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      SARC News (latest items first)

 
March 2005
   
 
31 March
  Indian amateur satellite due for launch
 
31 March
  Digital television UK household penetration reaches just under 60%
 
31 March
  Some good news about BPL
 
31 March
  FCC licensees outside Region 2 to gain early access to 7100-7200 Khz
 
31 March
  FCC to update third-party traffic list to include all UK stations
 
31 March
  Analogue TV switch-off begins
 
31 March
  Nokia expands mobile phone production in Reynosa, Mexico
       
 
30 March
  ARRL at National Severe Weather Workshop
 
30 March
  The Kerguelen Island, FT5XO DXpedition
 
30 March
  WARNING: This Is Not Your Parents' Phone!
 
30 March
  VHF AM Yahoo Group formed
 
30 March
  DXCC Desk approves operations for DXCC credit
 
30 March
  Washington ham nominated to National Inventors Hall of Fame
 
30 March
  You must respond in detail
       
 
29 March
  Echo Telemetry Data Online
 
29 March
  ElectRelease
 
29 March
  Radio Amateur Society of Thailand - next meeting
 
29 March
  Mid-Herts Raynet receives Lottery funding
 
29 March
  Beryllium and You
 
29 March
  FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau chief stepping down
 
29 March
  DNA evidence sought in missing hams case
 
29 March
  Rotating Post Codes contest
       
 
28 March
  FCC Cognitive Radios - AMSAT Comments
 
28 March
  Echo Operating Schedule for April
 
28 March
  Spring, Satellites and Spaghetti
 
28 March
  Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day
 
28 March
  British Special Olympics needs Raynet operators
 
28 March
  Radio amateur tapped to head NASA
 
28 March
  UK ham cries foul in arrest
       
 
27 March
  Australian youngsters quiz ISS Commander via amateur radio
 
27 March
  Good news for DXers from 5Z4 land
 
27 March
  Back to the future - countdown to Shuttle return to flight
 
27 March
  Series of important ITU meetings coming up
 
27 March
  SARL and SA AMSAT to join forces at PLC conference
 
27 March
  SETI and Amateur Radio
       
 
26 March
  BPL inherently flawed, League CEO tells Broadband Alternatives conference
 
26 March
  Communications check on the Glasgow subway
 
26 March
  RSGB's Friday meeting with Ofcom
 
26 March
  Let's go clubbing
 
26 March
  Submit Your News Story
       
 
25 March
  International Seminar on Amateur Radio in Disaster Management & Information Technology
 
25 March
  Largest-ever mass casualty exercise will put amateur radio under scrutiny
 
25 March
  High-level discussions on the future of UK licensing
 
   
 
24 March
  FCC tells Vermont ham that fine is next step
 
24 March
  NASA briefings
 
24 March
  SARL VHF/UHF Contest
 
24 March
  Foundation Licence course
 
24 March
  The case of the disappearing 2-ways
 
24 March
  Open-house at JPL
 
24 March
  Hi-res Palomar Mountain web cam running
       
 
23 March
  DXCC Honor Roll list deadline just ahead
 
23 March
  TalkToAliens.com unveils 'E-Mail to Aliens'
 
23 March
  CQ DX Field Award
 
23 March
  League seeks Texas BPL pilot shutdown
 
23 March
  Win with Andy
 
23 March
  More donations for the SARL IARU fund
 
23 March
  Intermediate Licence Course
       
 
22 March
  Future of Amateur Radio Licensing - This is important. Please read.
 
22 March
  WELCOME TO SARC-LAND
 
22 March
  Chelmsford Club reponds to Ofcom consultations
 
22 March
  Investigation finds no evidence of misuse of telephone number database
 
22 March
  Ambient and FCC failing to address New York BPL complaints, ARRL charges
 
22 March
  Operation Plunder
 
22 March
  4 charged with murder of ham couple
       
 
21 March
  The Great XTAL Swap Page
 
21 March
  AMSAT KEPS distribution approved by AFSPC
 
21 March
  Essex Foundation Licence courses
 
21 March
  Scavenger hunt will help radio operators prepare for terror drill
 
21 March
  BBC Radio Essex visits the Chelmsford Club
 
21 March
  Special prefixes for Norway
       
 
20 March
  Amateur radio is 'poster child' of homeland security grantees' gathering
 
20 March
  CDXC's Kenwood Trophy won by G3XTT
 
20 March
  Complaints about 7P8 callsigns
 
20 March
  Fox on the run
 
20 March
  Students' space questions via ham radio show strong science slant
 
20 March
  More news of 2006 World Radiosport Team Championship in Brazil
 
20 March
  Register now for AMSATCON 2005
       
 
19 March
  VU2RBI to receive special award for tsunami relief work
 
19 March
  UK couple in South African car crash deaths
 
19 March
  eMarketing code registered by the ACA
 
19 March
  Memorable day for Mt. Gambia students
 
19 March
  President taps Kevin J. Martin to head FCC
       
 
18 March
  Authors wanted
 
18 March
  Ofcom and ICSTIS publish new research on 118 Directory Enquiries market
 
18 March
  Henry Radio quits HF power amp business
 
18 March
  South Wales Police launch the UK's first 'virtual' police station
 
18 March
  Micro-controllers - Interrupts and Timers
 
18 March
  Expedition 11 will put two hams aboard the ISS
       
 
17 March
  Jack Gerritsen case rumbles-on
 
17 March
  ISS Commander addresses litter and Space Station 'tilt' in ham contact
 
17 March
  It's time to start work on the 2006 Call book
 
17 March
  CQ WW WPX Phone Contest
 
17 March
  Radio Technology in Action open day
 
17 March
  Peter Lake, ZL2AZ, is new IARU Region 3 Director
 
17 March
  News from the Queensland Digital Group
       
 
16 March
  ROAR - Rotarians of Amateur Radio
 
16 March
  New TrustedQSL software released for Logbook of the World
 
16 March
  Sunday 40 metre activity
 
16 March
  RSGB QSL Bureau News
 
16 March
  New measures from BT will help protect customers from internet dialler problems
 
16 March
  Inmarsat Launch 3G Satellite
       
 
15 March
  Test equipment demonstration event
 
15 March
  ISS live on Echolink
 
15 March
  New QST column aims to take the mystery out of modern ham gear
 
15 March
  Sutton Colfield Raynet request for assistance
 
15 March
  They're looking at amateur radio masts and antennas - yet again
 
15 March
  Brisbane VHF Group's 'Antenna Day'
 
15 March
  EI Activity Day
 
15 March
  G4RGA's Rally List
       
 
14 March
  Oscar-11 celebrates 25 years in space
 
14 March
  Icom UK offers opportunity to link to its Internet Site
 
14 March
  ICASA will not handle upgrade requests
 
14 March
  Norwegian club stations gain access to 5MHz frequencies
 
14 March
  More frequency changes for Amateur Radio Mirror International
 
14 March
  ARRL National Convention in Dayton to feature forums, faces and fun
       
 
13 March
  Ofcom radio reform degrades maritime safety
 
13 March
  Major commercial BPL trial in Hobart
 
13 March
  ARRL's CEO says BPL court appeal 'probable'
 
13 March
  Raynet meets Cabinet Office representatives
 
13 March
  World Amateur Radio Day 2005 Award announced
       
 
12 March
  25 years and IT's still going!
       
 
11 March
  Soyuz a smoother ride than shuttle, astronaut tells students
 
11 March
  ARRL offering free basic electronics presentation
 
11 March
  DXCC Desk approves operation for DXCC credit
 
11 March
  DRM votes to extend its system to 120 MHz
 
11 March
  Frequency change for Amateur Radio Mirror International
       
 
10 March
  GMDX Convention - 23 April
 
10 March
  2m and 70cm Repeater DXCC
 
10 March
  Dayton Hamvention founder SK
 
10 March
  FCC NPRM seems likely soon
 
10 March
  You can't sell that radio on CB
 
10 March
  Progress in resolving 'Perfect Fit' interference
 
10 March
  Ham vs Spy (radio)
       
 
09 March
  Changes to Spanish radio regulations
 
09 March
  FCC turns-up the heat on Best Wok
 
09 March
  Police have suspect in 'missing hams' case
 
09 March
  Sony selects RadioScape's Digital Radio Module
 
09 March
  2005 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting
 
09 March
  DRM testing in Mexico to expand into commercial radio
 
09 March
  Hams worldwide are using ARISS packet via the International Space Station
       
 
08 March
  New CubeSat information Website
 
08 March
  Radio France to unveil its forthcoming Digital Distribution Network
 
08 March
  New Director of 10-10 International
 
08 March
  IABM's Tom McGann Training Bursary Award sponsors broadcast training for engineers
 
08 March
  Microwave Update 2005
 
08 March
  BT retail to launch 8Mbps trial
 
08 March
  Mobile TV pilot begins in Finland
       
 
07 March
  FCC denies Jack Gerritsen 'petition'
 
07 March
  Indian Government to promote amateur radio
 
07 March
  Want to build a mixer/controller?
 
07 March
  Amateur radio programs for Linux
 
07 March
  Eastern to southern Cape link operational
       
 
06 March
  RSGB discusses 70cm licensing with MoD officials
 
06 March
  RSGB Commonwealth Contest - 12/13 March
 
06 March
  Possible disruption to RSGB E-mail services
 
06 March
  Ham Radio Demonstration programme at Bhimtal
 
06 March
  UK Packet Radio Conference - 7 May
 
06 March
  CARS Advanced exam and Intermediate Evening Course sessions
       
 
04 March
  Dayanidhi Maran praises the yeoman service rendered by the unsung ham operators
 
04 March
  AMSAT-UK Colloquium Call for Papers
 
04 March
  Packet radio in Queensland not yet dead
 
04 March
  AMSAT upgrading member database
       
 
03 March
  AO-51 Schedule Update
 
03 March
  Braintree Amateur Radio Club meeting
 
03 March
  AMSAT awards issued
 
03 March
  Another very successful NSW Central Coast Field Day
 
03 March
  RSGB QSL Bureau News
       
 
02 March
  2m hand portable saves Alaskan hiker
 
02 March
  Jack Gerritsen, ex-KG6IRO, responds to NALs
 
02 March
  VU2RBI named Sandy Lynch Award winner
       
 
01 March
  Callout for north Anglia Raynet
 
01 March
  A small boost for the SARL IARU fund
 
01 March
  BPL test sites to be deployed in San Diego county
 
01 March
  SOE agents talk at Station X
 
01 March
  Peter I DXpedition contributors

 
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