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HamRadioNow: Contact Sport

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Author Jim George N3BB talked to Gary Pearce KN4AQ about his (relatively)
new book Contact Sport at the 2016 Dayton Hamvention

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Foundations of Amateur Radio episode 80, the Passion and Politics of
Amateur Radio

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Passion has been explained to me once as a "big elephant". You sit on its
back and it takes you where you want to go. Gentle nudging makes the
elephant change direction, but if it gets excitable or startled, it'll go
where ever it wants and all you can do is be a passenger and hold on tight

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Pratham: IITB student satellite - help requested

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We are glad to inform you that PE0SAT was able to receive the beacon of the
satellite yet again. We have started the preparation to track the satellite
in the hopes of establishing if the satellite is active again

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Ham Radio - How to Read, Draw and Understand Circuit Diagrams

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Many new comers to Ham Radio find trying to read and understand a circuit
diagram a very daunting task, I have heard some people say that they will
never understand how circuits work and how they interact with other
circuitry

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VK6WIA - NewsWest for Sunday December 18

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In the news this week we give you an update on the Peel Amateur Radio Group
swap-meet, a run-down on repeater updates from the West Australian Repeater
Group. Glynn has some news from the North Pole and WIA Director Andrew
VK6AS shares his board report, recorded earlier in the week

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Preparations for regulating the BBC

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Ofcom has recently published several consultations in preparation for
regulating the BBC. This follows earlier publication of the final BBC Royal
Charter, which details how the BBC will operate in the new Charter period
from 2017 to 2027

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Realtime band conditions website

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The purpose of this experimental Web site is to provide 24-7-365 actual
(REALTIME) band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for
Contesters interested in increasing their scores