Author: John AE7YH
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W4RKC Club Members make Park to Park QSO New Zealand to British Columbia!
Sometimes you just have to stretch the imagination, and ask for what you want. SVARC Club Members Janine, KI5WI, and husband Larry, KQ4GUY are traveling in Janine’s home of New Zealand. While being interviewed by a fellow New Zealand Radio Amateur, ZL1BQD, Roly, Larry and Janine made a very special contact called a QSO from…
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The First Amateur Radio Station on the Moon, JS1YMG, is Now Transmitting
From ARRL.org The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully landed their Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) on January 19, 2024. Just before touchdown, SLIM released two small lunar surface probes, LEV-1 and LEV-2. LEV-2 collects data while moving on the lunar surface, and LEV-1 receives the data. The JAXA Ham Radio Club (JHRC), JQ1ZVI,…
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Young Hams Contact International Space Station
From Amateur Radio Newsline .org It was a contact made barely a month ago between Pennsylvania high school students and astronauts aboard the International Space Station. This was a contact, however, with something that set it apart from many. Like so many other of the hundreds of contacts that have been made over the years…
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STEM, Youth, Ham Radio: A Vision of the Future of Amateur Radio – K5ATA
From ARRL.org ARRL Education and Learning Manager, and IARU Region 2 Youth Coordinator, Steve Goodgame, K5ATA, gave the keynote address at the 2023 ARRL Pacific Division Ham Radio Convention, also known as Pacificon. Goodgame was a public-school teacher for 21 years. He carries his experience of bringing ham radio into the classroom into his role…
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Winter Field Day – January 27-28, 2024
Get out and participate in the 2024 Winter Field Day event! Our radio club will be participating this year at our clubhouse garage, if you are in the area, please consider stopping by to say “hello”, cheer us on, and maybe laugh at our icicles on our eye lashes! Help us make contacts if you…
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How to help Hams addrss neighbors’ RF safety concerns
From Amateur Radio Newsline – arnewsline.org Hams need to be effective communicators, not just with other hams but often with their neighbors. The ARRL’s RF Safety Committee, the Swedish Society of Radio Amateurs, the Radio Society of Great Britain and the Irish Radio Transmitters Society have developed guidelines to help hams address neighbors’ concerns about…