Amateur OR Ham Radio - Google News for Thursday 19 January 2017
 

Amateur OR Ham Radio - Google News

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CEPT Meeting Makes Progress on WRC-19 Agenda Items Affecting Amateur Radio
- ARRL

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 01:50 PM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...-amateur-radio


CEPT Meeting Makes Progress on WRC-19 Agenda Items Affecting Amateur Radio
ARRL
Progress was made regarding World Radiocommunication Conference 2019
(WRC-19) agenda items of interest to Amateur Radio when European Conference
of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) Conference
Preparatory Group Project ...

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New 'Amateur Radio Parity Act' bill introduced in US House of
Representatives - Southgate Amateur Radio Club

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 01:26 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...y-act-bill.htm


New Amateur Radio Parity Act bill introduced in US House of Representatives
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
H.R. 555 - a new Amateur Radio Parity Act bill - has been introduced in the
U.S. House of Representatives. The bills language is identical to that of
the 2015 measure, H.R. 1301, which passed in the House late last summer but
failed in the waning ...



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Harry K. Wolf, W6NKT, SK at 107; May Have Been World's Oldest ... - ARRL

Posted: 19 Jan 2017 07:03 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...-radio-amateur


ARRL
Harry K. Wolf, W6NKT, SK at 107; May Have Been Worlds Oldest ...
ARRL
Harry K. Wolf, W6NKT, of Morro Bay, California, has died. Just a couple of
weeks short of his 108th birthday, Wolf may have been the oldest active
radio amateur ...

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Ham Radio - What Is a Balun and How to Make One Cheaply - Southgate Amateur
Radio Club

Posted: 17 Jan 2017 01:01 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...is-a-balun.htm


Ham Radio - What Is a Balun and How to Make One Cheaply
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
A Balun is a transformer which allows coaxial cable, which is an unbalanced
lead to be connected to a balanced load, for example a resonant aerial. The
1:1 balun is often called a choke balun, it works by eliminating Radio
Frequency currents flowing on ...