by LINDA POON
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Every day, 17-year-old Kaday goes to school by turning on the radio.
She’s one of the million school-age children in Sierra Leone who’ve had no classroom to go to since July. That’s when the government closed all schools to curb the spread of Ebola.
But that doesn’t mean the kids have stopped learning. In October, the government launched a radio education program, partnering with UNICEF and several development organizations. Teachers write and record hourlong lessons that are broadcast on 41 government radio stations, as well as the country’s only TV channel. Younger children listen in the morning; older ones tune in during the afternoon and evening.”
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by Adam Banks A satellite launched by the US military has gone rogue and is causing interference to radio hams across Europe. The US Navy’s PCSat NO-44, which is only supposed to transmit over the US, is now drowning out European amateurs and the USN doesn’t know what to do about it. Former head of information […] Read more
The Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station are expected to activate amateur radio Slow Scan Television (SSTV) transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM during Monday and Tuesday, July 30-31. The Inter-MAI-75 SSTV experiment should be active on: The SSTV images will be transmitted on 145.800 MHz FM using the Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver located in the Russian ISS Service module. It is expected they will use the PD-120 SSTV format. Note the ISS transmissions use the 5 kHz deviation FM standard rather than the narrow 2.5 kHz used in Europe. If your transceiver has selectable FM filters try using the wider filter. Handheld transceivers generally have a single wide filter fitted as standard and you should get good results outdoors using just a 1/4 wave whip antenna. ISS SSTV links for tracking and decoding software You can receive the SSTV transmissions by using an Online Radio (WebSDR) and the MMSSTV software: Source:AMSAT
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Icom IC-7851 Radio manufacturer, Icom have a strong heritage of building the most sophisticated Amateur radio transceivers. Decades of technical expertise and engineering experience have brought top of the range models from the IC-781 to the IC-7800. Icom now are pleased to launch the latest generation of high end HF transceiver called the IC-7851! The IC-7851 is […] Read more
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• Monday, July 30 from 16:00-19:30 UT
• Tuesday, July 31 from 13:25-19:15 UT
https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/
• Listen to the ISS when it is in range of London with the SUWS WebSDR http://farnham-sdr.com/
• Listen to the ISS when it is over Russia with the R4UAB WebSDR http://websdr.r4uab.ru/Equipment
Kenwood TS-890 – Instruction Manual
K-Pod Control Panel for the K3S & K3
Yaesu FT-950 HF+6 TRANSCEIVER
STEMlab 122.88-16 SDR kit basic – REDPITAYA
Station Master DeLuxe – microHam
Review
Review of The Sidekar, CW device for the KX3
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Cable stripping has never been easier with CableKnife
KX3 Transceiver – Product Review by ARRL
mcHF SDR QRP RS-918 Review
Digital Modes
Fldigi v3.23.16 now available
Release: WSJT-X Version 1.8.0
On-the-Air Test of New FT8 “DXpedition Mode” Set for Early March
Significant changes in store for FT8 and MSK144 with WSJT-X Version 2.0
New Digital Modes Changing Complexion of Bands and Perhaps of Ham Radio
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Reservation IC-705
To All ARRL Members and ARRL VEC Accredited Volunteer Examiners
Spain Grants Unlicensed Individuals Permission to Use Amateur Stations During Lockdown
Some Countries Permitting “STAYHOME”-Suffix Call Signs during COVID-19 Pandemic
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