Southgate Amateur Radio News for Sunday 13 March 2016
 

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ARISS celebrates school contact #1000!

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On Thursday, March 10, 2016, the Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station team (ARISS team) proudly celebrated its 1000th school radio
contact!

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AM and CW on Anzac Day

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The Tableland Radio Group (TRG) is once again requesting Radio Amateurs in
Australia and New Zealand to use the old radio modes that were used by our
Service Men and Women in the many wars and peace keeping missions

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Millions of TV sets may become obsolete

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Ofcom's announcement of the clearance of the 700 MHz band could spell the
end of the road for millions of 'Freeview' TV sets

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MEMNET now even more user friendly

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The Wireless Institute of Australia's online membership management system
MEMNET was recently updated to reflect the experience from members since it
was introduced in 2014

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Ofcom to accelerate 700 MHz clearance

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Ofcom is consulting on proposals to make use of 25 MHz of spectrum in the
700 MHz band – known as the 'centre gap' – for mobile data

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Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

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Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be
at low levels