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Summer (15) Advanced Ham Radio Star:

Posted: 27 May 2016 05:57 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36854


A local teenager has become Northern Ireland's youngest ham radio advanced
licensee. Fifteen-year-old Summer McCormick passed the advanced radio exam
earlier this month. The Moira girl, a pupil at St Patricks Academy,
Lisburn, passed her foundation exam at the age of just 12. A year or so
later, a 13-year-old Summer successfully completed her intermediate exam,
including a practical test in building circuits. Of her latest achievement,
her proud parents said: "She spent whole weekends and evenings revising for
it and her hard work paid off." Summer's main radio club is Lisburn-based
Lagan Valley Amateur Radio Society.


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Bengal: Climbers to Double Up as Ham Radio Experts:

Posted: 27 May 2016 05:56 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36853


The first batch of mountaineers from Bengal would soon get licences to
operate HAM radios, giving a fillip to search operations on the killer
peaks. The first licence was issued on Wednesday while another 22 will be
given in the next few days. After months of training, 27 mountaineers
appeared for an examination for HAM radio licence at Sodepur High School in
North 24-Parganas. Twenty three passed the test and their licences will get
licences soon. Dipankar Ghosh, one of Bengal's well-known mountaineers who
scaled 30 Himalayan peaks including Mt Everest, is also among those who
cleared the test. This comes at a time when the state is shocked by Everest
climbers going missing on way to the summit. "This may be the first licence
issued to a mountaineer," Ambarish Nag Biswas, secretary of secretary West
Bengal Radio Club (Amateur club), told HT. He trained all the mountaineers
before the test.


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Propagation Forecast Bulletin #22 de K7RA:

Posted: 26 May 2016 05:00 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36852


Solar indices pulled back this week, when average sunspot number was
25.3 for the May 19 to 25 period, down 38.8 points from the previous
week's average of 64.1. Likewise, average daily solar flux over the same
period was 97, down
3.4 points from the previous week's average of 100.4. Planetary A index
average was 7.1, down 2.8 points from 9.9, and
average daily mid-latitude A index was 7, down 3.9 points from 10.9.