UK Hamfest 2016 - Friday Morning

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ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast Presenters Martin Butler (M1MRB/W9ICQ), Colin Butler (M6BOY), Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL) and Ed Durrant (DD5LP) are attending this years UK Hamfest at the Newark Showgrounds.

Below are some images from this morning

2016 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Results

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Following the recent elections for the 2016 Board of Directors of AMSAT, Tom Clark, K3IO; Mark Hammond, N8MH; and Bruce Paige, KK5DO; will serve on the board for two years.

The First Alternate is Paul Stoetzer, N8HM and the Second Alternate is Clayton Coleman, W5PFG. Both will serve for a term of one year.

The results of the voting with 697 ballots cast are as follows:
Tom Clark, K3IO- 547
Mark Hammond, N8MH - 504
Bruce Paige, KK5DO - 396
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM - 362
Clayton Coleman, W5PFG - .200

US Teen Awarded Extra Licence

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13 Year old Amateur Radio enthusiast Nicholas Stone, KF5 LKW has successfully passed the US Extra Class Amateur Radio licence exam.

Nicolas took the exam at a Field Day exhibition in June 2016, where he passed the equivalent to the UK Full licence.

Congratulations to Nicholas.

Full Media Story - http://harrisondaily.com/people/local-teen-licensed-in-amateur-radio/article_16ba524a-7c47-11e6-be6a-c71e461a6cc8.html