Southgate Amateur Radio News for Thursday 6 October 2016
 

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Tony's 10 Metre Band Report

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Not a bad week at all. Not so for me as I’m in Australia with no HF gear.
Doh!

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Florida radio hams prepare for Hurricane Matthew

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On Wednesday the ARRL reported Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
groups in counties along Florida’s east coast were at a Level 2 (local)
activation for Hurricane Matthew

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Special event station WW1USA

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Look for special event station WW1USA to be active from the National World
War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, to observe/ commemorate
the World War I 'Battles of the Isonzo'

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Cows Over the World update

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Tom, KC0W, and his all-CW 'Cows Over the World' DXpeditions has come to an
end and is heading back home after all his gear was stolen

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Marconi Award given for duplexing

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A solution to duplexing, sending and receiving at the same time on one
frequency, has been given this year's 'Marconi Society Paul Bran Young
Scholar' award

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How the phonetic alphabet emerged

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It was 60 years ago that the International Civil Aviation Organisation
(ICAO) finalised the phonetic alphabet - sometimes also called the NATO or
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation alphabet

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Youth 'scout' the airwaves with ham radio

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The newly formed Grimes County Amateur Radio Group (GCARG) is sponsoring
Navasota Boy Scout Troop 361 and the Adventure Crew 361

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LoTW log-in problems

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An upgrade to the password-checking mechanism that authenticates Logbook of
The World (LoTW) users has caused log-in problems for some clients

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Ham, with a side of community service

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The Portland Tribune reports amateur radio operators have fun while saving
lives, enhancing community safety

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DXCC Country/Entity Report

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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 25th
September, through Sunday, 2nd October there were 227 countries active