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ARISS contact is scheduled for students at Colegio Pumahue Temuco, Temuco, Chile

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/ariss-event-29-11.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

This will be a direct contact via amateur radio between students in Temuco, Chile and Astronaut Raja Chari (KI5LIU). Amateur radio operators using the CE6TC call sign will operate the ham radio ground station for this direct contact

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QSO Today - Stephen Houser, N1SH

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/qso-today-stephen-houser-n1sh.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Stephen Houser, N1SH, was essential to helping Rex Harper, W1REX, present
his Build-A-Thons at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expos with multi-camera
coverage of Rex’s project demonstrations

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UK EMF regulations: New interim guide for microwavers

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/uk-emf-regulations-new-interim-guide-for-microwavers.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

The UK Microwave Group (UKuG) has made available interim EMF compliance guidance for radio amateurs operating in the microwave bands

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EMF Compliance in latest Galway newsletter

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/emf-compliance-in-latest-galway-newsletter.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

The Winter 2021 issue of the Galway Radio Club Journal, free to download,
is packed with good articles including EMF Compliance by Steve Wright EI5DD
who takes a look at the RSGB EMF calculator

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10-year-old radio ham launches his 3rd high-altitude APRS balloon

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/10-year-old-radio-ham-launches-his-3rd-high-altitude-aprs-balloon.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

10-year-old radio amateur Max W0MXX has been building Amateur Radio APRS transmitter payloads to act as tracking beacons and launching them into the stratosphere

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New law hits AIS beacons

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/new-law-hits-ais-beacons.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

A new law introduced by Beijing appears to have resulted in ships turning
off their automatic AIS beacons (161.975 MHz or 162.025 MHz) when in
Chinese waters

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Analyzing starlink satellite downlink communications with software defined radio

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/analyzing-starlink-satellite-downlink-communications-with-software-defined-radio.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Often, mere curiosity is sufficient to do something. This is also the case
with people trying to analyze the communication setup and protocol which
SpaceX is using with their Ku-band based Starlink satellites

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Radio Caroline on 648 khz power increase - reception report request

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/radio-caroline-on-648-khz-power-increase.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

The opportunity arose to boost our power on 648 AM. This was beyond the
ability of the existing Nautel machine. High power AM transmitters are not easily sourced now

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Vintage Ham Radio Gets Brain Transplant

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/vintage-ham-radio-gets-brain-transplant.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Old radios didn't have much in the way of smarts. But as digital synthesis became more common, radios often had as much digital electronics in them as
RF circuits. The problem is that digital electronics get better and better every year, so what looked like high-tech one year is quaint the next

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Govt asks Indians to not subscribe to Elon Musks satellite internet service Starlink

Posted: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/govt-asks-indians-to-not-subscribe-to-elon-musks-satellite-internet-service-starlink.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Elon Musk's SpaceX does not have the license to offer broadband internet services in India, said Ministry of Communication on Friday. It asked
citizens not to subscribe to the service

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