The Southgate Amateur Radio Club - the amateur radio site for all radio hams
www.southgatearc.org

 
      SARC News (latest items first)

 
February 2007
   
 
28 February
  10,000 up for prolific activator and chaser
      ACMA measures BPL emissions at Mt Beauty in response to interference complaint
      Preparatory meeting for the 2007 World Radio Conference nears its end
      MSF begins time signal tests from new transmitter site
      JK Fox Hunt 2007
      WRC-07 - Ofcom consultation on bands for IMT
      Up to 160 jobs to go at Television New Zealand
      FCC - Amateur Morse Code Elimination
      BBC Story - Space blast's huge debris field
      Atlantis to roll back
       
 
27 February
  Agalega Island DXpedition now in doubt
      SOTA SWL section
      Road Safety Bill - Mobile phones and driving - new penalties
      IRTS Swazi DXpedition team meeting
      UK radio hams petition Prime Minister to increase power limit
      Echolink - new version 2.0.902 available for download
      SolderSmoke #47
      Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page
      NASA announces undersea mission to include first Flight Surgeon
       
 
26 February
  Rosetta comet-chaser takes a close look at planet Mars
      Next P-POD CubeSat launch scheduled for 27th March
      AO-51 schedule change to support Falconsat-3 testing
      QRP ARCI announces change from 7040 to 7030
      Call for Papers 11th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference
      Satellite news in brief
      Passing of an Old Friend
      History This Week
       
 
25 February
  Two new SOTA Associations
      SA clubs urged to link their repeaters for President's Net
      Poole Radio Society to play host to GB75PW
      Mountain Goats
       
 
24 February
  What's in a name?
      Help bring back GB2CW
      Propagation de K7RA
      Two linears bring $2500 CB fine
      Norfolk Raynet to feature in ITV4 programme
      Special Event News
       
 
23 February
  Monitoring Monthly Electronic!
      ARISS event -Vasant Valley School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India
      DX News from the ARRL
      GB0WOR on-the-air this Saturday for Worcester District Scouts Fun Day
      Oceania Most Wanted List
      Section Manager Election Results Announced
      Faulty Progress radio antenna successfully retracted
       
 
22 February
  EU Commission presents strategy for more flexible use of the radio spectrum 
      Ofcom announces special research permits for 501 - 504 kHz
      EU to help fund Broadband over PowerLine (BPL) field tests
      Amateur Radio Newsline's Lou Belsky, K2VMR - S.K. 
      Plans for Alexandra Palace TV museum threatened 
      EC takes important step towards a single market for next generation wireless devices 
      Consumer group ready to oppose satellite radio merger 
      World Radiocommunication Conference preparatory meeting opens in Geneva 
      New papers added for IARU Region 1 Vienna conference 
      Expedition 14 crew ready for Thursday's spacewalk
       
 
21 February
  BBC Essex Radio Interview, 12 February 2007 by Clive Ward G1EUC
      Can't climb a mountain? Then talk to them!
      Short talks on interesting topics wanted
      The Gambia DXpedition
      Dayton Topband Dinner
      Swains Island DXpedition
      Concern grows over Ofcom plans for radio mics
       
 
20 February
  CZEBRIS 2007 CW QRP Contest this weekend
      UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st January 2007
      Radio Luxembourg cancels 7295 kHz English DRM service
      Antarctic Activity Week
      ARRL's 2007 Great Lakes Division Convention
       
 
19 February
  4th International DX Convention (Rome)
      Japanese Big Dish Project
      ARISS School contact and crew training
      More on the HPSDR Janus and Ozy boards
      AFRI 75
      NASA moves Apollo 1 capsule to new storage facility
      Ian McFarland set to launch second 'Idents and Interval Signals' CD set
      AMSAT Awards
      History This Week
       
 
18 February
  SARL Youth Net takes on another look
      THEMIS Launches!
      NZART Council: Face-to-Face meeting report
      Two Yaesu mobile transceivers to be won in the 2007 Construction Competition
       
 
17 February
  WIA applies for Medium Frequency band allocation 
      Propagation de K7RA
      DVB approves S-Band satellite-to-handhelds spec 
      'Welcome Weekend'
      Sky proposal to launch new service on digital terrestrial television
       
 
16 February
  DX News from the ARRL
      OSCAR-11 Report
      Chelmsford Foundation Training Course starts next week
      Logger for ARRL DX
      Ross Revenge could be moved to Scotland
      Radio Amateurs among future International Space Station crews
      The Brighton Science Festival
      Propagation de K7RA
       
 
15 February
  Ham astronaut prepares for record-breaking spacewalk
      Scouting 100 Award and Thinking Day On The Air
      Construction Project - Build this wall-mounted, flat screen television
      Wireless beacon could recharge consumer devices
      CQ CQ CQ on Dairylea Dunkers advert - the answer!
      RSGB President at Carrickfergus ARG on Tuesday
      German solar expert Wolfram Hess, DL1RXA SK
       
 
14 February
  TAPR announces production of HPSDR Janus and Ozy Boards
      Hamvention webcast video again in 2007
      Sri Lankan amateur radio stations may issue disaster warnings
      QRZ.com starts sked forum
      Ofcom introduces UK-wide 03 numbers
      AMSAT-DC Seminar Coming Soon
       
 
13 February
  Space station recovers from power loss
      Systems Improvement and Best Practice event at Danbury
      Sky Freeview channels to switch to MPEG-4
      New South African RAE examination options
      A1 Grand Prix communications success
      Rallies in Ireland
       
 
 12 February
  Record setting spacewalks
      RAFT and ANDE speak
      CQ CQ CQ on Dairylea Dunkers Advert
      AMSAT Awards
      GB3BH Meeting - Plans for 5 GHz TV Link
      Casual DX Antarctic trip planned
      A2, Botswana DXpedition - Operators Needed!
      All India Radio's digitalisation to stretch beyond 2015
       
 
11 February
  Ham Radio Astronaut Procedures
      Space Shuttle Atlantis mating to begin
      First demonstration of new DAB audio codec next week in Paris
      South Africa's RA exam to be more focussed on what radio amateurs need to know
      Maine's Governor an active radio ham
      Cuba detains two 'illegal' satellite dish manufacturers
      Teacher sends thanks for ARISS experience
       
 
10 February
  ARISS event - Hanazono Elementary School, Akashi-city, Japan
      Amateur Radio Training on BBC Essex
      3B7C DXpedition update
      Registrations now being taken for FDIM in Dayton
      BBC and National Grid Wireless to trial DRM on mediumwave
      Propagation de K7RA
      FCC now processing Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign backlog
      BBC announces location of nine further DAB stations
       
 
09 February
  IC-R9500 Professional communications receiver
      Amateur Radio Beacon Lists
      New York may ban iPods while crossing street
      New Advanced syllabus now available on RSGB website
      Station crew wraps up successful spacewalk series
      DX News from the ARRL
      Scarborough Reef DXpedition
      UK Amateur Radio Licence Updated
       
 
08 February
  Revved up for another spacewalk
      No code-free upgrades available until February 23
      AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2007 - Call for Papers
      Community Radio Fund: award of grants for 2006/07
      DX0 Spratly Islands
      Southern Indian Ocean
      HFA praises ARRL's new priorities in Congress
       
 
07 February
  AMSAT groups donate 40,000 Euros to P3E
      Statement regarding the status of Lisa Nowak
      BBC Programme on Magnetron History
      Turner Broadcasting, ad firm to pay $2 million for Boston scare
      TA2J - SK. TA Ham Radio Award
      Ham Radio astronaut in murder plot charge
       
 
06 February
  The Radio Amateurs Invalid and Blind Club
      Pehuensat-1 is now PO-63
      RSGB QSL Bureau News
      KiwiSAT Status Update
      On the Road with PW
      Table of 5MHz Frequency Allocations
      Ham radio astronauts get set to break spacewalk records
       
 
05 February
  AFRI75 - IRTS 75th Jubilee DXpedition 2007
      The 100 Years of Scouting Award
      3B6, Agalega Islands expedition
      Ham Radio astronaut duo complete second spacewalk of the series
      Antarctic Activity Week
      Amsat-DC Meeting and Space Seminar 2007
      History This Week
       
 
04 February
  SARL to focus on technology this year
      Operating Practice
      Just one more day to win a laptop
      Washington radio station goes 'green'
      Ham radio duo gear up for second spacewalk
      New IARU Vienna Papers and Final Agenda
       
 
03 February
  Coming soon! IC-E2820 Dual Band Transceiver
      RSGB direction finding seminar
      SoftRock 40 Version 5
      Thinking Day on the Air
      Harris Corp plans cost-saving measures in Broadcast Communications Division
      Foundation Course in Brisbane - but you'd best be quick!
       
 
02 February
  DX News from the ARRL
      Oceania Most Wanted List
      Palmprop - HF propagation provision on Palm OS
      Station crew completes successful spacewalk
      Holyland DX Contest-2007
      Spectrum e-Petition
       
 
01 February
  ISS station crew complete first of three spacewalks successfully
      Dilbert cartoon mentions Ham Radio
      10 GHz Beacon GB3CEM back on high power
      BPL trials to go ahead in India
      On the Road with PW
      Norfolk Island DXpedition
      Radio Burkina cancels news due to lack of resources

 
Home   Send this page to a friend   Main News
Index

2004 News items
2005 News items
2006 News items