Southgate Amateur Radio News for Sunday 29 May 2016
 

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Amateur Television Events

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The annual IARU ATV Contest is happening on Saturday/Sunday, June 11-12 and
the Convention for Amateur TV (CAT 16) takes place Sept 24-25

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PyQSO v0.3 released

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A new version (v0.3) of PyQSO, a simple contact logging tool that runs on
Linux, was released on 28 May 2016

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Mark Zuckerberg to connect with space station astronauts live via Facebook

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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and chief executive officer, will speak
with three astronauts currently living and working aboard the International
Space Station at 12:55 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 1. The Earth-to-space call
will be seen live on NASA’s Facebook page

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South African Radio League Digital Contest today

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The second leg of the South African Radio League Digital Contest is on the
air this afternoon from 13:00 to 16:00 UTC with PSK and RTTY activity

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Reprogrammble routers axed by TP-Link as FCC bans custom firmware

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Wi-Fi boxes will be locked down to stop folks installing software on their
own hardware. Network gear maker TP-Link will no longer allow people to
install customized firmware on its Wi-Fi routers in the US – and the FCC is
to blame

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Chippenham and District Amateur Radio Club Anniversary

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The Chippenham and District Amateur Radio Club will be operating GB5CRC for
the month of August to celebrate it's 50th Anniversary

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South African Ham Radio Exam Results

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The results of the May 2016 RAE are now available on the South African
Radio League website. The exams are held twice a year

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Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

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Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
remain at low levels