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ARISS Opens Window for Proposals to Host Contacts with Space Station Crew:

Posted: 21 Feb 2017 08:14 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38685


The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program
is seeking proposals from schools and formal or informal educational
institutions and organizations - individually or working in concert
- to host Amateur Radio contacts next year with ISS crew members.
The window to submit a proposal is April 15. ARISS anticipates that
contacts will take place between January 1 and June 30, 2018. Crew
scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates.


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Ham Radio Hobbyists to Have Festival at N. Hunterdon High on March 11:

Posted: 20 Feb 2017 04:11 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38684


More than 30 vendors of radio, electronics, and accessories at bargain
prices are expected at the North Hunterdon Regional High School cafeteria
on Route 31 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, 2017, for the
annual Cherryville Repeater Association "Hamfest." The Hamfest has been
presented for more than a decade at North Hunterdon Regional High School.
According to the organizers, it's a "flea market" of bargains for amateur
radio hobbyists, complete with attendance by KJI Electronics for major
equipment sales. There will also be an operating Flex Radio station at the
Hamfest to provide hands on operation of Software Define Radio (SDR)
technology. Software-defined radio (SDR) is a relatively new development
wherein many of the traditional radio circuits are simulated by software
programs, giving the radio features and capabilities that are either
difficult, more expensive, or impossible to achieve in traditional radios.
Door prizes will be awarded, and food will be for sale.


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Ham Radio Enthusiasts On the Air in Times of Disaster:

Posted: 20 Feb 2017 04:10 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38683


Curt Hadley plugged into the world of amateur radio five years ago as part
of his strategy to be better prepared in emergencies. The capability of
transmitting and receiving broadcasts with modest equipment had him hooked.
Ham radios, he says, are often the only means of communication during a
catastrophic event. Employing wireless transmitters and a wide frequency
spectrum, ham radio operators are able to establish vital communication
between emergency teams and the public using their own equipment,
knowledge, skills and training. Earthquakes, floods, storms and wildfires
can render other modes of communication inoperable. Emergency
communications between police, fire, ambulance and search-and-rescue teams
via radio, telephone or computer may grind to a halt because of system
overload, power outages, damage to lines and cell towers or the remoteness
of victims. In rural parts of the Rogue Valley, where many residents live
off the grid or have spotty cellphone coverage, a ham radio may be the only
reliable means of communication. Like Hadley, many of the 700 to 800
licensed amateur radio operators in the Rogue Valley area belong to Jackson
County Amateur Radio Emergency Services to provide communications when
disaster strikes.


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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 10:53 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38682


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