QRZ Forums - Amateur Radio News for Wednesday 10 February 2016
 

Amateur Radio News

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Tim Duffy, K3LR interviews Ray Novak, N9JA from Icom America at DX
Engineering

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 08:59 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...eering.510993/

Published on Jul 7, 2015

Ray Novak, N9JA, the Amateur Division Manager for Icom America is
interviewed by Tim Duffy, K3LR during Rays visit to DX Engineering in
Tallmadge, OH on June 26, 2015





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Ham radio APRS balloon heading for Europe

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 07:30 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...europe.511095/

Ham radio APRS balloon heading for Europe

The amateur radio APRS balloon BLT-42.1, call sign W5BTR-11, is believed to
be over the Atlantic heading towards France



The South Texas Balloon Launch Team released the balloon on Sunday,
February 7. It carries an APRS transmitter on 145.390 MHz FM (5 kHz
deviation) which should switch automatically to 144.800 MHz FM when it
comes within range of Europe.



The last reception by US based APRS stations was at 14:56...



Ham radio APRS balloon heading for Europe

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***NEW DESIGN OF PORTABLE LOG PAD***

Posted: 09 Feb 2016 11:47 PM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...og-pad.511089/

Logging on-the-go often presents a problem. Portable radio specialist
SOTABEAMS has come up with a neat solution in the form of a log pad. The
product has been developed based on customer feedback and is now shipping.







SOTABEAMS ship worldwide from their UK factory.

www.sotabeams.com