Autumn 2018
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Amateur News
NP2J full-time from U.S. Virgin Islands: Dan, K8RF, informs us he is now full-time as NP2J from St. Croix and will be active in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 24-25th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (160m) entry dlvr.it/QrgDW9 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
A44A from Oman: Members of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) will activate their contest station, A44A, in Muscat during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 24-25th) as a Multi-Multi entry dlvr.it/QrgCNS #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
The SARL Newbie Party: The Newbie Party is a fun activity to encourage all new radio amateurs to become active and takes place from 08:00 to 20:00 UTC on Saturday 24 November 2018 dlvr.it/QrgCNZ #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
A sunspot from the next solar cycle: Over the weekend, a magnetically reversed sunspot appeared in the sun's northern hemisphere. Its high latitude and 'backwards' magnetic polarity mark it as a member of the next solar cycle dlvr.it/QrgB4g #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Kettering resident’s radio tower request upsets neighbors who say it would be eyesore: Ohio's Dayton Daily News report a Kettering resident wants to put up an amateur radio tower on property along Mad River Road and some… dlvr.it/QrgB5v #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Ham radio operators answer call: The Journal Gazette reports in disasters, radio amateurs can make a difference, but hobby needs youth dlvr.it/Qrg92b #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Australia - Labor commits $2million to resurrect ABC shortwave radio: If elected next year, Federal Labor say it will provide the ABC with $2 million in funding to help re-establish shortwave radio services across the… dlvr.it/Qrg91v #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
IOTA news from OPDX: Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin dlvr.it/QrZbYS #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
DXCC Country/Entity Report: According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 11th November, through Sunday, 18th November there were 226 countries active dlvr.it/QrZZDS #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
IECRO Radio Club: IECRO Ireland Radio Club would like to congratulate all of the recently licensed operators this month in the United Kingdom whom were trained as a combined effort between itself and its sister club IECRO UK dlvr.it/QrZZF1 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
NZART Portable Activity Day - New Years Day: The Christmas/New Year holiday period is a great chance to get on the air. Accordingly, New Zealand's national society NZART is promoting New Years Day, 1 January 2019, as a… dlvr.it/QrZY5z #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Irish Digital Voice Net: Following the installation of the the Galway DMR Repeater and Multimode Digital Gateway it was decided to run a net on Monday evenings in the Galway area at 8:30 pm for test purposes dlvr.it/QrZY61 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Bouvet Island DXpedition news: The only thing to report this week is that the members of the 3Y0I team continued to assemble in Cape Town, South Africa, for their anticipated Bouvet Island DXpedition dlvr.it/QrZWpk #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Straight Key Night: New Zealand Straight Key Night - normally held on the first Sunday in November - will be held this year on the first Sunday in December, from 9pm to 10pm on 80 metres dlvr.it/QrZWpl #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP: Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to remain at low levels dlvr.it/QrWNNh #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
When an N connector isn’t: John Huggins KX4O looks at the humble N coax connector and discovers not all connectors are made the same dlvr.it/QrWNNv #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
1972 solar storm triggered a Vietnam War mystery: On Aug. 4, 1972, U.S. military pilots flying south of Haiphong harbor in North Vietnam saw something unexpected. More than two dozen sea mines suddenly—and without apparent… dlvr.it/QrWMWs #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Digital repeaters in the Western Cape: The SARL report that currently, there are three active digital repeaters in the Western Cape dlvr.it/QrWMWQ #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
JY1SAT launch information and Dashboard: JY1Sat is an enhanced 1U FUNcube developed for the Crown Prince Foundation in Jordan. The spacecraft has been named in honour of the Crown Prince’s grandfather, King Hussein, who… dlvr.it/QrWLZT #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
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