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Foundations of Amateur Radio

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If you have the opportunity to build your shack, it might start off as a
table in the corner where you plonk down a radio, plug into nearby power
and run coax to. That's pretty much how most shacks start, mine included

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RSGB Patron passed away peacefully Friday morning

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The patron of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) His Royal Highness,
The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, passed away on April 9, aged
99

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Wickford crook tried to sell 2,000 of radio gear from amateur radio group

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The Echo reports that a crook tried to sell off more than £2,000 worth of
equipment stolen from an amateur radio society

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Promoting amateur radio to the public

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In the latest edition of QNews Geoff Emery VK4ZPP asks how much do we
promote amateur radio? and if we do, what follow up is there?

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VK6WIA NewsWest

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NewsWest for Sunday 11th April 2021 is the Contesting edition, and we’re
full of it this week. Full of Contesting information that is, including
fantastic Aussie results in the recent Commonwealth Contest, there’s news
of an international YLs contest, and loads more besides

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Traditional amateur radio contesting faces a demographic cliff

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Frank Howell, K4FMH, followed up his two-part National Contest Journal
(NCJ) series, 'The Demographics of Contesting,' with a post to his Social
Circuits blog, called 'Lemmings over a Demographic Cliff?'

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Production delay for IC-7100 transceiver

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Due to some key components being discontinued, the Icom IC-7100 may not be
back in full production until August

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Volunteer Monitor Program Report

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The Volunteer Monitor (VM) Program is a joint initiative between ARRL and
the FCC to enhance compliance in the Amateur Radio Service. This is the
March 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report

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New research doubles the odds of extreme geomagnetic storms

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A new study just published in the research journal Space Weather finds that
extreme geomagnetic storms happen twice as often as previously thought

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Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

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Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be
at low levels