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San Francisco Radio Club event on Angel Island, Nov 7, 2020

Good evening Curtis et al, I hope you are doing well. The San Francisco Radio Club is planning a special event on Saturday November 7th between 11:15-14:15PST/19:15-22:15UTC at Angel Island. We have secured special call sign W6P for this event we call SFRC OTA Trifecta. We will activate Parks on

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Event Cancellations due to COVID-19 Shutdown

Hi All The DDO regularly scheduled for Saturday, April 11, 2020 aboard the USS Pampanito is cancelled because of the COVID-19 shutdown. Also, I received word from the Battleship New Jersey, NJ2BB, that this year’s “Museum Ships on the Air Special Event,” scheduled for this coming June, has also been

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ARLS003 Fox-1D (AO-92) Now Commissioned, Open for Amateur Use

From ARRL: AMSAT Vice President-Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, has declared that Fox-1D (AO-92) is now open for general Amateur Radio use. That word followed an announcement from AMSAT Vice President-Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, that AO-92 had been commissioned and formally turned over to AMSAT Operations. Initially, the U/v FM transponder

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W1AW Winter 2018 Operation Schedule

ARLB001 W1AW 2018 Winter Operating Schedule Morning Schedule: Time                  Mode     Days ——————-   —-     ——— 1400 UTC (9 AM EST)   CWs      Wed, Fri 1400 UTC (9 AM EST)   CWf      Tue, Thu Daily Visitor Operating Hours: 1500 UTC

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ARLS015 RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launched Successfully, Designated AO-91

Space Bulletin 015  ARLS015 From ARRL Headquarters Newington, CT  November 20, 2017 To all radio amateurs SB SPACE ARL ARLS015 ARLS015 RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launched Successfully, Designated AO-91 The latest CubeSat in the Fox series – RadFxSat (Fox-1B) – launched November 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.  The Delta

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ARLS009 FalconSAT-3 Now Open for Amateur Radio Use

ZCZC AS09 QST de W1AW Space Bulletin 009  ARLS009 From ARRL Headquarters Newington, CT  September 26, 2017 To all radio amateurs SB SPACE ARL ARLS009 ARLS009 FalconSAT-3 Now Open for Amateur Radio Use The Air Force Academy satellite FalconSAT-3 is now open for Amateur Radio use as a digital store-and-forward

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SOLAR ECLIPSE QSO PARTY – Aug 21

There be a solar eclipse visible across many regions of North America, on Monday, August 21.   The total eclipse will be visible in a swath from Portland, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. Outside that swath, observers may be to see a partial eclipse.    COMPLETED! As HF operators well know, solar radiation plays

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Several CubeSats with Amateur Radio Payloads Deployed from ISS

From ARRL: SB SPACE ARL ARLS003 ARLS003 Several CubeSats with Amateur Radio Payloads Deployed from ISS Several CubeSats carrying Amateur Radio payloads were placed into orbit on January 16 from the International Space Station (ISS). Six CubeSats delivered to the ISS in December were deployed from the Kibo airlock using

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Marin / Redxa Field Day Site 2018

The Marin ARS / Redwood Empire DX Association (REDXA) Field Day will return to, The Marin Rod & Gun Club , in 2018. 2018 Site  . This year we will be using the MARS call sign (W6SG). Load up on Friday. Tear down on Sunday.   COMPLETED 2017

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AMSAT reports that the launch date for RadFxSat (Fox-1B) has been moved to August

From ARRL: ARLS002 RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launch Moved to Late August AMSAT reports that the launch date for RadFxSat (Fox-1B) has been moved to August 29, 2017. RadFxSat is one of four CubeSats making up the NASA ELaNa XIV mission, riding as secondary payloads aboard the Joint Polar Satellite System JPSS-1

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