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2016 W1AW Field Day Bulletin Schedule:

Posted: 24 Jun 2016 05:29 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37046


2016 W1AW Field Day Bulletin Schedule:


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Propagation Forecast Bulletin #26 de K7RA:

Posted: 24 Jun 2016 05:29 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37045


This weekend is ARRL Field Day. Good conditions are expected, but on
Thursday prior to this weekend there were no sunspots visible. But
the forecast is for a rising solar flux over the weekend with no
geomagnetic upsets expected.


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India Launches Amateur Radio Satellites:

Posted: 24 Jun 2016 05:29 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37044


The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully
launched several satellites carrying Amateur Radio payloads.
Satellites put into orbit include Swayam-1, a 1U CubeSat that
carries a digital store-and-forward messaging system for use by the
Amateur Radio community.


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Radio Amateurs Make History in B.C. Disaster Drill, Play Key Role: Minister

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 06:29 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37042


COBBLE HILL, B.C. -- When every way of communicating was cut off during an
earthquake exercise on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, amateur radio
operators were the first to step in with a call for help to the outside
world. Telephone lines, cellular and wireless communications were knocked
out in the simulated scenario, but volunteer ham radio operators managed to
contact a Canadian Forces long-range patrol aircraft flying over the
Rockies to broadcast rescue information. "There's the old amateur radio
saying that when everything else fails, there's amateur radio," said Steve
Bradshaw, president of the Cowichan Valley Amateur Radio Society, who
participated in the $1.2 million government exercise earlier this month
with about a dozen other radio operators. Naomi Yamamoto, B.C.'s emergency
preparedness minister, said the operators made history by communicating
directly with the Canadian Forces aircraft on amateur radio frequencies.
She said the radio volunteers proved their worth as a vital lifeline during
a disaster. "If there is an emergency, the only communication may be these
amateur radio guys," said Yamamoto. "All I know is that if they weren't
there for that first hour, we would be behind the eight ball. We wouldn't
know what happened to Port Alberni or the west coast of Vancouver Island."


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College's 30-Year-Old Ham Club Fashions Antenna for Satellite:

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 06:29 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37041


Pune: The College of Engineering Pune's Ham Club, among the oldest in the
country, can also take pride in Swayam's success. The satellite's antenna
was designed by the full-fledged amateur radio club. Now that Swayam is up
there and functioning, it will provide point-to-point communication for the
Ham radio community. The club was established in 1986 in the college. Over
the years, it has seen technology change from vacuum tubes to advanced
transmitter-receivers. Students, who are taught to communicate in Morse
code, have also communicated with an international space station. "I was in
my second year when the club made the antenna for Swayam. First, the
parameters were decided and designed, and then, using a software, the
design was simulated to check if the result matched the needs. The club
then constructed the antenna and decided on which frequency Swayam will
communicate with the ground station," current head of the club Priyanka
Zambre said. Anybody who can operate a walkie-talkie can receive and hear
messages if tuned into the message's frequency level, but certification is
required to transmit it to someone. The licence must be obtained from the
Amateur Station Operators Certificate (ASOC) examination conducted by the
Wireless and Planning and Coordination Wing (WPC) of the ministry of
communications and information technology. The radio communication channel
is useful during emergencies, students said. "During the Nepal earthquake,
none of the cell towers were working. Hence, all communication was through
radio. Similarly, during floods and other natural calamities, radio
communication is used. Even during terrorist attacks, if cellphone towers
are jammed, Ham is used by authorities," Zambre added.


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FCC Wants Your Help Understanding Radio Noise:

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 06:28 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37040


Interference from radio noise remains a big problem... and it's tricky
enough that the FCC wants your help understanding the issue in the first
place. The agency has put out a call for public input that should not only
determine the scale of radio noise problems, but design the studies needed
to measure them. It wants to identify the main sources of this noise, where
it's most likely to happen and whether it varies based on time. It's
particularly concerned about "incidental" noise from devices that aren't
meant to emit radio frequencies, like motors or power lines.


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Special Webcast of Field Day:

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 12:41 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37038


We have a special field day webcast
scheduled on Saturday June 25 from 4 PM
Eastern until 9 PM Eastern on W5KUB.COM.
The first 2 hours will be live from the
youth field day K1D in Florida. This
field day will be totally constructed and
operated by youths. James Lea WX4TV will
supervise that operation. The second part
of the show will be live webcast visits
from field day locations all across the
country. Watch and ask questions as hams
call in and give us a tour of their
operations. Watch the good, the bad, and
the ugly. Hopefully it will be nice
weather everywhere but as you know, that
wont happen.


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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2017, June 24, 2016:

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 06:29 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37037


The following is a QST. New Mexico ARES teams respond to deadly wildfires.
There's upheaval inside the ARRL's National Traffic System. Some DXing
friends prepare to take a big step. And it looks like the North Korea
activation is about to happen! All this and more in Amateur Radio Newsline
Report Number 2017 coming your way right now.