• [TWIAR] Via the ARRL: WSJT-X Development Group Partner Bill Somerville,

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    This Week in Amateur Radio

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    Via the ARRL: WSJT-X Development Group Partner Bill Somerville, G4WJS, SK

    Posted: 07 Dec 2021 12:56 AM PST
    https://twiar.net/?p=6506

    A key member of the WSJT-X development group — where FT8 and other cutting-edge digital amateur radio...

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    via HACKADAY: Is The Game Up For Baofeng In Europe?

    Posted: 06 Dec 2021 10:27 PM PST
    https://twiar.net/?p=6488

    For radio enthusiasts worldwide, the inexpensive Chinese handheld radios produced by the likes of Baofeng...

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    Via the ARRL: Intrepid-DX Group Announces Youth "Dream Rig" Essay Contest Winners

    Posted: 06 Dec 2021 09:12 PM PST
    https://twiar.net/?p=6500

    On December 1, Intrepid-DX Group President Paul Ewing, N6PSE, announced the prize recipients of the...

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    When to see The Geminids - one of the best meteor showers of the year

    Posted: 06 Dec 2021 09:10 PM PST
    https://twiar.net/?p=6533

    December is a fantastic month for backyard astronomy! The early sunset and longer nights means...

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    AMSAT-HB established in Switzerland

    Posted: 06 Dec 2021 08:54 PM PST
    https://twiar.net/?p=6525

    A new amateur radio satellite organisation AMSAT-HB was formed in
    Switzerland on November 26, 2021 A translation...

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    Via the ARRL: Ham Radio University Going Virtual Again

    Posted: 06 Dec 2021 08:38 PM PST
    https://twiar.net/?p=6504

    With COVID-19 uncertainties precluding an in-person gathering for a second year, the 23rd annual Ham...

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    via the RSGB: 6 December 2021 - Using the Pluto and RPi4 for Amateur TV and Narrowband use by Noel Matthews, G8GTZ

    Posted: 06 Dec 2021 08:35 PM PST
    https://twiar.net/?p=6508

    Following on from his talk Advances in Amateur Television at the RSGB 2016 convention, Noel Matthews, G8GTZ...

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    FCC Rejects Ham Radio Clubs NCE Applications

    Posted: 06 Dec 2021 08:34 PM PST
    https://twiar.net/?p=6510

    The FCC recently threw out all eight applications for new NCE FM channels
    from a...

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    AIS in China: Media misreporting can be threat to radio hams

    Posted: 06 Dec 2021 08:15 PM PST
    https://twiar.net/?p=6385

    CRAC reports on the security risk in China of collecting and distributing either shipping AIS...

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