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Ham Talk Live #51 -- DXpedition Logistics:

Posted: 07 Feb 2017 07:46 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38597


You've heard about many top 10 wanted
DXpeditions over the past year on Ham Talk
Live! On Thursday, meet the guy who does the
packing and logistics for many of those high
profile trips. George Nicholson, N4GRN,
stops by to talk about equipment preparation
and the DXpeditions he's been able to go on.
Tune in Thursday at 9 PM Eastern time on
hamtalklive.com.


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Digital Awards Program in Transition:

Posted: 07 Feb 2017 07:20 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38596


Over the last 16 years, the Troy Amateur Radio Association (N2TY) has
sponsored the All Seasons Contest and Awards Program. Low participation in
the contest portion of the program has lead the club to end it and turn
their efforts toward new ventures. Based on its digital mode focus,
participants within the awards program felt that it still represented a
great value to amateur radio operators and have rebranded this effort as
the Grid and Prefix Award Program or GAPA. Awards offered by GAPA fall into
two major categories based on call sign prefixes and grid square locations.


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Palmetto Scholars Academy Students to Talk to Space Station:

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 04:07 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38595


Students from Palmetto Scholars Academy in North Charleston are among those
from eight schools in the country who will have a chance to talk this week
via amateur radio with an astronaut orbiting the earth. The International
Space Station will pass over the school about 1 p.m. Feb. 10 and provide
students with the opportunity to speak with astronauts for nine minutes.
The school's student body will assemble that afternoon in its gym to listen
as astronauts answer student-generated questions via the school's ham, or
amateur, radio network K4PSA. Students at the public charter school for
gifted students have their own Ham Radio Club, which meets every other
Friday for 1.5 hours and after school. According to the school's
website, "Unlike most schools, we are training students to get their ham
radio licenses so they can conduct the call themselves, rather than rely on
adults. So far seven students have earned their licenses.


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95 Years -- A Time to Celebrate?

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 04:06 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38594


Wireless station 2MT -- 'Two Emma Toc' -- commenced transmissions at 7.15pm
on Tuesday 14th February 1922. We are aiming to celebrate the centenary of
this first broadcast along with other amateur radio and 2MT enthusiasts in
February 2022, however this seems a long time to wait ! -- so -- we are
planning an intermediate celebration for the 95th anniversary, on Tuesday
14th February 2017. Commencing on Sunday 12th February we intend to operate
a 3 day internet radio service until Tuesday 14th February. Programmes will
consist of radio related documentaries and vintage comedies, together with
live programmes at various times from appropriate locations. On Sunday and
Tuesday we will be working alongside the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society
and amateur radio colleagues operating a special event amateur radio
station from the 'long low hut'. Between 7pm and 8pm on Tuesday 14th
February, we will raise a glass (or two) to the original 2MT team and the
radio experimenters of 1922, exactly 95 years on from the first 2MT
transmission.


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Stargazing: All Eyes are On the Sun This Month:

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 04:06 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38593


February feels like the dead of winter with its dreary, cold days and long,
colder nights. Most everyone yearns for more sunlight and warmth during
this part of winter, when the sun's altitude in the sky is still relatively
low after December's winter solstice. We can be assured, however, that our
nearest star is constantly exerting its influence upon Earth throughout the
entire year, regardless of its position in the sky. The sun is constantly
bombarding Earth and the other planets with radiation. Beneficial radiation
arrives in the form of visible light and heat that sustain life on our
planet. However, other forms of radiation and charged particles associated
with events known as coronal mass ejections and solar flares can harm life
and disrupt our technological systems including power grids and the
artificial satellites we depend upon for communications and other uses.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, launched in 2010, has been providing new
insights into the sun by seeing what our eyes cannot. SDO is designed to
study the sun's influence on Earth and its environment by studying the sun
in various wavelengths of light invisible to our eyes and taking images
with 10 times greater resolution than high definition television.


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Amateur Radio Roundtable:

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 11:27 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38592


This week on Amateur Radio Roundtable we have
Clint Bradford K6LCS talking about satellite
operation and how to do it. Simple steps to be
successful.


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Amateur Radio Newsline Headlines for Ham Nation:

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 11:28 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38581


Amateur Radio Newsline Headlines for Ham Nation. February 8, 2017.