Southgate Amateur Radio News for Sunday 10 April 2016
 

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ISS Slow Scan TV in April

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ARISS reports that International Space Station (ISS) Slow Scan Television
(SSTV) transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM may take place between April 11-15,
2016

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Transmitting DATV with just a Raspberry Pi

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Evariste Courjaud F5OEO has created RPiDATV which is capable of allowing
the Raspberry Pi to transmit DVB-S Digital Amateur TV (DATV)

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VK100ANZAC to be on air again

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The Wireless Institute of Australia has proudly assigned VK100ANZAC to the
Geelong Amateur Radio Club on July 19-21, the 100th anniversary of the
Battle of Fromelles

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RAST April Meeting Report

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The Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) report ISIS are building the
first Thai ham radio satellite JAISAT-1 and the first Advanced Class
examination will be held in June, 2016

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SARL Youth Net today

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The monthly South African Radio League Youth Net will be held this
afternoon at 15:00 UTC. Join Koos Fick, ZR6KF, on 7 070 kHz this afternoon

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Ofcom release WRC-15 report

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The UK communications regulator Ofcom has published a report on the outcome
of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 and ITU have published
Final Acts WRC-15

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Ofcom consults on Broadcast TV Technical Codes

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Ofcom is consulting on proposed updates to its Broadcast TV Technical
Codes. The Codes set technical standards for digital terrestrial TV (DTT) –
also often known as Freeview

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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 to moderate levels

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SolderSmoke Podcast

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Episode 186 of the amateur radio podcast SolderSmoke is now available