eHam.net News for Wednesday 30 November 2016
 

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Youngsters Learn About Radio Communication During Special Event:

Posted: 29 Nov 2016 04:12 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38118


More than 75 people stopped by to visit The
Villages Amateur Radio Club's Radio on the
Square event Saturday at Lake Sumter Landing
Market Square. The weather was great and the
club got just what they wanted, families with
visiting grandchildren. One of those visiting
grandchildren, 10-year-old Joshua B. York up
from Miami was seeing Morse code
communication for the first time. "People ask
me, 'Are you still doing that?' People are
doing it now more than ever," said Brown.
There are more than 700,000 amateur radio
operators currently in the United States.
Brown says that people mistakenly think
computers have made amateur radio obsolete.
"Computers are used to enhance it." The club
holds three events a year to demonstrate
amateur radio in action. Club members are on
hand to talk to interested folks about the
required FCC test and licensing.


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Villages Amateur Radio Club Offers 'Radio on the Square' on Saturday:

Posted: 29 Nov 2016 04:09 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38117


The Villages Amateur Radio Club will conduct
its annual "Radio on the Square" event from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 at Lake
Sumter Landing Market Square. The event will
feature ongoing demonstrations of amateur
radio in action. Club members will explain
how to become an amateur radio operator, and
interested visitors will be invited to join
the club.


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When Signal Beats Noise:

Posted: 29 Nov 2016 09:53 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38116


The concept of "DXing" -- basically, trying
to
capture TV or radio signals from far away is
nearly as old as the antenna. It's a great
rabbit hole.


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Ham Talk Live #41 -- Key Collector WJ1B:

Posted: 29 Nov 2016 09:52 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38115


Tune in to hamtalklive.com Thursday night at
9
PM Eastern time when Harold Kramer, WJ1B,
recently retired COO of ARRL and Morse code
key collector will be here to take your
questions! We'll be talking about his
telegraphy equipment collection, as well as
memories from ARRL.


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$45 40-meter SSB Transceiver:

Posted: 29 Nov 2016 09:51 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38113


This week on Amateur Radio Roundtable, Rich
Moseson, W2VU, editor of CQ Magazine, will be
with us talking about next months edition.
Katie
Allen, WY7YL will be back with us and showing
us
the new tower they recently constructed. Tom
W5KUB will talk about and demo the new BITX40
40
Meter SSB transceiver for $45.00. See the
first
contact made on it. It was with ZS6CCY in
South
Africa, not bad for a QRP radio and dipole
antenna.


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R17TCNY of the New Year's Capital of Russian Federation:

Posted: 29 Nov 2016 09:50 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38112


From 10 December 2016 10 March 2017 a team
of Amateur radio operators in Tambov
region will work in the air on all Amateur
bands on CW, phone and digital modes under
the special call sign R17TCNY -- 2017
Capital Tambov Russia New Year.