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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Lots of options this holiday..</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><strong>Ham Radio:</strong></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Ham radio is a GREAT thing to get into to take your rocket geekery to the next level. If you're looking to get into ham radio, but don't know where to start.. Here are a couple of options.. a low end all analog, and then a couple of higher end analog+DMR (world wide digital) options: (non-affiliate links)</p>
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<li><strong>Low End Analog (5W) HT TriBand ~$60</strong><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J2W4JUI">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J2W4JUI</a> </li>
<li><strong>High end Analog+DMR+SPRS HT TriBand ~$300</strong> - <a href="https://www.bridgecomsystems.com/pages/anytone-878uvii-plus">https://www.bridgecomsystems.com/pages/anytone-878uvii-plus</a> <br />(includes APRS (GPS) Transmit AND REceive, for tracking rockets with just the radio! Buy from this place and you get a free training course, and super DMR code plug!)</li>
<li><strong>High end (Chinese) Analog (50W) +DMR+APRS, Mobile TriBand ~$460<br /></strong><a href="https://www.bridgecomsystems.com/collections/amateur-mobile-radios/products/anytone-at-d578uviii-plus-tri-band-amateur-dmr-mobile-radio">https://www.bridgecomsystems.com/collections/amateur-mobile-radios/products/anytone-at-d578uviii-plus-tri-band-amateur-dmr-mobile-radio</a> </li>
<li>(same as the HT above.. but has 50Watt xmit.. plus APRS(GPS) tracking from your car. I just got this one!)</li>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Talk to NRVR member <a href="http://mailto:%20jbwillia@math.vt.edu">Ben Williams</a> about the next ham radio exam dates on VT campus.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Rocket Stuff:</strong><br /><br /></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Egg Timer holiday sales are on!<br /><a href="http://eggtimerrocketry.com/home/eggfinder-gps-tracking-system/">http://eggtimerrocketry.com/home/eggfinder-gps-tracking-system/</a> </p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Have you see the new Eggtimer Voice Module, that SPEAKS your rockets GPS bearing?!?</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">It's abouttime for another soldering party (maybe after xmas),</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">What's on your rocketry wish list?</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Tweeks</p>
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