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February 2012
   
10 February
  Aimed for China: Ham operators to launch balloon Saturday
    Amateur Radio Intermediate Course, Omagh - places still available
    IOTA activation from the Isle of Muck
    Still gracing the airwaves at age 101
    Icom IC-7700 HF/50MHz Amateur Radio Transceiver promotional video
    GI HF Conference and DiGIcon
    Ukraine to use DRM to continue national MW b’casts
    Arizona Centennial Special Event
    Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin
    DX News from the ARRL
    New HF shortwave radio station sign
     
09 February
  Budapest University Masat-1 telemetry decoder software released
    Hungary’s Media Council extends Klubrádió temporary licence by 60 days
    First movie shot in space
    Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    Flanders SAR breakthrough
    TV News report on ISS contacts
    Astronaut Janice Voss KC5BTK SK
    James Corney G0ICQ - SK
    1st Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop
    School Club Roundup
    Olympic call sign
    Dominican Republic on 5 MHz
    Radio Amateur of the Year for 2011
    Amateur radio club gets space at airport
     
08 February
  Joe Taylor, K1JT to address the Munich Technical Forum
    Lothal activation by VUs
    Foundation Course - Lymington Community Centre
    Keeping your station on air in severe weather conditions
    AM for ANZAC Day
    Student satellite launch to be broadcast live
    WRC-12: 472-479 kHz nearly done
    Diamond DXCC Challenge
    Coloane Island DXpedition
    OTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Video about the Vega satellites
     
07 February
  Central Philippines earthquake update
  Earthquake hits, radio amateurs act
  GB80PW operation moves to Saturday
    Pontefract & District ARS special event stations
    Speech by ITU Secretary-General, Dr Hamadoun I. Touré HB9EHT
    AmateurLogic 36: Hamfest Friends
    G0KYA UK Propagation charts for February 2012
    ARISS ham radio contact with Inuksuk High School, Iqaluit Nunavut, Canada
    Ontario Section Restructuring update
    WRC-12 - Weekend in Geneva
    Wednesday's ARISS contact on EchoLink and IRLP
    The Humber Fortress DX ARC to activate GB0BB
    Amateur Radio QTH in France for sale
    Photos of old Big L MW transmitter to be published
     
06 February
  Vega student satellite launch now February 13
    Vega set for its inaugural flight
    Morse code not on the way out
    UKSEDS students build amateur radio payload
    Twitter telegraph a reality
    Snow impacts Amateur Radio events
    Amateur Radio Club remembers fallen astronauts
    Foundation licensee works the Amateur Radio satellites
    SolderSmoke Amateur Radio Podcast 141
    NHK to sell analogue transmitter facilities
    Ontario Section restructuring update
    IOTA news from OPDX
    DXCC Country/Entity Report
    Malpelo Island DXpedition QRT
    History This Week
     
Sun 05 February
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    SARL Leap Year Challenge
    Join the INTECNET tonight
    SumbandilaSat amateur radio operation may resume soon
    Golden Shears World Shearing Competition Award
    Jock White Field Day
    VOA anniversary spurs museum effort
    February Arizona Centennial Special Event Plans Satellite Operation
    Visali DX Convention Top-Band Dinner
     
04 February
  Scotland to Australia with 5 Watts via long path
    DX News from the ARRL
    Wythall Radio Rally 11th March 2012
    IARU Special WRC Report No. 2
    DCC - Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
    Khartoum Amateur Radio Satellite Ground Station
    United Nations recommends IRESC for Special Status, one above the IARU status
    K1JT addresses World Radiocommunication Conference
    3.4 GHz in Electronic Communications Committee Newsletter
    Propagation de K7RA
    New rules for 5 MHz (60 meters) to go into effect March 5
    Amateur Radio World Castles Award
     
03 February
  Macclesfield club DXpedition to Colonsay
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    LABRE celebrates its 78th year
    Amateur Radio Foundation in Nottingham
    Digital SSTV Decoding
    Qtmm soundcard modem for decoding AFSK1200
    Black Sea Cup International Contest
    WorldRadio founder Armond Noble, N6WR, Silent Key
    Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin
    FISTS marks a milestone
    Steady growth for the ILLW
    Canvey Radio Rally
     
02 February
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    WRC-12 Day 9 – 31st January 2012 – Movement Forward
    BATC Convention 2012
    Digital Radio 2012: a 'visionary' year
    WF9XJD Experimental Station Operating Schedule
    Wallis and Futuna
    Radio waves a boost for RNLI life-savers
    French Nostradamus HF Radar
    FCC Spread Sectrum tests off to a good start
     
01 February
  RSGB PLA/PLT Devices Announcement
    Video - Vega's First Launch Campaign
    Amateur Radio in The Verge
    Korean QRP SOTA Amateur Radio operation
    HamSatDroid App
    Student High-Voltage Satellite Horyu-2
    Limited future activity from Jan Mayen Island
    Antarctic Activity Week Special Event
    Contest University 2012 Webinar
    Ham radio: Last means of communications in a disaster
    Ad breaks of up to 24 mins turn off UAE’s TV viewers
    Announcing Frostfest 2012

January 2012
   
31 January
  ARISS contact planned with technical college in Poland
    Working the FM-Sat SO-50
    Ofcom: GPS Jamming Notice
    HAMNET audio report
    Vega satellite deployments
    54th JOTA report online
    Annobon Island DXpedition
    Malpelo Island DXpedition log problems
     
30 January
  Of Martian Lines
    IOTA news from OPDX
    DXCC Country/Entity Report
    Chelmsford Intermediate Amateur Radio Course
    2012 DX University
    Media Network Vintage Vault: Chernobyl
    Lessons learned, changes made in wake of large-scale emergency
    Fiji signals it may switch Radio Australia back on
    Amateur Radio Exams in DR Congo
    Outstanding ARES ID cards
    Amateur Radio Self Build Kits talk
    RAOTA at the Lough Erne Rally
    7th Great Hamfest of the North 2012 in Puerto Rico
    ROS joins USA experimental spread spectrum tests
    History This Week
     
Sun 29 January
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Antique Wireless Association CW Activity Day
    FCC sets date for medical devices on 70 cm
    Windrm File Transfer video
    IARU Special WRC Report No. 1
    Masat-1 Elliptical Orbit video
    Twitter to Amateur Radio Pager video
    CUSat-1/2 to launch on SpaceX
    INTECNET is back!
     
28 January
  CCARC Field Day at Wyong
    New RadCom Band Plans show substantial changes
    Dayton Hamvention - Top Band Dinner
    British antenna company InnovAntennas appoints first American dealer
    Propagation de K7RA
    50th Anniversary Perth City of Light, John Glenn, ARISS contact
    TAPR and iQuadlabs announce agreement for SDR components
     
27 January
  Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin
    Youngsters to get studio chance
    2E0HTS working the OSCAR-7 satellite
    NASA's amazing high definition image of Earth
    DX News from the ARRL
    Announcing the 160m Band Utilization Chart
    Melbourne Maker Faire a success
    Titanic - Museum remembers radio amateur
    Radio Hams keep eye out for thieves
    Sweden loses 13cm amateur radio band
     
26 January
  WRC-12 Day 2 - Amateur 5 MHz Allocation
    Record set at Winter Hill
    RS-39 reception video
    Video of Project OSCAR talk
    'Hack the Tubes' project
    EI80IRTS Certificate
    Macquarie Island Special Event
    Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    SumbandilaSat beyond repair
    WRC12 reports from the RSGB
    New Board Activity web feature on RSGB website
    FYBO (Freeze Your Butt Off) QRP Contest
    Japan govt plants fake TV dramas to fight web piracy
     
25 January
  AMSAT-UK Schools’ communications satellite
    Logbook of the World support for CQ Awards
    Taking to the airwaves to help lifeboat crews
    Hacking EU radio spectrum policy
    The recent solar disturbances
    Watch 4U1ITU - as 4U1WRC - live on the internet
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    RS-39 Telemetry Decoder
    WRC-12 Day 1 - IARU-R1 report
    Article - 'OSCAR-1 Launched 50 Years Ago'
    Dayton Contest Dinner Speaker
    SI9AM live video broadcast
    RS-39 heard
     
24 January
  ARISSat-1 Voice Messages
    Incoming CME
    ARISS audio for upcoming contact
    Disturbed solar conditions
    Hungarians rally to demand Klubrádió stays on air
    RS-39 Chibis-M deploys tonight
    FUNcube Dongle in Radiouser Magazine
    Ofcom - record spectrum demand at London 2012 Games
     
23 January
  Upcoming ARISS contact with El Dorado County Office of Education, Placerville, CA
    CME Impact on January 22nd
    Medium Wave DX video
    New Quebec Director
    Video of Codec2 presentation
    High Altitude Balloon Presentation video
    The art of ham-mering out a 'hello'
    DXCC Country/Entity Report
    ITU HQ Special Activity
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Friskney & East Lincolnshire Communications Club
    NCDXF announces grant to VP6T Pitcairn Island DXpedition
    History This Week
     
Sun 22 January
  RS-39 (Chibis-M) deploys January 25
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Amateur Radio license renewals
    NASA TV covers space station cargo ship launch and arrival
    FLOWA Yagi
    N8OFS/M in SPAR Winter FD Contest entry and IHRAS/RAOTA Activation Award plans
    Fox-1: Solar Panel Campaign
    Leonard Rosen N2LR - SK
    Winners in the ARISSat-1/KEDR Chicken Little Contest
    Cuban Amateur Radio regulations modified
     
21 January
  Lough Erne ARC Intermediate Course
    PSK2K – a new meteorscatter mode by DJ5HG
    Canadian and U.S.A. postal rates increase
    Wainwrights on the Air scheme improved
    Propagation de K7RA
    Student Aalto-1 CubeSat video
    Press TV loses UK licence, claims UK jamming IRIB signals from Bahrain
    RSGB representation at World Radiocommunication Conference
    Building a Distributed Satellite Ground Station Network
    Global radio experts float new mobile phone standard
    Pitcairn Island DXpedition
    Wallis and Futuna Islands
     
20 January
  The Six and Ten Reporting Club
    West Tyrone Amateur Radio Club Intermediate Exam course
    Emergency Communications and amateur radio
    The faster-than-fast Fourier transform
    Call of Titanic will go out again
    SOS Radio Week
    New 2012 Band Plans released
    LightSquared accuses US government of ‘rigged’ interference tests
    Amateur Radio Training in the press
    Ofcom and RSGB meet to discuss licensing issues
    Leap seconds to stay
    Earth-directed solar flare could bring geomagnetic storms this weekend
    Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin
    DX News from the ARRL
    Amateur Radio in WRC-12 Agenda Document
     
19 January
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    7 MHz interference from All India Radio ceases
    New Clubs and Training section for RSGB website
    Amateur Radio sites support SOPA and PIPA protest
    Amateur Radio Instructors' Newsletter
    QST Monthly Digital Edition - coming June 2012!
    N8OFS/P in 'CX' Classic Exchange Febuary Phone Contest
    New Irish broadcasting charge may replace TV licence
    Conway Reef DXpedition
    British Columbia QSO Party - 2012
    Sable Island DXpedition update
    Turkish Special Event Station
     
18 January
  Good behaviour bond and an undertaking
    28 MHz Handheld Amateur Radio contact
    EI80IRTS Award
    XT2CEFIG on the air Jan 21
    Special callsigns for UK radio amateurs during 2012
    Leap Second Debate video
    Guide and Scout Amateur Radio Club open evening for Guiders
    Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH Dayton Presentation
    Amateur Radio Course for Dutch Hackers
    RD3A - 3 Element 80m Yagi
    US online piracy bill headed for major makeover
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
     
17 January
  Radio Amateurs of Canada seeks Treasurer
    School looking for worldwide D-Star contacts
    Bomb threat shuts Cyprus radio & TV for three hours
    SWODXA DX Dinner
    Buddies in the Caribbean DXpedition to Grenada
    Pitcairn Island Dxpedition
    Heelweg Microwave Event
    QRP to the ISS
     
16 January
  ARISS ham radio contact planned with technical college in Belgium
    Student D-STAR satellite to launch in 2012
    Nominations for awards for IRTS trophies
    The new VHF-UHF band plan - 4m in Ireland
    Ham Radio Tutorial - HF Radio Wave Propagation
    IOTA news from OPDX
    DXCC Country/Entity Report
    Video of QSOs with two museum ships
    This year a day and a second longer
    Amateur Radio station celebrating Chinese New Year
    History This Week
     
15 January
  VOA expands TV broadcasts to Iran
    FUNcube in Electronics Weekly
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    How to make long distance VHF contacts during the PEARS Contest
    Hams in Space at North Kansas City Hamfest
    Assembling Transistor Radios 1955
    Lost Islands of Central Arctic
    London 2012 Olympic Simplex DStar Nodes
    Sounds From Space website looking for additional sounds
    ISS performs debris avoidance maneuver
    Radio Hams to help pilgrims
    Technique of Hand Sent Morse Code
     
14 January
  UK amateurs experience echo phenomenon
    Special callsign to mark Danish presidency of EU
    International Museums Weekend special event
    Propagation de K7RA
    Microsoft carves up Wi-Fi into White Spaces
    Amateur Radio satellite picture albums
    Army MARS resumes use of WinLink 2000
    Kicksat - Zac Manchester interview
    Radio Bulgaria to leave shortwave on 1 February
    Another marathon success for WICEN Victoria
     
13 January
  Amateur Radio World Castles Award
    SatNav jamming in East Anglia
    ITU endorses DRM+
    SI9, Sweden Special Event
    SolderSmoke Amateur Radio Podcast 140
    Youths to bond with the best — ham radio
    Leo Laporte W6TWT live from the CES show
    Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    DX News from the ARRL
    The Diamond DXCC Challenge
    Prestigious award for IOTA heads
    The half-way point for ILLW
     
12 January
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    Video of 17.2 kHz SAQ
    IARU Monitoring System Newsletter
    20th Annual Dayton Contest Dinner
    NCDXA Awards - 2011 DXpedition and DXer of the Year
    NCDXA DXCC-EAST Convention
    Ham Radio Tutorial - Intro to oscilloscopes
    ARRL achieves fund raising goal
    BSkyB axes Current TV from its pay-TV lineup
    Amateur Radio Kid's Day in the press
    KG4, Guantanamo Bay
     
11 January
  Successsful ARISS contact for Lycee Descartes at Montigny-le Bretonneux, France
    ARISS contact planned with Atheneum in Borgloon, Belgium
    Amateur Radio World Castles Award
    HA South Pacific Tour 2012
    Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club gear-up for RNLI SOS week
    2m and 70cm Portable Tape Measure Beam
    Single digital car radio solution unveiled at CES 2012
    Jamesburg Earth Station For Sale
    New launch date for Vega
    China launches Satellite Positioning System
    Leicestershire Police promote phonetic alphabet to youngsters
    New 60 meter web site
    9M0 Spratly operation
     
10 January
  Amateur Radio training in the press
    BRMB to be renamed Free Radio Birmingham
    K3UK Quick Guide to OPERA
    Video of space station reception on 145.800 MHz FM
    GB80PW to get first outing this Thursday
    2011 DX sound bites
    EME DXpedition to Thailand in support of RAST
    F6KRK ISS school contact video
    9th UK-DX-RTTY Contest 2012
    Malpelo Island DXpedition 2012
    The Thoughtful Radio Amateur
     
09 January
  IRTS 80th Anniversary
    SEARG APRS node back in action
    Amateur Radio World Castles Award
    New Amateur Radio Home Construction List
    NXP's unbreakable BLF578XR LDMOS Power Transistor
    EME 2012 booking site open
    QRP success with OPERA
    IOTA news from OPDX
    ISS on 145.800 MHz Monday morning
    Trustee wanted for Defence of Amateur Radio Fund (DARF)
    DXCC Country/Entity Report
    History This Week
     
Sun 08 January
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    PEARS VHF Contest to inspire contacts between divisions
    Satellite demo in Palm Springs
    Canvey Radio Rally
    Amateur Radio satellites feature in Sat Magazine
    Amateur Radio Kids Day
    RL 75th Anniversary Award
    Triton-1 and Triton-2 Amateur Radio Cubesats
    Donations needed to help rebuild RAST club station
     
07 January
  ARISS contact planned with Descartes High School, France (Correction)
    Successful ARISS ham radio contact with school in Zuromin, Poland
    Successful ARISS ham radio contact in Gdansk, Poland
    PAWS - Portable All-terrain Wireless System
    iPad launched into near space
    Short Wave Listener Eric NL6777
    Propagation de K7RA
    Ham Nation Show - DIY Magic of Amateur Radio
    USA HF Spread Spectrum Experiment
    Pitcairn Island Dxpedition VP6T
     
06 January
  Doomed Mars probe photographed
    Only one-in-three pay licence fee in Poland
    Eunice Randall Thompson W1MPP - a Radio Pioneer
    Last picture from ARISSat-1?
    KEDR/ARISSat-1 SK, last call for reports
    1961 Radio Moscow LP
    Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin
    DX News from the ARRL
    CQ introduces 'Maker' column
    FUNcube at Association of Science Education Conference
    New data mode crosses Atlantic on 136Khz at the first attempt
     
05 January
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    ARISSat-1 SK
    ARISS ham radio contact planned with Descartes High School, France
    FUNcube-1 ZDNET article
    CQ Egypt Magazine
    PJ4C Bonaire DXpedition - Official Bulletin No 3
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Amateur Radio contact using TETRA
    Epsom scouts £40,000 may benefit Radio Amateurs
    Amateur Radio makes its debut on Last Man Standing
     
04 January
  G0KYA UK Propagation charts for January 2012
    Amateur radio serves as Jackson County’s backup in disasters
    Meteors from a shattered comet
    Amateur Radio Kids Day: Sunday 8 January
    Kids dial into ham radio
    Santa Barbara Hams Support Kid's Day
    43 years of 73 Magazine on web
    K9YA Telegraph
    Amateur Radio in new movie
    Constellations of Small Satellites
    New antenna mast at Hoogersmilde will be taller
     
03 January
  ARRL DXCC Diamond Award
    Congo DXpedition
    Philippine Amateur Radio League 50th anniversary special event
    Creation of AMSAT-Francophone
    FUNcube - Launch details and time frame finalised
    LED Light Bulb Interference
    Winter edition of the 5 MHz Newsletter now online
    QSO365 comes to an end
    RSGB Commonwealth Century Club Jubilee Award 2012
     
02 January
  IOTA news from OPDX
    DXCC Country/Entity Report
    Sable Island DXpedition postponed!
    NCDXF Christmas gift
    Electromagnetic Interference Page
    AMSAT-UK 80m Net on the web
    Video of Smart Phone Satellite presentation
    New DV-RPTR modem board
    ARISSat-1 altitude is rapidly decreasing
    NCDXF make major Malpelo DXpedition contribution
    History This Week
     
Sun 01 January
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Changes at ICASA
    New time for Amateur Radio TODAY's Monday transmission
    FUNcube Dongle presentation video
    Narrow Band ATV video
    Offshore radio DJ receives knighthood
    Special DX test from Costa Rica
    Digital Amateur Televison presentation video
    Amateur Radio training course oversubscribed
    Ham radio in the 21st century
    Dot-dash-diss: The gentleman hacker's 1903 lulz
    1940 - Uncle Sam's Television
    First of NASA's two Grail spacecraft enters orbit around moon
    Chicken Little Contest update

 
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