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January 2007
   
 
31 January
  ARRL rolls out Emergency Radio public relations campaign and web site
      Radio ham to fly on ISS Japanese lab and Canadian robotics mission
      New record on microwaves
      The death of BPL in Portugal
      Real estate investor to buy bankrupt Air America Radio
      RSGB QSL Bureau News
      2007 DXCC Honor Roll deadline approaching
      7W0 Algerian activity
       
 
30 January
  KiwiDxList
      The Apollo 1 tragedy 27 January 1967
      Ulster RSGB 'Train the Trainers' Course Reminder
      Engineers investigate issue on one of Hubble's science instruments
      3B6 Agalega Island DXpedition
      FOC Marathon ham to sign VQ5 from Turk and Caicos Islands
      Western States Weak Signal Society to disband
      Hamcation - Orlando, Florida
       
 
29 January
  100 Pound DXpedition - VP2M
      AFRI 75
      Scarborough Reef still heads top 10 most-wanted DXCC Entities list
      The 2007 FOC Marathon
      G4RGA's Rally Guide
      LU2ERA/Z callsign muddle
      History This Week
       
 
28 January
  End of PCSAT-1 Full Sun Digipeater Operations
      A young South African voice could soon come from space
      Operation Tribute to Freedom offers help
      SuitSat-2 goes to college
      ABU launches monitoring network for SW frequency collision
      Scientists use radio waves to detect explosives
      Pehuensat problems
       
 
27 January
  Condolence page for Mike Caughran, KL7R, SK
 
  Amateur Digital Voice from Guam Island IOTA OC026
      Ham Radio balloon launch today
      Recycled satellite radio planned
      Solar Activity - just around the corner?
      BBC R&D White Papers
      ARRL Board accepts National Emergency Response Planning Committee report
      Propagation de K7RA
       
 
26 January
  DX News from the ARRL
      UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st December 2006
      Good tropospheric ducting predicted for weekend
      Ofcom research on smaller ISPs
      IRTS DXpedition
      WIA's Glenn Dunstan VK4DU to stand down
      Announcing the Centre Victoria RadioFest
      ISS ham radio crew prepare for forthcoming spacewalks
       
 
25 January
  It's official! Morse code requirement ends Friday, February 23
      Mike Caughran KL7R of SolderSmoke killed in car accident
      Next Space Tourist is Radio Ham
      Amateur Radio satellite Oscar 7 still going strong after 32 years
      ARISS Event - Winnebago Public School, Winnebago, Nebraska, USA
      Eutelsat investigates source of mystery jamming
       
 
24 January
  ARISS Event -Ecole Elementaire publique Le Prelude - Ottawa - ON, Canada
      OSCAR-11 Report 23 January 2007
      DRM Transmitter Sites - Info + Pictures
      DAB with pictures trial starts in London
      Waffle Award - just two days left
      One year of Galileo signals; new website opens
      Magalies Amateur Radio Club to hold AR Open Day
      International Space Station Heads of Agencies meet at ESA
       
 
23 January
  South African rookie contester wins 2006 WPX Contest
      SARL Youthnet needs a new host
      Code removed from US licence requirements
      Expedition 14 talks to Martha Stewart
      IOTA News
       
 
22 January
  VU7RG Lakshadweep Islands DXpedition is on
      AO-27 Recovered and Operational
      New Amateur Satellites RAFT/ANDE/FCAL feature in RadioUser magazine
      Visalia International DX Convention 2007
      San Francisco to get free Wi-Fi internet access
      Monitoring Monthly magazine mentioned on BBC Radio 4
      Ham Radio History - The Q-Codes
      History This Week
       
 
21 January
  SOTA Challenge 2006 Results
      ANDE / FCAL Object Number Correction
      ARISS Event - Winnebago Public School
      WICEN operators in the thick of the action
      ARISS Event - École élémentaire publique Le Prélude in Ottawa
      BPL interference - the battle continues
      HAMFEST at VU2IIT IIT Kanpur 22nd-25th Feb
      Family sues radio station after Wii contest death
       
 
20 January
  Codeless Amateur Radio testing tentatively begins February 23
      Propagation de K7RA
      Try the Easy-Sats
      Space station's ham radio crew get fresh supplies
      International Museums Weekend
      Rule barring satellite radio merger can be changed - FCC Chairman
       
 
19 January
  DX News from the ARRL
      Ofcom publishes list of applicants for community radio licences in Scotland and N.I.
      International Marconi Day
      Pop stars and DJ’s unite to save the Ross Revenge
      Carl Linnaeus 300 years - SC5L
      Bill Seeks BPL Interference Study, Report to Congress
      ISS crew member Suni Williams, KD5PLB, starts ARISS QSO streak
       
 
18 January
  Resupply ship commemorating 'Great Designer' heads to space station
      President Bush expresses appreciation to Amateur Radio operators
      Ofcom - Statement on RRS and 55 to 68 MHz
      GIZZMO RF product launch at Danbury nr Chelmsford
      French to use Band 1 for DRM+ tests
      Taiwan: National Communications Commission urged to stop radio station raids
      Dayton Hamvention activities
      9A60K CROATIA - Special Event Station
      'Scouting 100' ham radio award
       
 
17 January
  Amateur Radio satellite Pehuensat-1 heard around the world
      Northern Ireland's first ever 'Train the Trainers' session
      Echolink - ISS School Contact - Romeo Elementary in Dunnellon, Florida
      AO-27 Returns !
      Intermediate Licence assessments available in Epping
      Special DRM transmissions from Montsinery this week
      ISS Progress 22 undocks, new cargo craft awaits launch
       
 
16 January
  Promoting Amateur Radio to communities, ARMAD thanks amateur radio operators
      Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society - FT5XO Kerguelen DXpedition
      Swedish file-sharing website plans to buy Sealand
      They ought not be among us
      Ireland: AREN News
      EI0MAR article in PW
      Concord's hams doing it the right way
       
 
15 January
  PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest
      Help define the mission for University of Louisiana cubesat project
      Straight Key Century Club sets first anniversary special event
      International Space Station on Echolink Tuesday
      The Chelmsford Echolink Award
      SolderSmoke #46
      Wythall Radio Club 22nd Annual Radio and Computer Rally
      A tribute to Alan Kaul, W6RCL by Bill Pasternak, W6ITF
      History This Week
       
 
14 January
  AMSAT opportunity for Windows programmers
      Live NASA tv coverage for arrival of next space station cargo ship
      Video of former WOR transmission towers being demolished
      RAFT control station needed in southern USA
      Send your name and callsign to the Moon
      Updated firmware available for the LVB tracker
      Belconnen towers felled
      Amateur Radio Foundation weekend course in Epping
      22nd Canvey Radio & Electronics Rally
       
 
13 January
  PEHUENSAT-1 Info and Help Required
      ARISS Event - Northlawn/St. Anthony, Streator, IL
      Ham radio vanity call sign processing suspended
      Alex Kearns steps down as editor of RadCom
      GB4FUN receives new equipment donations
      ARISS Event - Romeo Elementary in Dunnellon, Florida
 
  Propagation de K7RA
       
 
12 January
  Free ham radio course via podcasting
      16th Great Northern Hamfest
      WRC-07, Region 2 Conference highlight IARU's New Year
      Ham Travel Club
      Ofcom Consultation - 10 GHz, 28 GHz, 32 GHz and 40 GHz
      Radio goes the Open Source route
      Britain plans first Moon mission
      DX News from the ARRL
       
 
11 January
  Amateur Radio Satellite Pehuensat-1 lifts off successfully
      RAFT satellite to use PSK-31 mode next week
      Canterbury Student Radio
      Simplified licensing for business radio users
      Broadcasting Board of Governors Chairman decides to quit
      Madeira Islands Lighthouse Activity
      Crew members speak live with U.S. embassies
      Good news on 40 and 80m wideband noise problem
       
 
10 January
  ISS SpaceCam Status and Future Marex Packet Mail Project
      Californian radio ham plays part in sea rescue
      New Chair for DARC International Affairs Committee
      ABC Radio back broadcasting from Brisbane today
      Lottery grant for UK Amateur Radio society
      SOTA at the Norbeck Castle rally
       
 
09 January
  NA1ISS calling - and the band played on
      For sale: one country, rather small
      VI3JAM Space Station Contact Pictures
      Holidays, housework and hamming it up
      Space life search turns to TV and radio signals
      Updated IR 2028 now on Ofcom website
      Westfest Satellite demo
       
 
08 January
  Irish Radio Transmitters Society 75th Jubilee
      The fellowship of the hams
      Irish rally dates
      ISS crew works on new oxygen generator
      Scottish radio ham setting the pace
      4th Antarctic Activity Week (AAW)
      NCDXF announces new video!
      S21, Bangladesh 2007 DXpedition
      History This Week
       
 
07 January
  AMSAT-NA moves into new satellite lab
      G3CWI gains SOTA 'Mountain Goat' award
      OSCAR Numbers for RAFT and ANDE Satellites
      SOTAscreens
      CARS Foundation Course celebrates 5 successful years
      The Summits on the Air trophies
      Who invented the QSL card ?
      Space and Satellite Shorts
 
  VI3JAM is on Echolink and IRLP
       
 
06 January
  Glowing report for school amateur radio club
      GB2CW resurrected
      Pirate radio station in Copenhagen on air continuously for three weeks
      Propagation de K7RA
      RAFT/ANDE Progress Report
      Barry achieves 'Mountain Goat' status
      South Korean IT experts convicted of selling TV piracy technoloy
       
 
05 January
  ISS ham radio trio get back to work
      VERON's 32nd Annual National Radio Flea Market
      ARISS Event - Sherman Elementary School, Henrietta, New York
      France to join SOTA programme
      Amateur Satellite Pehuensat to be launched in PSLV on January 10th
      DX News from the ARRL
      Dutch mediumwave stations now allowed to use DRM
       
 
04 January
  Internet Ham Atlas website
      Radio Prague issues new series of QSL cards for 2007
      Live acts 'threatened by Ofcom proposals'
      CARS member starts community radio station
      ARISS Event - Australian Jamboree 2007 contact
       
 
03 January
  Free Magazine for Under-21s
      ARISS Event: Dilworth Elementary School, San Jose, California, USA
      Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) training
      GAREC-07 - Huntsville, Alabama, USA
      New GACW Coordinator
      MARL AGM 2007 and elections
       
 
02 January
  ARRL sues the FCC
      BPL In-House update
      Special event stations
      New 2-metre EME world record claimed
      The most astounding amateur radio event?
      ARRL Kids Day - January 7
      Romania and Bulgaria celebrate EU membership
       
 
01 January
  SKN on OSCAR 2007 to be in memory of K7RR
      AO-51 News
      Call for Papers And Presentations
      RSGB proposes expanding Amateur Satellite allocations in Region 1
      Irish VHF Nets
      A look at the SARL's 2007 events
      SolderSmoke #45
      History This Week

 
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