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QSO Today - Michael Johnson, WO9B

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/qso-today-michael-johnson-wo9b.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Michael Johnson, WO9B's ham radio career has evolved through a number of
phases over the last 50 years that now include CW and QRP operation, with
his dog, during CWOPs weekly tests from local parks in Milwaukee

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Haiti International Friendship ARC to set up emergency communications
network

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/haiti-international-friendship-arc-to-set-up-emergency-communications-network.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

ARDC grant will enable the club to set up HF stations to provide emergency communications to remote areas cut off by the August 2021 earthquake

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Dayton Hamvention is a 'Go'

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/dayton-hamvention-is-a-go.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Dayton Hamvention 2022 is not just going to be a premier hamfest but a
reunion, as organizers prepare for the first gathering at the Xenia
Fairground and Expo Center in Ohio after two years of cancellations

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French HQ station wins IARU HF World Championship

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/french-hq-station-wins-iaru-hf-world-championship.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

The REF HQ station TM0HQ has achieved first place in the IARU Headquarters Stations contest for the 6th time, the UK entry GR2HQ finished 7th

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Ham radio exams in Belgium cancelled

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/ham-radio-exams-in-belgium-cancelled.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

The REF HQ station TM0HQ has achieved first place in the IARU Headquarters Stations contest for the 6th time, the UK entry GR2HQ finished 7th

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URE report on IARU-R1 workshop

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/ure-report-on-iaru-r1-workshop.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Spain's URE says vision of recent IARU-R1 workshop is 'By 2031, amateur
radio will be booming throughout Region 1. It will have evolved into one of
the leading expert communities for science and technology enthusiasts'

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Talking Tech Power Hour

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/talking-tech-power-hour.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

In South Africa, this month’s Talking Tech Power Hour has special guest Eddie, ZS6BNE and he will be sharing interesting and entertaining insights
into Rapidly Deployable Amateur Radio stations (RADAR) and ultra-portable stations

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Radio Caroline - 30 years ago

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/radio-caroline-30-years-ago.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

On 19th November 1991, a fierce storm broke the anchor chain on the Ross Revenge. Battered and bruised and without power she drifted 17 miles until
she ran aground on the notorious Goodwin Sands. In the early light of the morning her crew was helicoptered off and she was left alone to succumb to nature

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YOTA Month

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/yota-month.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

December is YOTA Month when several youngsters from Member Societies will become active on the air with YOTA as suffix in the call signs

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Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/propagation/zs6bzp/index.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be
at low levels

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