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Tim Peake contacts Powys school via amateur radio - BBC News

Posted: 05 Mar 2016 04:01 AM PST
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BBC News
Tim Peake contacts Powys school via amateur radio
BBC News
They used amateur "ham" radio equipment to communicate with ISS as it
travelled 215 miles (346km) above Wales. Pupils cheered as the connection
was made. Footage of the link-up was broadcast live on the internet by
Amateur Radio on the International ...
Pupils at a Welsh high school spoke to astronaut Tim Peake in space and
heres what he told themWalesOnline

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Sage Advice for the New Ham - Hackaday

Posted: 05 Mar 2016 01:02 AM PST
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Hackaday
Sage Advice for the New Ham
Hackaday
If youre on the edge about getting your amateur radio license, just go do
it and worry about the details later. But once youve done that, youre going
to need to know a little bit about the established culture and practices of
the modern ham — the ...



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US Amateur Radio Numbers Continue to Soar - ARRL

Posted: 29 Feb 2016 09:46 AM PST
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ARRL
US Amateur Radio Numbers Continue to Soar
ARRL
Amateur Radio is alive and well! Growth in the US continued in 2015, with a
record 735,405 licensees in the FCCs Universal Licensing System (ULS)
database by the end of the year. Thats up 9130 over December 2014, a 1.2
percent rise, continuing a ...
Amateur Radio is alive and well!Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Midland Amateur Radio Club to offer licensing testing on March 12Midland
Daily News

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Teen Aces Two Ham Radio Exams In FDL - Kfiz

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 10:42 PM PST
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Teen Aces Two Ham Radio Exams In FDL
Kfiz
Last weekend, the Fond du Lac Amateur Radio Club held a testing session at
Moraine Park College in Fond du Lac for all Ham radio licenses required by
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Thats when we meet Isaac
Lundberg, 13 years old, ...



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Radio ham licensed for 75 years - Southgate Amateur Radio Club

Posted: 05 Mar 2016 01:38 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...r_75_years.htm


Radio ham licensed for 75 years
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Radio ham licensed for 75 years. Jeff Piorkowski interviews Jack Goldfarb
W8WGO who got his amateur radio license almost 75 years ago when he was
16 "I got my license in April, 1941," Goldfarb said. "I went downtown
(Cleveland) to the FCC office that ...