Amateur OR Ham Radio - Google News for Wednesday 2 March 2016
 

Amateur OR Ham Radio - Google News

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Amateur Radio Accompanying "Great Northern Way" Arctic Russia Expedition -
ARRL

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 07:43 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...sia-expedition


ARRL
Amateur Radio Accompanying “Great Northern Way” Arctic Russia Expedition
ARRL
Amateur Radio will be onboard for the “Great Northern Way“ Arctic
expedition in Russia. Listen for R3CA/8/9/0 along the route. The
historical-geographical expedition was due to get under way in mid-February
from Novy Urengoy (Yamal). The project ...

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Why Modern Makers Are Bringing Back Ham Radio - Yahoo Tech

Posted: 15 Feb 2016 04:05 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...879927862.html


Yahoo Tech
Why Modern Makers Are Bringing Back Ham Radio
Yahoo Tech
By the early 1920s, amateur radio operators were talking with and even
transmitting images to complete strangers on the other side of the world.
By the 1980s, ham radio was in decline. But the spirit of those early
tinkerers survived: They were the ...