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6 May : ARISS contact to USA school academy!

Posted: 06 May 2016 06:19 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...cademy.522230/

CONTACT ISS 6 May with a school in USA !





A direct contact via N1ASA with students at All Saints STEAM Academy
(AS2A), Middletown, Rhode Island, USA is scheduled for Fri 2016-05-06
16:43:47 UTC 56 deg.



The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ.







NOT udible in Europe ! ONLY for USA .





best 73 de Rudy - IW2BSF

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The ARRL Letter, May 5, 2016

Posted: 05 May 2016 12:48 PM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...5-2016.522259/

The ARRL Letter

May 5, 2016

Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, Editor



[Note: Clicking on the story links below will take you to the news article
as it appears in The ARRL Letter on the ARRL website.]


FCC Action Anticipated on ARRL’s “Symbol Rate� Petition for Rule Making
ARRL Contest Advisory...


The ARRL Letter, May 5, 2016

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Anatomy of an Internet Scam at QRZ

Posted: 05 May 2016 11:53 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...at-qrz.447305/

Maybe you know someone whos had a bad experience when buying radio gear
online from a private party, and maybe you dont. At QRZ, weve been
tracking and monitoring our online swapmeet for years now and despite our
best efforts, some people are still being taken. The story is always the
same, a user answers an ad posted on QRZ and contacts the seller.
Usually, the radio is fairly expensive but being offered at a great
price. The buyer then sends the money to the seller, and never...



Anatomy of an Internet Scam at QRZ

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Introduction to the Icom IC-7300 HF/50/70MHz Transceiver

Posted: 05 May 2016 10:40 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...ceiver.514982/

Introduction to the Icom IC-7300 HF/50/70MHz Transceiver



In this video, Chris Ridley, G8GKC, Bob Rogers, M0KKW and Ian Lockyer,
2E0IAJ from Icom UK give an overview of the IC-7300 HF/50/70MHz
transceiver, Icoms first Software Defined Radio (SDR) HF radio







....



Introduction to the Icom IC-7300 HF/50/70MHz Transceiver

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Ham Talk LIVE! #12: Dayton Preview: General Chairman and Spokesperson for
Hamvention

Posted: 04 May 2016 04:28 PM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...ention.522172/

Coming up Thursday night at 9 PM Eastern on Ham Talk LIVE!, Jim Tiderman,
N8IDS, Hamvention General Chairman; and Mike Kalter, W8CI, Hamvention
Spokesperson will be on the show to talk about whats new at Hamvention and
the latest on the future of Hara Arena. They will be taking your calls LIVE
about, as they used to say on the FARA system, "the 53 hours that is...
Dayton." Tune in on...



Ham Talk LIVE! #12: Dayton Preview: General Chairman and Spokesperson for
Hamvention