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Cuba Jamming Ham Radio? Listen For Yourself

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As anti-government protests spilled onto the streets in Cuba on July 11, something strange was happening on the airwaves. Florida operators reported the signals were loudest there, enough to make communication with hams in Cuba impossible. Valladres explains he escaped from Cuba to the United States in a raft in 2005.

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SpaceX set to conduct world’s first and second orbital launches of 2022

Teslarati

According to the military branch responsible for operating the Cape Canaveral launch range, weather conditions for Falcon 9’s Transporter-3 launch were predicted to be 70% favorable on Thursday and 90% favorable for a backup window on Friday as of January 11th, boding well for the mission. Booster LZ1 landing.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 launch scrubbed by wayward cruise ship

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This time, however, rather than the poor weather that aborted Falcon 9’s first three launch attempts, the fourth scrub was caused by a cruise ship fouling the range and trespassing inside a US Coast Guard keep-out zone that’s been public for the better part of a week. Fairing recovery north of Cuba ~596km downrange.

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Is It Safe to Travel to the Bahamas? Here’s What You Need to Know.

Baua Electric

Drawn by clear turquoise waters and miles of white-sand beaches, around seven million travelers visit the Bahamas each year, but a new warning about increased violence on the island nation has raised alarm over the safety of visiting there. Currently, Turks and Caicos and Cuba are also Level 2 because of concerns over crime.

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