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April 2016
   
Sun 10 April
  VK100ANZAC to be on air again
    Ofcom release WRC-15 report
    Ofcom consults on Broadcast TV Technical Codes
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Transmitting DATV with just a Raspberry Pi
    ISS Slow Scan TV in April
    SolderSmoke Podcast
    RAST April Meeting Report
    SARL Youth Net today
     
9 April
  TX Factor GB2RS News Podcast
    DKARS Magazine April 2016 is now ready for download
    Southeast Asia Net (SEANET) to be reactivated
    Proposals to change existing licence fees
    White space devices - licence exempt regs
    Amendments to wireless telegraphy exemption regulations
    HF Mobile Antenna System
    Propagation de K7RA
    BEAM heading for Space Station
     
8 April
  UK Space Agency: Ham radio in top 10
    GEO Symposium April 23
    RCF Exam Committee Reports
    Geostationary ham radio satellites
    LoRaWAN and The Things Network
    RADIO TALK with Steve and Gary at ML&S
    DX News from the ARRL
    Designing a universal service obligation for broadband
    ANZAC Award Certificates
     
7 April
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    Ham radio reaches where broadband can't
    Commemorative Diploma for the 90th anniversary of REP
    Essex Morse Tutor interviewed by BBC
    March RSGB Board Proceedings
    EMC Committee minutes released
    K6LCS Charity Auction
    Meteor Scatter season gets underway
    IQ4FE Special Event
     
6 April
  IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Exercise Gamma Sur April 4-7
    Ham radio comms in shadow zone polling booths
    Radiodays Europe
    D-STAR satellite to launch from Kourou
    RSGB announces new General Manager
    NASA progresses toward SpaceX resupply mission to Space Station
     
5 April
  International Radio Festival, Milan
    FEMA values Ham Radio
    ARRL establishes 'Youth Nets' web page
    Icom’s new IC-7300 in-depth
    ARISS contact on Echolink and IRLP
    Significant update and improvements to OpenHPSDR for Apache Labs Radios
    300m microwave masts for Kent
    Implosions bring down 48 surplus VOA towers
     
4 April
  IOTA News from OPDX
    DXCC Country/Entity Report
    VK0EK watch live
    The Derby High School to speak to ISS
    Emcomm - Relationships and Expectations
    Shakespeare 400 Special Event Station from Stratford-upon-Avon
    Mark Savage SK
    ICQ Podcast - Renovation Projects released
     
Sun 3 April
  Plans for 2nd Emley Moor mast unveiled
    CQ-DATV Magazine
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    SARL Autumn QRP Contest
    SARL 80m QSO Party
    GX3EFX at 1940's Family Experience Weekend
    Payment of ICASA license fees
    Essex Morse Classes
    Ham radio club is still making waves after 50 years
    Foundation Licence course in Melbourne – closes very soon
     
2 April
  CANWARN 2016 Spring Training Schedule
    Braintree and DARS celebrate their 40th anniversary with special Icom themed event
    ISWL Callsigns for April 2016
    TX Factor GB2RS News Podcast
    HamRadioNow: Digital Voice Progress 2016
    Propagation de K7RA
    New radio antenna avoids unwanted signals
    Smartphone Cities
    Get into portable amateur radio activity
    K1JT is Amateur of the Year
     
1 April
  700 MHz TV clearance
    Get the local low-down on mobile and broadband
    IRTS AGM 2016
    Ofcom and RSGB meeting
    DX News from the ARRL

March 2016
   
31 March
  UK ham radio survey results
    JSatTrak Satellite App
    Radio ham on MasterChef
    Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    Ofcom 2016/17 Annual Plan
    New product - SSB/CW Filter Modules
    Kogan to keep iconic Australian retailer Dick Smith alive
    Chelmsford Talk: The Birth of British Broadcasting
     
30 March
  Caroline North to return in April from the MV Ross Revenge
    Belarus to close AM stations
    GB3VHF beacon falls victim to storm Katie
    Swedish Ham Radio promotional video
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    ARISS school contact at H.A.L. School, Lucknow, India
    UK radio hams get ready for SAGHOTA
    SARL Hall of Fame
    40 students learn about amateur radio and satellites
     
29 March
  Propagation de K7RA
    DXCC deletion of Kingman Reef
    Juan De Nova DXpedition news
    Rishworth School Space Program
    ARRL tells FCC to restore balance of modes on 80 and 75 meters
    The first wireless hack
    Our Sun could also be a superflare Star
     
28 March
  TX Factor GB2RS News Podcast
    Garry Shandling ex-KD6OY SK
    RSGB hiring staff
    Project Lexicon achieves yet another milestone
    2 Metres Counties Contest
    Election Commission seeks support from Radio Hams
    Beaches On The Air
    Dayton Contest University - 10th anniversary
    IOTA Dinner at Visalia International DX Convention
    Ham College 15
     
Sun 27 March
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Western Cape social event
    SA AMSAT gets a new name
    New DVB-S/S2 Receiver Design Concept
    High school students building satellite
    Amateur radio satellites on Public Radio
    UK to host YOTA 2017
    Building a magnetic loop antenna and broadband amplifier for your SDR
    Heard Island DXpedition live on W5KUB
     
26 March
  DXCC Country/Entity Report
    IOTA News from OPDX
    A UK first?
    IARU-R1 Vienna Meeting - Final Call for Comments
    FUNcube transponder on EO-79 active
    Ofcom statement on regs for controlling interference
    BBC micro:bit Morse code network
    Dispute over ham radio antenna in Canterbury
    Reverse engineering a 434 MHz car key fob
    ARRL HF Band Planning Committee seeks suggestions on IARU Region 2 HF Band Plan
    Russian space station cargo ship launch, docking to air on NASA TV
     
25 March
  Bring Them Back project
    First WebSDR in the Indian subcontinent
    Ham radio club explores communications
    Recalling the dawn of amateur radio
    Radio ham Holly Bevan celebrates 100th birthday
    Rash sufferer blames phone mast
    UK Home Broadband Performance report
    Radio ham's ebooks free on Amazon
    Olivier ON4EI's family escape Brussels airport bombings
    DX News from the ARRL
     
24 March
  Solidarity with Belgium - our thoughts are with you
    Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    IC-7300 announcement
    Regulations for applications for wireless telegraphy licences
    Radio Ham's RF Design Workshop
    Essex Skills Night Report
    DCC Call for Papers
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    More radio spectrum for the Internet of Things
    SBE urges FCC to improve medium-wave noise environment
     
23 March
  UK student balloon flies around the world
    Oman HST Championship cancelled
    434 MHz balloon on BBC TV
    VK0EK Heard Island DXpedition news
    NASA sends fire, meteor experiments to ISS on commercial cargo spacecraft
     
22 March
  UC Berkeley trains, tests hundreds of new hams
    Special call PI35ETL
    Radio Caroline - 36 years ago
    Man in trouble for cellphone jammer on public train
    Isle of Muck operation
    2016 QRP Day - June 17
    ARRL introduces 3 new e-books for radio amateurs
    KiwiSDR: BeagleBone Software-defined Radio (SDR) with GPS
     
21 March
  IOTA News from OPDX
    DXCC Country/Entity Report
    Juan De Nova DXpedition news
    Kanton Island 2017 DXpedition
    ICQPODCAST Episode 207- Icom IC-2730 Review released
    Caroline North at Easter
    IRTS Counties Contest
    Tipperary Amateur Radio Group
    New UK Amateur Radio FREE Ads site
    UK to sell 750 MHz of radio spectrum
     
Sun 20 March
  SARL Hall of Fame voting open
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    CARS partners with RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory!
    UKESF-RCF partnership
    Skills Night Monday Mar 21
    Ham Radio saves lives
    On the shoulders of giants
     
19 March
  Radio ham celebrates 50 years of marriage
    Vintage TV report on VI6VIP
    GB75ACO 75YRS ATC
    TX Factor GB2RS News Podcast
    Licence exempt use of mobile repeater devices
    The first IC 7300 arrives at Europe's Hamstore
    NASA TV coverage of fifth Orbital ATK resupply mission to Space Station
     
18 March
  HST Competition in Italy
    Major announcement
    Special amateur radio QSL from OE16M, Austria
    DX News from the ARRL
    Otley school to talk to ISS
    UK student balloon crosses Pacific
    100 years old!
    Green comet approaches Earth
     
17 March
  Ofcom study on mobile pricing
    From SWL to virtual ham radio
    Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    HamRadioNow at Charlotte Hamfest
    ARRL is now on Instagram!
    Portuguese DXpedition to Morocco
    IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    New RAC Director for Quebec
     
16 March
  'Princess' Joan of Sealand independent state dies at 86
    Schenectady Shortwave Transmitters, 1941
    UBSEDS14 flying across Pacific
    British Science Week: GX0MWT Chelmsford
    Heard Island DXpedition news
    Fiji operation
     
15 March
  Norfolk Amateur Radio Club puts on two displays for Science Week
    Millions of TV sets may become obsolete - clarification
    Listening for the ISS with Raspberry Pi 3 and SoDeRa
    TX Factor GB2RS News Podcast
    DKARS Magazine March 2016 is now ready for download
    7th grade science class discovers ham radio
    The Ham Radio operators preparing for the worst
     
14 March
  IOTA News from OPDX
    DXCC Country/Entity Report
    Ham Radio History: King Hussein JY1
    AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at Dayton Hamvention
    Stuart Sizer: Heathkit designer, dad, and 'bon vivant'
    BBC interview well known DXer
    AmateurLogic 88: March Madness
    IRTS AGM 2016
    Juan de Nova 2016 DXpedition
     
Sun 13 March
  Ofcom to accelerate 700 MHz clearance
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Millions of TV sets may become obsolete
    MEMNET now even more user friendly
    AM and CW on Anzac Day
    ARISS celebrates school contact #1000!
     
12 March
  Propagation de K7RA
    ARRL urges FCC not to impose overbroad notification requirement to operate on 2200 and 630m
    Tim Peake talks about Amateur Radio on the ISS
    MacLoggerDX Version 6.01 released
    IARUMS newsletter now available
     
11 March
  Introduction to the Icom IC-7300 HF/50/70MHz Transceiver
    DX News from the ARRL
    Ham Radio at Science and Space Festival
    Ham radio exam syllabus revision underway
    Ham radio newsletter celebrates 600th issue
    Additional spectrum for PMSE
    New radio hams active in Kathmandu
    Dover Radio Rally
     
10 March
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    Pave PAWS BMEWS radar upgrade
    The World of Low Power (QRP) Operation
    Family Training and Events
    IC-7300 video
    Historic site to welcome ham radio operators
    G0KSC wins another RSGB Award
     
9 March
  Icom IC-7300 UK launch
    WRTH
    DARC provide teacher training
    Radio Hams supporting Disaster Communications from Space
    434 MHz balloon flies over North Africa
    Permission granted for Indian Repeater
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    National Hurricane Conference Amateur Radio sessions to be live streamed
     
8 March
  Grantham ARC Radio and Electronics Rally
    Mighty KBC announcement
    Live Ham Show
    Teensy 3.1 controlled VFO
    Essex Intermediate Ham Radio Course
    ARISS countdown to 1000th contact
    Internet Hall of Famer Ray Tomlinson has died
    ARISS contact with Atlanta Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
    Video of Tim Peake and Powys Combined Schools contact
     
7 March
  ARISS contact planned for schools in Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic
    ARISS contact on Echolink
    Ham radio STMSat-1 CubeSat on CBS
    HamRadioNow on Ham Talk Live!
    K for Kernow - St Piran's Day
    Spy stations on short wave radio
    Trans Canada POW WOW Club
    UBSEDS14 balloon launches today
    ICQPODCAST - Shack Project released
    Advanced exam announcement at RAST AGM
     
Sun 6 March
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    SARL Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
    Project Lexicon
    Students introduced to ham radio
    Belgium gets WRC15 5 MHz allocation and 4m extension
    'Tuning In' a history of radio
    Tim Peake ham radio contact with Powys schools
    Sage advice for the new radio ham
    Remote controlled short-wave receiver
     
5 March
  The Early Days of MFJ
    IOTA News from OPDX
    DXCC Country/Entity Report
    Radio ham licensed for 75 years
    Grand Prix temporary VHF/UHF channel use
    Propagation de K7RA
    TX Factor GB2RS News Podcast
    Spectrum Licensing moves to Warrington
    Ham Radio Award for International Women's Day
    RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now includes coverage maps!
     
4 March
  A ham’s ham – Doug McArthur VK3UM SK
    EMF 2016 tickets on sale Sunday
    Western Sahara in CQ World-Wide
    AMRED magazines available for download
    DX News from the ARRL
    February RSGB Board Proceedings
    Centenary of Alan Turing's birth
    Video of Tim Peake and Norwich School contact
     
3 March
  Notice of Interruption MSF 60 kHz Time and Frequency Signal
    Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    Ham College 14
    UKSEDS feature Surrey EARS
    Essex school tunes-in to ISS
    School SSTV CubeSat to deploy from ISS
    Indian Ocean Hamfest
    Juan de Nova DXpedition
     
2 March
  ARISS contact planned for school in Mid Wales, UK
    New Icom UK website Dedicated to Everything in Two-Way Radio
    Small-scale DAB trial extension
    UK Space Spectrum Strategy Consultation
    Hamming it up on Space Station
    IOTA News from OPDX
    DXCC Country/Entity Report
     
1 March
  ARISS contact with National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA), Syosset, New York
    TARG Intermediate success
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Live ham webcast
    Radio Waves now available
    Spherical camera photographs the edge of space
    Amateur Radio is alive and well!
    Installing Mobile Radio
 
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