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QRZ Forums - Amateur Radio News for Saturday 5 March 2016
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/////////////////////////////////////////// Windham, NH High School Launches Balloon with APRS Tracking Posted: 05 Mar 2016 07:51 AM PST http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...acking.514045/ The Windham High School launched a balloon this morning at around 7AM Eastern time. As of Noon on Friday, the Balloon had passed 47, 500-feet in Altitude, and was traveling at 58MPH. You can track the Balloon on aprs.fi using callsign KC1DFW (http://tinyurl.com/z4ldg5x). /////////////////////////////////////////// RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now includes coverage maps! Posted: 05 Mar 2016 03:58 AM PST http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...e-maps.514131/ RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now includes coverage maps! Its been a busy year for Team RFinder...partnering with radio societies worldwide in the countries of Canada, Great Britain, Italy, Mexico, Spain, France, Germany and now the ARRL in the United States... We have worked hard for you to improve data...and it will get even better in the near future with more detail on the new digital modes that have cropped up in the past couple years. Those... RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now includes coverage maps! /////////////////////////////////////////// Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2001, March 4, 2016 Posted: 04 Mar 2016 07:07 PM PST http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...4-2016.514018/ Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2001, March 4, 2016 Amateur Radio Newsline report number 2001 with a release date of Friday, March 4, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Hams in Australia and New Zealand lose a longtime favorite retail giant. A satellite lets an unprecedented QSO happen between Antarctica and Argentina. Hamfests are gearing up in New Jersey and West Virginia. And, at long last, theres a reasonable explanation for the "space music" heard four decades ago... Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2001, March 4, 2016 /////////////////////////////////////////// ARISS Celebrates its 1000th Educational Amateur Radio Contact Posted: 04 Mar 2016 12:50 AM PST http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...ontact.514007/ ARISS Celebrates its 1000th Educational Amateur Radio Contact ARISS celebrated 15 years of a permanent ham radio presence in space last December. In 2000, several pupils and a teacher got to chat on 2 meters with the first ISS Commander, William "Shep" Shepherd, KD5GSL. Since that first ARISS school contact, astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the station have talked with students in 44 states in the US and in 51 other countries. Celebrate with... ARISS Celebrates its 1000th Educational Amateur Radio Contact |
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