Amateur Radio Emergency Service Posts its 2016 Annual Report:

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) has posted its 2016 annual
report. The 2016 ARES Annual Report
focuses on documenting the value that ARES provides to the nation,
states, and localities in collaboration with partners at all levels.
The report features basic data drawn from Section Emergency
Coordinators’ reports, a breakdown of ARES figures by state and FEMA
region, and a challenge for 2017. According to the report, ARES
membership in 2016 was 27,754 — up from 17,756 in 2015 — and the
Service was active in 42 states and US territories. ARES volunteers
responded to 33,136 events last year.

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Campus Ham Radio Clubs Encouraged to Boost Vitality Through Innovation:

ARRL Public Relations Committee Chairman Scott Westerman, W9WSW,
believes collegiate Amateur Radio clubs need to blow away the dust and
cobwebs and modernize, in order to attract new members. And he urges
college and university ham radio clubs to seek common technological
ground with younger generations, in order to attract new Amateur Radio
licensees.

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Nayif-1 CubeSat with Amateur Radio Transponder Launched from India:

AMSAT-UK reports the Indian Space Agency (ISRO) on February 15 successfully launched the
Nayif-1 Amateur Radio CubeSat, along with 103 other satellites — a
record for a single launch. The Nayif-1 1U CubeSat includes a full
FUNcube communication package. Nayif-1
carries a U/V linear Amateur Radio transponder for SSB and CW and a
telemetry transmitter. Nayif-1 started transmitting about 1 hour after
launch, and radio amateurs on the west coast reported the first
signals.

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‘Mysterious Foghorn’ Is Chinese Over-The-Horizon Burst Radar:

The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU-R1) Monitoring System newsletter reports a
mysterious “foghorn” — a Chinese over-the-horizon (OTH) burst radar —
is operating in Amateur Radio bands.

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National Museum to Mark 75th Anniversary of Voice of America:

The National Voice of America (VOA) Museum at the VOA-Bethany site in
West Chester, Ohio, will join in celebrating the 75th anniversary of
the VOA. The Voice of America marked its
diamond jubilee
on February 1.

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Getting It Right!

The February 9 edition of The ARRL Letter included an error in the
title of the QEX article for which Steven J. Franke, K9AN, and Joseph
H. Taylor, K1JT, were awarded with the Doug DeMaw Technical Excellence
Award.

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