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October 2008
   
 
31 October
  Ten Years Online
      Swaziland 'Flex-Pedition'
      DX News from the ARRL
      Spooky Auroras
      Vanuatu operation
      Funeral of John Jackson, G3TZZ
      Video of UK ARISS contact on BATC video streaming site
      ISS FM repeater proves popular
      The Simpsons on Ham Radio
      Tony's 10-metre band report
       
 
30 October
  'On The Air' 1937 - How Radio Works
      ISS Commander Mike Fincke KE5AIT talks with Italian school
      18th Great Northern Hamfest live video
      NZART 2008 Straight Key Night
      Classic 1960's movie on Blackburn Valves (Tubes)
      Write for PSR
      WAB is Changing
      Ofcom - Cardiff and Manchester interleaved TV spectrum awards
       
 
29 October
  Owen and Richard Garriott
 
  ARISS contact planned with school in Rome
      New version of BasicDSP released
      ISS crossband repeater active
      Newsfeeds for FCC Experimental Licence applications
      The Vendee Globe Challenge
      Canvey Radio & Electronics Rally
      The New Daily Ionospheric Forecast Service (DIFs)
      Ofcom - Power Line Telecommunications (PLT)
      Wayne Green W2NSD - 'Technical Visionary'
       
 
28 October
  The LZ DX Contest
      GB7MM Dorset D-Star update
      JA6 IOTA operation
      NCDXF now QRV on Twitter
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Spain gets new 70 MHz and 1.8 MHz allocations
       
 
27 October
  First 5 MHz licences issued to EI stations
      70cm repeater GB3CB uses 4m and 10m bands
      Kerkennah Island
      John Jackson, G3TZZ - Silent Key
      Congratulations to Roderick EI2P
      DXCC News
      New Zealand online content site launched
      25 years of DXpeditions to HB0
      Olivia article in December QST ?
      History This Week
       
 
26 October
  The Willis Islands DXpedition
      GB7YD D-Star live streaming audio and video
      Fallbrook CA. honors ham radio wildfire emcomms
      WIA Awards program
      Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
      Space Week slogan deciphered
      2008 Broadband Handicap
      TAPR announces new Mercury SDR receiver board
      Amsat Officers appointed
      NASA TV to air station crew's special messages
       
 
25 October
  FCC responds to ARRL petition against experimental license using 40 Meter band
      Propagation de K7RA
      SOS Week for the RNLI
      ARISS event - Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani, Conversano, Italy
      Foundation courses announced
      IOTA news from OPDX
      GB7MI on the air
       
 
24 October
  Expedition 17 crew lands in Kazakhstan
 
  DX News from the ARRL
      RAC ARES information
      Expedition 17 crew undocks from station
      Pictures direct from space to Market Harborough
      VLF station SAQ on the air 24th Oct
      A soundcard-based SAQ VLF receiver
      Desecho DXpedition
       
 
23 October
  STOP PRESS - IC-7600 to be shown at Leicester Amateur Radio Show
      Guardian Newspaper article on Powerline (PLT)
 
  Caribbean Tour
      ARISS event - Armada Area Schools, Armada, Michigan, USA
      Strumble Head Group on-air for CQWW
      ARRL files petition with FCC against Experimental License using 40 meter band
      Listen for us below 7.100
      Ofcom consultation on assignment of interleaved TV frequencies
      UK positioned for sat-nav prizes
      Change of command ceremony and last full day for Expedition 17
       
 
22 October
  Amateur Radio on the Space Station update
      India launches first Moon mission
 
  Thank You Richard and the team
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Tony's 10-metre band report
       
 
21 October
  Arcala Extremes - OH8X - New contest alliance from the Far North
      ZoneProp
      UK National Archives - newly released UFO files
      Ofcom - update to AIP consultation for the Maritime and Aeronautical sectors
      Channel 4 Dispatches - Remote Meter monitoring
      Deleon 'guilty' of ham radio couple's murder
      ISS SSTV and audio clips on YouTube
       
 
20 October
  GB3CCX back on the air
      Special Event Station
      VK9DWX - Willis Island DXpedition 'Thanks VK Night'
      Irish stations active for CQ WW Contest
      BBC technology programme 'discovers' DRM
      TV reports of Amateur Radio ISS school contact
      WorldSpace files for Chapter 11
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Wellington Region Expo-EXPO-09
      History This Week
       
 
19 October
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
      2008 AMSAT Space Symposium begins this week
      Intecnet to feature Spread Spectrum Communication
      Ofcom consultation on innovation licence
      Watch out for your QSL cards in the mail
      A list of the 2008 Symposium Talks has been released
       
 
18 October
  Horkheimer Prize
      Propagation de K7RA
      Simulated Emergency Test
      51st Jamboree on the Air
      Amateur licenses for visitors to Singapore
      JOTA UK Station List
      New RAC ARES Training Manual
      ISS Slow Scan TV Status
       
 
17 October
  Happy Birthday KiwiDxList !
      East Ship Island, Mississippi
      ON50, WLD Award
      DX News from the ARRL
      Strange Radio Event
      AO-51 configuration to support Scouting JOTA
      The Willis Island DXpedition
      Happy 60th birthday to the New Zealand Radio DX League
      Ofcom reserves capacity for two new HD services on DTT
       
 
16 October
  ARISS Flight update October 15, 2008
 
  Results of the NIAR Silver Jubilee HF Contest
      Help needed in Fine-Tuning SSTV on ISS
      EU Commission streamlines notification procedure for national regulators
      NZ's RSM comes to the rescue of old faulty beacon
      PMR Digital Voice
      ISS images from Kenwood VC-H1
      French Amateur Radio Bands announcement
      Earth pictures sent from space station by Amateur Radio
       
 
15 October
  Tony's 10-metre band report
 
  IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Delfi-C3 /DO-64 Amateur Radio satellite Status update
      New D-STAR live link
      SSTV pictures from astronaut W5KWQ
      Free US wireless network a step closer
      UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 30th September 2008
      VDSL in London and Wales
      Richard Garriott to contact Budbrooke School, Warwick, UK
      Getting started on Amateur Radio Satellites
       
 
14 October
  St Barthelemy DXpedition
      Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands
      Get Ready for the 51st Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) This Weekend
      CQ Hou Koers
      Spectrum Defense: 'More Work to Do'
      Essex Repeater Group AGM
       
 
13 October
  Essex radio ham receives ISS picture
      Richard Garriott on orbit! SSTV Gallery and Blog
      Lecture on Amateur Radio (in Irish)
      Major Award goes to EI
      AMSAT Symposium 2 weeks away
      Amateur Radio SSTV pictures from Space Station
      Richard Garriott launches to space
      European Common Allocations Table
      IOTA news from OPDX
      History This Week
       
 
12 October
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
      A 'new-cycle' sunspot emerges
      SumbandilaSat to be launched from Baikonur
      Attention all Radio Amateurs: WAG-Contest 2008
      Defense admits Skylar Deleon killed ham radio couple
       
 
11 October
  GB2RS 40m news broadcasts to resume
      Propagation de K7RA
      Ofcom statement on Channel 4 and DAB radio
      GB4FUN moves on apace
      Garriott Gears for Space Journey
      Minister wants astronaut 'icon'
      Terrestrial ISS SpaceCam1 SSTV test
      Name change for Canadian Amateur Radio Emergency Database
      Britain’s Big L is now an Internet-only station
       
 
10 October
  Amateur Radio Satellite Delfi-C3 Update
      CQ0DSM B - Portugal's latest D-Star repeater
      ARISS event - Colombia Mission Project at Buchanan High School, Clovis, California
      Cape Town's tow-truck jammers
      DX News from the ARRL
      Richard Garriott W5KWQ Space Station update
      New ARISS SSTV Web Gallery and Blog
      Icom UK donate latest digital radio to Chatham House School
      Pennsylvania becomes 27th state with PRB-1 law on books
       
 
09 October
  VK9DWX Willis Island DXpedition
      Icom UK sponsor G6PZ Contest Group
      SSTV on AO-51 this weekend
      Solar Cycle 24 website
      VU4 and VU7 to be activated again this year
      VU4RG - DXpedition from Andaman Island
 
  ARISS contact, planned with school in Conversano, aborted
      Icom IC-7200 - Rugged HF/50MHz Rig with IF DSP!
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      FCC releases new DTV factsheet and troubleshooting guide
      Lithuanian Amateur Radio Society Special Event
       
 
08 October
  No news items today due to technical difficulties
       
 
07 October
  Kingdom of Bhutan operation
      IARU-endorsed booklet promoting ethics
      NASA spacecraft ready to explore outer solar system
      Britain gets a new broadcasting minister in cabinet reshuffle
      Kiwi morse tutor program gets rave reviews
      RS-30 transmission on anniversary of Sputnik 1
       
 
06 October
  New Amateur Radio Club for Donegal
      General Astrodynamics Library v0.4.0 released
      AMSAT Symposium just weeks away
      SA's 'Take Amateur Radio to School' cancelled
      Kent Radio Amateurs assist ambulance service
      Theory for Radar Reflecting Clouds
      Amateur Digital TV
      Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite update
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Small Satellites - how universities can contribute to the space industry
      History This Week
       
 
05 October
  Former Dutch pirate targets DX Babyboomers
      ARISS event - Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani, Conversano, Italy
      AmateurLogic.TV - Signals Museum Tour Part 2
      Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
      SARL presents amateur radio's objection to ICASA
      RAYNET callout - update
      Radio Amateur missing for 25 years re-united with friend
      Desecheo Island DXpedition
      Listen 'live' to New Zealand amateur radio
       
 
04 October
  RSGB unhappy with Ofcom over PLT inaction
      June 2009 launch for first Chinese Amateur Radio satellite
      The Enigma story and Wireless Times
      WIA announce result of Clubs Grant Scheme
      Sign of the times – magazine goes QRT
      Propagation de K7RA
      GB4FUN being fitted out
      Ofcom publishes digital television update for Q2 2008
      HFC Buildathon cancelled
      GB2RS long service
       
 
03 October
  RAYNET on callout in South-East England
 
  Rule changes for 2009 - CQ WPX Contest
      BATC meeting to be streamed 'live' on the web
      Galileo satellite knocked offline
      Opening statements in Skylar Deleon trial expected Tuesday
      NAQCC Special Event Station N3A
      DX News from the ARRL
      Southeast Iowa Hamfest
      Middlesex DX Group on Arran Island
       
 
02 October
  Canadian Radio Amateurs provide communications as Hurricane Kyle hits the Maritimes
      Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age
      Comtrend Powerline Adaptors - Radio Interference Video
      BBC World Service on DAB+ in Malta
      Powerline Adaptors - RSGB Response to Ofcom
      M1FDE - Silent Key
       
 
01 October
  IC-RX7 – Slim, Stylish Wideband Receiver!
      P29 DXpedition operator vacancy
      United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Special Event Amateur Radio Day 2008
      Netherlands Antilles operations
      Arrrgghh, is it are not raining at Maatsuyker Island?
      Tony's 10-metre band report
      A new magazine is born
      Is it 'curtains' for the Energiser bunny?
      Ofcom introduces 'Consumer Protection Test'

 
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