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Oasis Academy students talk to Tim Peake

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BBC TV news has reported on the successful amateur radio contact between
Tim Peake GB1SS on the ISS and students at the Oasis Academy Brightstowe
GB1OAS

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First UK ham radio contact on 241 GHz

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Chris G0FDZ reports on the UK Microwave Yahoo Group that the first UK
amateur radio contact on the 241 GHz (1.2mm) band took place on Friday, Feb
19, 2016 at 15:00 GMT

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HamTV received from Tim Peake

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Daniel Cussen EI9FHB has released a video showing his reception of 2395 MHz
Digital Amateur Television from ISS astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI at 15:17 GMT
on Thursday, February 18

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Olivier heading back to Ireland

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Olivier ON4EI, is back to Ireland from 27th February to 30th March 2016 to
operate EI8GQB (EI1A during the ARRL International DX SSB, Russian DX and
CQ WW WPX contest)

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Future of the UK 5 MHz Beacons

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A consultation has opened on the future of the three UK 5 MHz beacons,
GB3RAL, GB3WES and GB3ORK

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Ham radio in TV advert

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Burger King feature an Icom IC-718 amateur radio transceiver in their
Chipotle Chicken Sandwich TV Commercial 'Aliens'

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DX News from the ARRL

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The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX
activity on the amateur radio bands

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DXCC Country/Entity Report

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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 12th
February, through Friday, 19th February there were 234 countries active

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IOTA news from OPDX

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Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin

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Propagation de K7RA

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Sunspot numbers and solar flux declined over the past week relative to the
previous seven days. Average daily sunspot number went from 86.6 to 56.7,
while average daily solar flux slid from 117.4 to 107.8

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Hands on: A Ham Radio for Makers

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The RS-UV3 lets you build your own Arduino or Raspberry Pi–based amateur
radio transceiver