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Direct entry to Full Licence: RSGB Consultation

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The RSGB’s Examination Standards Committee (ESC) has just launched a
consultation to ask for the views of the amateur radio community on a new,
Direct to Full licence exam which would run in parallel with the existing
three-tier system

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ARRL to consider covering young members license fee

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At its meeting on January 15-16 the ARRL Board considered a plan to pay the
planned FCC license application fee for young radio amateurs

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RSGB consulting on their new Direct-To-Full exam

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The RSGB’s Examination Standards Committee has launched a consultation to
ask for the views of the amateur radio community on a new, Direct to Full
licence exam which would run in parallel with the existing three-tier system

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AMSAT Ambassador and ARRL registered instructor Clint Bradford, K6LCS, is
certainly keeping busy!

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He reports these upcoming satellite presentation dates

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CAPE-3 CubeSat launched

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The University of Louisiana (UL) at Lafayette student-built CAPE-3
satellite was launched on January 17. A 1-U CubeSat, CAPE-3 includes
a 'digipeater and experimental UHF adaptive radio'

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RSGB to announce consultation on Direct-To-Full exam

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Today the RSGB is expected to announce a consultation on a new exam that
will take candidates straight to the Full licence without the need to do
Foundation or Intermediate exams

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Hog wild about Ham Radio: Harley-Davidson + Icom

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Ultimate Motorcycling magazine features an article about amateur radio

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DiRaGe 2021 in Belgium CANCELLED

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DiRaGe 2021 planned for Easter Monday April 5th will not take place since
the location (Den Amer in Diest) is occupied until at least end of
September, serving as a vaccination center

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Former ARRL Southwestern Division Director Art Goddard, W6XD (SK)

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Former ARRL Southwestern Division Director Art Goddard, W6XD, of Costa
Mesa, California, died on February 13. An ARRL Life Member, he was 78

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Ham Radio Signals from Mars

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Ham radio operators are doing something that until recently only big Deep
Space Networks could do

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1975 video Oscar and the Ham with Jean Shepherd K2ORS

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In 1975 radio amateur Jean Shepherd K2ORS made a TV program for PBS that
explained amateur radio satellite communications, the video is now
available on YouTube