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ARISS contact planned for school in Saint Malo, France

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An International Space Station radio contact has been planned for astronaut
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG with Collège Jean Charcot, Saint Malo, France
The downlink signals will be audible in parts of Europe on 437.525 MHz

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Vintage Radio Weekend on the air on 17-18 December

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The Vintage Radio Group will be 'sponsoring' a Vintage Radio Weekend on the
air on 17-18 December. This event is open to everyone with vintage gear to
participate on-air, on any band, any mode, any time over the weekend

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SARL and ICASA sign Memorandum of Understanding

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Tuesday 29 November 2016 was a historic day for the South African Radio
League

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HamRadioNow: A Ham's Night Before Christmas

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"T'was the night before Christmas, and all through two-meters, not a signal
was keying up any repeaters."

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Equipment Type Approval exemption

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SARL News reports on the recent submission to the ICASA to request
exemption from type approval for both commercial and home constructed
amateur radio equipment

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Raspberry Pi 2m FM Repeater

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Anton Janovsky ZR6AIC describes how to create a 145 MHz FM Repeater with a
Raspberry Pi (B) and RTL dongle

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TX Factor GB2RS News Podcast

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Need to catch up with all the latest developments and news in amateur
radio? Missed out on everything happening in the action-packed world of our
ever evolving hobby?

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What is the 'Da Vinci Glow'?

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Five hundred years ago, Leonardo da Vinci proposed an outlandish theory
explaining why the Moon's surface glows during the lunar night. Turns out,
his idea was correct

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Beacon PY4MAB celebrates 6 years on the air

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It all started with a simple idea in 2006 when I got to know the 10 meter
range more deeply and noticed that there were several modal allocations

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Large coronal hole turning toward Earth

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A large hole in the sun's atmosphere has formed and it is turning toward
Earth

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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 moderate levels