It looks like the new IC-9700 is one step closer to being available. It’s now on the Icom website. You can see more along with the Icom pre-release brochure on the Icom website here. The pre-release brochure contains some more specifications and information. The new IC-9700 will support the 2m, 70cm, and 23 cm bands and will have Satellite and D-Star features.
Source: Icom America
Fred, AB1OC
The weekend of August 25th and 26th brought a break from the rainy and hot weather and provided beautiful weather for two NARS summer activities.
On Saturday, August 25th, we held our Family Picnic at Greeley Park in Nashua. It was a potluck lunch and members brought lots of great food to eat. It was an enjoyable time, eating great food and chatting with our Ham Radio friends and their families.
Here is a gallery of pictures from the picnic:
Bright and early on Sunday, August 26th we all headed to Mount Washington for our SOTA/POTA activation. We had another beautiful day with relatively warm temperatures for Mount Washington’s 6000 ft elevation in the 50s. Most of us drove up on the scenic Mount Washington Auto Road. We made contacts on many modes and bands on the mountain including
Both the Picnic and the Mount Washington trip were a lot of fun and we’re looking forward to doing these again next year!
Anita, AB1QB
Similar to the AO-7 satellite resurrection several years ago, the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) packet radio system on the International Space Station (ISS) has begun working again. NASA ISS Ham Radio Project Engineer Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, said over the weekend that reports he’d received indicated that the NA1SS packet signal returned in mid-August.
Source: An Amazing Recovery: ARISS Packet System Revives
It appears that the 2m APRS digipeater on the ISS has come back to life! We’ll see if we can’t set up the digital side of our Portable Satellite Station at our Amateur Radio Exposition for Young People at the Boxboro Convention in September and give it a try!
Fred, AB1OC
