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Amateur radio operators help others weather the storm
WREX-TV – People along the US east coast prepare for the affects of Hurricane Sandy; but even folks not affected by the storm’s big waves, hundreds of miles away, stand by with radio waves, to help
Halton and District Radio Amateurs to stage rally
Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News – Halton and District Radio Amateurs will hold its first free Amateur Radio Rally in an event aimed at people with an interest in amateur radio or shortwave listening
Ham is where the heart is
The Hindu – Gopal Madhavan a pioneer in the field of ham radio talks about the hobby and the challenges of recasting it in the context of modern technology
US high school students talk to astronaut with amateur radio
Erie Times-News – Astronaut Sunita Williams might have been more than 200 miles away from the surface of the Earth on Friday, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t answer questions from students at Seneca High School
Major solar flare erupts from the sun
Fox News – The sun unleased a powerful solar flare late Monday, releasing waves of radiation into space that have already caused a short radio blackout on Earth
A radio for all frequencies to rule the airwaves
New Scientist – Michael Ossmann, co-founder of Great Scott Gadgets, is developing HackRF, a software-defined radio that lets you switch between radio frequencies on the fly
