Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed

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IRTS Amateur Radio Training Courses

Posted:
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/202...ng-courses.htm

IRTS News reports that while online amateur radio training courses have
been successfully completed it is still not possible to take the exam due
to the pandemic

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Amateur radio exams survey now open

Posted:
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/202...y-now-open.htm

The focus of this year's survey from Essex Ham is the the amateur radio
exams

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Online exams boost ham radio numbers

Posted:
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/202...io-numbers.htm

The figures released cover the whole of 2020 for both in-person and
Remotely Invigilated (RI) Online exams. Due to the pandemic in-person exams
were only held during the first 10 weeks of the year and there weren't many
of them

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Become an amateur radio operator: Free online classes prepare people for
upcoming FCC licensing exam

Posted:
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/202...o-operator.htm

Amateur radio has been around for more than 100 years and, in this day of
cell phones, computers and other high-tech devices, ham radio, as it is
also known, continues to play an important role in the world of
communication

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UKEICC CW Contest

Posted:
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/202...cw-contest.htm

The UKEICC monthly one hour 80m CW Contest will be held on Wednesday next
the 24th at 2000. EI5G and, for this contest at least, GM7V will be bonus
stations

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Elon Musk: SpaceX will double Starlink's satellite internet speeds in 2021

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http://www.southgatearc.org/news/202...ds-in-2021.htm

CNET report that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter Monday that his
company's satellite internet service, Starlink, will offer speeds close to
300 Mbps later in 2021. That's roughly twice as fast as currently
advertised, and would represent a significant step forward for the service
as it seeks to deliver high-speed internet to underserved regions across
the globe


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Cocos Keeling Islands

Posted:
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/202...ng-islands.htm

Members of the Northern Corridor Radio Group will be active as VK9CE from
Cocos Keeling Islands (OC-003) between March 16-23rd

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Benin

Posted:
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/202...uary/benin.htm

Ian, ZS6JSI, has been active recently as ZS6JSI/TY from Parakou about 400km
north from capital city. He has been there since late January and is
expected to be there for 6 months