Southgate Amateur Radio News for Wednesday 24 February 2016
 

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Video of Tim Peake and Oasis Academy contact

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ARISS UK have released an edited 73-minute version of the ARISS contact
between Tim Peake GB1SS and the Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol GB1OAB
which took place Feb. 19, 2016

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SolderSmoke Podcast 185 Antennas in February!

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Episode 185 of the amateur radio podcast SolderSmoke is now available

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UK and Malta University Satellite Collaboration

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The UK’s University of Birmingham, the University of Malta, the Malta
Amateur Radio League (MARL) and the Italian Astrodynamics company, GAUSS
Srl are collaborating on a project to send a PocketQube satellite into space

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FCC invites comments on ARRL petition that seeks 80/75 meter adjustments

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The FCC has put the ARRL's January Petition for Rule Making on public
notice and invited interested parties to comment on what the League has
called 'minimal but necessary changes' to 80 and 75 meters

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NASA invites public to send artwork to an asteroid

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NASA is calling all space enthusiasts to send their artistic endeavors on a
journey aboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. This will be the first U.S.
mission to collect a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth for study

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WIA John Moyle Field Day 19-20 March 2016

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The next major WIA contest, the John Moyle Field Day aims to encourage
portable operation and tests emergency communication preparedness

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The hams of Hoover

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Why does Bluff Park in Hoover, Alabama have a high concentration of radio
amateurs?

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Chatham Island DXpedition

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The '6G' team that operated from TX6G (Australs – 2014) and E6GG (Niue –
2015) will be on Chatham Island from 27 October to 10 November 2016