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ARISS countdown to 1000th contact

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The ARISS contact between Powys Secondary Schools, Mid Wales, UK, and
astronaut Timothy Peake KG5BVI on Saturday represented the 997th successful
ARISS contact in ARISS history. ARISS is poised to celebrate its 1000th
contact as early as this week

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Live Ham Show

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This week on Amateur Radio Roundtable, a live ham radio webcast, Joe
Eisenberg will be presenting an update and photos of the Yuma Hamfest and
some other recent hamfests

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Teensy 3.1 controlled VFO

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Tom Hall AK2B along with many radio amateurs around the world, have been
hacking the Silicon Labs Si5351 to create VFOs (variable frequency
oscillators) to control receivers and transmitters

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ARISS contact with Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia

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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia on 08 March

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Essex Intermediate Ham Radio Course

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An Intermediate training course run by volunteers from the Chelmsford
Amateur Radio Society (CARS) will start March 17

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Video of Tim Peake and Powys Combined Schools contact

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An amateur radio contact between students from Powys Combined Schools
GB4PCS and UK astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS took place at 1053 GMT on Saturday,
March 5, 2016

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Mighty KBC announcement

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Due to the lack of new sponsors, The Mighty KBC will close down on 6095 on
March 27th

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Internet Hall of Famer Ray Tomlinson has died

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Tomlinson was the man who basically invented email as we know it today,
including making the choice to use the "@" sign in an email address. He was
75

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Grantham ARC Radio and Electronics Rally

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LAM Communications will be attending the Grantham ARC Radio and Electronics
Rally on Sunday 13th March 2016