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31 July 2021

• Foundations of Amateur Radio
  The diversity of our hobby is breathtaking - You've heard me say that amateur radio is a thousand hobbies in one. It's not my idea, but it speaks to me in ways that are hard to articulate
• Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, named 2021 Newsline Young Ham of the Year
  Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, of Palm Coast, Florida, has been selected as the 2021 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year
• 40 MHz experimental station now active in USA
  ARRL reports Experimental Station WL2XUP is transmitting WSPR on 40.662 MHz in the 8-meter band
• Video of talk on UK amateur radio exams
  On July 28, Steve Hartley G0FUW gave a talk that covered the history of Amateur Radio Exams in the UK, the 2019 Exam Syllabus and prospects for the future
• VK6WIA NewsWest
  NewsWest for Sunday 1st August 2021 is the Club Focus edition, where Clubs can promote themselves and what they are getting up to.
• Radio ham in BBC TV's University Challenge on Monday
  RSGB report the Chair of the Cambridge University Wireless Society Nikolas Thatte M0IPY is part of the Emmanuel College team on the TV show University Challenge
• Nuclear bombs can cause geomagnetic storms
  59 years ago this month, rainbow-colored auroras appeared over Hawaii. A solar storm? No. It was a high altitude nuclear test
• 93 presentations now scheduled at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo
  We have scheduled the 93 presentations at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo coming August 14th and 15th
• Propagation de K7RA
  Solar activity slowed this week. Average daily sunspot number declined to 33.9 this week (July 22 to 28) from 48.9 in last week's report. Wednesday July 28 had no sunspots at all