Amateur Radio News

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First amateur radio in geosynchronous orbit

Posted: 03 Jun 2016 10:26 PM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...-orbit.505312/

Finally!



"Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, a new ham band will be
available for the Americas"



http://phys.org/news/2015-12-amateur...orbit-aid.html



Also reported on other news sites as well; ARRL, Southgate ARC, etc.



73 and Happy Holidays de John - WØPV

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NEW FT-817 FILTER MODULE

Posted: 03 Jun 2016 04:10 PM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...module.525471/

Building on the success of their digital filter modules, SOTABEAMS has
designed a new filter that fits inside the FT-817. The LASERBEAM-817 gives
greatly improved SSB filtering and includes a 500Hz CW filter. It can be
used with or without the standard optional filters to improve the overall
performance of the radio. Switching between SSB and CW is done
automatically so fitting the unit does not require holes to be drilled into
the case of the radio. The LASERBEAM-817 is a...



NEW FT-817 FILTER MODULE

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2014, June 3, 2016

Posted: 03 Jun 2016 05:30 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...3-2016.525570/

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2014, June 3, 2016



Amateur Radio Newsline report number 2014 with a release date of Friday,
June 3, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.



The following is a QST. Amateur radio climbs to the mountaintops of Nepal
and beyond. Hams carry on a Memorial Day tradition. A $29,000 gift to DXers
honors the memory of one pioneering California DXer.

And hams in Canada prepare for the 150th anniversary of the Canadian
Confederation. All this and more in Amateur Radio Newsline...



Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2014, June 3, 2016

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QSO Today EP 95 - H.P. "Pete" Friedrichs - AC7ZL - the science of "ancient"
electronics

Posted: 03 Jun 2016 05:18 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...ronics.525586/

From his first long nose pliers, at the age of six, to his private use of
the chemistry lab at his junior high-school, Pete Friedrichs, AC7ZL, has
had a fascination with technology, chemistry, and radio. Often this is old
but amazing technology that he recreates with the remnants of discarded
objects. Pete is a renaissance man whose study and fabrication of "simple"
technology rivals that of some of Americas great inventors. He is a
published author of books based on his experiments, as...



QSO Today EP 95 - H.P. "Pete" Friedrichs - AC7ZL - the science of "ancient"
electronics