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eHam.net News for Saturday 13 January 2018
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/////////////////////////////////////////// Sea Cadets Earn Ham Radio Technician License: Posted: 12 Jan 2018 04:01 PM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40686 During the Winter break from school, local Sea Cadets of the Capitol Battalion Sea Cadets took the opportunity to earn their Amateur Radio Technician's License. On December 18 through 20, Thurston County District 13 Griffin Fire Station hosted these local Cadets. The class and hands-on practice were provided by Lee Chambers KI7SS, Steve Ward WC7I, and Bruce Montgomery WA7BAM, from the Olympia Amateur Radio Society (OARS). Following their test on the 20th, the group received a gift of five hand-held VHF/UHF ham radios on Thursday followed by a field trip to Lee's (KI7SS) shack. On Friday, they visited the Thurston County Emergency Operations Center and talked with Emergency Coordinator, Tom Bohon W7BHN. In order for the cadets to receive promotions in the Sea Cadets they have to complete several requirements. One of the requirements is to attend an advanced training for each promotion. These training camps, usually 1-2 weeks long, take place all around the country and cover just about any subject you can think of. But, due to budget changes this year within the federal government, it was unclear if there were going to be any training opportunities within driving distance of Olympia during winter break from school. The unit leadership started looking at training opportunities we could provide locally for our cadets. Ham radio seemed like a good fit on a number of levels, from the opportunity for more community service if they earned ham licenses, to fitting in with the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) program which would benefit our cadets in virtually any career field they choose to enter after leaving the Sea Cadet program. /////////////////////////////////////////// Ham Radio Operators to Train for Next Disaster: Posted: 12 Jan 2018 04:01 PM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40685 Amateur radio operators across Georgia will meet Saturday at the state's public safety training center to learn how to best maintain critical emergency communications during a disaster. The Georgia Amateur Radio Emergency Service's annual meeting will be at the Georgia Public Service Training Center in Forsyth from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ham radio operators will update their training based on lessons learned from recent disasters. "Hurricane Irma tested our ability to respond to a major disaster, and we are using what we learned to better prepare our operators should we be called on again," said David Benoist, Georgia section manager for the Amateur Radio Relay League. Disasters such as hurricanes Irma and Maria can take out critical communications infrastructure. Ham operators have the ability to still communicate without telephones or Internet, and ARES operators train specifically to assist emergency management agencies with necessary communications should other means not be available. /////////////////////////////////////////// Do Shortwave 'Numbers Stations' Really Instruct Spies? Posted: 12 Jan 2018 04:00 PM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40684 OTTAWA, Ontario -- "6-7-9-2-6. 5-6-9-9-0." Tune across the shortwave bands (above AM/MW), and chances are you will come across a "numbers station." There's no programming to speak of; just a mechanical-sounding voice (male or female) methodically announcing seemingly random groups of single digit numbers for minutes on end. Congratulations! You are now officially a spy-catcher, to the extent that you may have tuned into a spy agency's "numbers station" transmitting one-way instructions to their minions worldwide. Numbers stations are unidentified radio broadcasts that consist usually of a mechanical voice "reading out strings of seemingly random numbers," explained Lewis Bush, author of "Shadows of the State" a new history of numbers stations and the spies who run them. "These are sometimes accompanied by music, tones or other sound effects." He said. "There are also related stations broadcasting in Morse Code and digital modes." /////////////////////////////////////////// Propagation Forecast Bulletin #02 de K7RA: Posted: 12 Jan 2018 10:46 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40683 Average daily sunspot number was 11.9 over the past reporting week (January 4-10, 2018) compared to zero (no sunspots) over the previous seven days. But average daily solar flux declined slightly, 70.4 to 69.9. Average daily planetary A index went from 5.1 to 5.4, and average mid-latitude A index changed from 3.4 to 4.6. /////////////////////////////////////////// DogparkSDR Version 1.10 Released: Posted: 12 Jan 2018 10:48 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40682 Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that version 1.10 of dogparkSDR has been released. dogparkSDR is the first Native Mac client for the Flex Radio Systems Signature series SDR Radios. |
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