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May 2007
   
 
31 May
  FCC hearings for three Amateur Radio applications
      ARRL files federal appeals court brief in petition for review of BPL rules
      Nevada Ham Plays Role in Radio Rescue
      IOTA news
      First set of ISS debris protection panels installed
      Canada ending 136 kHz and 5 MHz special authorizations
      Sunita Williams talks with schoolchildren in Wallonia, Belgium
       
 
30 May
  ISS spacewalk may be on VHF-2 frequency
      Radio ’screams’ from the Sun warn of radiation storms
      Freeview to switch to MPEG-4 ?
      Launch preparations move forward for STS-117
      4W, Timor-Leste
      Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 21 - 27 May 2007
      VHF news from Ireland
       
 
29 May
  ARISS Event - NASA Johnson Space Center Teacher to Teacher Workshop, Houston, Texas, USA
      Successful RAFT transponder activation
      CNN International ends analogue satellite distribution in Europe
      Candidates do well in latest Radio Amateur exams
      All India Radio believes the future is digital
      Monaco - Small States of Europe Games - Special Event Station
      Civilians get on radio to greet troops overseas
       
 
28 May
  Special authorizations for Canadian Amateur Radio experiments to cease
      International Museums Weekend
      Software Defined Radio in May issue of Elektor
      CQ Hall of Famer's
      Isle of Man Special Event Station
      EI75IRTS
      LVB Tracker Boards
      Teletext assists aerial strength test
      AMSAT Dayton Report
      History This Week
       
 
27 May
  Hamvention will stay in Dayton - two mayors say
      Learn about emerging technology
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      New Cambridge mayor is a radio amateur
      Garth Milne, ZR1AFH - SK
      All roads lead to Stellenbosch next Saturday
      Exceptional woman passes Foundation exam
      Seattle radio station denies posing a danger to oil refinery
      DAB/FM plug-in for iPod to be released in UK in October
       
 
26 May
  AMSAT-UK invites M3’s to Colloquium
      Radio Amateurs set their sights on Mars
      Propagation de K7RA
      IOTA news from OPDX
      NASA spacecraft aids in forecast of solar radiation storms
      3B6, Agalega Islands DXpedition
      The Weekend DX Story  - One of the Eternal Enigmas
       
 
25 May
  DX News from the ARRL
      Section Manager election results announced
      Dayton Calling!
      What's New at Dayton 2007?
      Preparations continue for next week's spacewalk
      Swedish radio station silenced by fly invasion
      US cable operator called a 'traitor' for carrying Al Jazeera
       
 
24 May
  Arlington Amateur Radio Club to participate in annual emergency communications exercise
      FCC demands Ambient demonstrate compliance with BPL license conditions
      Digital divide across UK narrowing
      Definition of an Amateur Radio QSO
      NASA, AOL and Mad Science choose pennant design challenge winner
      Italian duo inducted into CQ DX Hall of Fame
      DAB radios to be obsolete in a few years ?
      ARMAD 2007 is upon us
       
 
23 May
  ARISS school contact planned with Belgian school
      'I will live in a very quiet world'
      ARRL senior news editor named to CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
      Europe’s Space Policy becomes a reality today
      The Dayton Amateur Radio Forum
      Three Radio Amateurs receive awards
      France rejects English radio on FM band in Paris
      E-mail to ABU disrupted by hacker attack
      Californian city gets ham radio e-comms grant
      Ofcom begins Market Impact Assessment of BBC's proposed HDTV service
       
 
22 May
  Crew unpacks cargo and prepares for spacewalk
      German Radio Hams to keep general access to Telekom's Radio towers
      ISS amateur radio status report
      Want to become a Ham Radio Operator? Take the chance!
      Special Event Station GB2BVC
      YVKE Mundial Caracas suffering interference from unknown source
      More PC crashes as the sunspot cycle turns up ?
      Thundercats - GB2CAT
      Protecting consumers from mis-selling
       
 
21 May
  UK Scouting Centenary Camp Amateur Radio Stations
      Ham radio's 'Strange Antenna Challenge'
      SolderSmoke #59
      News from the Irish Radio Transmitters Society
      Satellite news in brief
      History This Week
       
 
20 May
  AMSAT at Dayton - Report From the Show
      SARL announces exciting new technology project
      YC9BU house fire appeal
      Teen radio ham is new Delaware Communications Corps head
       
 
19 May
  ARISS event - Toyon Elementary San Jose, California USA
      Robert Broomhead, VK3KRB on 'Tech Talk Radio'
      'Hobby Radio' HamFest in Bulgaria
      ITU approves Montenegro call sign prefix agreement
      West Lancashire Scouts expedition
      Successful reunion of surviving WW2 radio operators
      ICOM IC-7700 - The Contesters Rig
      The Weekend DX Story - Sometimes It Doesn’t Sink In
      Propagation de K7RA
       
 
18 May
  Streaming video and audio from Hamvention 2007
      Radio-Active Sunspot
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Call for ideas in satellite navigation - Galileo Masters 2007
      Galileo - Safer air traffic with EGNOS
      DX News from the ARRL
      GB3RAL 70 Mhz amateur radio beacon approved - 40 and 60 MHz being processed
      Ofcom - Update on the award of spectrum at 2500-2690 MHz and associated bands
      New Forum
       
 
17 May
  OSCAR-11 reception reports requested
      Ofcom publishes code of practice on transitional arrangements for digital switchover
      DirecTV considers Internet via Power Lines
      EU moves closer towards single market for radio spectrum
      Emergency communications heads IARU Administrative Council agenda
       
 
16 May
  Amateur radio 23cm band 'worth £252K per MHz'
      RAFT packet operator assistance desparately needed
      NASA's shuttle Atlantis rolls back out to launch pad
      ARRL Expo 2007 at Dayton Hamvention
       
 
15 May
  UHF handheld radios for £32
      WA5KUB live webcam from Dayton Hamvention
      Ham Radio's Digital Future - IRA fields digital migration plan for repeaters
      SolderSmoke #58
      Summits On The Air (SOTA) - South Africa
      Dayton Hamvention SDR-related activities
      Dunstable Downs Radio Club Bootsale 20th May
      Progress 25 docks at International Space Station
      VK Amateur Radio Study Group 8 years-old
       
 
14 May
  Eagle 70cm Receiver Progress
      Comeragh Cycle Race
      School in tune with radio licence
      ARISS event - Barrhaven Public School, Ottawa, ON, Canada
      ARISS event - Kenneth J. Carberry Intermediate School, Emmett, Idaho, USA
      Amateur Radio Intermediate Course in Poole, Dorset - Friday 18th May
      IOTA news
      History This Week
       
 
13 May
  LVB trackers boards available at AMSAT booth in Dayton
      Amateur Radio plays critical role in Pacific rescue
      SumbandilaSat on its way to Russia - Amateur Radio beacon sounds good
      AMSAT does well at Smithsonian Space Day event
      Radio St Helena to test this Thursday
      Radio Technology in Action event will break new ground
      The Weekend DX Story - BS7H Scarborough Reef
       
 
12 May
  Radio Amateur Invalid and Blind Club expresses gratitude at money raised
      GOAKI to visit the National Space Centre Amateur Radio Society
      Radio Hams on the scene after Greensburg tornado
      Motorola suspends Powerline LV BPL development
      Atlantis is 'go' for rollout
      NASA TV to broadcast cargo ship arrival at space station
      VK3KRB talks tech
      FNNQARG Queen's Birthday Weekend 2007
      Propagation de K7RA
       
 
11 May
  Sunita Williams talks with Portuguese school in Estarreja
      DX News from the ARRL
      Ofcom awards Northern Ireland spectrum licence to Personal Broadband UK Limited
      Progress supply ship to launch to Space Station
      Amateur Radio classes at NIAR, Hyderabad
      GB6EHL On the Air Saturday 12th May
      The Four Rocks, Photos from the 2007 Scarborough Reef DXpedition
       
 
10 May
  The Indianapolis Colts In Motion to appear at ARMAD
      Scarborough Reef DXpedition QRT
      Rewind - a look back at history
      IOTA News
      RAC Canada Day Contest
      ARRL Senior News Editor Rick Lindquist, N1RL, to retire
      SA's construction competition revised
      The DX Entity that never was
       
 
09 May
  On the Road with PW
      New IRLP Node in Central Highlands
      G B 1 Hundred Years Scouting - GB1HYS
      DRM tests from All India Radio and Deutsche Welle
      Michael Gallagher EI3CK: Silent Key
      SolderSmoke #57
      Queen Elizabeth II visits NASA and meets space station crew
       
 
08 May
  Queen Elizabeth II to talk with astronauts on the International Space Station
      Amateur Radio Preparing For The Worst
      SU0ARA participation in IARU Region I second EmCom Party on the Air
      Crystal Set DXing
      ARISS event - Sunset Mesa Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
      The HF Radio Club
      Out-of-this-world internet access
       
 
07 May
  Sunita Williams talks with German school in Weiskirchen
      Jamestown, Virginia - Special Event Station
      2007 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting - Call for papers
      HL7 - World Rafting Championship - South Korea
      Special Event Station GB25FC
      Old QSL card collection
      History This Week
       
 
06 May
  Sunita Williams talks with Italian school in Piacenza
      Eagle prototype UHF receiver powered up, testing commences
      ASTRA 1L satellite successfully launched
      GB100J at 21st World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford
      ARISS contact planned with school in Portugal
      Call book on APRS
      PRO - CW Club
      The Weekend DX Story
       
 
05 May
  ARRL recalls 'Regulation by Bandwidth' petition 
      Propagation de K7RA
      RAYNET service award to G3STG 
      Calling CQ - Become a Radio Amateur 
      New UK DX Forum 
      Worcester Radio Amateurs team up with VMARS 
      BS7H 1997 The Movie 
      BS7H interview 
      ARISS event - Space Day at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C.
       
 
04 May
  DX News from the ARRL
      WA5KUB live webcam - mobile and from Dayton
      Veteran astronaut Walter Schirra dies
      Radio Scout Activity 4th-7th May
      AuroraWatch News
      Device 'infiltrates wi-fi CCTV'
       
 
03 May
  CARS awarded the Kenwood Training Trophy
      8th QRP Minimal Art Session
      ARISS event - Liceo Scientifico Statale 'Lorenzo Respighi', Piacenza, Italy
      ARISS event - Erweiterte Realschule Weiskirchen, Germany
      Limerick Radio Club to participate in transatlantic re-enactment flight 1937-2007
       
 
02 May
  UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 30th April 2007
      Scarborough Reef - 4 stations now QRV
      SolderSmoke #56
      Regulation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
      Ponente Ligure DX meeting
      French TV worker sacked for Sarkozy subtitle ‘joke’
      Special DRM tests for NASB annual meeting
      400th Anniversary of America - GB400AA
       
 
01 May
  Sunita Williams talks with German school in Floeha
      Control operators needed for RAFT radar test 
      Upcoming ARISS school contact 
      Scarborough Reef DXpedition - second station operational 
      Public Service Requests / ARMAD07 

 
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