Southgate Amateur Radio News for Wednesday 27 April 2016
 

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Ashfield Primary School Tim Peake contact

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The ARISS UK Operations team are delighted to announce that the amateur
radio contact between Ashfield Primary School in Otley, West Yorkshire has
now been confirmed for Thursday, May 5 at 0808 GMT (9:08 am BST) with Tim
Peake GB1SS on the International Space Station

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RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now has Jamming Reports!

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RFinder now includes the ability to make jamming reports. This is already
available in RFinder Android and should be available on iOS devices by
Dayton. This ability is available worldwide

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Three new CubeSats now in orbit

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Signals have been received from the three CubeSats launched April 25 on
Soyuz flight VS14 from the Kourou spaceport in South America

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Heard Island DXpedition team interviews

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On Saturday April 23, 2016, Ono Benschop, VK6FLAB, interviewed all 14
members of the 2016 Heard Island Expedition (VK0EK) while they were
enjoying the hospitality of the Northern Corridor Radio Group (NCRG)

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New RAC Director for Alberta/ NWT/NU Region

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Radio Amateurs of Canada would like to welcome Ernest Clintberg,
VE6EC/VE6ECK as our newly elected Director for the Alberta, Northwest
Territories and Nunavut Region

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Greater recognition for ham radio in Anguilla

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The Minister of Communications in the Caribbean island nation of Anguilla
has assured greater recognition for Amateur Radio operators and their work,
according to an article this week in The Anguillan

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Revamp for University Amateur Radio Society

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The State Press reports the Arizona State University Amateur Radio Society
has revamped and uses radio in unconventional ways

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Mathachan Ashan keeps ham radio buzzing

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The New Indian Express asks when connectivity is no longer a barrier in
this digital age, does using wireless telegraphy for communication make any
rational sense? Apparently Yes!

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ISWL Callsigns for May 2016

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