Southgate Amateur Radio News for Wednesday 11 May 2016
 

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Northern Ireland lighthouse scores 200th entry

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The Haulbowline Lighthouse in Northern Ireland built in 1824 is this year’s
prestigious 200th registration in the International Lighthouse and
Lightship Weekend

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VK stations get to use AX prefix for World Telecommunications Day

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The International Telecommunications Union, or ITU, is an international
organisation established to standardise radio and telecommunications

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HamRadioNow in audio only

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Gary KN4AQ and Cyndi KD4ACW are in Europe cruising along the Rhein and
visiting Paris, so as well as no video, this episode is distinctly lacking
amateur radio as well

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IARUMS newsletter now available

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The IARU Monitoring System newsletter reports Beijing's broadband OTH
radars were transmitting on the 7, 10, 14 and 21 MHz amateur radio bands
with 10 sweps/sec and 160 kHz wide

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Chasing storms a passion for radio ham

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Matt Koscielski KD0JZI has been interested in weather since he was a child.
That interest led him to storm chasing, which has become a huge part of his
life

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Tomsk satellite is RS4S

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Tomsk Satellite on board the ISS has a callsign of RS4S, according to this
picture sent to me today by Serg RV3DR