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WV Radio Operators to Help Celebrate National Parks Centennial:

Posted: 02 May 2016 05:05 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36694


FAYETTEVILLE -- The National Parks Service turns 100 this year, and West
Virginia amateur radio operators, also known as hams, will help celebrate
the milestone from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at the New River
Gorge Bridge. These federally licensed radio operators will make contacts
worldwide from temporary amateur radio stations near the bridge. Award
certificates -- issued by the national organization for ham radio, the
American Radio Relay League -- will be given to hams who verify contacts
with the stations. The event is part of the ARRL-sponsored National Parks
on the Air. The bridge is part of the National Parks Service New River
Gorge National River Area. The public will be able to visit one of the ham
stations and see it in action. "West Virginia ham radio operators are
excited to help promote the National Park Service Centennial," said event
organizer Randy Damron. "NPS is one of our country's greatest treasures ...
and the New River Gorge Bridge is certainly one of West Virginia's greatest
treasures. These temporary radio setups help amateurs maintain their skills
of providing communications during emergencies -- plus they are lots of
fun!"


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IES Communications Announces an Exclusive Distribution Agreement:

Posted: 02 May 2016 05:04 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36693


NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ON, May 2, 2016 /CNW/ - IES Communications announces
that it will become the exclusive distributor of Modulator Demodulator
Software Radio (MDSR) kits for Eastern Canada. MDSR kits allow amateur
radio operators, commonly known as hams, to modify their radios so that
they can be completely controlled via software on a personal computer. By
allowing complete software control, the capabilities of ham radios can be
enhanced, thus affording operators with a wide range of communications
options that can improve their communication effectiveness. MDSR kits are
available for a variety of ham radio models, including those manufactured
by ICOM, Kenwood and Yaesu. Eric Meth, founder of IES Communications and
ham radio operator with the call sign VE3EI, has been a leader in the
Canadian two-way radio communications industry since 1969 added "This
agreement will really help IES Communications to continue to service all of
its client's needs, especially those that are also ham radio operators.
Software Defined Radios (SDRs) are becoming very popular within the ham
radio community and the MDSR kit will really help many hams gets started
with SDRs affordably using their existing ham radio equipment." The MDSR
kits allows ham radio operators to cost effectively retrofit new and old
ham radio units, saving them from the need and unnecessary expense of
purchasing new and often expensive commercial Software Defined Radio
equipment to get the benefits that SDRs offer. The benefits of purchasing a
MDSR kits include:


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Ham College 16 Has Been Released:

Posted: 02 May 2016 04:40 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36692


Ham College 16 is now available. Part one of our look at the Digital Modes.