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      SARC News (latest items first)

 
October 2005
   
 
31 October
  Portions of Handbook on Emergency Telecommunications now available
 
31 October
  London Local Radio DRM Tests on 26080 kHz
 
31 October
  IC-E90 - an important feature for the blind
 
31 October
  Limerick Radio Club
 
31 October
  Spectrum management plans for Radio Astronomers
 
31 October
  Annual Remembrance Day service
 
31 October
  Amateur Radio volunteers fill communication gap
       
 
30 October
  Russian Amateur Radio payload on same launch as SSETI Express
 
30 October
  New Eagle project information
 
30 October
  Chelmsford Training Slides
 
30 October
  Future of amateur radio poll
 
30 October
  Special President's Net
 
30 October
  Amateur Radio - an inclusive hobby
 
30 October
  IP address change for GB7TUT
 
30 October
  G4RGA's Rally Guide
       
 
29 October
  UWE-1 Team needs help!
 
29 October
  London 26 MHz DRM tests
 
29 October
  International Space Station voice contact
 
29 October
  SSETI Express report from G3VZV - now back in England
 
29 October
  Poundshop receiver, 2m narrowband FM?
 
29 October
  Last chance to hear GB50RS
 
29 October
  ARRL Holiday Toy Drive gets into gear
 
29 October
  Cisco announces total interoperability radio interconnect
       
 
28 October
  Download the SSETI Express Launch Video
 
28 October
  SSETI Express - Cubesat XI-V a success!
 
28 October
  Question from XI-V team
 
28 October
  SSETI Express Pass Times for Friday + Cubesat Frequencies
 
28 October
  UA1AVA 14 MHz QRP Beacon
 
28 October
  Sideband switch for QRP group
       
 
27 October
  Modify Poundshop FM Radios for 7 Mhz CW/SSB
 
27 October
  MORI report on amateur radio licensing
 
27 October
  Fixed-line mis-selling investigation
 
27 October
  Hutt River Province IARU membership bid fails
 
27 October
  Your fence is interfering with Amateur Radio
       
 
26 October
  SSETI Express Update 25th October
 
26 October
  XI-V satellite launch - Request for reports
 
26 October
  Deadline is October 31 to file comments in FCC 'Morse code' proceeding
 
26 October
  BT undertakings - first implementation report
 
26 October
  New ARRL petition seeks to resolve BPL standoff
 
26 October
  Some Amateur Radio activity reported in earthquake's aftermath
 
26 October
  Nominations invited for SARL awards
 
26 October
  ARISS Event Notice - Kawachi, Japan
       
 
25 October
  SSETI Express - update
 
25 October
  Radio Amateurs of Canada's president and board pledge support to ARES
 
25 October
  Research shows BPL and PLC face significant obstacles to success
 
25 October
  QRP 1 watt on AO-51 successfully
 
25 October
  Irish Amateur Radio Theory Examination
 
25 October
  Watch the SSETI Express launch
 
25 October
  SARL HF Field Day
 
25 October
  NASA marks 5 years on the International Space Station
       
 
24 October
  SERACC amateur radio software for SSETI Express just released!
 
24 October
  CARS help train electronic engineering apprentices
 
24 October
  Autumn ITU meetings studying HF allocations completed
 
24 October
  Amanda Gray VK4FRST is FiRST
 
24 October
  'Nothing' seems to work just fine
 
24 October
  New licence grades herald a new era for Australian amateur radio
       
 
23 October
  Amateur Radio Digital Voice - WinDRM 21-Oct-05 release
 
23 October
  Super Gain NVIS Antenna
 
23 October
  NASA Night – September 27th 2005
 
23 October
  Vacancy for Limpopo Province Hamnet Director
 
23 October
  Jamboree on the Air Satellite Success
 
23 October
  Reminder of ARISS resources on the web
       
 
22 October
  SSETI Express – Latest news from the launch site – 22nd October 2005
 
22 October
  Hurricane Wilma alters activation plans - ARRL article
 
22 October
  Brigades On The Air
 
22 October
  Ontario Section Manager appointed
 
22 October
  Unclaimed QSL cards
 
22 October
  Adur Ham Expo 2005
 
22 October
  Viaduc of Millau - TM7VM
       
 
21 October
  Australian amateur radio foundation manual out soon
 
21 October
  CEPT Intermediate/Novice recommendation released
 
21 October
  Radio Amateurs of Canada board elects executive officers for 2006-2007
 
21 October
  World's first synthetic broadcaster announced
 
21 October
  Ofcom sets out possibilities for using DRM radio in the UK
 
21 October
  Station keeps eye on Wilma
 
21 October
  New Australian amateur radio licence structure
 
21 October
  British Computer Association of the Blind - CQ WW CQ contest sponsorship
       
 
20 October
  Morse code wristwatch
 
20 October
  SSETI Express - 2nd Launch Campaign - update
 
20 October
  ESA TV Live: Next on Astra 1G - SSETI Express
 
20 October
  SSETI Express Data Competition
 
20 October
  10 GHz Contest features in US local newspaper
 
20 October
  Mounbounce Contest this weekend
 
20 October
  Moonbounce Path Calculator Program
       
 
19 October
  New Australian Amateur Licences come into force
 
19 October
  Venus Express ready for lift-off
 
19 October
  New version of DRM Decoder Dream 1.3.1 released
 
19 October
  The regulation of commercial radio - locally, nationally and digitally
 
19 October
  Show us what amateur radio is all about!
 
19 October
  Nokia WiMAX plans move forward with successful data call
 
19 October
  OZSATGROUP announce new satellite web group
 
19 October
  AMSAT P3-E Satellite Status Report
 
19 October
  ITV launches local broadband TV trial
 
19 October
  Ham radio disaster efforts featured in PC Magazine
       
 
18 October
  Battle of Trafalgar - GB200T operating times and frequencies
 
18 October
  New UK web site for Linux software
 
18 October
  SA Amsat call for papers for 2006 conference in Durban
 
18 October
  The Ham Radio Video Corps - revisited
 
18 October
  Colchester Foundation Success
 
18 October
  Poor behaviour on the air reported
 
18 October
  South African Large Telescope - ZS1SALT
 
18 October
  Blind Ham National Society - TM4ORA
 
18 October
  Satellite firm BSkyB set to buy Easynet ISP
 
18 October
  Digital radio - bush left behind
       
 
17 October
  EarthKAM experiment set-up on ISS
 
17 October
  New QRPp World Record
 
17 October
  How to be successful with the ISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) Imaging system
 
17 October
  ARRL Calls on FCC to Shut Down Virginia BPL System
 
17 October
  14,122 active Amateur callsigns in Australia
 
17 October
  Kazakhstan Special Event Station
 
17 October
  WIA meets with BPL company
 
17 October
  Up, Up and Away
       
 
16 October
  NASA makes progress understanding Shuttle tank foam loss
 
16 October
  DXCC honour for ZS4TX
 
16 October
  Australian Foundation Practical Assessment Information
 
16 October
  New frequency for Amateur Radio Mirror
 
16 October
  Experts say more spectrum not needed
 
16 October
  New Yahoo group for remote operation
 
16 October
  Cuba denounces 'US radio and TV aggression'
 
16 October
  Trafalgar Special Event Stations
 
16 October
  Intecnet's 'lightning protection' presentation now available for download
       
 
15 October
  Trafalgar remembered
 
15 October
  Licensing consultation statement December - MORI Poll results end of Oct
 
15 October
  Australian Foundation Licence - Latest
 
15 October
  JOTA in EchoLink location
 
15 October
  Fire destroys electronics stocks
 
15 October
  Flying Pigs this Sunday
 
15 October
  Trans-Pacific Canadian amateur LF signals confirmed heard
 
15 October
  Australian government to adopt European DAB standard
 
15 October
  Expedition 12 settles in new home
 
15 October
  ISS on the air for JOTA
       
 
14 October
  SSETI Express Handbook Updated + Japanese Version Available
 
14 October
  Radio Propagation – The Key to the Use of Radio
 
14 October
  Ofcom announces plans for further spectrum auction
 
14 October
  PJ2SA Netherlands Antilles on-the-air for JOTA
 
14 October
  PCSat2 article on AMSAT-NA website
       
 
13 October
  UK Short Wave Magazine to merge with Radio Active
 
13 October
  VO1MRC continues experiments on 60 metres
 
13 October
  Industry Canada releases updated amateur call sign policies
 
13 October
  Special prefix for Commonwealth Games
 
13 October
  Payments to ICASA
 
13 October
  CQ JOTA! CQ JOTA!
       
 
12 October
  Special JOTA message to Scouts of the World
 
12 October
  What is the Jamboree-On-The-Air?
 
12 October
  The EAGLE satellite
 
12 October
  Industry Canada amends call sign policy
 
12 October
  New QRP Beacon AE5X/b on 28.267 MHz
 
12 October
  CARS Clothing Range
 
12 October
  SARL's Intecnet to feature lightning and surge protection
 
12 October
  RSGB Train the Trainers at Kempton Rally
 
12 October
  More meaningful signal reports
       
 
11 October
  Eleventh Space Station crew back on Earth
 
11 October
  Shannon Basin Radio Club Sprint Challenge
 
11 October
  FCC launches website to explain broadcast obscenity laws
 
11 October
  Singapore amateurs get a new allocation
 
11 October
  Spectrum Defence Fund 2006 - Protecting amateur radio's ability to respond
 
11 October
  Ham Fellowship introduce new award
 
11 October
  CBC strike 'called off'
 
11 October
  CEPT working group adopts early-access recommendation
 
11 October
  Cape Verde D4B contest station now QRT
       
 
10 October
  CryoSat mission lost due to launch failure
 
10 October
  Effects of Windfarms on Radar
 
10 October
  ERG 2005 AGM
 
10 October
  Australian Pilot Foundation Licence Course at Nerang (Gold Coast)
 
10 October
  World QRP records
 
10 October
  Annual Dengie Quiz Night 2005
 
10 October
  Return to Earth for Expedition 11 crew today
 
10 October
  Ham radio tests emergency communications in county
       
 
09 October
  An apology from Motorola - kind of
 
09 October
  The new Canadian regulations for HF access - what do they mean?
 
09 October
  Initial report from the AMSAT meeting
 
09 October
  NASA TV schedule for Expedition 11 crew departure
 
09 October
  Preserving ham radio's role for posterity
 
09 October
  AMSAT Board and Officers for 2005-2006
 
09 October
  Ham to provide comms for Overland Challenge Finals
 
09 October
  Google Reader
 
09 October
  Paris Live Radio to launch trial medium-wave service
 
09 October
  Barry Scarisbrick, G4ACK, Silent Key
 
09 October
  Sky News to relaunch with new look and schedule on 24 October
       
 
08 October
  Channel Islands DX Expedition - Alderney - Expected final update
 
08 October
  Electronic Design Magazine's e-Newsletter
 
08 October
  The National WIA reaches a new milestone
 
08 October
  PPL abandons BPL
 
08 October
  Expedition 11 prepares for departure
 
08 October
  London DRM tests to start 'very early next year'
 
08 October
  Follow in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg
 
08 October
  Radio on the menu at Melton Mowbray school
       
 
07 October
  SA to build its own satellite
 
07 October
  EchoLink with Mobile Phones - help requested
 
07 October
  Handi-Ham Video
 
07 October
  Slow Scan TV on ISS update
 
07 October
  W4JO - JOTA 2005
 
07 October
  EchoLink listeners
 
07 October
  Ofcom advertises new FM commercial radio licence for Southend-on-Sea
 
07 October
  NASA and OfficeMax bring space exploration down to earth
 
07 October
  BFBS gets new community radio licence for Lisburn
       
 
06 October
  'National SOS Radio Network' proposed
 
06 October
  SOS National Radio Network - Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak WA6ITF comments
 
06 October
  2E1GUA receives CARS Contest Trophy
 
06 October
  More than 100 Hams still volunteering in hurricane-hit states
 
06 October
  ICASA may soon have a new name
 
06 October
  Radio Caroline plans to 'stun' listeners with new Web stream
       
 
05 October
  AMSAT President's Letter
 
05 October
  Amateur Radio Hurricane Volunteers Needed in Louisiana, Texas
 
05 October
  Italian Red Cross first ham radio station
 
05 October
  Katrina - first ham stories
 
05 October
  Expedition crews begin handover operations
 
05 October
  Jamboree on the air - 15 /16 October
 
05 October
  SARL 80-metre QSO Party
 
05 October
  Has amateur radio positively influenced your career?
 
05 October
  The Da Vinci Glow
       
 
04 October
  Eugene serves up breakfast
 
04 October
  AMSAT Annual Meeting of the Corporation
 
04 October
  New crew arrives at space station
 
04 October
  UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 30th September
 
04 October
  PPL Corporation gives up on BPL market trial
 
04 October
  SSETI Express - new launch date
 
04 October
  ARISS telebridge through Australia
 
04 October
  Oscar 11 falls silent again
 
04 October
  Raynet called out for bomb threat
 
04 October
  Special Event News
       
 
03 October
  ARISS Contacts on October 5th, 6th and 7th
 
03 October
  ARRL Announces 2005 Toy Drive for Hurricane Victims
 
03 October
  Important Fall meetings underway at ITU in Geneva
 
03 October
  Radio and Electronics in the school curriculum
 
03 October
  The Waterford Rally
 
03 October
  Still no word of progress in CBC/CMG talks
 
03 October
  VK2 Assessor Course
 
03 October
  Radio Ham 'Space Tourist' boards ISS today
       
 
02 October
  Amateur Radio Falls Victim to Hurricanes
 
02 October
  Ham radio comms post Katrina and Rita
 
02 October
  Kenwood Group donates wireless gear to Katrina clean-up
 
02 October
  BBC to expand digital radio network in next year
 
02 October
  WIA team success in 2005 ARDF Championships
 
02 October
  Battle of Hastings Special Event Station
 
02 October
  Court says Dutch government must pay back 19m euro to commercial stations
 
02 October
  The Oceania Contest
 
02 October
  Early Access in band segment 7100 - 7200 kHz
 
02 October
  BBC FM reception in Midlothian boosted by new transmitter
 
02 October
  Space Adventures' client, Greg Olsen, successfully launches to the ISS
 
02 October
  UK regulator accused of interfering in Ramadan radio broadcasts
       
 
01 October
  New Station Crew Launches From Baikonur
 
01 October
  Tregaron ARISS School Contact Successful
 
01 October
  Sergei Krikalev sends greetings to IARU Region 1 General Conference
 
01 October
  Solar Eclipse
 
01 October
  New Lincolnshire award
 
01 October
  ARRL testifies on Capitol Hill to Amateur Radio's disaster value
 
01 October
  Video of Tregaron School ISS Contact

 
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