Reward offered for return of missing weather balloon

Reward offered for return of missing weather balloon
Carrollton-based Bears on Patrol and the West Georgia Amateur Radio Society are offering a $ 100 reward to anyone who finds and returns a missing weather balloon. The balloon was launched in Carrollton on Nov. 6. It contained radio tracking equipment …
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Apple co-founder started as Radio Ham
The newspaper says "When Wozniak was 10 years old, he received his ham radio operator license and built his own ham radio — an amateur radio that uses a designated frequency for private recreational purposes." Steve initially got a Novice call sign …
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WIA Amateur Radio Club Grant Scheme
The first category was projects and activities to be conducted before 1 June 2012 to attract new amateurs, but focussed on people under 25 and the second category was amateur radio projects that are useful and innovative and that utilise both …
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As howling storm battered Alaska, ham operators provided vital link
As howling winds whipped up and crashing waves pounded beaches, the people who live in the remote, isolated villages along the storm's path stayed connected via a web of global radio frequencies. When other communications failed, ham radio operators …
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