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July 2007
   
 
31 July
  Amateur Radio Satellite RS-15 heard again
      Amateur Radio examination sessions at the HFC
      First 40 MHz Amateur Radio propagation beacon on the air
      St Brandon Island DXpedition
      SEANET Convention 2007 - Lampang
      IOTA news from OPDX
       
 
30 July
  Sputnik recollections wanted for CQ Magazine
      NASA and ESA prepare Columbus for flight
      AO-51 features SSB uplink to FM downlink experiment
      World Jamboree Scouts set to talk to International Space Station astronauts
      ARISS International team meeting held
      Ireland: Field Day and Contests
      No automatic control for you!
      Top 5 ham radio videos on YouTube
      JAMSAT donates 1 million Yen to P3E satellite
      GB100J Scout Jamboree Hylands Park, Chelmsford - Pictures
      Microwave Bandpass Filter 4001BPF(500)(7)SMA
      History This Week
       
 
29 July
  South Africa to be represented at Garec 2007
      Mafikeng Sunrise Ceremony
      Listen to 'Intecnet' live on the web
      Radio Six International returns to shortwave and mediumwave
      DXCC Was!
       
 
28 July
  World Scout Jamboree on-the-air from England
      Propagation de K7RA
      Flood minister gets RAYNET briefing
      Marblehead Lighthouse Special Event
      US ARDF Championships
      Amateur Radio club wins cash grant from BT
      Ofcom 'Future of Radio' - responses now available
      NASA gives 'go' for Shuttle Endeavour launch on August 7
       
 
27 July
  GB100BI and GB100S Brownsea Island, Dorset
      DX News from the ARRL
      Live video audio of hamfest
      Ofcom says VoIP providers must offer access to 999
      Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter status report
      Virgin drops mobile TV service
      Mars dust storm rages on
       
 
26 July
  GB100J Hylands Park Chelmsford - Ready to Go
      Satellite on a PCB presentation now online
      Scouting Sunrise Amateur Radio station on the air
      Special prefix for 60th anniversary of Amateur Radio in Syria
      Analog Devices Inc - SRD Design Studio
      BBC report - Phone mast allergy 'in the mind'
      Stopping the Tin Whisker Stalkers
      Sable Island DXpedition
      Tall Ships Race - Special Event Station
      Crew prepares for Shuttle arrival
      EU Commission proposes to remove restrictions on GSM Spectrum
       
 
25 July
  AMSAT-UK Beginners Workshop a great success
      Tony's 10-metre band report
      GB6RH at Walesby World Experience 2007
      Terrestrial Amateur Radio Crossband Linear Transponders
      DAØHQ says 'Thank you!' to all for calling them
      Federated States of Micronesia, OC-010
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      PLT continues to be punted by vendors
       
 
24 July
  ARISS - 21st World Scout Jamboree, Chelmsford, England
      Station crew completes successful spacewalk
      ERO UWB decision amended
      Using a Pocket PC to decode amateur radio digital modes
      The UK to get it's first Cubesat ?
      P3E Update - hardware to be completed by year end
      Amateur Radio satellite Delfi-C3 video available
       
 
23 July
  IOTA news from OPDX
      Satellite demo leads to successful first QSOs
      Israeli Minister approves program to eliminate pirate radio
      Church broadcasts hit amateur radio band
      Further delay for Johnston Island trip
      MPs summon BBC deputy chief over fake competitions
      Sheffield Island Lighthouse DXpedition
      History This Week
       
 
22 July
  STS-118 crew completes countdown rehearsal
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Scouting Centenary - Brownsea-on-Heirisson Island Camp, Perth 29 July - 3 Aug
      Pure releases first DAB+ upgradeable radio
      UK JOTA 2006 Report Online
      Operation from Arran
      Summits On The Air (SOTA)
       
 
21 July
  Google mulls UHF spectrum auction bid
 
  N6USO released from hospital - recovering at home
      RAYNET helps Le Tour de France
      Propagation de K7RA
      It's 'NEWS' to the Big Apple
      'Get it sorted' New Jersey radio ham told
      Amateur radio organization still needed
      Texas CB'er fined $7,000
      Special Event Call Sign LZ50DX
      The Weekend DX Story - DXCC Rules!
       
 
20 July
  Special event station GB100J
      MB7ICM on the air
      ARISS Event - Challenger Learning Center of Lucas County, Oregon, Ohio, USA
      NASA launches interactive online tour of the space station
      Atlantis readies for Columbus mission
      Industry Canada releases new antenna siting and approval procedures
      DX News from the ARRL
       
 
19 July
  Proposal for new Canadian HF band plans
      EU Commission statement on Mobile TV
      The Boland Amateur Radio Club 40-metre contest
      Denmark to get 40 MHz beacon
      RAC Study Guide for the Basic Qualification - second printing
      Grants - £6.5 million for ham radio in uk?
      Spacewalk dry run planned for Thursday
      'We must put our house in order' says BBC Director-General
      Ayre inquiry reveals systemic failure by broadcasters
       
 
18 July
  70th Anniversary of Marconi's Death
      NASA holds briefing with first female station commander and crew
      New Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Regulations from 20th July
      80 years Amateur Radio organisation - 35 years DARC HQ
      Webcasting: SoundExchange confirms minimum fee offer
       
 
17 July
  Tony's 10-metre band report
      A smarter, quicker process for transferring mobile telephone numbers
 
  Entry level amateur radio licences
      The Pedal Radio
      OSCAR-11 Report 16 July 2007
      EMAP sells its radio stations in Ireland
      VE2XPO on the air once again
      When north is not north!
      Ham astronaut Clay Anderson KD5PLA, gets ready for his first spacewalk
      See you in Bloemfontein this Saturday
       
 
16 July
  Church broadcast intruders on 10-metre band
      Foynes Flying Boat Festival
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Amateur Radio now legal in all Texas public schools
      QSL cards and the environmental cost
      French regulator orders TDF to allow competitors to broadcast from Eiffel Tower
      History This Week
       
 
15 July
  High efficiency RF linear amplifier design proposed for Eagle
      GB1ØØJ website now available
      AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium - Booking closes July 16
      Ofcom publishes Annual Report 2006/7
      Satellite news in brief
      Australian Amateur Radio licence fee increased
       
 
14 July
  ARISS event - Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida, USA
      Red Sands Radio launches today
      Wildfires won't hamper Amateur Radio DF Championships
      Propagation de K7RA
      Ofcom put online amateur radio licensing helpsheet on the web
      Dorset RAYNET seeks volunteers for Triathlon
      The Weekend DX Story - Don't Work That Last One!
       
 
13 July
  Ofcom - Opportunities to free-up public sector spectrum for new uses
      Itchen Valley Radio Club bursaries awarded
      Radio Club Argentino to be QRV as LR4A
      Tune in Tortola!
      URE HQ stations on-the-air this weekend
      425 ARI DX Magazine
      Oxygen generation system activation continues
      Sigbritt, 75, has world's fastest broadband
      DX News from the ARRL
       
 
12 July
  Great Perseids - August 12th
      Expedition 15 conducts emergency exit drill
      Sovereign Military Order of Malta
      A2, Botswana DXpedition
      Endeavour arrives at launch pad 39A
      Ushagat Island, Alaska
      4th Annual Maritime DX Forum - Nova Scotia
      Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society - Intermediate Success
      Italy gives Radio Amateurs experimental access to 70 MHz
       
 
11 July
  New European Amateur Radio Satellites to feature at AMSAT-UK Colloquium
      ARISS event - Maples Collegiate Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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      14300.net celebrates its one-year anniversary !
      WCBS-FM to return to oldies format
      VE7JAM at Pacific Scout Jamboree on until July 14
       
 
10 July
  SARL announces a reduction in RAE exam fees
      NASA readies Mars lander for August launch to icy site
      New Sunspot Wows Observers
      Amateur Radio Gifts announce new lines for ham radio community
      C6ARI DXpedition
      Why the World Service still matters
      WIA - ACMA meeting
      Ofcom fines BBC for Blue Peter breaches
       
 
09 July
  CQIR
      RSGB Microwave Manager to attend International Space Colloquium 2007
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Ireland: Road Racing Championships
      Long Delay Echos
      History This Week
       
 
08 July
  North Carolina enacts Ham Radio antenna law
      Amateur Radio and the Gippsland floods
      AO-51 (AMSAT Echo) - New Schedule
      Jim Sanford Seminar Speaker
      Call for papers - 2007 ARRL/TAPR Digital Conference
      New Zealand - Call Book Repeater, Beacon and Link Lists
      The Weekend DX Story - Burma Road
       
 
07 July
  Amateur Radio Newsline names Grant Morine, W4GHM, '2007 Young Ham of the Year'
      RSGB has new callsign for IARU HF Championship
      GB3RAL now licenced for 40 and 60 MHz
      Dick Biddulph, M0CGN / G8DPS becomes Silent Key
      Many Tenerife radio stations set up masts without permission
      Endeavour readies for August launch
      Ducie Island, VP6, DXpedition update
      Ownership dispute results in demolition of Russian transmission towers
      Cosmodrome Plesetsk Special Event Station: R50KP
      Propagation de K7RA
       
 
06 July
  ARISS event - Challenger Learning Center, Kenai, Alaska, USA
      DX News from the ARRL
      50 and 70 MHz opens to allow cross-band transatlantic contact
      CommScope take over Andrew Corp (Heliax) for $2.6 bn
      Website for Amateur Radio Codes, Jargon and Prefixes
      Ofcom publishes Digital TV switchover transmitter details
       
 
05 July
  W3P QRV for 25th Annual PVGP
      ARRL Great Lakes Division Convention
      BBC Report - UK presses private Galileo role
      UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 30th June 2007
      Ofcom’s UWB Equipment Exemption consultation closes Friday
      NASA awards contract for space station hardware
       
 
04 July
  First amateur satellite QSO using D-STAR digital voice
      Audience fragmentation raises questions for TV news, says Ofcom
      CN Morocco
      The Icom on-line survey
      Kenwood says it is 'here to stay'
      Island Games Special Event station
       
 
03 July
  Orbiters on the move: Atlantis heads home as Endeavour prepares for mission STS-118
      Hungary allocated Experimental licence for 70 MHz
      EU Commission identifies Europe's radio spectrum needs for WRC-07
      Irish Amateur Radio Theory Examinations
      Horkheimer prize awarded to Dr Walter Schlink, DL3OAP
      New Zealand's new Radio Spectrum Management website released
      Daily Hebrew radio show from Polish Radio launches on FM across Israel
      Talk Radio 702 shuts down its mediumwave transmitter
       
 
02 July
  Amateur radio contact on Youth Day
      Inflatable space station design tested
      Atlantis Heads Home
      AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2007 - Spies in the Sky: Surveillance Satellites in War and Peace
      QADV Advanced amateur radio exam practice questions
      Amsat Field Day results reminder
      Maritime Radio Historical Society's 'Night of Nights' Event
      World's Premiere Facility For Ionosperic Research Completed
      SolderSmoke #65
      History This Week
       
 
01 July
  Grimeton Radio/SAQ transmission
 
  Microwave Museum website 
      RSGB President's speech Friedrichshafen June 2007 
      New Islands on the Air website 
      SA Amsat changes its conference date again 
      SA Contest News 
      Mock epedemic challenges Californian radio hams 

 
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