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Just Ahead In Radiosport:

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:09 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37549


Just Ahead In Radiosport:


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Amateur Radio Parity Act Passes In the US House Of Representatives!

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:09 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37548


"The bill is passed without objection." With those words, Amateur Radio
history was made on September 12, when the US House of Representatives
approved the Amateur Radio Parity Act, H.R. 1301 on a voice vote under a
suspension of the rules. The focus of the campaign to enact the
legislation into law now shifts to the US Senate.


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Higher Bands Will Pick Up This Fall, Smaller Solar Cycles Lie Ahead:

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:09 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37547


Propagation guru Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, says that, while conditions
on 12 and 10 meters will pick up as they always do in the fall, F2
propagation on those bands will decline thereafter, with only sporadic
E during the summer months as a possible saving grace. On the other
hand, the lower bands -- 160, 80, and 40 meters -- should be good going
forward, and 20 and 17 meters will be the mainstays of daylight HF
propagation. Luetzelschwab offered these observations during an August
23 World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF)-sponsored webinar "Solar
Topics -- Where We're Headed." He said data suggest that Solar
Cycle 24, the current solar cycle, will bottom out in 2020, and he
advised that radio amateurs may need to lower their expectations on the
higher bands (and 6 meters) looking beyond that.


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Lunar-Orbiting Ham Satellite Could Result From NASA Cube Quest Challenge:

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:07 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37546


A NASA Cube Quest Challenge (CQC)
team partnered with AMSAT-NA is among the five
CQC teams to receive $20,000 each from the space agency as part of a
competition that could lead to a lunar-orbiting Amateur Radio
satellite. The Ragnarok Industries Nano-Satellite Company team, comprised
of former NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center PhD engineering interns, is designing the 6-unit (6U)
Heimdallr CubeSat to test advanced propulsion and communication
technologies for lunar and deep-space missions.


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The Doctor Will See You Now!

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:06 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37545


"Coaxial Connectors" is the topic of the current (September 8) episode
of the "ARRL The Doctor is In" podcast.
Listen...and learn!


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National Parks On the Air Update:

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:05 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37544


Two radio amateurs are putting on a real back-country adventure for
ARRL's National Parks on the Air (NPOTA)
program. Dave Swanson, KG5CCI, and Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA, will be
backpacking their way across the Channel Islands National Park (NP11)
over the September 16-18 weekend. Their primary goal is to give out the
park unit, along with the rare CM93 grid square, on Amateur Radio
satellites. The team will also have QRP HF and VHF/UHF terrestrial
gear. Swanson and Dirks both have extensive experience working the
satellites under portable conditions and have secured the special event
call sign K6R for their expedition. Detailed information is on the K6R
QRZ.com page.


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ARDF Team USA Enjoys Success In Bulgaria:

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:05 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37543


Fifteen of the best on-foot hidden transmitter hunters in the US are
back home after picking up seven medals in the 18th World Amateur Radio
Direction Finding (ARDF) Championships and World
Cup events in Bulgaria. As reported in The ARRL Letter
for September 1, Vadim Afonkin, KB1RLI, of Massachusetts, earned a
bronze medal in the M40 class of the 80 meter classic event during the
ARDF World Cup, an optional competition for individuals that preceded
the Championships. Alla Mezhevaya of Illinois won silver in the World
Cup 2 meter classic competition in the W35 class.


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ARRL Honors Veteran Section Manager Upon Her Retirement:

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:04 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37542


Retiring ARRL Connecticut Section Manager Betsey Doane, K1EIC, was
honored on September 10 at the New England Division Convention in
Boxboro, Massachusetts, for her many years of service. At the
Convention's ARRL Forum, New England Division Director Tom Frenaye,
K1KI, presented a plaque to Doane, who is believed to be the dean of
the current roster of Section Managers by dint of her 25 years of
continuous service in that post. She decided this year not to seek
another term of office.


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Radio Club Of America Announces 2016 Awards, Fellows:

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:04 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37541


Several radio amateurs were among the 2016 Radio Club of America (RCA)
award recipients and Fellows. Winners will be honored at RCA's 107th
Banquet and Awards Presentation on
November 18 in New York City. The awards spotlight outstanding
achievements in the field of wireless communication. The 2016 award
winners a


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In Brief...

Posted: 15 Sep 2016 08:04 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37540


Former Radio Amateurs of Canada President Patrick Doherty, VE3PD, SK:
Past Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President
Patrick G. Doherty, VE3PD, of Murillo, Ontario, died on September 5. He
was 81. Doherty was licensed in 1974 and enjoyed taking ham radio along
on trips to such disparate locations as Siberia and the South Pacific.