UK Amateur Radio Club 50 Years on the Air

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Chippenham & District Amateur Radio Club have been issued with the special callsign GB5CRC to celebrate the club's 50th anniversary

“I was originally a member in the 1980s but dropped out and moved away but I came back in 2009 when the club was offering training courses and my son, Matthew, who was nine at the time he passed the foundation course and that rekindled my interest.”
— Club Member Jon Wheeler G0IUE

The club, which has more than 30 members, was previously based at Chippenham Boys’ High School before moving to the Chippenham Sea Cadets site TS Tiger.

Media Story - http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/14679097.Radio_club_mark_50_years_on_the_air/

Chippenham & District Amateur Radio Club Website - http://www.g3vre.org.uk/
Chippenham & District Amateur Radio Club Twitter - https://twitter.com/G3VRE
hippenham & District Amateur Radio Club Website Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/342291565830733/

Latvia Gains Two New Amateur Radio Bands

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Radio amateurs in Latvia now have two new bands, following the introduction of their new Amateur Radio license on August 9. Access now is permitted to a new 60 meter allocation of 5351.5–5366.5 kHz, with a maximum power output of 15 W EIRP.

Some Latvian hams also now may operate on the new 630 meter band, 472–479 kHz, with a power of 1 W EIRP and a transmitted signal bandwidth no greater than 800 Hz. Privileges on 630 meters in Latvia are available only to Category A (ie, top level) licensees. 

Ham Radio Around the World Balloon

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The amateur radio CNSP-29 144 MHz APRS balloon, callsign K6RPT-12, has successfully completed three circumnavigations of the globe and is still flying

On Wednesday 24 August 2016 it passed within a mile of the San Jose site where it was launched on 13 June 2016

California Near Space Project CNSP-29 - http://www.cnsp-inc.com/cnsp-29/

Follow CNSP on Twitter - https://twitter.com/K6RPT