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Why the 404 and how you make a difference

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/march/why-the-404-and-how-you-make-a-difference.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Last night I sent out a message about the Home Brew opportunities at the
Expo. Here is the message link

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Ukraine: Newspaper interviews UK radio amateur

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/march/ukraine-newspaper-interviews-uk-radio-amateur.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

The Harborough Mail newspaper interviewed radio amateur Peter Rivers G4XEX about the situation in Ukraine

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Emergency ham radio communications hub installed in seniors facility

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/march/emergency-ham-radio-communications-hub-installed-in-seniors-facility.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Advocate News reports the Redwood Coast Seniors facility in Fort Bragg now
has both an amateur radio station and an amateur radio repeater covering
the North Coast Area

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World's oldest radio amateur

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/march/worlds-oldest-radio-amateur.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

ARRL reports a Barbados ham is among the world's oldest, if not the oldest. Winston A. "Woody" Richardson, 8P6CC (ex-VP6WR), has turned 107 years old, placing him among the world's oldest radio amateurs

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Radio hobbyists and war in Ukraine

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/march/radio-hobbyists-and-war-in-ukraine.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

In this video radio amateur Carl Plant M0SZT looks at the role being played
by radio hobbyists during the invasion of Ukraine

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A variable capacitor for not a lot

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/march/a-variable-capacitor-for-not-a-lot.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

There’s one component which used to be ubiquitous in every experimenter’s junk box, but nowadays unless you happen to be a radio amateur the chances
are you may not have seen one in a long time, if ever

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The RSGB has released the Board proceedings PDF for the meeting held on
January 15, 2022

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/march/rsgb-release-board-proceedings.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

They note that in 2021 the numbers taking the RSGB amateur radio exams
were...

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RSGB Legacy Committee to fund 50 MHz meteor scatter beacon

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/march/rsgb-legacy-committee-to-fund-50-mhz-meteor-scatter-beacon.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

The RSGB has announced the Legacy Committee has agreed to fund a 50 MHz
beacon specifically to study meteor events above the UK

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NASA rocket plunges into mysterious pulsating auroras

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/march/nasa-rocket-plunges-into-mysterious-pulsating-auroras.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Over the weekend, NASA launched a rocket from Alaska into an expanse of mysterious pulsating auroras

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