Southgate Amateur Radio News for Thursday 24 November 2016
 

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ARISS contact planned for school in Le Palais, France

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An International Space Station radio contact has been planned for astronaut
Thomas Pesquet KF5FYG with Collège Michel Lotte, Le Palais, France on
Monday November 28 at approximately 10:38 UTC

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ABC's Last Man Standing show - Thanksgiving

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Mike Baxter KA0XTT explains what he is giving thanks for on Thanksgiving
Night

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Caribbean Tropical Storm Otto

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IARU Region 1 Emergency Communications Co-Ordinator Greg Mossop G0DUB
reports information received from Cesar Pio Santos HR2P about preparations
for Tropical Storm Otto

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FCC's Laura Smith - Your Repeater; Your Rules

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We haven't heard a lot from FCC Special Counsel Laura Smith lately, but she
spoke at Pacificon, a large ham conference in the San Francisco area, last
Octobe

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Tony's 10 Metre Band Report

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Not the most prolific week for 10m contacts. Some DX about TL8AO (Central
African Republic), 9Z4Y (Trinidad and Tobago), ZV2TA (Tamanduá Is Brazil)
and 5Z4/DJ6TF (Kenya) to name just 4.

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Radio ham searches for balloons

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Union Leader reports Amateur Radio enthusiast Mike Hojnowski KD2EAT
searches hills of Landaff for balloons and tracker that circumnavigated
globe

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Riding the radio waves of success

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The Eastern Daily Press reports on the Norfolk Amateur Radio Club, winners
of a prestigious Club of the Year award from the Radio Society of Great
Britain

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Ham radio station recognized around the world

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WHIZ News reports that since Everett Jackson WZ8P started amateur radio as
a teenager he has contacted people in every country of the world

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DX News from the ARRL

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The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX
activity on the amateur radio bands

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IOTA news from the DARC

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Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club