Southgate Amateur Radio News for Wednesday 15 March 2017
 

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Jaycee Electronics Ltd to close

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Glenrothes-based amateur radio dealer Jaycee Electronics Ltd, established
in 1979, is to close

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ARISS closer to launching new radio system

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The ARISS team took a giant step closer to flying the new ARISS
Interoperable Radio System to the International Space Station, having met a
major milestone

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434 MHz balloons to launch in School Space Race

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Mark M0NCG writes on UKHAS mailing list about the School Space Race in
which five schools will be launching balloons with 434 MHz transmitters on
Monday morning

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Oscilloscope Tutorial video series launched

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ElectronicsNotes has published the first in a series of oscilloscope
tutorial videos

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Sandringham students to launch 434 MHz balloon

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Mark Allday reports SANDC1 and SANDC2 434 MHz transmitter payloads should
launch from Sandringham School, St Albans, today March 15

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NASA announce teams for 2017 Human Exploration Rover Challenge

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Ready for a race? Nearly 100 high school and college teams from across the
globe will put their skills to the test March 30 to April 1 during NASA’s
Human Exploration Rover Challenge at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in
Huntsville, Alabama

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CAS-4A and CAS-4B Frequencies Coordinated

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CAMSAT has worked closely with a Beijing Government aerospace contractor to
build two satellites with amateur radio linear transponder payloads

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HamRadioNow: Small Fortune, from the HamCation

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In episode 309 Gary Pearce KN4AQ talks to Jim Trapani KA2MBE of TuneMatic
and Dave Bottom WI6R of Arlan Communications

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January RSGB Board Proceedings

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The RSGB Board Proceedings for the January 21 meeting have been released,
they note Society Membership was slightly higher overall for the full year

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50 years ago: Radio ham helped international search

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The Cayman Compass features a story from March 15, 1967 about how amateur
radio helped an international search

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Free ebook download on FPGA technology

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This 90-page handbook introduces the basics of FPGA technology and its
relationship to software-defined radio systems