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Amateur radio in the news: Buzz kill, NPOTA, veterans

Posted: 12 Sep 2016 12:29 PM PDT
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Dead key-fob mystery solved.Â*Members of an amateur radio group say theyve
solved the mystery of car key fobs frequently failing to function in the
600 block of Dempster Street in Evanston.

Ham radio enthusiasts connect from Steamtown.Â*For a few hours Saturday, an
antenna and two ham radio rigs connected people from places like South
Dakota, Washington, Alabama and Kentucky to the Steamtown National Historic
Site in Scranton.Â*About a dozen amateur radio aficionados from the
Susquehanna County Amateur Radio Club “activated� the site as part of the
National Parks on the Air program — a yearlong initiative celebrating the
National Park Service’s 100th anniversary and promoting amateur radio.
Ham radio operators reach out to public for help in project to benefit
wounded warriors.Â*Ham radio operators from Philadelphia’s Holmesburg
section are reaching out to the public for help in a service project to
benefit our wounded warriors.Â*Bob Josuweit is president of the Holmesburg
Amateur Radio Club and is helping to coordinate the project.Â*He says the
club is asking you to save the envelopes of the cards or letters you might
receive and donate the stamps from those envelopes to the group for its
“Stamps for the Woundedâ€� project.Â*“Cancelled stamps are collected and then
distributed to local VA hospitals and other convalescent facilities where
our wounded warriors can receive occupational therapy using the stamps
either to put into albums or to make decorative items.�

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