RADIO hams in Caister will be trying to contact other amateurs around the world next Saturday as part of the International Marconi Day celebrations.
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Newsflash
Radio Tips a Guide For Clear Radio Reception
.By Jack Wylde

Radio transmission has been one of the most amazing invention man has made. It transmits the audio signals through carriers using atmosphere as a medium. Electromagnetic waves are used for this purpose. These waves are detected and received by the antenna. Later the radio device reads the signal and converts it back into sounds. Though the entire process looks simple, it has been an incredible thought. The success of the radio transmission lies in the signal detection. The antenna will receive the signal from the FM stations which are in proximity. Thus reception is one of the most important thing in radio functioning. This article will brief you on how to boost FM radio reception.
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"Dress Rehearsal" For WRTC 2010 This Weekend
With rules changes to mimic those that will be used for the World Radiosport Team Championships in 2010, twenty-one Russian two-man teams will use a Field Day style operating event to see what to expect in two years for the WRTC. Even better, the eight hour contest this weekend is open to all amateurs around the world!
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ARRL Sends Ham Aid Equipment to Haiti
Even though the communications infrastructure in earthquake-ravaged Haiti is being rebuilt, there is still need for Amateur Radio communications. To assist in this effort, the ARRL's Ham-Aid program is providing equipment for local amateurs to use.
FAIRS Amateur Radio in Dominica
A YouTube video shows Gaynell Larsen J79WWW / KK4WWW of the Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service (FAIRS) operating from Dominica
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Ham Helps Out in Riverside County Desert Rescue
On the afternoon of Saturday, January 16, Christopher Walsh, KJ6BBS, of Irvine, California, was listening to radio traffic on 446.760 MHz, a channel used by the Los Angeles area-based Pocket Auto-Patch Association (PAPA) system -- an Amateur Radio network of 22 interlinked analog and digital D-STAR repeaters that provides extensive coverage of the Southern California region and beyond -- when he heard an emergency radio call break from Jose Hernandez, KI6PCK, of Thousand Oaks, California, reporting an injured male who had broken some ribs from an ATV-type accident.
Second Straight Re-Score for IARU Contest
For a second straight year, the ARRL has been forced to rescore the final numbers in the IARU HF Contest, again shuffling the Top Ten boxes of a number of categories, after the results had already been finalized and printed in the March edition QST Magazine. The culpirt this time was log checking software that tossed out any unique calls in a log entry.
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