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February 2006
   
 
28 February
  ARISS Event - Country Day School, Cincinnati
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      SuitSat-1 Final Experiment Proposal
      A Licence to Kill BBC and commercial radio stations at loggerheads over report
      Indonesia to trial various digital broadcasting platforms
      AM and USB on 40 and 80 metres
       
 
27 February
  GB3VHF – A new replacement beacon designed for the 21st century
      3 upcoming ISS school QSOs relayed on echolink
      Irish Radio Transmitters Society - DXpedition 2007
      Amsat videos to watch on-line
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Microwaves? An Event for Beginners
      The Limerick Radio Club Rally
       
 
26 February
  Popular British DJ Johnnie Walker collects his MBE
      Why can't Radio Amateurs stick to conventions?
      FCC proposes $1 million fine for marketing unauthorised equipment
      SolderSmoke! - A show for electronics homebrewers!
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Dutch Cabinet wants to minimise number of satellite dishes
      Dismay about BBC decision to end 'Calling the Falklands'
      New reporting code for digital communication
      Which Sideband?
      Free Competition - Win a BHI NEIM1031 Noise Eliminating In-Line Module
       
 
25 February
  Suitsat in the classroom
      ESA confirms CryoSat recovery mission
      Hams help out following mud slide
      NASA's next leap in Mars exploration nears arrival
      M0EYT speaks at IEE lecture
      FanView hand-held scanner
      Propagation de K7RA
       
 
24 February
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team! Ship prepares to get underway
 
  SuitSat-1 Apparently SK; Nothing Heard for Several Days
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Ofcom review of UK telephone numbering plan
      ARRL DX news
      ACMA Policy - Practical assessment
      First long-duration mission for an ESA astronaut onboard the International Space Station
      Fox Hunting
       
 
23 February
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Cute-1.7 Signal Reports Map
      Section Manager election results announced
      Ofcom sets out approach on VoIP services
      Expedition 13 schedule
      Astronauts in space contacted from Dhaka, Bangladesh
      Techkriti 2006 - IIT Kanpur 24, 25 and 26th Feb
      New map of Milky Way reveals millions of unseen objects
       
 
22 February
  Best Seller - It's official!
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      RadioShack chief resigns over resume controversy
      Radio Jackie adds unprocessed MP4 audio stream
      Cute-1.7 launched
      Marconi Contest
      Crew 'Camp Out' postponed
      CQ Hou Koers
      'Name the Satellite' competition
       
 
21 February
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      March issue of Radio and Communications Monitoring Monthly out today
      IC-E7 VHF/UHF Dual Band FM Transceiver
      Ben Fogle and James Cracknell complete the Across Atlantic Challenge
      Fears radar dome affecting cars
      Tune into Icom's Latest PC Radio Receiver
      'China is the key to success for DRM'
      Live from Mars
      Ireland - AREN Training Net
       
 
20 February
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      CARS Member's ISS School Contact
      Getting SMART with certificates and callsigns
      Amateur Radio photos wanted
      RadioShack to close hundreds of stores in US
      Edinburgh's Garrison Radio to switch from mediumwave to FM
      Kopanang - Bredasdorp ready to run
      Hamvention 2006's theme announced
      Satellite mini-DXpeditions
       
 
19 February
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Radio Amateur Society of Thailand - Election of president and officers
      More New Essex M3's
      The 2006 Telford Amateur Radio Rally is CANCELLED
      Digital radio in France is 'inevitable'
      Our Journey Continues
      Any Final reports on hearing SuitSat?
      SuitSat telemetry shows conditions in space
      GB2RS digital trial a sucess
      Young hams start new VK 80m net
       
 
18 February
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team! (15:30 utc today)
 
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      A New BR-68 ?
      Rob Mannion's 'Topical Talk'
      Ofcom reforms amateur radio licensing
      Propagation de K7RA
      ARISS Event - Itaki, Japan
      Suitsat battery voltage
       
 
17 February
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
 
 

ARISS Event - Engineer's week

      Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur talks about SUITSAT and QSL cards!
      STS-121 Pilot Mark Kelly From the Seas to the Skies
      DX news from the ARRL
      Ireland - Limerick Rally
      Amateur TV communications could be boon in emergencies Read this Laurel Leader article
      Greenland ice-loss doubles in past decade, raising sea level faster
       
 
16 February
  Good SSTV signals received from SUITSAT
      ARISS Event - Cosmos Centre Charleville
      OSCAR-11 report 15 February 2006
      Iran has made use of Cuban jamming expertise - claim
      Field Day, Montego Bay, Jamaica
      'School of the Air' radio signs off in New South Wales
      Sony flat screen TVs may malfunction due to software glitch
      New BBC Digital Role
      Amateur Satellite Introduction PDF Available
      G3EDM first CARS member to work Peter One DXpedition
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
       
 
15 February
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Historic QSO between 3Y0X and NA1SS
      Ofcom announces details of first spectrum auction
      Ofcom sets out future regulation of commercial radio
      SuitSat-1 keeps on ticking
      FCC noncommittal on 'Morse code' proceeding
      Weather Satellites by Andy Tyler G1GKN
      New UK soul music station 'for over 35's' starts online tests
       
 
14 February
  OFCOM Deregulates Amateur Radio Licensing
 
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      2 live ISS QSOs on echolink
      CQIR - Ireland Calling
      SuitSat-1 Keeps on Ticking; Low Power Output Eyed as Cause for Weak Signal
      Twinning of Dundalk Amateur Radio Society and Church Island ARG - EI7DAR and MI0LBA
       
 
13 February
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Cute 1.7 Amateur Radio Satellite to be launched 20th February
      SuitSat-1 'tremendously successful'
      SolderSmoke - A Show for QRP Homebrewers
      Amateur Radio operators 'true heroes'
      Expedition 12 back to regular activities after successful spacewalk
      NA1SS’s first voice QSO in Taiwan
       
 
12 February
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      SuitSat is Still Alive
      SuitSat Telemetry Requested
      SARL joins WRC Industry Preparatory Group
      GB2RS goes digital
      SARL 'Youth Net' making progress
      Thinking Day on the Air
      Telegrams no more
       
 
11 February
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      British DX Club Social Meeting - Macclesfield
      NASA honours legendary astronaut John Glenn
      Propagation de Tad Cook, K7RA
      Expedition 12 and McArthur break school contact records
      NASA and Olympic Athletes Plan Lunar Games
      SuitSat thoughts and additional challenges
       
 
10 February
  Amsat-UK announce new satellite transponder project
 
  45 Million Miles from Earth
      SuitSat-1 Voice Timing Schedule posted
      NASA preparing oxygen generation system for space station
      North Carolina Students Speak With Space Station Crew
      DRM to Present Seminars, Technical Papers at NAB2006
      Bill reaches 100+ on DXCC quest
      DX news from the ARRL
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Irish Christian Broadcasters switches off mediumwave transmitter
      Former offshore radio boss Sylvain Tack passes away
       
 
09 February
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Dale High School and DeGolyer Elementary ARISS contacts
      Globalflyer departs from NASA's Kennedy Shuttle runway
      Resumption of 405-line transmissions from Alexandra Palace
      Brigades on the Air
      Raynet Cup nominations wanted
      Irish Theory Examination
       
 
08 February
  SuitSat Telemetry Recorded!
 
  Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      How to hear SuitSat, what u need
      Industry Canada post responses to consultation on BPL
      Bill Rothwell, VE3FGW - Silent Key
      Ofcom consults on the use of sponsorship in commercial television
      How to hear SuitSat, what u need (more)
       
 
07 February
  More SuitSat audio including 'special word'
      SuitSat-1 designated as AO-54 as signal reported weaker
      OSCAR number for SuitSat
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Spacesuit radio 'alive' in orbit
      On the Road with PW
      SARL HF Field Day
      National Science Week
      SuitSat recording from Feb 6 pass over Houston
      ARISS Event - Dale High School, Tuesday Feb 7
      ARISS Event - DeGolyer Elementary, Tue Feb 07
      ARISS Event - Pine Ridge/Immokalee, Wed Feb 08
       
 
06 February
  SuitSat Telemetry Recording
      ISS repeater relaying SuitSat signal
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club
      Edmonton amateur radio operators receive CANWARN training
      Help a polar explorer
      'SuitSat-1' Alive, but signal weak; 'Keep listening!' ARISS urges
       
 
05 February
  SuitSat Status 4 Feb 2005
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Radio Astronomy Group CD ROM Now Available
      Leeds FM radio station doubles its power
      Richmond-Upon-Thames Scout pictures onboard SuitSat
      BBC Radio 4 UK theme to be released commercially
      Spacesuit floats off to become a satellite
      First partial SSTV decode from SuitSat
       
 
04 February
  SuitSat - A Challenge for those with Big Ears
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      SuitSat release video available for download
 
  SuitSat Heard Saturday 0917 UTC
 
  Is SuitSat dead?
      Expedition 12 completes second spacewalk
      26 MHz DRM and Band II (88-108 MHz) DRM+ Tests
      Radios off for EVA
      Propagation de K7RA
       
 
 03 February
  Monitoring SuitSat around the world
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      SuitSat launch on ESA TV service
      On the Road with PW
      Clever USB to Serial Cable
      Another Transatlantic QSO - on 2200 metres
      One small step for trash is giant leap for ham-kind
      Boston radio amateurs and astronomers to attempt to see SuitSat
      The 21st South Essex Amateur Radio Society Radio and Computer Rally
      SuitSat may be Visible
       
 
02 February
  P3E Amateur Satellite Update
      Chelmsford Radio Amateur helps set-up Florida school ISS contact
      Enter the Dragon – Jingtong Handhelds
      New version of popular schematic and circuit board design software available
      Space pioneers recall first U.S. satellite launch on 48th anniversary
      Updates from the Peter I DXpedition team!
      Sirius Canada adds Howard Stern to satellite radio line up
      ISS to evolve into international space port - official
      Are YOU READY for Suitsat?
       
 
01 February
  SuitSat On Schedule Feb 3, 2006
      Two more days until SuitSat!
      Commemorative SuitSat QSL Certificate will be available
      Area Coordinator makes educational outreach materials available on-line
      SuitSat information in Polish
      SuitSat alerts from SpaceWeather.com
      WRN’s DRM Services go live
       

 
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