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Ham Radio Club will Celebrate 40th Anniversary:

Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:58 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/38887


Wireless receiving sets have long local history: It all goes back for him,
longtime wireless receiving set (or ham) radio operator John Levo says, to
a day when he was in junior high school and hanging out with his dad and
other farmers at the Faris Implement Store in New Vienna. "One day went
into the store and heard a lot of people talking about the new (WSRW) radio
station in Hillsboro," Levo said. "That got my interest. I went home and
turned it on and heard stations from all kinds of other places and got
hooked on radio -- big." It was 1963 when Levo took a class in Blanchester
that gave him his ham radio license. Fast forward about 14 years to 1977.
On April 17 that year 22 local "hams," or ham radio operators, including
Levo, met at the Hillsboro Farm Bureau Conference Room to form the Highland
Amateur Radio Association (HARA) with Gary Harris as its first president.
Today, there are nearly 100 HARA members and more than 150 ham radio
operators in Highland County, according to Levo. On April 22, HARA will
celebrate its 40th anniversary with a dinner at the Hillsboro First United
Methodist Church. Levo said an invitation is extended to current members,
past members, former licensed hams, and others interested in amateur radio
and radio communications. It is the use of ham radios and related events
that Levo says is what kept him interested all these years -- talking to
people around the world, attending trade shows and conventions, and the
places those events have taken him.


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Alliston Historical Society Learns About Early Days of Radio:

Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:58 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/38886


Alliston Historical Society members were treated to a nostalgic and
humorous talk from Harvey Hart. This gentleman not only was an informative
speaker about the early years in radio history, but entertained us with
many audio clips from well-known shows that were so popular that listeners
went to great lengths not to miss a single episode.


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Foundations of Amateur Radio -- #94:

Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:57 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/38885


"Life's too short for QRP." With propagation at an all time low,
amplifiers are out in force and QRP is
delegated to second class citizen status, but
is that really warranted and what does this
mean for holders of introductory Amateur
Radio licenses.


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VK6WIA -- NewsWest for 26 March, 2017:

Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:56 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/38884


In this news we wrap up an exciting week in Amateur Radio with the John
Moyle Memorial Field Day. We also have an update on HARGfest, some news
about Don VK6DN and Roy VK6XV, the WA VHF Group, the Directors Corner, the
Helpline and a new segment, the Soapbox in which you can share your views
and opinions on a topic of interest to Radio Amateurs in Western Australia.


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Sunnyvale Ham Radio Outlet Closes After 26 Years:

Posted: 24 Mar 2017 01:45 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/38883


Due in part to rising rent in the city, the outlet at 510 Lawrence
Expressway chose to close its doors and merge operations with its Oakland
location, according to shop employees. Steve Gilmore, national sales
manager for Ham Radio Outlet, stated on the store website that changes
needed to be made to its Northern California locations. "Some of the costs
associated with operating in the Sunnyvale location have absolutely
skyrocketed, and the traffic and parking availability in our current
Sunnyvale location has become seriously problematic," Gilmore's statement
read. Store manager Jon Kelly told this newspaper that the rising minimum
wage in the region also factored into the decision to consolidate stores.
Kelly said the shop was a destination for radio enthusiasts locally and
from around the globe. Business came from locals, but plenty of visitors in
the area for job training or business trips at nearby tech companies would
often drop in. "We have a lot of regulars that come in. It's nearly as much
of a clubhouse as it is a store, which is okay sometimes and less okay
other times," Kelly said. On the store's last day a printed sign by the
door read, "Hey guys, your wife called and said you can buy anything you
want!" with "and you better hurry" scrawled under it in pen. Ham radio,
also known as amateur radio, is a popular hobby that often involves the
building of radios and broadcasting over "amateur band" frequencies to talk
with other ham radio users. The radios are useful in times of disaster when
other types of communication channels may not be available. Operators need
to obtain a license to operate on amateur bands above 30mhz, according to
the National Association for Amateur Radio.