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Hadrian's Wall Special Event Station

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/january/hadrians-wall-special-event-station.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

We have just had the callsigns issued for two Special Event Stations to commemorate 1900 years since Hadrian's Wall was built, the northern
frontier of the mighty Roman Empire and which was the inspiration for the
Wall in George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones...

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QSO Today - Geoffrey Mendenhall, W8GNM

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/january/qso-today-geoffrey-mendenhall-w8gnm.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Geoffrey Mendenhall, W8GNM's early interest in electronics, germanium transistors, and later high power triodes led him to a career, as an
engineer, designing, building, and managing broadcast transmitters projects
for Gates Radio and later Harris Broadcast

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Amateur Radio and After-School Program

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/january/amateur-radio-and-after-school-program.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

The Fauquier 4-H Ham Radio Club provides local youth with opportunities to explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math through amateur
radio communications and electronics projects

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Undersea volcanic eruption seen from space

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Japan's Himawari-8 weather satellite recorded dramatic footage of volcanic exhaust emerging from the waves as well as an atmospheric shock wave
rippling away from the blast site

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2022 SARL National Convention

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/january/2022-sarl-national-convention.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

The 2022 SARL National Convention will be held virtually on Saturday 9
April and Saturday 23 April 2022. On 9 April, the Amateur Radio Technology
In Action Symposium and on 23 April, the Annual General Meeting and the
SARL Awards and Trophies

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International CQ Pride contest June 4-6

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/january/international-cq-pride-contest-june-4-6.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

International CQ Pride contest will run through the first weekend of June
to celebrate Pride Month in 2022

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German North Pole DXpedition

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/january/german-north-pole-dxpedition.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Operators Martina DF3TS and Thomas DC8TM will activate Svalbard (EU-026) as JW/homecalls to start their DXpedition between April 9-12th. Activity will
be on SSB and FT8

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Barbados

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Chris, WA7RAR, posted the following on QRZ.com: Hello from Beautiful
Barbados -- Spending some time here to escape the cold, rain and snow of January in Oregon

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Old QSL card collection

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/january/old-qsl-card-collection.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind every-one to visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see more than 19,500 old QSL cards in several different albums/galleries

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