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08/09/2016 | Slow-Scan Television Transmissions from ISS Set for August 15-16
Slow-scan television (SSTV) transmissions will be made from the International Space Station (ISS) on August 15 and 16.
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04/12/2016 | First-Ever D-STAR Satellite to Launch in April
he first-ever satellite to carry a D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) Amateur Radio payload into space is expected to launch on April 22 from Guiana.
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04/10/2016 | ARISS Commemorative SSTV Event Set for April 11-14
The oft-postponed Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) slow-scan television (SSTV) event commemorating the 15th anniversary of ARISS will take place this week.
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04/06/2016 | “Cows Over the World DXpedition” Set to Get Under Way
Tom Callas, KC0W, has all of his bovines in a row to begin his “Cows Over the World DXpedition” to several DXCC entities in the Pacific and Asia this month.
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03/11/2016 | The K7RA Solar Update
Average daily sunspot numbers and solar flux both increased over the past week.
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12/15/2015 | AO-85 Slow Scan TV Image Likely a Prank, Not a Test
A Slow Scan TV (SSTV) image that a Brazilian radio amateur reported receiving on December 13 from Fox-1A (AO-85) was most likely a prank, not any sort of official test of the satellite’s SSTV capabilities. AMSAT Vice President for Engineering Jerry Bux...
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07/22/2015 | Party Balloon Carrying Ham Radio Payload Circles Southern Hemisphere a Second Time
After travelling for more than 110,800 km (68,696 mi) aloft, the record-setting pico balloon PS-46, carrying an Amateur Radio payload, completed its second circumnavigation of the Southern Hemisphere.
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05/12/2015 | Past New Mexico SM Bill Weatherford, KM5FT, SK
Former ARRL New Mexico Section Manager William O. “Bill” Weatherford, KM5FT, of Albuquerque, died on April 5.
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