GB100SS - Sky Sheppey 2009
Sky Sheppey 2009 celebrates 100 years of British Aviation and the part played by The Pioneers of Early Flying and the Armed Services over those years on the Isle of Sheppey. To co-incide with the event, the Medway Raynet Group will be operating a special event station over the weekend |
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Propagation de K7RA
It was a perfect Field Day weekend from where I stood. The weather was warm, skies clear, the space weather was calm, and there was enough propagation to make a domestic contest interesting |
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M1FDE Constructors Trophy
On Tuesday 7th July the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) will be holding its annual constructors competition. This year a new trophy will be awarded, the M1FDE shield. This trophy has been created in memory of Anthony Martin M1FDE who passed away last year at the age of 41 |
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2009 Club Grant Scheme targets new projects
The WIA will be reviewing applications which focus on projects and activities to attract new amateurs. Also projects supporting emergency communications and preparedness for emergency communications |
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Your daily Amateur Radio & Communications magazine..
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News for Thursday 02 July |
 Tony's 10-metre band report
Tony takes his weekly look at the 10-metre band and sees an uneven week with Thursday being very thin and the weekend not so thick and fast |
Julius Genachowski sworn in as FCC Chairman
On the afternoon of Monday, June 29, US Supreme Court Justice David Souter - in one his last official duties on the high court - swore in Julius Genachowski as the new Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission |
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VK9LA QSL update
Bill Horner, VK4FW, QSL Manager for VK9LA, reports that
after much haggling with the Australian Customs Department and negotiating with a customs clearance broker, he has finally received the QSL cards from the Czech Republic |
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News for Wednesday 01 July |
National Hamfest 2009
The Lincoln Short Wave Club has a long tradition of organising Hamfests and now they are building on their experience to
host the National Hamfest in association with the Radio Society of
Great Britain. The National Hamfest will be the biggest radio event of the year in the East Midlands |
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Contest University UK 2009 sponsored by Icom UK
Contest University UK (CTU) is the place where you will learn all the skills and secrets to start your journey in becoming a contester or even learn the secrets to stay ahead of your competitors |
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FT5G Press Release
The Gloriosos 2009 DXpedition has been postponed because of flight problems. However, the team thinks that the dxpedition could begin at the end of August |
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Digital dividend: Clearing the 800 MHz band
On Tuesday the UK regulator Ofcom published its statement confirming its decision to clear the 800 MHz band and align the upper band of the UK’s digital dividend with the spectrum being identified for release by an increasing number of other European countries |
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Debut of Space Weather and Propagation Podcast
Tomas David Hood, NW7US, the current contributing editor for the propagation columns in CQ Magazine, Popular Communications Magazine and CQ VHF Magazine, is launching a new podcast service, the 'NW7US Space Weather and Radio Propagation Podcast' |
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YouTube - CARS Field Day 2009
The Cherokee County Amateur Radio Society used 2009 Field Day to get some publicity for Amateur Radio on the TV news |
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St Brandon Island
QSL Manager Ron, K5XK, reports that Rachid, 3B8FQ, has received approval and will activate St. Brandon Island as 3B7FQ again in August. Rachid believes this may be the last trip to St. Brandon for the next five years |
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Nauru DXpedition update
Armic, EA3RKR, provides an update for the upcoming C21TI DXpedition to Nauru. The operation will take place between August 17-23rd |
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New RSGB RAYNET Forum
The Isle of Man ARS incorporates our RSGB RAYNET organisation and we are very keen to improve our local communication systems. As a part of this improvement strategy we are developing a Society Web Site which includes a Forum |
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NASA re-acquires original Moon landing footage
A report on theregister.co.uk says that NASA has seemingly confirmed that the original taped recordings of the first Moon landing have turned up in Australia - almost three years after the agency admitted it had mislaid them |
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Special award available
Following the very successful event of the Geoparks weekend, the Global network would like to offer a diploma
endorsed by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (the Queen of England's husband) to anybody working either GB6GEO the HQ station as an instant qualifier for the award, or two other Geoparks stations |
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Greek IOTA Tour
Gab, IK3GES, began a Greek island tour on June 28th and plans to visit four Greek islands |
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AmateurLogic.TV Episode 23
Back from a long summer vacation, George and Tommy visit the Capitol City Hamfest and run into an old friend. Peter shows us how to create a warm spot. Plus plenty of Amateur Radio news and Viewer email |
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Possible emergency use of 3760 kHz in Poland
Following recent flooding in the south-western part of Poland, and a continuing flood threat to the region, the DASR Polish emergency group is reporting that 3760 kHz may be used for emergency communication |
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EU - High Speed Broadband Speech
EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding made a speech last week 'Towards a European Strategy of High Speed Broadband for All'. It contained references to the recent Digital Britain report |
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80m Counties Contest
There was once again a big turn out for Ireland's 80m Counties Contest, although maybe not quite the numbers active on New year's Day. The AREN demonstration station at the Civil Defence
Headquarters in Roscrea was very successful |
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Alaskan satellite ops planned
Dan Littel, AJ9K has advised that he will be on vacation in Alaska between July 1-11, and will try to be active during a few passes during his stay |
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History This Week
A look back at events that made history this week - compiled by the Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW |
Sport Radio in RadCom
Steve White, G3ZVW, who has been writing his 'Whatever Next' futuretech column in RSGB's RadCom magazine since January 2001 will switch to writing the 'Sport Radio' column soon |
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A Ham Radio Weekend for Talking to the Moon
Radio Amateurs have been communicating this weekend using moonbounce as part of the commemoration of the Apollo 11 landings 40 years ago in July. The New York Times carries an extensive article with pictures on the Ham Radio activity |
Scout amateur radio activity
Birmingham Scout County will be holding their 'Live the Magic Camp' next weekend, while further south in Luton, GB0LS will be taking to the air |
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Tennessee teen ham responds to emergency and performs CPR
It was just another day, helping out at another event.
It was the third year in a row that 16 year-old Cody Anderson, KI4FUV, of Harriman, Tennessee, had volunteered to help out the Roane County Amateur Radio Club (RARC) with the Run for the Child event. But it was the first time that he would help save a life |
News for Saturday 27 June |
Propagation de K7RA
Two new sunspots appeared last week, numbered 1022 and 1023, and both were Cycle 24 spots. 1022 lasted through June 23 and 1023 until June 24. On June 24 geomagnetic indices were unsettled |
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Fun with Amateur Radio
Darrell VO1MDS is making available a new series of 'Fun with Amateur Radio' videos on YouTube |
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The First Ten Thousand Miles Award
A North American meteor scatter group 'Super 7' has introduced a 'Ten Thousand Miles' award for completing FSK441 contacts over 1000 miles for a total of Ten Thousand Miles after 1 May 2009 |
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GB70VI - Voluntary Interceptors
The Scarborough Special Events Group will be on the air as GB70VI during the weekend 27th to 28th June to mark the commencement of the amateur radio Voluntary Interceptors scheme during World War II |
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