Januari, 2020

• 17 Januari

  Radio hams rescue teenage girl from kidnappers

  The Millennium Post reports that a 14-year-old girl was rescued from the clutches of kidnappers, after her grandparents alerted Gangasagar Mela authorities on Tuesday. Suparna Mondal, a resident of Ghola, Khana in South 24-Parganas, was on her way to Gangasagar Mela along with her grandparents. When they reached Kachuberia Ghat …

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• 17 Januari

  Grow lights cause interference to ham radio

  The Lansing State Journal reports amateur radio operators have been complaining of interference from marijuana grow lights The newspaper says: The rumbling and buzzing would start like clockwork. Gregg Mulder WB8LZG noticed the static each evening when he finished dinner and turned on his ham radio. The noise made it …

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• 17 Januari

  [UPDATE] TI9A – Cocos Island

  

  NEWS UPDATE – TI9A website now available. “Two years planning. Best Team. Two camps. 20 antennas. Eight radios. CW, SSB and FT8…” JANUARY 9, 2020 — Jorge TI2JV, Dmitry RA9USU, Andrey UA3AB and Mats SM6LRR will be active from Cocos Island in early February 2020. They depart Puntarenas onboard the …

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• 17 Januari

  High Speed Telegraphy Competitions Set

  01/16/2020 The 17th International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) High Speed Telegraphy (HST) World Championship will take place August 20 – 24 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Europe’s HST Cup and Balkan HST Championships will take place May 8 – 12 in Elbasan, Albania. Although not an IARU-recognized event, this international competition is …

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• 17 Januari

  Iowa State Parks on the Air 2020 Celebrating Centennial of Iowa State Parks

  01/16/2020 Iowa State Parks on the Air (IASPOTA-2020) is under way and will continue through year’s end. The event is sponsored by the Great River Amateur Radio Club, with the support of Iowa ARRL Section Manager Lelia Garner, WA0UIG, and the Iowa Division of Natural Resources (DNR). According to Colin Wheatley, …

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