eHam.net News for Tuesday 31 January 2017
 

eHam.net News

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Mississauga Radio Amateurs Lead in Commemorating Vimy Centennial:

Posted: 30 Jan 2017 04:00 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38539


From London to Hamilton and Mississauga, Ontario Radio Amateurs took to the
airwaves to tell the world of Canada's victory at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
Starting on January 15 and for the next six days, thirty-six operators told
the Vimy story to more than 3500 Amateur Radio stations around the world.
VE100VIMY/VE3, the call sign used by the operators, was issued specially
for the occasion by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
The call sign was issued to the Vimy Commemorative Station Society based in
Richmond, BC. The society was formed in 2012 and with the co-operation of
the amateur's national organization, Radio Amateurs of Canada, organized
operations in all thirteen of Canada's Amateur Radio call sign areas. Each
call sign area activates VE100VIMY for a week from Jan. to March. The
culmination of the society's Vimy initiative will be round the clock
operation from April 1 to 9, by an international group of amateurs at the
battle site at Vimy, France.


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European Radio Show Celebrates U.K. Radio:

Posted: 30 Jan 2017 04:00 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38538


PARIS -- The United Kingdom was the featured country at the start of the
European Radio Show/Salon de la Radio in Paris, running Jan 29-31 in Paris.
A big panel comprising all sectors of U.K. radio opened the festival, with
BBC, commercial and community radio represented, alongside the U.K.
government and digital radio. Ian O'Neill from the Department of Culture,
Media and Sport, described the British radio sector as "strong, valued and
increasingly diverse."


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Ham College 25 is Released:

Posted: 30 Jan 2017 03:56 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38537


Ham College 25 is now available. We cover more
technician Antenna questions and begin on
Coax.