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ARRL DXCC and Awards Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, Recuperating Following Accident

ARRL DXCC and Awards Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, was seriously injured in a single-car accident on the afternoon of Thursday, July 3. Moore suffered a broken neck and other injuries and is paralyzed from the chest down. He is stable and recuperating at Mount Sinai Rehab Hospital in Hartford.

There is no timetable for his return to work at ARRL Headquarters. DXCC and awards questions that would nor…

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California Hams Activate to Support Shelter Communications Following Wildfire

Amateur Radio volunteers in California’s Tuolumne County assisted local emergency managers and the American Red Cross by supporting communication at a shelter in Groveland, set up in the wake of the El Portal Fire in Yosemite National Park. The National Park Service reported that the fire got its start in the community of El Portal on July 26, and evacuations were put into effect for Foresta an…

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Amateur Radio Payload Beacons Heard Following June 19 Launch

The FUNcube-3 payload has reached orbit, and its 145.815 MHz beacon signal has been copied. FUNcube-3 is a transponder-only payload on the QB50 precursor CubeSat, QB50P1, which launched on June 19 from Russia. FUNcube-3 carries an inverting 400 mW SSB/CW transponder, with an uplink passband of 435.035-435.065 MHz (LSB) and a downlink passband of 145.935-145.965 MHz (USB).

The QB50P1 and QB50P2 p…

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IG9Y Lampedusa DXpedition Expresses Concern Following Shipwreck Tragedy

Team Lampedusa will be active as IG9Y from Lampedusa Island, Italy, starting October 17 and through the CQ World Wide SSB.

“We would like to thank the amateur community and the sponsors for your generous support, and look forward to putting you in our log,” said Team Lampedusa’s Dale Long, N3BNA, on behalf of the group. The international contingent of operators will include HA1YA, JH5GHM, LZ1QN,…

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Hams in India Supporting Emergency Communications Following Flood Disaster

Amateur Radio volunteers have been providing emergency communications in the flood-stricken state of Uttarakhand in northern India. Jim Linton, VK3PC, who chairs the IARU Region 3 Disaster Communications Committee, reports that unusually heavy early seasonal monsoons are causing flooding and mudslides. At least 800 people have died. “The disaster caught everyone by surprise,” Linton said. “The …

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Surfin’: Following Meteors

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor

This week, Surfin’ chases meteors at the Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin website.

Mike Schaffer, KA3JAW — this week’s guest surfer — wrote the about following meteors.

Several thousand meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere each day. The vast majority of these occur over oceans and uninhabited regions, and many are masked by the sunlight. Those that occur a…

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