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Two Radio Amateurs Set to Head for the International Space Station:

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 06:36 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37104


Two Amateur Radio licensees are part of the International Space
Station (ISS) crew increment bound for the orbiting outpost this
week. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, KG5FYJ, astronaut Takuya Onishi,
KF5LKS, of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and
cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos will launch early on July 7
(0136 UTC) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio will
spend approximately 4 months on station and will return to Earth in
October.


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Ham Talk Live #21 Boy Scouting:

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 06:37 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37103


Coming up Thursday at 9 pm Eastern on Ham
Talk Live!, this week it's all about Boy
Scouts and Ham Radio! Jim Wilson, K5ND,
from the BSA Ham Radio station K2BSA, Will
Jourdain, AA4WJ, Sales Representative from
Icom, and (hopefully) Ray Novak, N9JA,
Senior Sales Manager at Icom, will be here
to tell us all about how Ham Radio is
introduced to Boy Scouts and the role it
plays in getting young people interested!


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Amateur Radio Showcased Over Weekend:

Posted: 04 Jul 2016 06:01 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37102


THATCHER -- "When All Else Fails, Ham Radio Works" is the motto of the
Eastern Arizona Amateur Radio Society, which put its technology on display
in the Bashas' parking lot over the weekend. The group was there to
participate in Amateur Radio Field Day, a nationwide showcase for ham radio
operators to demonstrate their skills to the public.


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Amateur Radio Newsline Headlines for Ham Nation:

Posted: 04 Jul 2016 03:56 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37101


Amateur Radio Newsline headlines for Ham Nation. July 6, 2016.


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Amateur Radio Roundtable July 5:

Posted: 04 Jul 2016 10:48 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37100


This week (July 5th), Katie Allen WY7YL
will be back with us. Our Guest will be
James George, N3BB, talking about contact
sport. This is a book about ham radio
contesting over the air waves.