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December 2005 |
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31 December |
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An ICOM exclusive!
Interviews with Indian Hams |
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Deutsche
Welle back on mediumwave in Moscow |
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S.Asia Pacific
Jamboree E25AJ on the Air now + Echolink |
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30 December |
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ARISS Event
- STS Escola De Aviaca Civil |
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NASA to
honour Katrina heroes |
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ARDF
World Championships in Bulgaria |
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AMC-23 satellite successfully
launched from Baikonur |
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Indian minister
calls for improved AIR signal in border areas |
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XM Satellite
Radio to broadcast in 5.1 Surround Sound |
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That’s
an Operating System and Satellite |
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DX news from
the ARRL |
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29 December |
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First Galileo
satellite on orbit to demonstrate key technologies |
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ARRL Cautiously
Optimistic about Texas BPL Deployment Announcement |
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Turkcell, Nokia
and HP collaborate for 'Visual Radio' |
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ARISS Event
- 25th Asia Pacific Scout Jamboree |
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Asia Pacific
Regional Jamboree |
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AO-51 Dec Schedule
Change / Jan Schedule |
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28 December |
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It's here, the new
Icom IC-7000! |
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My QSO
with an Astronaut |
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Galileo Successfully
Launched |
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Battle
of Blaauwberg Special Event Station |
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Florida
toughens law on pirate radio |
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WIA proposes
new 40m broadcast segment |
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'No Hunting'
posted on 2-metres |
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27 December |
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Rob
Mannion's 'Topical Talk' |
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Message
from South African Radio League President Graham Hartlett ZS6GJH |
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Irish Amateur
Radio Theory Examination |
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Indian government
shortlists 70 companies for FM radio expansion |
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26 December |
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UK radio amateurs
get new bandplan in 2006 |
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Irish
80 metre Counties Contest |
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Happy New
Year 2006 QSO Party |
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ComReg
Consultation Paper |
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Hunt is on
for 'home' of Australian tv |
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Time
service announcement |
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Stand by, we're
about to have a longer year |
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Massive
BPL installation planned in Texas |
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25 December |
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Russians
request ISS crossband repeater activation |
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IARU
seeks input on an Emergency Communications Handbook |
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Austrian
measurements confirm that BPL causes HF interference |
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Rob Mannion's
'Keylines' |
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Taiwan launches move
to digital TV |
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AO-51 Digipeater
function enabled |
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New object
identified near SSETI |
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Local school
designs Icom’s Christmas cards |
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Amsat Eagle Fundraising
Appeal |
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24 December |
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The Apollo
8 Christmas Eve Broadcast |
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Progress with
gifts, equipment and supplies docks at space station |
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Propagation
Forecast Bulletin From Tad Cook, K7RA |
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DRM radio in The Times |
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BPL battle
continues in Tasmania |
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Space
Patrol - A Christmas Day and Boxing Day operating event |
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23 December |
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DTI consultation
on fixed penalty fines for Wireless Telegraphy Act offences |
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NCube-2 |
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Notice of variation to amateur
radio licences |
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DX news from
the ARRL |
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New guide
on lightning protection available for downloading |
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Talk by Radio
Caroline Engineer |
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Possible
Ncube-2 deployment - Update |
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22 December |
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Canadian
Amateurs to lose 220 - 222 MHz |
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Gift-bearing
Progress launches toward Space Station |
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Ofcom Statement
on DAB - Medium Wave DRM switchover in prospect? |
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'NasaCast' provides
audio and video for the portable digital age |
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Knysna Town
gets repeater coverage |
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Russians
sponsor Space Patrol, a holiday operating event |
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21 December |
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Radio
Amateurs invited to participate in a Russian Special Event |
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HAMSAT (VO-52)
to switch back to Indian amateur radio transponder |
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Ofcom
public meetings 2006 |
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Live on
Echolink ISS school QSO 21st dec 1634 utc |
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20 December |
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DominoEX - New Mode
Announcement! |
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Response
to Virginia BPL Interference Complaints an 'Illusion' of Resolution, ARRL
Says |
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ITV News Channel
to close on Friday 23 December |
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New
CARS Foundation Course |
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Ofcom consults
on additional funding sources for commercial television |
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Recent meetings
on transponder and IHU for Phase 3E and Eagle |
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Nasa sets sights
on first Pluto mission |
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19 December |
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Irish radio amateurs
to get 'licence for life' |
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Long Distance
ATV |
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It's a Convoy!
2005 Holiday Toy Drive Trucks Hit the Highway |
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Amateur
radio payload on new South African satellite approved |
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ARISS Event
- Carman Park Elementary |
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Review of Spectrum Allocations
for Studio to Transmitter Links |
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G4RGA's Rally Guide |
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18 December |
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PCSAT-1
enters eclipse cycle |
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Amateur
station hears MRO at 45 million miles |
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Listen for
N5AFV aboard a cruise ship |
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Amateur
radio station in World Heritage site |
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January 2006
- Amsat Kid's Day on AO-51 |
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Famous Saudi
club closes |
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17 December |
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Radio pioneer remembered |
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New
radio magazine Monitoring Monthly hitting the streets soon |
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OSCAR-11 report |
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ISS commander shooting
for WAC, WAC and maybe DXCC from space |
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Holiday Toy Drive
trucks hit the highway |
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ARES emergency
teams respond to Missouri dam break |
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Propagation
de K7RA |
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16 December |
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Shortwave Magazine
- Court Case Outcome |
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Ofcom and ComReg
propose co-ordinated spectrum awards in Ireland |
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Peter
I DXpedition - Status Report and Summary |
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New Band Plan available
as PDF download |
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Progress to Sub
for Santa at Space Station |
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DX News from
the ARRL |
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15 December |
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Amateur Radio 'Polar
Bears' plan Full Moon expedition |
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The end of DAB radio
in Sweden |
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ARRL begin D-Star experiments |
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Times to talk with
Space Station crew on 2m |
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Meteosat Second
Generation-2: watch the launch live |
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Have you gotten SMART? |
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14 December |
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ARISS Event
- Mt Carmel High School |
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Hacker knocks
Kremlin's new TV channel off the air |
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New UK radio
listeners magazine to be called Monitoring Monthly |
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Shift of Magnetic
Pole may change Radio Propagation |
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Australian
Foundation Licence progress |
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13 December |
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Ireland
80 metre Counties Contest |
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RSGB committee
chairman vacancies |
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Irish media
regulator advertises new FM licences |
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ARRL Web site offers
Winlink 2000 page |
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Young radio amateurs
required to run weekly youth net |
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Hole in ozone layer
over Antarctica smaller than last year |
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12 December |
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Attempt to make 500 kc
an International Memorial Frequency |
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EI Call Listings |
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ComReg Consultation
Paper |
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New award for summit
activators |
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11 December |
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AMSAT
President's Letter for December 2005 |
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Change to
Hamnet emergency frequencies |
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Is Amateur
Radio in Australia at the cross-roads? |
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International
organization to publish peacebuilding guide for youth radio |
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First aid organisation
needs radio amateurs |
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Mountain Goat
winner |
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Contest
News |
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10 December |
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Jack
Gerritsen - the ex KG6IRO - found guilty of interfering with government
frequencies |
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Jack Gerritsen
KG6IRO found guilty on all 6 federal counts!! |
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Automatic
control privileges suspended |
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Greetings from
Earth: Postcards to the Orbital Outpost |
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09 December |
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Advanced
Course Length |
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GB2RS Newsreader
awarded RSGB Scottish trophy |
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65.9% of UK
households now watching digital television |
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Special
Event Station LR5ØU |
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Polish Radio recalls
founding fathers of broadcasting |
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New 'Colchester
Challenge' award scheme |
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SA
Amateur Radio Construction Competition 2006 |
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Founding
of the Polish QSL Bureau - SP8ØQSL |
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Mosquito - the electronic
'yob scatterer' |
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08 December |
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Ken Mackintosh
- Band Leader and Radio Amateur |
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ITV Local - Amateur
Radio publicity opportunity? |
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ISS (Space
Station) ham radio information website |
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Ofcom advertises
new FM commercial radio licence for Kingston-upon-Hull |
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Reform of Ships'
Radio Licensing |
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Ofcom
- Maritime Licence for Life Announcement |
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07 December |
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The versatile
Superdrug £2.99 10-band Short Wave Radio Receiver |
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President opens
new school Amateur Radio club |
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Barrle of Verdun
Special Event Station |
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NTL deal
puts Radio Caroline into 100,000 Irish homes |
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ITV to buy
Friends Reunited for £120 million |
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2006 to be Amateur
Radio Youth Year |
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SMART introductory
sessions go nationwide |
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Philippines
Amateur Radio Association anniversary |
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06 December |
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ARISS Event
- Sanderson High School |
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A message
from QRP-Canada and The Phantom Benefactor |
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Hawthorne
Brook Middle School contacts NA1SS |
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Spectrum
Audit Report released |
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Ofcom
publishes its review of cross-promotion rules |
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Ofcom
Press Release on Spectrum Audit Report |
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05 December |
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Morse Code made
easy |
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NZART membership
promotion gets results |
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Handi Ham
reader N1BLF retiring |
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Tony's
ten-metre band report |
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PCSAT1
and PCSAT2 two-hop operations |
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ISS active
on casual contacts |
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Libya
accused of jamming western satellite services |
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First Polish ham radio
DX contact - SPØTPAX |
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04 December |
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Spaceflight
sets the stage for a story by Sir Paul |
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Amsat Straight
Key Night on OSCAR 2006 |
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Mystery of
two 40-metre interference cases closer to being solved |
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New Irish Raynet
group |
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On the BPL Battlefield |
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Amateur Radio stars
in an unusual rescue |
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03 December |
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FCC
Affirms $42,000 in Fines in Radio Jamming Case |
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'Ham radio operators
not needed' says Massachusetts Governor |
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Glenn Baxter -
the former K1MAN - asked to apologise for racial slurs |
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Propagation
de Tad Cook K7RA |
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International
Space Station status report |
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02 December |
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Bill McArthur
really HAMMING it up! |
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Irish 4-metre and
6-metre nets |
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The ARRL's DX
news |
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UK Amateur Radio
Licences as at 30th November 2005 |
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Mega ham
radio fleamarket in Pretoria |
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Sony Europe
to stop selling analogue-only TV sets |
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IMPRESS project:
first in-flight results onboard Texus sounding rocket |
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01 December |
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BC to Quebec transmission
of low power 2200m digital signals confirmed |
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BCDX Net celebrates
17th anniversary |
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Ham radio operators
play key role |
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Turbo Codes |
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Eyeball R1 |
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Thai novice
amateur radio examinations |
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2005 Holiday
Toy Drive on a Roll! |
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Australian school
looking to start new amateur radio net |
