eHam.net News for Friday 30 December 2016
 

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Propagation Forecast Bulletin #53 de K7RA:

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 06:25 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38337


The Australian Space Forecast Centre issued a Geomagnetic
Disturbance Warning on December 29 at 0010 UTC. "A recurrent equatorial
coronal hole will soon reach geoeffective
location on the solar disk. The size of the current coronal hole is
relatively larger compared to its characteristics during the
previous rotation. The co-rotating interaction region and subsequent
high speed streams associated with the coronal hole is expected to
affect Earth from late 30 December. Auroras may be visible on the
local nights of 30 and 31 December in Tasmania and possibly from the
coastline of Victoria."


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New Amateur Radio FM Transponder CubeSat Now in Space:

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 06:24 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38336


The BY70-1 CubeSat launched on December 28 from the Taiyuan Space
Launch Center in China, but in a lower orbit than intended. The
satellite carries an Amateur Radio FM transponder.


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18th Annual 'Ham Radio University':

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 06:26 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38335


The 18th annual Ham Radio University (HRU) educational conference will be
held on Sunday, January 8, 2017 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 P.M. at Briarcliffe
College, 1055 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, Long Island, NY 11714.


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HRD Software, LLC Announces Departure of Co-Founder, Rick Ruhl, W4PC:

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 06:27 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38334


HRD Software, LLC., producer of Ham Radio Deluxe, the world's leading
software application suite for ham radio operators, announces the departure
of co-founder, Rick Ruhl (W4PC) to pursue other interests. This change
becomes effective as of December 31, 2016.


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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2044, December 30 2016:

Posted: 30 Dec 2016 01:01 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38333


The following is a QST. Hams respond to the typhoon the Philippines. Radio
Australia begins its shortwave shutdown -- and we talk to possibly the
oldest continuously operating phone net. All this and more as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report 2044 comes your way right now.


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Devices Could Make Motorist Hang Up and Drive:

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 04:17 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38332


Wouldn't it be great if you could switch off the cellphone signal to the
guy who's gabbing on his phone while driving distractedly in front of you?
A group of U.S. amateur radio fans were close to developing that "hang up"
device in the 1990s, inspired by military technology during the first Gulf
War. When George H. W. Bush ordered an offensive on Iraq that lasted 100
hours in February 1991, all of America watched as 42 Scud missiles were
fired into Israel over a period of several weeks. The only effective
defenses to these fatal attacks were electronics that sensed incoming Scuds
and launched Patriot warhead-seeking missiles, and it wasn't very
successful. But the efforts that technicians from arms maker Raytheon
expended to help our military industry protect Israel were legendary. About
this same time we were noticing folks driving at congestion-inducing 50 mph
speeds on I-696 and on other jam-sensitive roads in the normally safe,
free-flowing left lanes. Almost always, this happened in cars driven by
people engaged with their new cellphones. The drivers were rarely ticketed.
Frustrated by this, a group of amateur radio experts around the U.S.
wondered if the same efforts used to intercept Scud missiles could help
reduce cell phone-related distracted driving.


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Foundations of Amateur Radio -- #82:

Posted: 29 Dec 2016 11:29 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38331


So, do we really understand our hobby to the
point where we can make that explanation? I
think not, more to the point, neither do you.
The Internet and the airwaves are full of
explanations of how things in Amateur Radio
work and many of them disagree with each
other, sometimes loudly.