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Tony’s 10-metre band report
A fair week through to Friday, when it picked up and blossomed on the weekend.
HK0NA sailed through the week on top till Sunday when 6V7S (Senegal) knocked them off. Now do I remember a 6V7 valve? (lots of folk have never seen one) or tube as the Americans called them.
There was lots of DX about. EX2B (Kyrgyzstan), TO4M (Mayotte Island), VP6T (Pitcairn Islands) and plenty more....
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1st Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop
1st Interplanetary
CubeSat Workshop
The 1st Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop takes place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 29-30, 2012
iCubeSat, the Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop, will address the technical challenges, opportunities, and practicalities of space exploration with CubeSats.
The workshop will provide a unique environment for open practical collaboration...
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Astronauts tell Iqaluit students to work hard, dream big
February 09, 2012 – 9:43 am
“Go after your dream. No one is going to come and say here is your job”
DEAN MORRISON
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Deltona youth loves to ham it up on the radio
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By Jeff Gardenour |
February 09, 2012
When you first hear the mousey voice of Mikaila Williams, it is hard to imagine her hamming it up on amateur radio.
But ham radio has helped the 9-year-old Deltona youth become a communications sensation, allowing her to showcase her vibrant personality and caring attitude and capture the attention...
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Student sends college acceptance letter into space
Charlie Osborne, Medical Anthropologist who studied at the University of Kent, UK, is a journalist, graphic designer and former teacher.
After studying Anthropology at university, she spent several years travelling and working across Europe and the Middle East, living for periods of time in Italy and Spain. She has been involved in the running of several businesses ranging from...
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Aimed for China: Ham operators to launch balloon Saturday
A group of amateur radio “ham” operators wants to
establish a world record for distance by attempting to fly an
unmanned, helium-filled balloon from Katy to Nanjing, China.
The South Texas Balloon Launch Team will release the
balloon at 3 p.m. Saturday near the oil rice grain silos at the
western end of No Label Brewery, 5373 First St.
“It’s an experiment to see how far...
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Astronaut Janice Voss KC5BTK
Astronaut Janice Voss KC5BTK – SK
NASA astronaut Janice Voss, KC5BTK, of Houston, Texas, passed away on February 7 from cancer. She was 55. One of only six women who have flown in space five times, Voss’ career was highlighted by her work and dedication to scientific payloads and exploration. Voss participated in making ham radio contacts from space via the Space...
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Astronaut Janice Voss, KC5BTK (SK)
02/08/2012
NASA astronaut Janice Voss, KC5BTK, of Houston, Texas, passed away on February 7 from cancer. She was 55. One of only six women who have flown in space five times, Voss’ career was highlighted by her work and dedication to scientific payloads and exploration. Voss participated in making ham radio contacts from space via the Space Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment...
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Amateur Radio Quiz: The Big Unit
02/09/2012
By H. Ward Silver. N0AXn0ax@arrl.net
Amateur Radio deals with everything — from the very, very small to the very, very large — so it’s particularly important that we know how to work with units of measurement. One of the easiest checks on a calculation is whether the units “work out” they way you expect. To do that requires a certain facility...
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