Southgate Amateur Radio News for Saturday 2 April 2016
 

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Braintree and District Amateur Radio Society celebrate their 40th
anniversary with special Icom themed event

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The Braintree and District Amateur Radio Society will be holding a
special 'show and tell' evening on April 18th to celebrate their 40th
Anniversary. The event will have a twist as club members are invited to
bring their own Icom equipment, whether old or new from the last four
decades

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HamRadioNow: Digital Voice Progress 2016

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Last year (Episode 195) Roland W9HPX presented a comparison of VHF/UHF DV
modes in a talk at the Charlotte Hamfest. This year the talk is more of a
hardware show

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Get into portable amateur radio activity

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Those interested in or involved with portable activity should head to the
Brisbane Ranges National Park west of Melbourne VK3 this month. An
operating station VK3WI will be on site giving an opportunity to gain
points in the Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award

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CANWARN 2016 Spring Training Schedule

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The past few weeks have certainly provided CANWARN spotters with lots of
weather to report. We’ve had some significant snowfalls, a notable ice
storm, lots of rain and our first tornado of the year

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ISWL Callsigns for April 2016

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The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of
April 2016..

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K1JT is Amateur of the Year

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Joe Taylor, K1JT has been named as 2016 Dayton Hamvention Amateur of the
Year

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New radio antenna avoids unwanted signals

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A new, simpler, cheaper and potentially more effective way to prevent radio
antennas from picking up unwanted signals has been created by researchers
in the US

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TX Factor GB2RS News Podcast

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All the very latest Amateur Radio news is now available via the TX Factor
GB2RS weekly podcast

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Smartphone Cities

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Ofcom has just published Smartphone Cities, a report comparing the mobile
broadband and voice performance of the UK’s four national mobile providers
- EE, O2, Three and Vodafone

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Propagation de K7RA

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Again this week solar indices crept lower. Average daily sunspot numbers
declined 8 points to 20.4, and average daily solar flux went down 2.4
points to 86.4