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April 2009
   
30 April
  Icom IC-7700s at G6PZ - a 9 month report
    Belgian Special Event Station
    ARISS event - Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, Space Day
    Bad weather delays Belgian amateur radio Rockall expedition
    A fully rechargeable satellite station
    US Supreme Court upholds FCC’s TV profanity crackdown
    Met police suffer radio problems ?
    Race of Morocco Special Event Station
    Benin DXpedition
     
29 April
  Stockport Radio Society returns to Stockport!
    Morse Code or Vail Code?
    PBH-10 Trans-Atlantic Flight
    Chelmsford Foundation Training Course starts 3rd September
    NCDXF elect new presidents
    New 'Contesting' website
    Confusion over NZ islands' names
    Ogasawara Islands, AS-031
     
28 April
  Dayton Hamvention - live broadcast
    Soldersmoke Podcast
    World Radiocommunication Conference 2011
    Solar Cycle 24 website
    2009 W5DXCC Dinner and Forums
    Sable Island DXpedition
    New International Reply Coupons
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Bridging The Gap In Nanoantennas
    434 MHz wireless sensor first for instant monitoring of brain oxygen
    Belgians in Rockall broadcast bid
     
27 April
  New Podcast Episode
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Birthday of Samuel Morse
    Happy Birthday Compass-1
    Hope and Aid
    May Ham Mag now available
    History This Week
     
26 April
  UKQRM launch new e-petition
    IRST-2009
    APRS satellite fleet expansion planned
    Two weeks and counting for AMSAT at Dayton
    Last chance to enter 2009 Construction Competition
    Publication of revised radio regulations imminent
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    It's been a long, cold, lonely winter but, here comes the Sun. (And yes, it's all right)
     
25 April
  'Mills on the Air' Weekend - GB6MW Meopham Windmill
    Propagation de K7RA
    SOTA Weekend planned will boost activity
    Verulam Amateur Radio Club Intermediate Course
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-12
    Free high school student tickets offered
    NY man sentenced to 5 years for broadcasting Hezbollah TV
     
24 April
  Amateur Radio emergency communications
    Thomas Dick, KF2GC, returns as Northern New York Section Manager
    The European Radio Amateurs' Organization is born!
    Saluting the heroes
    DX News from the ARRL
    Swiss Cube launch news
    MEP calls for action on mobile phone masts
     
23 April
  Video of RSGB AGM
    Tony's 10-metre band report
    World Amateur Radio Day in Bulgaria
    HB0 Liechtenstein operation
    More ANUSAT information available
    RAC Canada Day Contest
    Opportunistic Radio Communications
    Charly Hausemer, LX1AJ - SK
     
22 April
  SA's 40-metre band expansion still in the doldrums
    UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st March 2009
    Sunspots on BBC Radio 4
    Satellites Beginners slides prove popular
    SARL National Convention
    AMSAT India April Newsletter
    The Great Brazilian Sat-Hack Crackdown
    6-metre Guyana DXpedition
     
21 April
  Dayton 'Top-band Dinner' fully-booked
    ARES Special Event
    AX special callsign for ANZAC Day
    IRTS AGM
    Moonwalking with ham radio operators
    Ban on power line adapters - UK government responds
    Hamsat's birthday
    ANUSAT launched
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Lyrid Meteor Shower
    Amateur radio licence forgeries
    Erne Rally raffle winners
     
20 April
  Balloon launch - assist in tracking
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Vulcano Island 2009
    Simultaneous IRTS news transmissions from Mayo
    Meet Richard Garriott, W5KWQ at Dayton 2009
    2009 W0DXCC Conference
    History This Week
     
19 April
  Pirate BBC Essex 2009 - video
    Amateur Radio Satellite DO-64 featured on Dutch TV
    IARU Region 1 website gets a 'new look'
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    OnlineRadio's big calendar
    International Marconi Day - stations to listen for
    Tree Antennas
    Cq100 - a virtual ionosphere
    SA Armour Museum on the air
     
18 April
  Propagation de K7RA
    ARISS event - St. Edward School, Ashland, Ohio, USA
    World-class ACMA Monitoring Facility helps eliminate interference
    Hams help out after hi-tech system fails
     
17 April
  CQ World Wide DX Contest breaks 10,000 log barrier
    Papua New Guinea IOTA activations
    VK9LA commemorative T-Shirt auction
    Power Line Interference - HF Directional Loop Antenna
    Chelmsford Intermediate Amateur Radio Course
    DX News from the ARRL
    Ham astronaut celebrates birthday in space
     
16 April
  New space station module name honors Apollo 11 anniversary
    Leominster resident hopes to stay on air
    DXpedition to donate to earthquake victims
    Dayton Hamvention RTTY Forum
    ARRL Awards card checking at Dayton
    The 2009 Australian Shires Contest
    Alec Reeves inventor of Pulse Code Modulation
     
15 April
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
  CQ Magazine names new Public Service editor
    Lakehead Amateur Radio Club 75th Anniversary Special Event Station
    Italy Earthquake Appeal
    MDF in Nova Scotia
    ARISS events - Ulvila Upper Secondary School, Ulvila, Satakunta, Finland
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    New RAC representative on the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee
    1st KDMG RTTY Contest
     
14 April
  ARISS Report to WIA
    Radio storms on Jupiter
    SuitSat-2 meeting held
    CS5BLA - first multi-band beacon cluster in Portugal
    Improved, ultra-small, linear transponder - video
    15th EA-QRP Contest 18-19th April
    FCC proposes 20Mhz allocation in 413-456 MHz band
    Ilha Rasa activation
    1st ever RSGB AGM Webcast
     
13 April
  Austrian 70 MHz Beacon OE5QL
    Soldersmoke Podcast
    SARL World Amateur Radio Day event
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Italian earthquake emergency - HF operations concluded
    Mellish Reef DXpedition QRT
    New ICQ Podcast episode
    AMSAT Forum at Dayton Hamvention
    Radio Active Scouting!
    History This Week
     
12 April
  Deadline for National Convention booking extended
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, wins 2009 Hamvention Special Achievement Award
    KiwiSat taking shape
    Special prefix for ANZAC Day
     
11 April
  ICQ Amateur Radio Podcast comes of age
    New IARU Region 3 Newsletter available
    New Zealand Foundation
    NZ - Radio licensing paper released
    Mellish Reef - QRT planned for Sunday
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-11
    World Amateur Radio Day activity
    Golden Aerial Award
    Mogador Island DXpedition
    FCC move to curb police use of amateur radio frequencies
     
10 April
  National Dead Parrot Day
    Chinese hams to mount major emergency service drill
    Heavy storm on Mellish
    New Section Manager appointed in South Dakota
    Threat eases to 70cm in VK
    DX News from the ARRL
    Skylar Deleon death penalty expected today
    Propagation de K7RA
    Pirate BBC Essex on-the-air
     
09 April
  Coming soon! IC-E80D & ID-E880 dualband D-STAR transceivers
    Message from the International Amateur Radio Union
    Essex Morse Classes
    Informal Ham eyeball at Chennai on 12th April 2009
    Bulgarian Special Event Station
    Maritime Radio Day 2009
     
08 April
  Expedition 18 crew lands in Kazakhstan
  IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Google co-founder may become space tourist
    Pirate BBC Essex - this weekend
    Italian radio amateurs assist in country's earthquake tragedy
    Enabling ham radio channels in wireless 802.11 devices
    Further delays for SumbandilaSat launch
    Mellish Reef RTTY operation may be cancelled
    Expedition 18 crew undocks from station
    Greek Special Event Station
    New lighthouse activation
     
07 April
  LIDL SW Radio for £6.99
    Emergency frequencies declared for Italian earthquake
    ARISS event - Kawanishi Seiwadai Community Center, Hyogo, Japan
    Mozambique - another chance
    Hungarian Special Event
    International Marconi Day 2009
    Historic Sunspot Numbers
    YouTube Ham Band Video
    Picture of ISS 'toilet' sent via SSTV
    YouTube - ISS Contact with Charles Simonyi KE7KDP
    YouTube - Amateur Radio in emergency situations
     
06 April
  ISS Slow Scan TV - only 2 days left
    TV coverage of next Soyuz landing
    North Korean satellite launch 'fails'
    Ray Oliver’s 'Sail Round the UK' for charity
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Hamcall database tops two million callsigns
    History This Week
     
05 April
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    ACMA releases new spectrum guidelines
    SA's 7mhz band extension moves closer
    Strong doubts expressed about BPL
    GB7DK Port C - Stranraer operational
    Renewed Memorandum of Understanding
    AMSAT-DC Spring Workshop open for registration
    Astronaut Mike Fincke sets ARISS record
    Mellish Reef update
     
04 April
  RSGB Amateur Radio Direction Finding Seminar
    Propagation de K7RA
    Reading Rattle
    BBC Radio Cumbria 'Offshore Special'
    G & VK RTTY contests become one
    Carabinieri Award
    HAM RADIO 2009 Friedrichshafen
    Introduction to Military Communications Talk
    ACMA proposes new measures for 400 MHz band
    ATS-1 20m CW SSB Transceiver kits available
     
03 April
  KiwiSAT - taking New Zealand into space!
    ISS two-way SSTV contact
    NASA - Deep Solar Minimum
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-10
    DX News from the ARRL
    RFID technology use grows
    Solar Minimum is a Big Event
    Mellish Reef
     
02 April
  Hamvention names 2009 Award winners
    Memorandum of Understanding - RAC and Canadian Red Cross Society
    Mellish Reef update
    Midway Island 2009
    GB250RB on air for Tartan Week (USA)
    Swaziland DXpedition
    Roskilde 1658 Award
    Station crews proceed with handover activities
     
01 April
  The PW 'Surefire'
    SSTV pictures from the ISS
    ATV Balloon launch this Saturday
    New offshore radio documentary
    India Hams website relaunched
    Wind Farm interference
    Argentina: Puzzling interference to broadcast media
    ARISS contact planned with school in France
    Mellish Reef update

 
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