Southgate Amateur Radio News for Monday 17 October 2016
 

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Emergency Communications

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Emergency communications will be the topic on Amateur Radio Roundtable at
8:00 PMCT on W5KUB.COM this Tues Oct 18

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Poole Radio Society celebrates 40th anniversary

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During October 2016, Poole Radio Society is celebrating its 40th
Anniversary with the operation of the special event callsign GB40PR at
various locations in Poole and South-East Dorset

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ICQPODCAST - RFinder and Raynet Unification released

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In this episode, Martin M1MRB / W9ICQ is joined by Leslie Butterfield G0CIB
Edmund Spicer M0MNG, Matthew Nassau M0NJX and Chris Howard M0TCH to discuss
the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler M6BOY rounds up the news
in brief, and this episode’s feature is RFinder and Raynet Unification

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Cows Over the World update

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'The Daily DX' reports that Tom, KC0W, and his all-CW 'Cows Over the World'
DXpeditions, which was recently halted after the theft of all of his
equipment, is getting ready to be active again with his next 2 DXpeditions
- possibly this November/ December

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St. Paul Island DXpedition

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Randy, N0TG, sent the following press release [edited]: QSL cards have been
sent to the printer. We estimate to start sending cards in next 3 - 4 weeks

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Seven Patna radio hams licensed

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The Times of India reports the Union Ministry of Communication and
Information Technology has issued amateur radio licenses to seven
enthusiasts from Patna

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DXCC Country/Entity Report

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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday,
9th-October, through Sunday, 16th-October there were 224 countries active

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IOTA news from OPDX

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Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin

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Lesotho - press release

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Pista, HA5AO, arrived in Maseru, Lesotho, on the afternoon of Friday,
October 14th, with 4 suitcases weighing over 110 kg (242 lbs) of radio
equipment and gifts for the orphanages where he is a volunteer

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'Massive Auroras' sighted around the Arctic Circle

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G1-class geomagnetic storms are underway around the Arctic Circle on Oct.
16th as Earth enters a stream of very fast moving solar wind