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Foundations of Amateur Radio

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/february/foundations-of-amateur-radio-19-02-2022.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

One of the topics I've been talking about lately is the idea that we might
be able to measure the performance of your radio in some meaningful way
using equipment that can be either obtained by any amateur, or by
introducing a process that allows results to be compared, even if they have been generated differently

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ARISS contact scheduled for students in Denzlingen, Germany

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/february/ariss-event-22-2-2022.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

This will be a direct contact via amateur radio. Students at
Erasmus-Gymnasium Denzlingen, Denzlingen, Germany AND Goethe-Gymnasium, Freiburg, Germany will ask questions to astronaut Matthias Maurer, amateur radio call sign KI5KF

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Morse Code in HackSpace magazine

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/february/morse-code-in-hackspace-magazine.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Mike Bedford G4AEE writes about Morse code on pages 84-89 of the March 2022 edition of HackSpace magazine (issue 52) which is available as a free PDF

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URESAT-1 - A chess playing ham radio satellite

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/february/uresat-1-a-chess-playing-ham-radio-satellite.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

URE reports intensive work is underway to make URESAT-1 available before
the end of the year

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Message to US educators: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station contact opportunity

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/february/message-to-us-educators.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is
seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a
crew member on board the ISS

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Tragic conclusion to missing persons story

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/february/tragic-conclusion-to-missing-persons-story.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

WIA News reports on the tragic conclusion to a missing persons story
reported on WIA News several years ago. The bodies of an amateur radio
operator and his companion have been positively identified

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New mParks converter

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/february/new-mparks-converter.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

This is Marty VK4KC, Parks on the air (POTA) admin for Australia to inform
you of a new software utility for windows, that Alan McDonand, VK2MET has written called mParks converter

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VK6WIA NewsWest

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/february/newswest-18-02.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

What’s a 'Mulgaphone'? And how do you test night time radio signal fade
with two kerosene lanterns? Listen to NewsWest and you’ll find out.

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Spanish special event

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/february/spanish-special-event.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Members of the Seccion Comarcal URE San Fernando (EA7URF) will activate the special callsign EG485FIM on the following weekends: February 19-20th and 26-27th

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Winter Games special event station to go QRT this weekend

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/february/winter-games-special-event-station-to-go-qrt-this-weekend.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Special event station BY1CRA/WO22 will go QRT when the games close on 20th February

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The K7RA Solar Update

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/propagation/k7ra/index.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

A sunspot group emerged on February 10, two more on February 11, two more
on February 14 and three more on February 16, when the daily sunspot number rose to 111 — the highest value for this reporting week and well above the weekly average of 75.3

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Southgate Vibes amateur radio podcast

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/vibes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Southgate Vibes is our twice-weekly amateur radio podcast

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