K5UR, has appointed Matt Holden, K0BBC, to
serve as Dakota Division Vice Director, effective February 4

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Propagation de K7RA

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Over the recent reporting week (January 28 through February 3) both sunspot
and solar flux averages were down a negligible amount, and geomagnetic
numbers were down substantially, compared to the previous seven days

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ARRL Board adopts new Strategic Plan

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The ARRL Board of Directors has adopted an updated Strategic Plan that
defines the League’s vision and guides its direction over the next 5 years

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Ham radio expo at Adoor

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The Adoor Amateur Radio Club will organise the 14th Ham Expo at Green
Valley Conference Hall at Adoor on February 14