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Radio Club Makes Contact in Community and Orbit:

Posted: 16 Jun 2016 05:01 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36988


The stereotype of the ham radio operator as a solitary figure reaching out
over the airwaves to make contact gets turned on its head next weekend.
That's when members of the Richmond Amateur Radio Club will be out in force
at Garry Point Park during the annual Field Day event to take their place
in a network of communicators during an emergency exercise. It's a 24-hour
test of how they can help make contact to relay information under
disaster-like conditions. And Urey Chan, president of the club, and his
fellow members are up for the challenge. "It's a good test of the club's
ability," said Chan, 55, who works in marketing and communications. "The
value in the exercise is learning how to improvise." Last year, when wind
conditions at the park were blustery, club members had to be innovative and
brace their flimsy antenna against their radio shack trailer. The plan
worked and they continued their task of trying to make as many contacts
with other ham radio operators as they could. "In the event of an
emergency, our radio station is fully self-contained," said Eric Scott ,who
has been a member of the club for the past seven years. "We can operate off
a generator and with the antennas we have, we can basically talk
worldwide. "In the event of something serious going on, we can set up as a
communications point," he added. "So, it's kind of a contest. But it's more
of an exercise to see what happens if, for some reason, there's no
(communications) infrastructure."


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Broadcast Live at North Fulton Amateur Radio League Field Day:

Posted: 16 Jun 2016 05:01 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36987


"Calling all 'Hams', calling all 'Hams'!" North Fulton Amateur Radio League
will host its annual field day event at Waller Park Extension in Roswell on
June 25. "Ham," according to league member, Jim Paine, is a "nickname for
amateur radio operators." Field day is "a demonstration event," operating
for 24-hours straight, where amateur radio operators show the public the
many uses of radio communication and how it works.


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DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #25:

Posted: 16 Jun 2016 09:00 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36986


This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
NY3B, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL,
Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web
sites. Thanks to all.


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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2016, June 17, 2016:

Posted: 16 Jun 2016 05:00 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36985


The following is a QST. A noted DXer dies after a fall from a tower.
Amateurs and CB radio operators team up - seriously! - to watch the
weather. Another NASA astronaut becomes a ham and a California city takes
earthquake lessons from Nepal. All this and more in Amateur Radio Newsline
Report Number 2016 coming your way right now.