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May 2008
   
 
16 May
  Shelby Hamfest finds new home for next 5 years
      New release of PacTerm and PKTerm
      Malolo Lailai Island - OC-121
      DX News from the ARRL
      Ofcom awards spectrum licence to Qualcomm UK Spectrum Ltd
       
 
15 May
  SCCC plan WRTC-style competition
      New 'remote operating' reflector
      Robot - Heal Thyself !
      NoV granted for unattended EchoLink node
      Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
      Rockall(EU-189) update
      Special Olympic Callsigns
      Global Satellite Tracking
       
 
14 May
  Dayton Hamvention Live video/audio - trip starts today
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      SumbandilaSat - Engineering News article
      European Council, Strasbourg on the air
      UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 30th April 2008
      Italian Radio Amateurs gain new frequencies
      Latest from Marion Island
      French Radio Amateurs meet with regulator
      Sichuan Earthquake - Emergency Frequencies
       
 
13 May
  Antarctic Cruise and DXpedition
      Netherlands Special Event
      D-STAR in PSR Journal
      Erupting Solar Prominence
      GB5SM – Stock Mill
      French REF-Union General Assembly
      Chernobyl trip
      Geopark Week Special Event
       
 
12 May
  Rockall on the air ?
      Wythall Radio Club to start Foundation Course 27th May
      'Long Live Shortwave' available online
      Thai Telegraph service closes after 133 years
      SolderSmoke #83
      Dayton Hamvention activities
      Randy Thompson, K5ZD, named Director of CQ WPX Contests
      IOTA news from OPDX
      History This Week
       
 
11 May
  Exercise Double Barrel 3
      AMSAT Engineering Teams and Raffle at Dayton
      5th Annual Cubesat Summer Workshop
      FCC wants cell sites to have emergency power
      350 attend Emcommwest in Reno
      Scouts at Hamvention 2008
       
 
10 May
  FCC looks to raise vanity call sign fees
      Propagation de K7RA
      New DXpedition to Christmas Island, VK9
      N2Y / N2J Special Event
      FCC refuses 2 meter sub-bands for digital repeaters
      Scouts offer a National Amateur Radio School
      Ronald A. Parise, WA4SIR - SK
       
 
09 May
  QRP VHF operating from Gibraltar
      VR2S active for Hong Kong Scout Olympia
      DX News from the ARRL
      ARISS featured on Australian TV show
      FT-726 display replacement
      Isles of Scilly operation
       
 
08 May
  Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test to be conducted May 10
      GIOVE-B transmitting its first signals
      St. Barthelemy 6m DXpedition
      Bulgarian Special Event Station
      Delfi-C3 status update
      SU8AFR
      GB0WWW - Mills on the Air
      Ofcom 2012 Olympics - Summary of responses
      Glow-in-the-dark clouds sighted
      Ofcom report on future communications technology
       
 
07 May
  Send your name to the Moon aboard LRO !
      Technical info about the new Portuguese D-STAR Repeaters
      RSGB HQ Geographical Telephone Number
      Tony's 10-metre band report
      Radio Ham's sensational tape of the bank heist 'that rescued compromising pictures'
       
 
06 May
  Video of first DRM-Plus transmission
      D-STAR repeater GB7YD
      Freesat launches Tuesday 6th May
      D-STAR in Ulster
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Canadian radio amateur aboard damaged sailboat
       
 
05 May
  DxTuners in good hands
      New SolderSmoke Blog
      New Zealand Foundation licence discussed with MED
      Cork Radio Club, rally venue change
      IOTA news from OPDX
      SEEDS SSTV
      SteppIR Dream Beam
      WRAA and VMARS Weekend Activity Camp
      Portuguese Lighthouse Activity
      Hong Kong Special Event VR2008
      History This Week
       
 
04 May
  First SSTV Pictures from Amateur Radio CubeSat Seeds
 
  Amateur Radio Special Event Station K9BSA
      Seven CubeSats delivered to orbit
      SARL RTA in Durban - will you be there this Saturday?
      AO-16 down and recovered
      Antique Radio Collector's petition denied
      N5WEB buys Force 12 Antennas
       
 
03 May
  Propagation de K7RA
      New RSGB HQ up and running
      AATiS School Club activity day
      ARRL card checking at Dayton Hamvention
      VoIP Hurricane Net looking to recruit net control operators
       
 
02 May
  DX News from the ARRL
      New D-STAR Video
      Spaceship Spotting Marathon
      '4D' live model of Earth's ionosphere
      ARISS event - National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, USA, Saturday
      A.R.I. International DX Contest 2008
      Ofcom confirms O2 has now met its 3G rollout obligation
      Tazones Lighthouse activity
       
 
01 May
  Delfi-C3 status update 1 May 2008
 
  ISRO PSLV-C9 launch videos
      Tony's 10-metre band report
      AmateurLogic.TV Episode 20: Hy-Gain Factory Tour
      Practical Wireless editor sent to Coventry
      70 MHz Permits in Italy April 30th - December 31st
      Alaskan DRM experiment proposed in 5, 7 and 9 MHz bands
      Faster broadband uses up to 2.2 MHz

 
April 2008
   
 
30 April
  Delfi-C3 status update 30 April 2008
 
  Cute-1.7 update and request for reports
 
  Discovery ready for final assembly and checkout
      Timor-Leste update
      ADXO web site enhancement
      Three arrested after entering NZ satellite base
      Holt Special Event Station
       
 
29 April
  Japanese Radio Hams get additional 80 Metre frequencies
      GW1FKY flies in space
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Ten new satellites in orbit
      Microwave RF articles
      ZS8T · Marion Island
      Good signals from Delfi-C3
       
 
28 April
  Six amateur satellites launched from India
 
  Delfi-C3 Launch Information
      D-Star User Group Northern meeting
      Very Low Frequency Radio
      GB3OK and GB3LK QRT ?
      Cute-1.7 + APD II Launch Information
      SEEDS' CubeSat telemetry reports requested
      9 year-old morse enthusiast
      SolderSmoke #82
      DARC at Dayton
      History This Week
       
 
27 April
  Get ready for the 2008 hurricane season
      Gallileo Giove-B launched
      Astronaut Paolo Nespoli meets Italian students
      Hamtests.co.uk awarded RSGB Kenwood Trophy
      South African Contests
      Radio Technology in Action Symposium features an impressive array of presentations
       
 
26 April
  SDR receiver on the web
      Glorioso Island DXpedition postponed again
      James Bond creator suggested offshore radio station in North Sea - in 1940!
      ARRL to discontinue Radios On-Line listings
      Learn morse with The Ham Band
      Galileo Giove-B to launch April 27th
      Propagation de K7RA
      Court finds FCC violated Administrative Procedure Act in BPL decision
       
 
25 April
  Florida QSO Party 2008 - April 26 & 27
      DX News from the ARRL
      Digital radio problems
      International Space Station set for reboost
      D-STAR to be demonstrated at FNNQARG!
      The Shelby Hamfest dispute rumbles on
      Amateur Radio association announces reactivation
       
 
24 April
  Uploading Delfi-C3 Telemetry
      Roskilde 1658 Award Activities
      Six teams vie for satellite prize
      John Kanzius, K3TUP is inventing again
      New antennas mean signal boost for mobile phones
      PEARS go 'off road'
      Galapagos Islands DXpedition
      Ham Radio tracks the fall of Troy
       
 
23 April
  Final monthly OSCAR-11 report
      New Section Manager appointed in New Hampshire
      Land Map Radio Path Tools
      Antenna expert L. B. Cebik, W4RNL (SK)
      Lighthouse activities
      International Museum Ship Radio Event
       
 
22 April
  1 Volt QRP Transceiver
      ISS Star City School contact - 23 April
      DV Dongle - UK D-STAR Access
      70 cm and 6 metres in Australia
      Amateur Radio HF ALE is growing
      Delfi-C3 to lift-off on Monday April 28th
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      ISS astronaut's views on Open Source
       
 
21 April
  Cork Radio Club's 17th annual Amateur Radio Rally
      AMSAT-Australia and Ozsatgroup combine forces
      IRTS at the Friedrichshafen Rally
      Digital Voice Software Released
      New VERON Board
      Delfi-C3 Telemetry decoding software
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Dayton Hamvention Live video/audio
      SARL Council 2008/2009
      Amsat at the Dayton Hamvention
      USS Nautilus Special Event Station
      History This Week
       
 
20 April
  IMD at Sandford Mill Radio Museum
      Sporadic E season starting
      Six Amateur Radio satellites launch this week
      Dambusters Hamfest 4th May
      Space debris images on ESA website
       
 
19 April
  RSGB closed 18-25 April
      Expedition 16 crew lands in Kazakhstan
      Propagation de K7RA
      Grantham ARC DXpedition to Lunga Isle
      The Times DAB Article
      ARRL Diamond Terrace grows
      ARISS event - Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida
      Radio Prague - Special QSL card and competition
       
 
18 April
  SEANET Contest and Convention 2008
      On-the-air from Damascus
      EDXC Conference 2008 to be held in Vaasa, Finland - 5-7 September
      QSL manager W3HC retires
      It's no joke!
      Simple circuit to beat receiver interference
      GU - Guernsey, EU-114
      DX News from the ARRL
      VK2IMD on-air for International Marconi Day
       
 
17 April
  14th CEPT Conference taking place in Strasbourg
      New release of MULTIPSK includes JT65
      Amateur Radio operators & Coast Guards worldwide co-operate to perform Mayday rescue
      NZ releases discussion paper on Ultra Wide Band
      ARISS event - National Science Museum of Korea, Daejon, Republic of Korea
       
 
16 April
  14th EA-QRP Contest 19-20th April
      ESEO Project Update – April 2008
      French REF annual report mentions 3.4 GHz allocation
      RSGB Draft Board minutes for March
      London to Brighton Bike Ride M0NOD/M
      125 years of the Boys Brigade
      West Country to go digital next spring
       
 
15 April
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
 
  Global Simulated Emergency Test – May 3rd 2008
      Dayton Hamvention - DX Dinner
      Netherlands Antilles - contest station available for IARU
      North American Data Communications Museum
      D-Star for London
      International Lighthouse / Lightship Weekend
      Russia tests monkeys for Mars trip
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
       
 
14 April
  IRTS set to sign new deal on Theory Examinations
      Andy Hardy finds Amateur Radio
      International Amateur Radio Day
      Amateur Radio Balloon - Globosat 01 CV1LAI
      SolderSmoke #81
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Tom heads for Tristan Da Cunha
      Zapping cancer cells at 13.56 MHz featured on CBS News
      History This Week
       
 
13 April
  EmcommWest in Reno, Nevada
      Albert Lea Amateur Radio Club fundraiser
      Inaugural speech of new SARL President, Rassie Erasmus, ZS1YT
      RSGB HQ staffer in world record attempt
      AMSAT web updates highlight Dayton activities
      AO-16 Status Update
      Delfi-C3 Update
      First-round winners of the Construction Competition announced
       
 
12 April
  Propagation de K7RA
      NatGeo to use TV/Amateur frequencies for wildlife sensing
      Hamvention 2008 Award Winners
      Curfew to combat repeater abuse
      Repeater GB7WF now operational on new frequencies
      Immerse yourself in radio history
       
 
11 April
  DX News from the ARRL
      Houston AMSAT Net podcast
      RS3X active on Cosmonautics Day
      Offshore Radio movie looking for extras
      Radio sweat gland — 90 GHz
      Discovery's STS-124 mission targeted for launch May 31
      30 Meter Digital QRP Weekend April 19th & 20th
      ARISS event - Han Gwang Boys & Girls High School, Republic of Korea
      Sheffield Microwave Round Table 12-13 July 2008
      Tony's 10-metre band report
       
 
10 April
  NIAR 'Silver Jubilee' celebrations
      Well-known YL DXer 'very ill'
      EU release 3.4 billion Euros for Galileo
      Elvaston Castle Rally cancelled
      UK Interconnect Team (UK-IT) formed to support D-Star G2 Gateway software
      G3CWI's Amazing Online Flea Market
      NZART Radioscience Education Trust Grants for 2008
      DXCC news
      Agalega and St Brandon Islands
      Expedition 17 to arrive at space station Thursday
      Ofcom launch Blog along with PSB consultation
       
 
09 April
  Successful ARISS contact with Vladimir Nazor School 9A7P
      CWirc - Morse Code over the Internet
      A Cycle 24 Sunspot ?
      Radio Caroline North videos on YouTube
      VHF/UHF spectrum for APCO-P25 emergency comms in NZ
      New Zealand 3.4-3.6 GHz spectrum auction
      Dayton Amsat Forums schedule
      6Y, Jamaica - operators needed!
       
 
08 April
  The Great Northern Hamfest
      DelfiC3 update
      PowerPoints for Amateur Radio Satellite Delfi-C3
      GB0CD - Cosmonautics Day 12th April
      UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st March 2008
      EADS to buy SSTL ?
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      U.S. eyes removing some satellite components from munitions list
       
 
07 April
  EI2WTR TV Repeater
      IOTA news from OPDX
      International Marconi Day 2008
      Andy Blank, N2NT, new Director of CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest
      ERG meets CRG
      First UWB product launched in UK
      GB3KEU 5 GHz beacon now on air
      History This Week
       
 
06 April
  W&S Lowe Electronics Matlock store closes
      A fascinating radio-related event next weekend in Whitstable, Kent
      Why are we so reticent to nominate our peers for an award?
      New DVD on Amateur Radio Digital Modes
      SARL National Convention
      2-letter callsign ballot
       
 
05 April
  ARISS school contact is planned with Vladimir Nazor school at Pazin, Croatia
      Ofcom confirms plans to release 2.6 GHz spectrum bands
      RadCom editorial team strengthened
      RSGB HQ staffer in world record attempt
      Propagation de K7RA
      US ham radio population on the up
      The KØS Strange Antenna Challenge
       
 
04 April
  Special Event Station YO22NATO
      DX News from the ARRL
      Radio Fax 20th anniversary: first broadcasts online
      Ofcom publishes its Annual Plan for 2008/9
      Ham radio operators to commemorate Titanic anniversary in Branson
      ARRL DXCC Desk approves G4GIR/KH9 operation
      Boxboro 2008 call for speakers
      SNOX V 10 MHz Amateur Radio Balloon Flight
      Bletchley Park code-breakers Sunday 11:15 BBC Radio 4
       
 
03 April
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
      RSGB Train the Trainers Day at Wythall, nr Birmingham 18th May
      French special event
      ComReg Document
      Ofcom Digital Terrestrial TV statement
      Dayton Hamvention Antenna Forum
      WARD Award 2008 World Amateur Radio Day Award
       
 
02 April
  G2 D-Star Gateway Software released in the UK
      Special Event Station GB3GEO
      Amateur Radio on Al Jazeera TV
      Sable Island 6m DXpedition
      Worcester Radio Amateurs Association 2nd Annual Junk Sale
      Unusual Suspects on an unusual DXpedition
       
 
01 April
  Tuesday 1 April - 90th Anniversary of RAF formation
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Will Short Wave DRM fade away ?
      Ofcom extends probe into fixed-line mis-selling
      Amateur Radio stations in Colorado Air and Space Museum
      The Jules Verne approaches the station
      KH3, Johnston Island
      ZS8T - Marion Island
      New QSL Manager
      April 1st peak of Solar Cycle 24

 
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