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August 2008
   
 
31 August
  Gustav - Hurricane Watch Net
 
  RSA frequency allocation changes possible
      Data over Mains Radio Interference - New Video
      Shelby Ham Fest attracts radio fans
      Life on airwaves with radio ham
      Special live broadcast from Radio Sweden on 3 September
      2008 DX Magazine Most Wanted Survey
       
 
30 August
  Gulf Coast prepares for Gustav
 
  Straight Key Week
      Virtual DXpedition at HFC
      IOTA activation Jura EU-008
      Propagation de K7RA
      National Railways on the Air
      ARISS event - Challenger Learning Center of Lucas County, Oregon, Ohio
      Internet Radio arrives in-car
      14th ARDF World Championship
      ACMA releases draft of new Australian Radiofrequency Plan for comment
      DNC ham band pirates fail to show
      Latest DRM capable receivers and DRM+ developments on display at IFA 2008
       
 
29 August
  Learn CW Online - in your web browser
      60 Years of ATV - a new video on the BATC tv web site
      Earth Movie taken by Amateur Radio Satellite CO-65
      DX News from the ARRL
      Past Radio Amateur's Examination papers
       
 
28 August
  ARISS event - Schulhaus Feld 1 Richterswil, Switzerland
      Special Event Callsign 9V1F1
      Contest University UK sponsored by ICOM UK
      Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
      Computer virus alive and well on the ISS
      Automatic Digimode Identifiers
      Montenegro DXpedition
      Korean broadcasters face sanctions for comments during Olympics
       
 
27 August
  Calling All Radio Amateurs
      Hurricane Gustav - Notice to all radio amateurs in IARU Region 2
      HogCon 2008 - Stevenage 21st September
      New HF digital protocol to debut at DCC
      Amateur Radio Satellite takes more pictures
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      FCC Vanity Call Sign fees to increase September 25
       
 
26 August
  Amateur satellite beginners session at the Leicester Amateur Radio Show
      YO DX Contest
      Chelmsford 'Advanced' Amateur Radio Training Course
      Bath Amateur Radio training features in newspaper
      Satellite activation for rare grids
      Bangladesh IOTA DXpedition
      Death of Pat McNamara
      New site licence fees threaten Aussie repeaters
      Amateur Radio promotional material pays dividends
       
 
25 August
  QRP DXCC achieved in sunspot minimum year
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Short range devices in the 433 MHz band
      The 'French Handbook' - free to download
      Change of callsign for QSL Manager
      NASA Amateur Radio Special Event
      Suriname DXpedition
      MRG VHF/UHF SSB Challenge 2008
       
 
24 August
  ARISS contact video available
      ICASA working on licensing backlog
      ARRL responds to Pave Paws concerns
      Argentina’s Radio Continental stripped of its FM frequency
      Big showing by Australia for ILLW
      2008 ARRL / TAPR DCC to be held in Chigaco
       
 
23 August
  Denver's radio hams advised on handling DNC protesters
      Route 66 On The Air
      NASA and ATK investigate failed launch of hypersonic experiments
      The Second 2008 Bill Windle QSO Party (BWQP)
      DX News from the ARRL
      Propagation de K7RA
      IARU Region 3 Directors Meet
      Intel demonstrates wireless power
       
 
22 August
  Bletchley Park - Save Britain's code of honour
      Ten-Tec to increase transceiver prices
      St Rognvald Special Event Station
      Middlesex DX Group on Arran Island
      GB1CODY
      ZS8T · Marion Island
      RAC announces a newly revised HF Band Plan
      Australia acts to stop Hizbollah TV station
       
 
21 August
  Amateur Radio contacts between Georgia and Russia cease
      New Idaho and North Dakota Section Managers to take office October 1
      50th Scandinavian Activity Contest
      'Evolution Not Revolution' Nanosatellite Symposium Glasgow
       
 
20 August
  Tony's 10-metre band report
 
  Copper wire factory in Llanelli to close with the loss of 135 jobs
      DXCC rule removal
      2008 AMSAT North America Space Symposium and BoD Meeting
      Dutch commercial station Radio 538 dodging censors in Beijing
      Volunteers needed for AMSAT booth at ARRL New England convention
      Radio interference from internet over mains units
      A thermostat for mini-spacecraft
       
 
19 August
  GB7PI - Frequency Change
      Amateur radio, out of this world
      Weird 'n' Wonderful
      IRTS seeks new radio news editor
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      June 2008 meeting of the IARU Administrative Council
      UK Defence Spectrum Management Presentation Slides
      Responses to Spectrum Framework Review for the Public Sector
       
 
18 August
  PLT Standards - South Africa rejects call for relaxation
      Glorioso 2008
      Ofcom responds to MOD spectrum consultation
      SolderSmoke #90
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Willis Island DXpedition update
      Irish scout jamboree members fall victim to dib dob - rob!
      History This Week
       
 
17 August
  Come join the NAQCC
      'Chasing Maidens' - a new fun award
      Perseverence pays-off in 2-metre tropo contact
      Responses to Spectrum Commons Classes for Licence-Exemption
      Railways On The Air
      ARISS event - Los Padres Council Troop 105, Santa Barbara
      COMPASS-1 CubeSat in emergency mode - telemetry reports needed
       
 
16 August
  QSL Bureau Report July 2008
      Boys' Brigade celebrate 125 years
      Lioness of Italy Award
      Mars robots begin test campaign
      Rockall Expedition EU189
      Ham radio couple murdered in Nebraska
      HF digital voice via EchoLink
      DX news flash from OPDX
      Propagation de K7RA
       
 
15 August
  Chelmsford Advanced Amateur Radio Training Course
      Amateur Radio on the NASA Digital Learning Network
      Mahabalipuram Lighthouse India - AT8LH
      NASA astronaut ready to answer your questions from space
      Good news from S21 land (Bangladesh)
      Partial lunar eclipse to be webcast
      First-ever contact between South Africa and Reunion Island
      DX News from the ARRL
      QRP Buildathon at HFC 2008
      Learn Morse code website
      Ofcom publishes its UK Communications Market Report 2008
       
 
14 August
  Petition to Save Shortwave Radio
      Maritime Radio History Society web page
      Silicon City Ham Meet 2008 at Bangalore
      Bloggers enraged over 'pretty face' fakery
      'The Old Timer' by Jim Smith, VK9NS
      2 radio amateurs occupy secret radio frequency by mistake
      70cms band e-petition response
      Postcard from Scotland
      KL7DX NA-234 Cleveland Volcano DXpedition 2008 video
      Tony's 10 Metre Band Report - 14 August 2008
       
 
13 August
  Crossing America by bicycle
      Firefighter killed in Toronto propane explosion was Radio Amateur
      This weekend - Live web broadcast of the Huntsville Hamfest
      Slow, broken morse from Antarctica
      Finding local repeaters
      UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st July 2008
      How the Chinese duped the world’s broadcasters at Olympics opening ceremony
       
 
12 August
  ILLW 2008 International Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend, August 16-17th
      IARU Friedrichshafen Meeting Notes
      Want to visit Willis Island VK9DWX ?
      NZ Draft Radio Operator Certificate and Callsign Rules
      NZ report on Ultra Wide Band technology opportunities
       
 
11 August
  ARISS contact planned with Town of Berkeley Heights Summer Playground Camp
      Fabulous prizes to be won at the RTA
      Limerick Radio Club to activate Tarbert Island Lighthouse
      Set-up an Amateur Radio station at a school
      Senegal 'Space Week' Special Event
      Hong Kong - Olympics Special Event Station
      Perseid Meteor Shower
      IOTA news from OPDX
      History This Week
       
 
10 August
  Ofcom - Digital Dividend Update
      The legendary IsoPole is back!
      Ofcom - Licence Exemption above 10 GHz consultation
      RSGB response to CEPT ECC Report 25
      QRZ.com says 'no more political discussions'
      Balloon supply problems thwart BACAR launch
      Clandestine FM radio broadcast in Beijing
      Broadcast engineering consultant wins ARRL Technical Excellence Award
      PLT standards to be discussed at SABS TC73 meeting
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
       
 
09 August
  New RSGB Awards Manager
      International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
      Chelmsford Advanced Amateur Radio Training Course
      Propagation de K7RA
      Invitations to lighthouse activation
      Russian Nanosputnik 'Polar lights'
       
 
08 August
  Ham 'in a pickle'
      Caribbean tour under way
      BT mast site WILL be new suburb
      AMSAT-UK videos on BATC site
      Antenna firm sites plan discussed
      Falcon 1 Flight 3 video
      DX News from the ARRL
      Chinese Olympic Special Event Stations
       
 
07 August
  Exercise Mercury's March
      Morecambe Bay Amateur Radio Club - 25th anniversary celebrations
      IARU Region 1 Amateur Television Contest
      Morse code alive and well
      Ofcom publishes illegal broadcasting factsheet
      India to get Satellite Navigation System
      FM relay transmitter for Radio 4 stolen in Wageningen
       
 
06 August
  Tony's 10-metre band report
 
  Intermediate Course at Wythall
      HF Digital Voice programs available for download once again
      New Zealand - National Woodskills Festival Award 2008
      Mini - Dxpedition to Guinea 3XY0D
      Morse Runner - Contest demonstration video
      AMSAT-UK Colloquium PowerPoints and pictures
      Countdown to the Perseid Meteor Shower
       
 
05 August
  Video of BBC Droitwich construction
      Asia Pacific DX Convention
      New Zealand - Westfest
      Island of Embudu, Maldives operation
      New time and frequency for KiwiDx Group Net
      Lighthouse activities
      Worked All Europe DX Contest
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
       
 
04 August
  Worcester Radio Amateurs Association Intermediate Course
      New IARUMS co-ordinator for EI
      Two-letter callsign ballot
      IOTA news from OPDX
      SolderSmoke #89
      World Flora Fauna Award Programme
      New Digital TV Standard - Pilot Trials
      Two Amateur Radio Cubesats Lost
      Dorset Foundation Course
      History This Week
       
 
03 August
  On the Road with PW
      Bath Amateur Radio Courses
      Amateur Radio Mars Orbiter P5-A slides
      Winnipeg Hamfest
      Take an interactive journey through NASA's first fifty years of exploration
      BATC offer free streaming accounts to members
       
 
02 August
  RSGB/RAEN (The Network) talks end in disagreement
      Dealing with repeater abuse
      6m repeater for Torbay area
      Propagation de K7RA
      Sale of Lambda House rumours
      V73 QSL Bureau closed
      The LZCWC Award
      Big L’s Dutch mediumwave transmitter on 1395 kHz switched off
      Portuguese radio hams suffering big BPL problems
      End of an era as Smithsonian Station goes QRT
      Communication from space inspires young minds
       
 
01 August
  New Zealand Ultra Wide Band consultation report
      Live web broadcast of the Huntsville Hamfest
     

Solar Eclipse: Friday, August 1st

      Tuning in to the wonderful world of amateur radio
      Broadband over Power Lines - a DXer responds to earlier comments
      Morse code ringtone generator
      VLF Stations - Google Earth
      DX News from the ARRL
      Water found on Mars!

 
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