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August 2006 |
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31 August |
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RSGB launch redesigned
website |
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Pro-democracy
radio station busted in Hong Kong |
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Extensive antenna
work may disrupt W1AW schedule and visitor access |
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Tales of the
Unexpected - from New Orleans on CNN |
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Special Event Station ON4USA |
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New D-Star Group
formed |
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30 August |
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Its name is Orion |
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Atlantis
to weather Ernesto at the pad |
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US National Hurricane
Watch net may activate |
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Fylingdales Coordination
Information - 412/422 MHz Exclusion Zone |
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SpaceCam Status,
active Aug 26 |
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29 August |
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Ernesto forces
Atlantis rollback preparations |
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Shuttle Launch
Frequencies |
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Historic British
Pathe 2LO and Radio Caroline films now on web |
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XM Satellite
Radio gets FCC approval to resume production of three products |
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Speakers wanted
for microwave event |
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Inter-club day at
Secunda |
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WIA's Club Grant Scheme
gets into gear |
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28 August |
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ARISS slow-scan
TV system checkout continues |
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Sunday at
the Symposium to feature Dr. Scott Sanford |
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Last chance
for PCSAT2 operations |
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Listen-out for
Mark |
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Kerry Amateur Radio
Group |
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Limerick Radio Club |
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Euroradio 2006
– the offshore radio event |
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History this
week |
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27 August |
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Sunday's shuttle
launch postponed |
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French radio amateurs bounce
laser signals off a rain cloud |
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SARL President
to give update on ZU licence and PLC |
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Propagation
de K7RA |
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ARISS Event
- Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN, USA |
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26 August |
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Hydrogen to power
special event station |
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Expedition
13 ready for Atlantis and new construction |
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New contest
group wants to recruit new members |
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UK takes
lead in digital TV uptake |
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‘Radio Mi
Amigo’ to operate from a radio ship, possibly also on mediumwave |
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Dx news from
the RSGB |
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25 August |
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Last chance to
get an additional M0 call sign ? |
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'Firedragon' intruder
changes frequency |
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Audio of the NW42
pilot in conversation with Schiphol available online |
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CDXC Convention - TM8CDX |
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DX News from the
ARRL |
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W2IK/WTC911 commemorating
911 |
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STS-115 crew arrives,
launch on track |
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24 August |
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QARL hosts
HAM FEST INDIA 2006 at Kollam Kerala |
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Could this van save us from
a disaster? |
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This time,
it's for real! |
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Amateur Radio
Special Event Station - celebrating Ukraine's 15 years of independence |
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Fasten your seatbelts
and no mobiles please |
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Electronic tagging
for teenager who admitted email bombing |
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Michigan radio
ham donates tower to local police |
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WICEN 'gearing-up'
for the City to Surf Fun Run |
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23 August |
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NASA names new crew
exploration vehicle Orion |
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Incumbent
Section Managers overcome re-election challenges |
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ISS crew,
ARISS team troubleshooting slow-scan TV system |
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President's Net
and Intecnet on the air on 27 August |
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ISS ham radio
trio getting ready for space shuttle Atlantis |
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ARISS Event
- Sendai Yoshinari Junior High School, Sendai, Japan |
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German
astronomers produce original Apollo TV tapes |
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Now Showing - The
ARS Sojourner |
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SolderSmoke 30 |
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22 August |
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Atlantis'
antenna actuator bolts replaced |
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Martlesham
Microwave Round Table 2006 |
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Chelmsford
Advanced Amateur Radio Course |
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Germany’s
OldieStar Radio starts DRM broadcasts |
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Japan Ham Fair
2006 |
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21 August |
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Results of
the BARC 40m Phone Competition |
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China to announce
terrestrial digital TV standard |
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Old timer's annual
general meeting |
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Vacancy
- deputy regional manager |
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Special
Event news from the RSGB |
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Algeria announces
major radio development program |
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History this
week |
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Radio hams risking DXCC
disqualification |
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20 August |
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New questions
surrounding Israeli non-ionising radiation law |
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Amateur Radio
operator co-hosts tv talk show |
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Bermudan public see demo
of Amateur Radio |
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Auckland club gets
ready to party |
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WAB activity week |
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NASA invests
in private sector space flight with SpaceX, Rocketplane-Kistler |
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Sirius says
its satellites won’t last as long as first thought |
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Slogan for
Amateur Radio |
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Radio Hams asked
to participate in charity weekend |
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SARL announces details
of 'ZU' entry-level licence |
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OSCAR-11 is back! |
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1st International DominoEX
Contest: Summary |
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19 August |
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ARISS is requesting
signal reports of Devonport/Reece contact |
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Australia reverses
amateur radio's downward trend |
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Scouts On Air G8BLS/P
from Hallowtree Campsite Sat 19th August |
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Update: Apollo
11 Tapes |
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International Lighthouse
and Lightship weekend |
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Propagation
de K7RA |
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18 August |
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SpaceCam1
makes front page of Essex Chronicle |
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HITSAT Amateur CubeSat
to launch September 23rd |
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Want to
build a two-band CW transceiver? |
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New Satellite Award
from JAMSAT |
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Radio Netherlands to
launch on Sky EPG 0205 |
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DX News from the
ARRL |
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New version of the
Global Overlay Mapper released |
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17 August |
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Amateur Radio Satellite
FO-29 turns 10 |
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UK electrical
retailer drops analogue radios |
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NASA misplaces
moon landing tapes |
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NASA team gives Atlantis
a 'go' for liftoff on Aug. 27 |
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Teven-Tintenbar
/ ISS ARISS School Link-up 11th August 2006 |
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Take
Your Hand-held To Work Day |
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Ofcom update:
Amateur Radio and Ships' Radio Licensing Update |
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ARISS Event
- Reece High School, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia |
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16 August |
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New 10 Metre Beacon
9H1IA - 28.174000 MHz |
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DRM Chairman:
Market to decide survival of digital system |
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Crew readies
for next Shuttle arrival |
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Backward sunspot
heralds start of new solar cycle |
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BBC Unsung
Landmarks - Great Baddow Radar Tower |
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91 year old
ex-BEA Radio Officer gets Foundation Licence |
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15 August |
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Everything
but the Liftoff |
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EI2WRB beacon back
on air |
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IARU Administrative
Council reviews role and structure of the IARU |
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WRTC 2006
Announced Prize Winners |
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Iran
launches crackdown on satellite dishes |
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Dnepr crash site
photographs |
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14 August |
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KARG activates
Cromwell Point Lighthouse |
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Limerick Radio Club |
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National
Road Racing event |
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History this
week |
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Slow Scan TV on the
International Space Station |
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Early T-DMB adopters
in Korea have to upgrade software by 20 September |
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Potential
threats to radio services from PLT (BPL) systems |
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DRM articles/audio
at the NASB website |
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13 August |
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Radio China violate
the amateur radio bands |
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Chelmsford
ARS member receives ISS SSTV pictures |
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NASA remembers
pioneering astrophysicist James Van Allen |
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Two Yaesu hand-helds
to be won at RTA |
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FCC requests
more data on certain XM receivers |
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Latest Australian
BPL emission report released |
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Kenyan government
minister shocked at state of transmitting station |
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12 August |
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Crew chats
with guests and prepares for next shuttle mission |
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Propagation
de K7RA |
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Jack Gerritsen's
sentencing date changed again! |
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Tokyo Tower likely
to get culture status |
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IARU Region
3 elects new leadership |
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ARISS
gets new telebridge station for Australia |
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Summits on the Air |
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Special
Event News from the RSGB |
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11 August |
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U.S. space pioneer,
UI Professor James A. Van Allen dies |
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DX news from the
ARRL |
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Chelmsford
Advanced Amateur Radio Course |
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SSTV pictures
sent from ISS Tuesday, Did you receive them? |
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WIA makes
presentation to major conference on BPL |
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10 August |
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On the Road
with PW |
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Irish Contest
Rule Changes |
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Cuba targets
illegal TV dishes as US weapon |
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Three Radio Amateurs
receive awards |
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Don't breathe
easy: unique challenges mark next Shuttle mission |
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IARU meeting
for Region 3 in India |
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09 August |
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Perseid
Meteor Shower August 12th |
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SolderSmoke #29 |
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RadCom Editor
to speak at Chelmsford ARS |
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Ofcom publishes
10 GHz spectrum sell-off slides |
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ICASA takes a new look
at PLC |
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BBC Radio 4 programme
on jamming |
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Underground
Radio™ revolutionizes subterranean emergency rescue capabilities |
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Brazilian pair attempt
a robbery live on the radio |
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08 August |
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Shuttle,
station missions ahead are most challenging ever |
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Voyager 1
and P3E presentations available |
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121 messages
in the guestbook for Bill McArthur NA1SS CDROM |
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ISS SSTV - best
image received so far |
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Ofcom
publishes responses to 71-86 GHz consultation |
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Joint response
to Ofcom 10 GHz sell-off proposal |
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07 August |
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Going Up! |
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VE6QCWA - Special Event
Station |
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Astronaut
John Glenn hurt in car accident |
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500 kHz still
some way off |
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ZL hams refuse
to pay repeater fees |
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Hot Bird 8 satellite
successfully launched |
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History This
Week |
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Getting Amateur
Radio into schools |
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Making ham radio accessible
to blind and disabled people |
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06 August |
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Mumbai teams-up with Ham
Radio |
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Clifford C. Buttschardt
K7RR Silent Key |
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Amateur radio
to star in festival of science |
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AMSAT demos at Santa
Barbara Hamfest |
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Alleged murderer
of two radio hams faces further charge of trying to kill his own father |
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VOIP Mobiles |
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05 August |
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Israel imposes
tough rules on amateurs |
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Brits prepare
for ARDF championships |
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Station crew
to 'kick it up a notch' with chef Emeril Lagasse |
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Amateur radio on the
Isle of Man |
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Ham radio at the
Tall Ships Races 2006 |
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Increasing Cuba
broadcasts a top US priority - Miami Herald |
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04 August |
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Expedition
13's ham radio pair successfully complete spacewalk |
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DX news from the
ARRL |
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ARISS Event
- City of Ottawa Central Experimental Farm, Canada |
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Space station
crew to chat with FC Barcelona soccer team |
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03 August |
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Ham radio
pair on Atlantis flight |
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Israel
hacks into Hezbollah TV, broadcasts propaganda |
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PCSAT2
Special Operations Event Plan |
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Atlantic Director
resigns - moves to Ontario |
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Slow Scan TV on
ISS update |
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SolderSmoke #28 |
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02 August |
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Hamming it up with
Space Station earns Ransom top astronaut award |
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RTA in Gauteng to
feature some exciting lectures |
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Name of China’s top
TV station risks doubling as condom brand |
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HD Digital Radio
Alliance details massive marketing campaign |
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Alberton Amateur Radio
Club starts Ladies Net action |
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First ARRL Online
Auction planned for October |
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Amateur radio clubs
can help during a disaster |
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01 August |
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Thomas Reiter DF4TR
talks with ESA Space Camp, Patras, Greece |
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Irish Contest results |
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Newcomers
Yahoo Group |
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Renewed Letter
of Understanding |
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NASA
selects teams for Space Weather mission and studies |
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Understanding VoIP
Sound Quality |
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ION Launch Debriefing |
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Cree demonstrates 400 Watts
of RF power for GaN S-Band transistor |
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BBC launches new
regional radio show for gypsies and travellers |
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RTA in Gauteng to
feature some exciting lectures |
