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November 2007
   
 
30 November
  Ofcom announce Olympic Radio Spectrum Consultation
 
  Wythall Radio club get Lottery grant to start Amateur Radio license training
      TM8T - French Muscular Dystrophy Telethon
      IOTA news
      Callbook-CD Winter 2007/2008
      DX News from the ARRL
      Video of Hayabusa asteroid mission
      AY7X, Isla Grande, Tierra del Fuego
      Flight readiness review taking place today
      New DXCC-Entities to come
      Hubble Telescope - Satellite Night BBC 4 Sunday
       
 
29 November
  Essex Raynet praised by Essex Police and Maldon Council
      Chelmsford Foundation Training Course starts 10th January
      Satellite tie-up for fast Galileo
      Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club - 50th birthday dinner
      Viviane Reding - new spectrum rules for the wireless economy
      DRM approved by the ITU for 'tropical band' shortwave broadcasting
       
 
28 November
  D-STAR Group in Northern Ireland
      OSCAR Day
      SolderSmoke!
      Skywarn Recognition Day
      China's 'satellite killer' puts ham radio birds at risk
       
 
27 November
  WRC-07 IARU Region 1 final report now available
      OH9SCL - Santa Claus Land - Finland
      Essex to get D-STAR repeater
      National Packet Radio Registry
      HamRadioForum.net launches
      Spanish Radio Amateurs get 7.1-7.2 and 51-52 MHz
      Propagation de K7RA
       
 
26 November
  Deadline passes for Irish repeater call signs
      Columbus poised for research breakthroughs
      Lunar orbiter S-band signals received
      3.4 – 3.6 GHz is 'great spectrum to own'
      Inmarsat signs deal for 'super-satellite'
      Canadian amateur radio club offers to co-site city's radio system 
      Californian radio ham's license revoked 
      CD sales have so far raised $2000 for food bank
      History This Week
       
 
25 November
  Satellite special event station
      SARL-HMO beacons - time synchronization problems solved
      Video posted of Pontes amateur radio contact
      AMSAT at two hamfests 01 December 2007
      German Amateur Radio repeaters disappearing at an alarming rate
      Sounds from Space
       
 
24 November
  Icom gives 5 more D-Star repeaters to the WIA
      Pedestrian mobile spans the globe
      Rare WAB activation
      IOTA news
      New D-STAR repeater to go on test in Portugal's Algarve
      Very special Australian 10-letter callsign issued
      The Weekend DX Story - RTTY DX IS!
      Tony's 10-metre band report
       
 
23 November
  AMSAT groups support ZEL funding
      Ofcom Consultation on the Future of Digital Television
      Australian Online Register of Radiocommunications Licences
      World’s first DRM+ broadcast launches in Germany
      G3RWF in Uganda for CQWW CW Contest
      Africa and Southwestern Tour
       
 
22 November
  Video of SKCC Sprint contest on YouTube
      BBC Radio Devon DRM trial
      Planet Ham website
      Special callsigns for Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose anniversary
      Learn the basics of DSTARusers.org
      Amateurlogic TV episode 17 now out!
      DX News from the ARRL
      Amateur Radio hi-tech developments in the news
      Propagation de K7RA
       
 
21 November
  2008 Dayton Contest University
      BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five agree approach for Freeview HDTV channels
      IOTA news
      Florida radio ham cleared by FCC
      Rule changes to EARA Award
      BBC World Service to be available 24/7 on AM in Salt Lake City 
      RRDXA members on-air for CQWW CW Contest 
      Melbourne's D-Star repeater goes live 
      The Waffle Award – a summer activity 
       
 
20 November
  RSGB HQ to move to Bedford
      SOS Radio Week 2008
      Very Special Event Station GB80GKZ
      Japan donates HF radios to Solomon Islands tsunami victims
      DXpedition to Nouakchott, Mauritania
      'Sputnik' Award by Kazakh hams
      New D-STAR repeater GB7PI now on air
       
 
19 November
  AMSAT-UK and ESA co-operation on GENSO
      New release of MULTIPSK
      AO-16 soundcard BPSK demodulator
      IOTA news from OPDX
      AMSAT Maryland Lab progress report
      e-Mentoring Initiative
      Iraqi amateur radio back on air Tuesday
      History This Week
       
 
18 November
  The first Bath Buildathon
      PEARS HF QSO Party
      ISS Amateur Radio summary
      ANDE De-Orbit Award
      ARRL International Humanitarian Award nominations close December 31
      Columbus module and the Amateur Radio antennas
       
 
17 November
  Martin Lynch gets D-STAR repeater licence
      WRC-11 agenda items
      Propagation de K7RA
      ITU World Radiocommunication Conference concludes after four weeks
      OSCAR-11 Report
      WRC-07 - digitally modulated emissions in HF broadcast bands
      Iraqi radio hams back on air soon
      The Weekend DX Story - Romeo in P5
       
 
16 November
  Colossus loses code-cracking race
 
  600 metre amateur radio band proposed for the next World Radio Conference in 2011
      EBU hits out at EU spectrum proposals
      Former pirate radio ship set to become disco
      DX News from the ARRL
      QRP2004 transceiver design available online
      IOTA news
      Yaesu and Motorola
      Comet Holmes bigger than the sun
      Ofcom proposes wholesale broadband deregulation in newly competitive markets
      SolderSmoke!
      WWII computer back in action
      WRC in Geneva says Radio Marti’s airborne broadcasts are 'illegal' - Cuban news agency
      Sirius 4 satellite ready for launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome
       
 
15 November
  Colossus - Code Transmission Today (15/16)
      Wall Street Journal - One person's bid to save morse
      An offbeat 500 kHz antenna
      Amateur Radio at 14th Electronics New Zealand Conference 2007
       
 
14 November
  EU Commission proposes a single European Telecoms Market
      WRC-07 - ERO report on third week 
      Sputnik Award 
      Foyle and District Amateur Radio Club to play host to GB75PW 
      John Sluymer 2006 Radio Amateur of the Year 
      Chelmsford Advanced Amateur Radio Exam in January 
      South Cook Island to be activated 
      'Stealth' antenna made of gas is impervious to jamming 
      Say No to 0870
      ICOM Japan announce the ID-92 D-STAR handheld 
       
 
13 November
  USSR Woodpecker antenna pictures
      Ham Greetings ushers in Christmas cards and ornaments for Amateur Radio Operators
      New broadcasting items on WRC-07 agenda
      IOTA news
      The South American Tour
      BBC Transmission - Aiming at the Future, The Movie (1990)
      UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st October 2007
      Resistor Colour Code Tutorial
      Ofcom leads the way in adopting 03 phone numbers 
      Advanced notice of possible interruption to Global Positioning Systems 
       
 
12 November
  Atlantis at the pad
      500kHz experiment enters second season
      Video of Historic Dutch Raid on Radio Caroline
      AO-16 partially recovered
      Call for papers at 12th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference
      AIS - Automatic Identification System
      Motorola to acquire controlling interest in parent company of Yaesu
      Report from radio amateurs in Mexico
      Ireland: AREN Winter Nets
      Dengie Inter-club Quiz Night 2007
      Vulcan Bomber Talk - IET Chelmsford Wed 14 Nov
      History This Week
       
 
11 November
  First Portuguese D-STAR Repeater now active
      Update to ARRL 2007 Frequency Measuring Test
      WRC-07 Week 3: HF broadcasting empty-handed, no 5-MHz Amateur Radio allocation
      5 runners-up in 'Into Space with Amateur Radio' competition
      Remembrance Day service today
      Expedition 16’s first spacewalk complete
       
 
10 November
  D-STAR - The Videos
      Radio Ham may have discovered cancer cure
      Propagation de K7RA
      Arthur Z. Rowe, N1ORC Silent Key
      Raynet help with floods and fire
      AT7CD Special Event Station for Indian National Disaster Reduction Day
      RAC elects Executive Officers for 2008-2009
      Hamfest India 2007 - reschedule of date & venue
      D-STAR news from Paris, France
      Ham Fair in Lisboa - Portugal
      The Weekend DX Story - Palos Verdes Sundancers
       
 
09 November
  D-STAR Presentation Videos
      Updated list of German 2x1 Calls
      IOTA News
      DRM report highlights problems caused by PLC/BPL
      Russia will broadcast four radio channels in DRM format
      DX News from the ARRL
      Digital radio market to experience global market growth
      Station spacewalk to prepare for PMA, Harmony moves
       
 
08 November
  New German D-STAR repeaters
      70 MHz to be available to all Eire Radio Amateurs
      Ham Radio astronaut thrilled by 'triumphant' mission
      New Satellite to 'Protect Canadian Sovereignty'
      Mayday signal traced to fridges
      Radio Amateurs in Eire get access to 5 MHz
      Moving image of the Moon shot by the HDTV camera
      UK satellite Skynet 5B to launch Friday
      New car radar IC's for 76 GHz
      German TV station to broadcast 24/7 in Dolby Digital 5.1
       
 
07 November
  Tony's 10-metre band report
      Discovery lands in Florida 
 
  Discovery crew prepares for landing Wednesday
      IRESC makes contact with Villahermosa
      Israeli Radio Communications instructor visits CARS
      Ofcom provide web feeds
      EARA Award
      New Zealand 2.3 GHz spectrum auction set for December
      ARRL Experimenting with Icom D-Star Digital System
       
 
06 November
  Motorola to buy Yaesu
      New Zealand Radio Amateurs set-up Yahoo Group
      Latest TAPR Journal now available
      New Zealand broadcaster convicted of unlicensed transmissions
      WRC-07 - ERO report on second week
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Guinea Bissau DXpedition
      Clipperton Island DXpedition
      Discovery undocks from space station
       
 
05 November
  Discovery to undock Monday
      10 MHz Amateur Radio balloon to cross the Atlantic
      Digital Voice Dongle Project
      ALE400 Channel Frequency List
      Over 300 QSOs for Sputnik satellite special event station
      SatPC32 ver 12.7 released
      Deutscher Amateur Radio Club - New president's board elected
      SolderSmoke #68
      Exciting news from the Adventure Radio Society
      History This Week
       
 
04 November
  Spacewalkers complete solar array repair and deployment
      ESA reports on Nespoli school contacts
      A fantastic Monday morning sky show
      IOTA news from OPDX
      State of emergency declared in Pakistan: broadcasting affected 
      Bob McGwier, N4HY, speaking at Texas Microwave Society meeting 
      WICEN prove their worth in joint exercise 
      EmComm Party update 
       
 
03 November
  IARU - WRC-07 so far
      Propagation de K7RA
      Martlesham Microwave Roundtable 10-11 November
      Drivers stranded by car signals
      New French DXpedition to Guinea-Bissau
      New North America 10GHz distance record
      Second double Italian school contact successful 
      The Weekend DX Story - QRZ on 6-Metres?
       
 
02 November
  Fourth spacewalk pushed back to Saturday
      WRC-07 - ERO report on first week
      DX News from the ARRL
      WRC 07 Emergency Amateur Radio demonstration van
      Foyle and District Amateur Radio Club to play host to GB75PW
      VooDoo Contest Group 2007 - Guinea - 3XY5D
       
 
01 November
  Tony's 10-metre band report
 
  A central telecoms regulator would hurt Europe
      The Changing Face of Hobby Radio
      Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club planning 50th birthday bash
      Web site for G4CAA-G4CZZ & G4YAA-G4YZZ QSL cards
      Taiwan Radio Museum holds exhibit of intercepted broadcasts
      NEC successfully develops wideband wearable antenna prototype
      November - a great mobile satellite month

 
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