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Icom announces AH-705 HF/50 MHz Automatic Antenna Tuner

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Icom has announced details of its forthcoming portable automatic antenna
tuner for the IC-705. The AH-705 is a palm-sized portable antenna tuner
that has been designed to work between the 1.8-50MHz bands. It can be
powered either by alkaline batteries or DC 13.8V supply

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Launch of Spanish ham radio satellites delayed

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AMSAT-EA report Alba Orbital, the UK space broker that manages the launch
of EASAT-2 and Hades satellites, has informed them of a delay in the SpaceX
launch which had been planned for January 14

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Special theme announced for World Amateur Radio Day 2021

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SARL News reports the IARU Administrative Council has chosen 'Amateur
Radio: Home but Never Alone' as the theme for World Amateur Radio Day on
Sunday, April 18, 2021

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Home Construction Webinar Jan 11

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The RSGB’s Tonight @ 8 programme starts again on Monday, January 11, with a
webinar on amateur radio construction by Steve Hartley G0FUW and Pete
Juliano N6QW

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New year looking bright

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Since the 22nd of December to 2nd of January there has been approx 190
people signed up to my intermediate course

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Uzbekistan joins 5 MHz

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Information comes from Fedor, UK9AA, of the Radio Amateurs of Uzbekistan,
to tell us that permission has been received for Category 1 Uzbek licensees
to operate in the new WRC-15 Amateur 60m Secondary Allocation of 5351.5 –
5366.5 kHz with a Maximum Power of 100W

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Portable satellite station active during Antarctic journey

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A portable amateur radio station for the QO-100 geostationary satellite is
active from the icebreaker FS Polarstern on its journey to the Antarctic

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Central Coast Amateur Radio Club

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The Club's repeater team has recently commissioned a VK-DMR based repeater
in conjunction with the ARNSW Radio Network Group and reports are the
coverage is great! One station was transmitting from Inner Sydney and
reached the repeater on 2 watts via Handheld