Southgate Amateur Radio News for Tuesday 10 January 2017
 

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ARISS contact planned for schools in Belgium

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An International Space Station radio contact has been planned for astronaut
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG/FX0ISS with Collège Saint-Guibert, Gembloux, Belgium
and Euro Space Center, Transinne, Belgium

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HF Propagation from Steve G0KYA

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Steve G0KYA has now updated his hourly HF propagation charts for the UK for
the next three months

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Testing HF antennas

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Testing HF antennas is a tricky thing to do. Simple on-air test are seldom
conclusive and are more often than not, they are just plain confusing.
SOTABEAMS has come up with a completely new way to test antennas, locations
and to monitor propagation using the WSPR system

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Ham radio exams at ShmooCon

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Walk-in amateur radio exams, no need to register in advance, are available
at the ShmooCon Hacker Convention this weekend

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SSTV pirate in Monitoring System newsletter

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The IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports a pirate station in Italy
has been transmitting Slow Scan TV on 28001.5 kHz

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The Canadian Amateur delayed

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The delivery of the January-February 2017 issue of The Canadian Amateur
magazine is taking longer than usual