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  SARC Amateur Radio News (latest items first)

July 2009
   
04 July
  Dundee Amateur Radio Club gets Lottery grant
    IARU Region 3 ARDF Championships cancelled
    More countries get access to 7MHz frequencies
    W-HQ-S Award
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-22
    Garry Jacobs elected Alberta SM
    New RAC Vice-President Field Services
    Chinese HTs may be illegal to import into USA
    Rutherford Trophy awarded to Fred Johnson ZL2AMJ
    Nifty E-Z Guide to D-Star Operation
     
03 July
  GB100SS - Sky Sheppey 2009
    Pacific DXpedition - change in plans
    Andy's 'portable caboose' operation
    ARISS contact today with Baiting Hollow Scout Camp, Calverton, NY
    2009 Club Grant Scheme targets new projects
    DX News from the ARRL
    M1FDE Constructors Trophy
    Propagation de K7RA
     
02 July
  The 34th Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen
    Indian space programme revealed
    Field Day TV news report on YouTube
    Use of 3760 in Poland - back to normal
    Julius Genachowski sworn in as FCC Chairman
    Tony's 10-metre band report
    Original 13 Colonies Special Event now underway
    TerreStar-1 communications satellite launched
    Ofcom publishes two spectrum documents
    US Special Operations Command plans more airborne FM broadcasts
    Luxembourg Amateur Radio Society HQ station
    VK9LA QSL update
     
01 July
  National Hamfest 2009
    Ofcom - Digital Progress Report
    Contest University UK 2009 sponsored by Icom UK
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    FT5G Press Release
    Digital dividend: Clearing the 800 MHz band
    Debut of Space Weather and Propagation Podcast
    YouTube - CARS Field Day 2009
    First ever Skype call initiated via Ham Radio?
    St Brandon Island
    Nauru DXpedition update
    Ham Radio Deluxe Remote Tutorial

June 2009
   
30 June
  Special award available
    Greek IOTA Tour
    New RSGB RAYNET Forum
    Apollo 11 - Amateur Radio Moonbounce Commemoration
    Video - 'SolderSmoke a Global Adventure in Radio Electronics'
    NASA re-acquires original Moon landing footage
    EU - common charger for phones
    Ofcom to reduce fees for 54-68 MHz spectrum
    Upcoming ARISS contact with Inukjuak Space Camp, Kuujjuaq Quebec, Canada
    AmateurLogic.TV Episode 23
     
29 June
  Possible emergency use of 3760 kHz in Poland
    Alaskan satellite ops planned
    Original American Colonies will be active on satellite
    Astronaut Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA calls CQ Field Day
    80m Counties Contest
    IOTA news from OPDX
    EU - High Speed Broadband Speech
    Original 13 Colonies Special Event update - K2T
    History This Week
     
 Sunday 28 June
  Redacted FCC info on BPL interference
    A Ham Radio Weekend for Talking to the Moon
    Sport Radio in RadCom
    SA Amateur Radio Development Trust Awards recipients announced
    Frank De Winne's contact with Antwerp High School successful
    Scout amateur radio activity
    Tennessee teen ham responds to emergency and performs CPR
     
27 June
  DX News from the ARRL
    Amateur radio gear may need to meet emissions standards
    North Korean embassy using amateur radio band
    Ed Muns, W0YK, appointed to NCDXF Advisory Board
    The First Ten Thousand Miles Award
    GB70VI - Voluntary Interceptors
    Propagation de K7RA
    Fun with Amateur Radio
    G0KYA's new amateur radio blog
     
26 June
  '100 Years of Aviation' Special Event Station
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-21
    New Swedish HF SSB/CW Kit
    See the ISS in daylight!
    A Hoosier Field Day in New Mexico
    Ken Willis G8VR - SK
    KP4DXC DX Expedition
     
25 June
  ARISS contact planned for Frank de Winne with Antwerp High School
    Radio revolution will leave listeners in silence
    Tony's 10-metre band report
    Always take the weather with you
    Alexanderson Day
    The Secret Life of the Radio
     
24 June
  BATC on-line video archive - useful for club talks
    50 Cubesats to study atmosphere ?
    YouTube video of 'antique' modem in use
    BBC - DIY Gadgetry
    DAB technology 'energy-guzzling' ?
    DXCC Annual List questions
    Netherlands Special Event Station
    Brazilian IOTA and Lighthouse operations
    Ohio Section Manager Joe Phillips, K8QOE (SK)
    Australian LF band licence variations
    Faroe Islands
     
23 June
  Maritime Radio Historical Society 'Night of Nights'
    Digital Britain Report published
    VK9NI (OC-005) Norfolk Island DXpedition 2009
    New Solar Cycle 24 Sunspot Group
    ARISS contact with Berlaymont School, Waterloo was a success
    ComReg Consultation on the 2300 to 2400 MHz Band
    Astronaut passes amateur radio exam
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    FM radio used in propaganda war
    WA1ZMS trans-Atlantic beacon
    New Zealand's regulator considers 434 MHz for camera control
    AMSAT is now on Twitter
     
22 June
  IOTA news from OPDX
    RAYNET involvement in 2 Signal Brigade table-top exercise
    Field Day rules and SAT status
    Missing 275 GHz consultation responses return
    SolderSmoke 110
    Sable Island update
    Benin DXpedition
    History This Week
     
 Sunday 21 June
  ARISS contact planned with Berlaymont School, Waterloo, Belgium
    DXAnywhere
    Moonwalking with ham radio operators
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Youth Day Sprint a great success
    D-Star down-under
    U.S. amateur radio numbers up
     
20 June
  UK Government overlooks RAYNET in emergency plans
    GB1AFP
    Sell the UK callbook to members and make money for club funds
    Propagation de K7RA
    Radio Direction Finding fun happening soon
    6-meter noise floor drops as DTV replaces analogue
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-20
     
19 June
  Going Wireless
    Today's DAB radios will cope with 2015 switchover, mostly
    DX News from the ARRL
    UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st May 2009
    GB2NWA North Weald Airfield
    Minister spends £30 to plug in TV connector
    Mystery of the missing sunspots, solved?
     
18 June
  Pacific Division Vice Director steps down
    VHF and Up stream
    Glorioso Island
    Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    Radio fans tune in for bid to reach Australia - and space
    OSCAR-7 YouTube video
    Radio Scouting - GB1FBS
    Variable Speed Drives - Faraday shields please
    UK Armed Forces Day June 27
    Electric-blue clouds sweep across Europe
    Midway Island 2009
     
17 June
  IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Netherlands Special Event Station
    International Museum Weekend
    WE5I on the air on 6-meter AM
    Digital Britain Report released
    IARU HF World Championship Contest
    Endeavour's STS-127 launch scrubbed
     
16 June
  GB2OH 'Oxburgh Hall'
    Boys Brigade Founding Weekend On the Air
    Blakeney Mariner's Light
    NZART Memorial Contest
    Technical Museum Vienna - 100th anniversary
    Fun, fresh air, friends and food - it must be time for ARRL Field Day!
    The Geek Atlas helps Bletchley Park
    AMSAT-UK Colloquium bookings - two weeks to go!
    BBC says its satellite broadcasts being disrupted from Iran
    Brian G3NXJ Silent Key
    D-STAR repeaters in Japan
    UK digital switchover transmitter frequency guides
    RAC members at CITEL Ottawa meeting
     
15 June
  IRTS VHF/UHF Field Day
    7,000 km contact via AO-7 Mode B - Brazil to Belgium
    Dundalk Amateur Radio Society 40th anniversary
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Storm Chase Videos
    The Big 'French Handbook' - free to download
    RS-15 beacon on 10 metres
    CARS in Chelmsford Town Centre
    Radio magazines on the web
    Essex - Intermediate Assessments and Exam
    History This Week
     
 Sunday 14 June
  Bigger 40-metre band - at last
    BARC 40-metre band celebratory competition
    Ofcom report on its technology research
    Frank De Winne talks with Terbank School, Belgium
    AO-51 Special Event: Kid's Day June 20
    MUD - Microwave Update 2009
    Ofcom - 275-3000 GHz licence-exempt statement
    VK repeater link approved
    Don Tunstill, W4NO - SK
    Celebrating the original 13 US colonies
     
13 June
  The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-19
    Alleged spies, Morse code and shortwave radio
    New National Hamfest announced by RSGB
    Propagation de K7RA
    D-STAR growing in VK3
    Double Italian school contact with Frank De Winne successful
    VHF Stream at the RSGB Convention in October
     
12 June
  Major Pacific DXpeditions
    SP DX Club Anniversary
    Australian 4-letter suffix confusion
    Monitoring Monthly publisher set to wind-up company
    DX News from the ARRL
    GB1BSP Childrens' Street Party
    Kids Day 2009
     
11 June
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    Radio Jackie sounds better - 'believed to be a UK first'
    ARISS contact with L'Aquila will be webcast
    CQ Propagation Editor challenges revised solar cycle predictions
    Radio Wimbledon 87.7 FM
    CQWW adds new 'Xtreme' Category
    Norfolk Amateur Radio Club holds third 'Radio Active' weekend
    New radio chip mimics human ear
     
10 June
  ARISS contact with Tongfu Road School, Guangzhou, P.R. China
    M0SRA - The Simpson Amateur Radio Society
    Ham Radio Today show - Marconi
    YouTube - 10 GHz Rainscatter Communications
    Leicester Amateur Radio Show - date and venue change
    CT1HZE working 2m Es pile on June 7
    M1FDE Constructors Trophy
    The Ipswich Rally ESWR 28th June 2009
     
09 June
  Two ARISS contacts planned for astronaut Frank De Winne on Friday
    ILLW 2009
    YouTube - VK3RTV first digital DVB-T transmission across Melbourne
    Surf the web on D-Star
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    GB2CA Fermanagh D-Day Station
    YouTube - Amateur Radio WSPR 'whisper' software
    YouTube - Wormholes and Time Travel
    GB2AVF Special Event Station
    Ofcom - High Definition TV
    SOTA - amateur radio activation of Burnhope Seat
    Historic Amateur Radio Moonbounce Videos
     
08 June
  DATV VK3RTV test success
    SA's 40m band expansion - still no Gazette statement
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    IOTA news from OPDX
    SolderSmoke 109
    CG7GMT amateur radio special event
    Mobile HF NVIS Magnetic Loop Antenna
    Strange 'squid-like' lightning spotted over France
    Worker hit by lightning while working on radio tower
    History This Week
     
Sunday 07 June
  Tony Hutchison featured in the 'Extra'
    Digital amateur television tests today
    BARC Golden Jubilee Field Day
    Video of next space flight participant
    A wonderful old timer
    Amsat's Gunther Meisse, W8GSM to step down
    GB1BSP Childrens' Street Party
     
06 June
  Mike Atherton's brother arrested after fatal motorway crash
    RSGB elects a new President
    DX News from the ARRL
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-18
    29 to 24 MHz satellite transponder proposed
    Propagation de K7RA
    SEARS Castle Point Show Field Station
    Arietid meteor shower this weekend
    PLT in the EMC Journal
    Changes to ARRL VHF/UHF contest rules now in place
    Brazil includes DRM in digital radio evaluation
    Alabama to hold ARES FM simplex test
    First Expedition 20 spacewalk completed
     
05 June
  Jeff Beals, WA4AW, appointed Southeastern Division Vice Director
    Sable Island Dxpedition
    Nueva Baliza lighthouse
    Tall Ships' Races 2009
    New GB4FUN website
    Canadian circus chief to visit ISS
     
04 June
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
  Cheap flights still available from UK to Friedrichshafen
    GB65RFW - American Rangers D-Day landings
    Upcoming ARISS contact with Kawanishi Seiwadai Community Center
    Volvo Ocean Yacht Race Special Event
    New Portuguese prefix blocks
    YouTube - M0PZT Radio Shack Tour
    USS Midway Special Event Saturday/Sunday June 6/7
    First Multi-pixel Terahertz Modulator created
    Texas Governor Rick Perry proclaims Amateur Radio Week in Texas
    Draft RSGB Board and Council Minutes
    NASA gives 'go' for June 13 launch of space shuttle Endeavour
     
03 June
  Field-Day 2009 from ARVM
    BARC Golden Jubilee Field Day June 27-28
    YouTube - Single Transistor FM Transmitter
    Bentwaters Cold War Museum Open Day 2009
    NASA releases new predictions for Solar Cycle 24
    D Day special event stations
    CARS make available new Intermediate slides
    DX bulletin reader program
    Netherlands Special Event Station
     
02 June
  New Solar Cycle Prediction
    Thinking about mobile broadband? Read Ofcom's new guide before you buy
    UK callbook data now available free from Ofcom
    Astronaut Training Status
    June Ham Mag now available
    Forthcoming GPS jamming exercises
    NIAR team head for cyclone zone
    Call for nominations AMSAT Board of Directors
    Atlantis heads home
    Dayton FCC Forum audio now at ARNewsline website
    ORARC Field Day event
     
01 June
  Brazilian amateur radio assists in search for the flight AF 447
  ARISS contact planned with Mahopac Public Library, New York
    Irish Lifetime Licence regulations
    AO-51 gets ready for Field Day
    RTÉ on the brink of going bankrupt - newspaper report
    Video of Amateur Radio Satellite FM Data download
    Original 13 Colonies Independence Day Special Event
    Melbourne's VK3RTV ATV repeater going digital
    80m Counties Contest
    Ham radio team tunes into relief work
    History This Week

 
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