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December 2007
   
 
31 December
  Straight Key Century Club Anniversary - Month-long Special Event
      80 Metres Counties Contest
      Is a new solar cycle beginning?
      Astronaut gives talk on ARISS at AMRASE Conference
      Codes and Ciphers Exhibition
      Amsat 2008 Straight Key Night
      IOTA news from OPDX
       
 
30 December
  AMSAT Orbital Classroom concept study announced
      SARL beacon hunting competition
      KiwiSAT status update from New Zealand
      RTA 2008 to feature state-of-the-art technology
      New Year's Comet
       
 
29 December
  18th New Zealand/International Scouts Jamboree starts today
      Propagation - de K7RA
      Crew wraps up busy holiday week
      The Northwest storms - a personal view
      Internet linking of repeaters - operating an IRLP node
      The Weekend DX Story - The Cost of QSLing!
       
 
28 December
  DX News from the ARRL
      Annual RAC Canada Winter Contest
      Bosnia-Herzegovina to get new prefixes
       
 
27 December
  New prefix for Bosnia-Herzegovina officially announced
      3B7C DVD Video available
      Move to end leap seconds
      BS7H video review
      Sable Island DXpedition
      Highway Amateur Radio Club successful ZU exam
      Progress docks to Space Station
       
 
26 December
  FCC petition to re-establish narrowband RTTY/Data sub-bands
      Christmas holiday message from the International Space Station
      Motorola extends tender offer to acquire controlling interest in Vertex Standard
      Oscar Straight Key Night
      DAYTON CTU 2008
      Peru IOTA DXpedition
       
 
25 December
  New release of FDMDV - Amateur Radio Digital Voice
      CQIR - Ireland Calling - Prize Draw Winners
      80 Metres Counties Contest
      ISS crew to get their Christmas goodies on Wednesday
       
 
24 December
  4S7DXG - Illegal Operation
      New YouTube PSK31 tutorial videos
      Interval Signals Online
      Super tropo conditions across EU on VHF/UHF
      ARISS contact with Korolev City School Thursday, 27th December
      President's report from the 2007 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting
      Last-ever airing of GB75PW
       
 
23 December
  The Ducie Island, VP6DX DXpedition
      Radio ham in lone, round-the-world sailing bid
      US analog cell-phone service to end in February
      Kids get shortwave call from Santa
      Greetings from Earth brighten station crew's holidays
      ICASA confirms callsign prefix areas
      Progress to dock on Wednesday
      Exciting action in store for SARL beacon project
       
 
22 December
  New Zealand announces 2.3 and 2.5 GHz auction results
      Sheffield Amateur Radio Club - trailer theft
      SolderSmoke
      Propagation de K7RA
      New Section Manager appointed in Wyoming
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      American Red Cross praises ham radio
      The Weekend DX Story - Slim gets a QSL Manager
       
 
21 December
  New York emergency radio network fails first major test
      DX News from the ARRL
      Astronomy cut-backs threaten AuroraWatch
      GB7ML Chertsey D-STAR repeater on the air
      Ham Radio Stop forum opens in support of Amateur Radio
      Bill Unger VE3XT appointed RAC Director for Ontario North/East
      Amateur Radio EmComms Presentation by EARA at Cairo ITU Conference
      OSCAR-11 Update – reception reports requested
      Ursid Meteors, possible outburst this weekend
       
 
20 December
  ERO Consultation on Replacing AM with DRM
 
  Last chances for GB75PW
      New DXCC entity
      3Y0E Bouvet Island - Update
      1.2 GHz high-speed D-STAR for emergency communications in Minnesota
      Chelmsford Foundation Training Course starts 10th January
      Ham radio astronauts complete 100th station spacewalk
      Radio St Helena Day 2007 a success, says station
      Ofcom releasing more spectrum for new wireless services
      Bhutan licence cancelled
      SAQ 17.5 kHz transmissions on Christmas Eve
      RASCOM-QAF1 satellite scheduled for launch today
       
 
19 December
  D-STAR repeater in Portugal's Algarve now active
      New release (4.6) of MULTIPSK
      MP3's of Amateur Radio Data Modes
      Joint response submitted to Ofcom 24 GHz Consultation
      Foundation Licence Course Power Point slides
      BBC Documentary - 'When Pirates Ruled the Waves'
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Bouvet Island Entity may be active over Christmas
       
 
18 December
  AmateurLogic.TV - episode 18 now online
      ATV Newsletter
      18th New Zealand/International Scouts Jamboree
      Close Encounter with Mars
      Radio amateurs to celebrate switch to Euro
      Christmas Special Event Callsigns
      Send Christmas greetings to the radio hams on the International Space Station
       
 
17 December
  Satscape TV
      KySat CubeSat status update
      QRP Kilometer per Watt Challenge
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Liberation of Bulgaria - special event station
      New DXpedition videos available
      The three Steve's at W1AW
      History This Week
       
 
16 December
  BACAR project to be re-introduced
      NASA spacecraft make new discoveries about auroras
      HF APRS takes-off in South Africa
      2nd Amateur Radio Satellite from India
      BBC Trust Report on Spectrum use
      Presidents' Board appoints Committee Chairmen
      The 'commercial broadcasters' of shortwave
       
 
15 December
  Testing instruments installed for tank test
      Propagation de K7RA
      Online Tutorial 'So you want to solder?'
      Take part in the High Speed Morse contest
      Vanity number plates - California goes strange
      The Weekend DX Story - Propagation
       
 
14 December
  K9YA Telegraph 5th Anniversary
      DX News from the ARRL
      Space experiment contest launched
      Foundation Licence course / Intermediate Licence assessments
      Banks radio operator lends a helping ‘ham
      VE3VRW Satellite Gateway
       
 
13 December
  UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 30th November 2007
      A new direction for APRS
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Morse Code versus Text Messaging
      Satellite DX report
      Draft RSGB November Board minutes available
      South Yorkshire Repeater Group D-STAR videos
      Geminid meteor shower - full coverage
      UK consumers better connected as digital communications grow globally
       
 
12 December
  British Wireless for the Blind Award Presentation
      Today in radio history 
      Satellite News 
      Radio St. Helena 'On Air' Saturday, 15th December 2007
      The 2007 ARRL Spectrum Defense Fund needs you!
      Antarctic Cruise DXpedition
      Antarctica DXpedition 
      Clipperton 2008 DXpedition 
       
 
11 December
  144 MHz contact by bouncing signals from ISS
      23rd Original - QRP - Contest (OQRPC)
      Broadcasters add pictures to radio
      FalconSat-3 status
       
 
10 December
  Update on new Digital Voice Mode FDMDV
      CQ Magazine 2007 DX Marathon
      German TV closes the last two 50 MHz transmitters
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Indian Commission stresses importance of radio in rural areas
      Dx News
      SolderSmoke!
      Scouting and Guiding in NZ - Canterbury Jamboree or 'CJAM'
      AO-16 PACSAT satellite back on
      Sunspot 978
      Bath Buildathon - change of date
      History This Week
       
 
09 December
  Shuttle launch cancelled again
 
  Atlantis is 'go' for launch
      Go SARL beacon hunting this holiday
      Misleading and incorrect rumors surround IARU Region 2 band plan
      Sunair Electronics and FlexRadio working together
      BPL fear harms amateur radio
      LVB Tracker enclosures now available
       
 
08 December
  Radio Hams hailed as 'heroes'
      A new beacon checks Marconi’s claim
      Geminid meteor shower
      Radio Hams kicked-off Olympic Tower site
      Stolen Equipment - 3B7C
      Radio Hams help Bangladesh cyclone victims
      Callsign change for Lisbon D-Star Repeater
      Propagation de K7RA
      The Weekend DX Story - The BS7H QSL
      Shuttle Atlantis may launch on Sunday 
       
 
07 December
  NASA sets new launch date for shuttle Atlantis
      Youngsters trained in D-STAR
      Spanish D-STAR Repeater
      New Zealand Licence Fees
      The tale of the 17-year-old Indian radio pirate
      DX News from the ARRL
      Australia’s ABC launches beta version of media player
      French Special Event Station 
       
 
06 December
  Atlantis launch postponed
 
  Columbus fitted with Amateur Radio antennas launches today
      Goats, Sloths and 'Supersloths'
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Ofcom confirms VoIP providers must provide access to 999 & 112
      NHK unveils hidden anti-counterfeit code
       
 
05 December
  Tony's 10-metre band report
 
  New Digital Voice Mode FDMDV
      News from the Macclesfield & District Radio Society
      Ofcom - Licence-Exemption Framework Review
      New Russian Spaceport
      83% of Dutch households connected to the Internet
      G6DDQ achieves Mountain Goat award
      Madeira Island digital operation
      Netherlands Antilles to net new DXCC Entities for 2008
      Atlantis crew and launch team prepare for STS-122 flight
       
 
04 December
  Ofcom admit Out of Band Emissions increase
      UK D-STAR exceeds initial expections
      IARU Region 2 RSS News Service
      M1EYP achieves SOTA Mountain Goat award
      Christmas is on its way, let the REIN fall
      ANDE re-entry campaign
       
 
03 December
  Beacon GB3SSS on 3597 kHz
      Low price Short Wave radios back in Superdrug
      INDEXA - helping make DX happen
      IOTA news from OPDX
      BBC Engineering videos now on YouTube
      AO-16 PACSAT update December 3, 2007
      2008 Straight Key Night on OSCAR in memory of ex-JA1ANG
      Jamming the Germans
      Ireland: Amateur Radio Theory Examination
      History This Week
       
 
02 December
  ARISS antennas bound for space
      SARL launches updated Amateur Radio study guide
      Aurora cuts communications 
      NASA prepares for launch week
      Hamnet to meet in Cape Town
      Plan today for your school to have an ARISS contact
       
 
01 December
  Spirit of Knoxville launches today
      Radio Amateur wins planning libel case
      CQ editorial says 'Here we go again'
      ABC prepared for disaster broadcasting
      Propagation de K7RA
      Panorama rapped over wi-fi report
      The Wekend DX Story - Rocky Road to the Cluster

 
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