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Buzz Kill: Could LED Street Lights Drown Out Ham Radio Signals? - NBC 10
Philadelphia

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 03:18 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...389115072.html


NBC 10 Philadelphia
Buzz Kill: Could LED Street Lights Drown Out Ham Radio Signals?
NBC 10 Philadelphia
When he decided to become a ham radio operator, Charles Dillenbeck, of
Bristol Township, went all out for his new hobby. He purchased the Cadillac
of radios — an $8,000 model that allows him to chat for a few hours every
night with amateur radio ...



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Skyler Fennell, KD0WHB, is 2016 Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, Memorial Young Ham
of the Year - ARRL

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 09:17 AM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...am-of-the-year


ARRL
Skyler Fennell, KD0WHB, is 2016 Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, Memorial Young Ham
of the Year
ARRL
Amateur Radio Newsline has announced that 17-year-old Skyler Fennell,
KD0WHB, an ARRL member from Denver, Colorado, is the 2016 Bill Pasternak,
WA6ITF, Memorial Young Ham of the Year (YHOTY). The recent Denver School of
the Arts honors ...



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FCC Levies $25000 Fine on California Radio Amateur for Deliberate
Interference - ARRL

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 08:34 AM PDT
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FCC Levies $25000 Fine on California Radio Amateur for Deliberate
Interference
ARRL
The FCC has imposed a $25,000 fine on William F. Crowell, W6WBJ (ex-N6AYJ),
of Diamond Spring, California, for intentionally interfering with the
transmissions of other radio amateurs and transmitting prohibited
communications, including music.



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Electric utility donates emergency communications gear to UK Amateur Radio
group - Southgate Amateur Radio Club

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 12:51 AM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...ar-donated.htm


Electric utility donates emergency communications gear to UK Amateur Radio
group
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Radio Resource International report that Sussex RAYNET will receive new
mobile emergency communications thanks to a donation from local electricity
distributor Southern Electric Power Distribution (SEPD). The group is using
the donation from SEPDs ...



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Free amateur radio class starts Aug. 13 - Wilson County News

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 06:28 AM PDT
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Free amateur radio class starts Aug. 13
Wilson County News
Register now for a free three-day Amateur Radio Course (general class) set
to take place on Saturdays, Aug. 13, 20, and 27, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in
the Kingman Room at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital at 2827 Babcock Road in
San Antonio. The course will ...



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Chatting it up ham radio style - Litchfield County Times

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 03:13 PM PDT
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Litchfield County Times
Chatting it up ham radio style
Litchfield County Times
You see, Collins is what is known as ham radio operator, one of the most
interesting, enlightening and complicated hobbies a person can have. The
origins of amateur radio are said to be traced to the late 19th century,
although amateur radio that is ...