Summer 2018
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Amateur News
RAC President attends annual ARRL Board meeting: July 21-22: The annual Board of Directors meeting of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), is underway in Windsor, Connecticut and will conclude today, Sunday, July 22 dlvr.it/QcMWmD
Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP: Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels dlvr.it/QcMWm7
QSO Today - Mike Mussler - AI8Z: Mike Mussler, AI8Z, is one of the early pioneers in the 630 Meter band experimental trials in 2007 that resulted in the band being opened for amateur radio exploration much later dlvr.it/QcMVZZ
Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex: Two companies — U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin and British start-up Orbex — seeking to carve out a share of the burgeoning small satellite launch market, plan to fly their rockets… dlvr.it/QcMVZW
VK6WIA NewsWest: Welcome to NewsWest for 22nd July 2018. In this Contesting edition we’ll tell you about contests coming up, remind you about the ‘NewsWest Dinner on the Hamfest weekend, in fact we’ll be reminding you ABOUT Hamfest dlvr.it/QcMTCV
Upcoming ARISS contact with Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan: An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan on 23 July dlvr.it/QcMTDm
Thailand 3rd largest ham radio nation: As of February 2018, Thailand had the third highest number of licensed radio amateurs in the world with a total of 101,763 dlvr.it/QcMSXz
IARU Region 3 Conference documents available: The 17th IARU Region 3 Conference takes place in Seoul, Korea, September 10-14. The agenda and some discussion documents are now available for download dlvr.it/QcMSXw
Mayotte DXpedition: Members of the Czech DXpedition team (CDXP) will be active as TO6OK from Mayotte (AF-027) between September 20th and October 6th dlvr.it/QcHBBw
Propagation de K7RA: Over three weeks of blank sun! Spaceweather.com reported 22 consecutive days with no sunspots as of Thursday, and there is nothing to indicate when sunspots will return dlvr.it/QcHB9l
France to slash public broadcasting budgets by €190m: The French government said Thursday that it would demand 190 million euros of spending cuts dlvr.it/QcH8sX
Norfolk Island operation: Operators Takao JO7GVC and Hirokazu JK7LXU will be active as VK9/homecall from Norfolk Island (OC-005) between October 9-14th dlvr.it/QcH8rB
More ARRL contest award certificates now available for download: The ARRL Contest Branch has announced that more contest award certificates are now available for download from the ARRL website in PDF and JPEG formats. Just enter the call sign used dlvr.it/QcH7NZ
Spiders and space weather: Did you know that spiders can fly? New research shows that arachnids can launch themselves into the air using electric fields as a form of propulsion dlvr.it/QcH7Lt
Foundations of Amateur Radio #163: If you've been part of the amateur community for a while and have heard me talk on matters of contesting, you'll know that I'm an avid contester and that for me, it's better than sliced bread. Of course, I'm me and… dlvr.it/QcH66x
Essex Heights Primary School ISS contact: Former WIA Director Robert Broomhead VK3DN reports on the contact between the ISS and students at the Essex Heights Primary School in Melbourne dlvr.it/QcH68L
DX News from the ARRL: The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity on the amateur radio bands dlvr.it/Qc9Yfh
Ham radio club prepares for disaster: The Effingham Daily News reports the Clay County Area Amateur Radio Club are prepared for emergency communications dlvr.it/Qc9WhT
Grassy Island Range Lights: Members of the 'Green Bay Mike and Key Club' will be activating Lighthouses #334 and #339, in Green Bay, WI, otherwise known as the Grassy Island Range Lights on August 4th, between 1400-1800z dlvr.it/Qc9WfL
