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August 2007
   
 
31 August
  DX News from the ARRL
      Maltese MP calls for statement about Voice of the Mediterranean
      Ham Radio Alive and Well in Northern Ohio
      FCC issues two citations in longstanding Power Line Noise case
      Thailand in 'All Asia' contest
      'Contest University' at the HF Convention
      Radio hams celebrate as Malaysia turns 50
      Dutch public broadcaster apologises for fake news report
       
 
30 August
  Dragonfly - an innovative Amateur Radio Cubesat project
      French Radio Amateurs request 3.4 GHz allocation
      The History of Radar
      Tennessee Amateur Finds Innovative Way to Promote Amateur Radio
      WIA President's Lunch - Brisbane
      Weekend Meteor Watch
      ISS ham duo set to relocate PMA-3 today
       
 
29 August
  DXpedition to The Gambia
      Scottish Lighthouse and WAB Activity
      GoList QSL Manager Database help needed
      GB2EFF - City of London's Epping Forest Festival
      VK9W, Willis Island operation
      First ARISS contact with a school in China hailed as a huge success
      SES Astra steps-up marketing of high speed Internet access
      Ireland: HF SSB Field Day
      Amateur Radio plays crucial role in rescue of elderly woman
       
 
28 August
  ARISS event - Ashland Greenwood High School, Ashland, Nebraska, USA
      Tony's 10-metre band report (from Spain)
      GB3MAN 24 GHz beacon now operational
      Amateur radio club hits the airwaves
      3B7C St. Brandon Island DXpedition getting close
      India looks to change aircraft callsign prefix
      Radio Frequency Auction: 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz bands - discussion paper
      Station crew kicks off busy week of robotics
       
 
27 August
  Special satellite operating event on ANDE
      ARISS event - Amagasaki Child Science Hall, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
      IOTA news from OPDX
      CQIR – Ireland Calling Contest
      Digital Amateur Radio Group
      'When Pirates Ruled the Waves' on BBC local radio
      ILMARI-2007 Amateur Radio balloon launches 2nd September
      Radio Caroline denied licence to test DRM
      Digital Communications Conference
      Special programme on 675 kHz on 31 August
      History This Week
       
 
26 August
  Into Space with Amateur Radio
      Museum of Technology - The Great War and W.W.II
      Sarl Digital Contest winner collects dual-band handheld
      Amateur radio club forms at LaFayette Middle School
      Ham It Up for 911
      Smith Chart Slide Rules presented to museum
      Radio Ham interviewed on ABC Radio
      EU proposes single European licensing for mobile satellite services
      Radio Japan shortwave schedule changes during re-engineering
      The Weekend DX Story - Computerized Logging!
       
 
25 August
  Propagation de K7RA
      Bumper participation in Lighthouses weekend
      Glengormley Electronics ARS success in IOTA contest
      Ham Radio vs Pave Paws Radar - Round 2
      Maryland radio hams assist in road rescue
      ARISS event - Nanjing No. 3 High School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R.China
       
 
24 August 
  DX News from the ARRL
      Echolink Holiday in Guernsey
      FCC sets date for digital switchover UHF spectrum sale
      Former US official criticises Voice of America’s 'dull broadcasts'
      Tony's 10-metre band report 
       
 
23 August
  UK benefits from communications anytime, anywhere and at a lower cost
      IOTA News
      Ottawa Amateur Radio Club Fleamarket and Forum
      Ofcom to end frequency coordination and site clearance processes
      SYLRA meeting in Sweden August 23 to 26, 2007
      Real Betis Special Event Station
      Environment Canada enlists help of amateur radio
      Education meets fun in north Queensland
       
 
22 August
  San Francisco Section Manager re-elected
      BAA Radio Astronomy Group News
      Czech 505 kHz beacon now active - reports welcome
      Hylands Park, Chelmsford, International Space Station contact in RadioUser magazine
      British pirate radio DJ’s unite in fight against gun crime
      Skype says ‘massive restart’ triggered breakdown
      Endeavour lands in Florida
       
 
21 August
  New DX resource web page
      Amsat Symposium Station
      WAP web page moves to new home
      France - World Rugby Association Championship Special Event Stations
      GoList QSL manager database help needed
      German-Dutch Amateur Radio Days
      Five German experimental stations QRV on 505,1 kHz
       
 
20 August
  STS-118 crew prepares for landing
 
  Nets active as Hurricane Dean slams Caribbean Islands
      IOTA news from OPDX
      FO-29 returns to semi-operational status
      2007 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting
      Irish 2-metre Counties Contest
      EI0MAR to celebrate IRTS 75th anniversary
      Have a free lunch on MFJ
      DXCC News - placing DXCC Plaque orders
      History This Week
       
 
19 August
  SARL 'Take Your Handheld to Work' day
      Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) will introduce latest products at IFA 2007 in Berlin
      RSGB Spectrum Forum - June minutes and reports available
      SA's Midlands Amateur Radio Club to advertise ham radio
      Response of Maritime Community to Ofcom's Public Sector Spectrum Framework Review
      Endeavour undocks from space station 
       
 
18 August
  Hurricane Dean may force early shuttle landing
 
  Advanced Amateur Radio Courses - Wimbourne, Bromley, Chelmsford
      GB3RAL on-the-air this weekend
      Propagation de K7RA
      New Zealand consultation on joint 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz auction
      Aussie Lighthouses on-the-air
      Chinese students to talk to space station astronaut via amateur radio
      WA5KUB's live video stream from the Huntsville Hamfest
      The Weekend DX Story - Exclusive Club
       
 
17 August
  Crew holds class in space and prepares for possible repair work
      DX News from the ARRL
      Radio amateurs offered free webspace and e-mail
      Bromley & District ARS Intermediate Course Sept/Oct
      Westlakes Amateur Radio Club on-the-air for ILLW
      ARRL geared-up for Huntsville Hamfest
      Bricks in the mail
       
 
16 August
  Chinese students to talk to US astronauts in space
      Spacewalk ends early following spacesuit damage
      DirecTV to offer BPL services
      Big L forced to abandon ship
      How can I fix my interference?
      ILLW is this weekend
      hamradiodeals
       
 
15 August
  ARISS event - McCall-Donnelly School District, McCall, Idaho
      9H2Ø, Malta Special Callsign
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Just the bear facts
      Anglia TV Programme on Offshore Radio
      IOTA - Scottish Islands to be activated
      Publishing logs and losing DXCC credit
      KH4 - MIDWAY ATOLL, OC-030
      Foot and Mouth restrictions - SOTA activity
       
 
14 August
  Tony's 10-metre band report
 
  Draft minutes of July RSGB board meeting released
      Nordic HF Conference starts today
      FO-29 Power Status
      Pirate BBC Essex - Tony Benn interview
      Station and shuttle crews working together
      GB3RAL on 40 MHz heard in Portugal
      Chris Lorek in Yemen
      Big L - The return of the pirates
      Spacewalkers remove bad gyro
       
 
13 August
  Managers add three days to shuttle mission
      IOTA news from OPDX 
      Taliban burn down radio station 
      Results of the RSGB 80m Club Championship 2007
      USA goes MPEG-4 for high def services 
      Lighthouse activities 
      IRTS urges Radio Amateurs to be cautious 
      New Cobweb antenna for EI0MAR 
      History This Week
       
 
12 August
  Spacewalkers add S5 truss to space station
      SARL RTA - the amateur radio event of the year
      Amateur Radio Satellite FO-29 is semi-operational
      RTÉ adds additional half hour on WRN North America
      International Lighthouse Weekend - Two South African special event stations
      2007 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting - Call for papers
      Aussies light up for ILLW
      The Weekend DX Story - East Coast Bob
       
 
11 August
  Announcing the availability of HamLinks
      East Durham RAYNET group request for assistance
      Praise for ARES response to California's Zaca fire
      Propagation de K7RA
      Foundation Course in Poole, Dorset Starts Friday 17th August
      Power transfer system activated
      STS-118 arrives at Space Station
       
 
10 August
  Endeavour undergoes heat shield inspection
      DX News from the ARRL
      The Perseid meteor shower is underway
      D-STAR featured in September QST magazine
      Ofcom - Ultra-Wideband technology made Licence Exempt
      RTÉ starts DRM tests on longwave 252 kHz
      International Polar Year - GB4IPY
      P41USA 911 Special Event Station
       
 
09 August
  Cape Moreton Lighthouse
      British Pathe report on the start of Radio Caroline
      21st World Scout Jamboree astronaut link-up video
      RSGB QSL Bureau News
      Papal visit to Austria - Special Event Station OE16B
      Scarborough Lighthouse - GB2SCA
      International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend 2007
      NASA's shuttle Endeavour begins mission to the space station
      Two radio hams hurtle into orbit as shuttle Endeavour lifts off!
      NASA teams with Microsoft to offer space shuttle in 3-D
       
 
08 August
  GB100J closes down
      ARISS contact with World Scout Jamboree a success
      Pirate BBC Essex returns
      New space shuttle tile inspection method
      PSKmail, as Used During My Vacation
      Ofcom 10 GHz Auction statement
      IOTA News
      Hamtests.co.uk - 1000 members
      Countdown proceeds smoothly
       
 
07 August
  ARISS event - One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center, Richmond Hill, New York
      AMSAT Area Coordinators wanted
      Electronics company pioneer Sir Angus Tait dies at 88
      New Zealand Licence Fee Review submissions available
       
 
06 August
  2007 ARRL Great Lakes Division Convention 'Ham Radio Alive and Well in Northern Ohio'
      Tony's 10-metre band report
      On the Road with PW
      AO-51 first L-SSB Up / S-FM down QSO
      IOTA news
      International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend
      History This Week
       
 
05 August
  AMSAT Eagle design, construction, and testing
      Video and MP3 from Jamboree ISS contact now online
      September is National Preparedness month
      ARRL files objection to Ambient's BPL experimental authorization renewal request
      Early planning for the Centre Victoria RadioFest
      RSQ reporting for digital modes below 30 MHz
      ARRL files Federal Court of Appeals Reply Brief over BPL
      The Weekend DX Story - DX IS! If You Worked It
       
 
04 August
  Amateur satellite activity in Bulgaria
      Phoenix heads for Mars
      Landmark Rugby radio masts demolished
      Hamfest to be held in Dorset
      ARRL board says 'no' to background credit checks
      Progress 26 launches to the International Space Station
      ARRL asks co-ordinators to co-ordinate D-Star
      Propagation de K7RA
      Bluetooth module by Ezurio reaches over 1km
      Secret Military Listening Posts - BBC2 Coast Saturday 5:45
      Gloucestershire County RAYNET assist in floods
       
 
03 August
  DX News from the ARRL
      RF Engines wins grant to develop FPGA based radio
      Ofcom discussion document on award of spectrum at 2500-2690 MHz and 2010-2025 MHz
      TV Channel 4 reshuffle
      Radio Technology in Action programme for Gauteng on the web
      Russian spaceship maker fights bankruptcy
      Historic Marconi Tour
      International Polar Year
       
 
02 August
  UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st July 2007
      Phoenix launch postponed 24 hours
      Axel Rohrbeck, DL7PR - SK
      Radio Saigon lures Vietnamese to Houston
      FCC spells out rules for 700 MHz auction
      Ariss contact scheduled for World Scout Jamboree
 
  IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
       
 
01 August
  ISS Progress 26 prepares for liftoff 
      Tony's 10-metre band report
      Special Event Station NØT 
      International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend 
      50 years of German Radio Luxembourg 
      Scouts Western Australia Special Centenary Callsign 
      Giant antenna truck set for sky-high task
      4th Strange Radio Event 
      EuroBasket 2007 

 
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