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Norfolk radio hams contact more than 900 amateurs worldwide on
International Marconi Day

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Norfolk’s radio hams managed to contact 923 other radio amateurs in 71
countries on Saturday’s International Marconi Day.

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Announcing the formation of the Amplitude Modulation Amateur Radio Society

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Do you like using various voice modes? Perhaps you like constructing your
own equipment? Did you use AM in your early years as a radio amateur? Then
perhaps our new society is for you! It gives us great pleasure to introduce
the newly-formed Amplitude Modulation Amateur Radio Society

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Amateur Radio related ETSI documents

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The Ofcom document IR 2028 contains the requirements for the licensing and
use of Amateur Radio and it references several ETSI documents

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Panasonic wants to produce new powerline chips

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Powerline (PLC) devices have been a problem for amateur radio for years due
to the RF Pollution they can produce. Now DARC reports Panasonic is
planning large-scale deployment of PLC

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WRTC 2022 postponed until 2023

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ARRL reports the World Radiosport Team Championship 2022 (WRTC 2022) has
been postponed for 1 year until 2023

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Annual Armed Forces Day Cross-Band Test set for May 7-8

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The US Department of Defense will host this year’s Armed Forces Day (AFD)
Cross-Band Test, Friday and Saturday, May 7 – 8, in recognition of Armed
Forces Day on May 15. The event is open to all radio amateurs

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San Francisco sound engineer accidentally dosed with LSD while cleaning
1960s radio equipment

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The synthesizer Eliot Curtis was cleaning was quite popular in the 1960s
when LSD-friendly musicians were looking for new sounds. Unbeknownst to
him, they left a few remnants behind

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Israel update

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The 'Land of Craters' program continues with the second activation from one
of four craters in Israel located in the Negev Desert. The operation will
use the callsign 4X0GDL between April 30th and May 1st

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Off-grid solar charging on a SOTA adventure

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A local SOTA activation offered a great opportunity to test out a newly
purchased solar panel while having a little fun

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Ofcom spectrum auction: final results announced

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Ofcom has today announced the final results of the auction for spectrum in
the 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz bands, following completion of the remaining
stages