Southgate Amateur Radio News for Friday 4 March 2016
 

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Centenary of Alan Turing's birth

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The Milton Keynes Amateur Radio Society (MKARS) will celebrate 100 Years
since Alan Turing's birth with a series of special events using the
specially issued Notice Of Variation (NOV) callsign GB2AMT (Alan Mathison
Turing)

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Video of Tim Peake and Norwich School contact

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An amateur radio contact took place between students at the City of Norwich
School GB2CNS and UK astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS at 14:40 GMT on Friday,
February 26, 2016

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A hams ham - Doug McArthur VK3UM SK

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The news came as a shock to all; Doug McArthur VK3UM passed away on Monday
21 February 2016, following a stroke the previous day

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EMF 2016 tickets on sale Sunday

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There will be an Amateur Radio Village at the Electromagnetic Field EMF
2016 event at Guildford August 5-7

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AMRED magazines available for download

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The UK educational charity STELAR (Science and Technology through
Educational Links with Amateur Radio) has made available PDF copies of its
magazine AMRED

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February RSGB Board Proceedings

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The RSGB Board Proceedings for the February 20 meeting have been released,
they note the Society is to consider the use of Micropayments

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Western Sahara in CQ World-Wide

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The Sahara Press Service (SPS) reports on the success of an amateur radio
station in Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) in the 2015 CQ
World-Wide contest

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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