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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.


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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.


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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."


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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.


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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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