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August 2009
   
31 August
  SolderSmoke Podcast 114
    Satellite demos in Southern California
    Australian 137 kHz beacon on-the-air
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunleyon
    D-Star in Space!
    MRG VHF/UHF SSB Challenge 2009
    Work ZS10WCS - 2010 World Cup Soccer special event station
    4U30VIC on air for Worked All Europe DX Contest
    History This Week
     
30 August
  UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st July 2009
    First-ever non-Icom D-Star repeater joins G2 network
    Pecuniary Interest - QST editorial by K1ZZ
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Radio Caroline on 531 kHz this weekend
    GB50ATG
    SARL HF CW Contest - this afternoon
    FT-60R's emergency feature
    Australian Remembrance Day contest logs
    Rating of juniors in Russia
     
29 August
  Radio ham's planning victory
    Radio China to vacate amateur-only section of 7MHz band
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-30
    GB3WX - 6m / 10m Cross-band Repeater - update
    Ofcom video guide on making a formal complaint about a telecoms provider
    Propagation de K7RA
    Discovery in orbit and chasing space station
    Two astronomers predict sunspots will soon disappear completely
    'Invisibility cloak' antennas
    CubeSat launch on Sep 21 ?
     
28 August
  Essex Police - Make your own Walkie Talkies
    Intek DRS-5070 PMR-446 Radio
    NASA delays space shuttle Discovery launch
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (August 27 - September 04, 2009)
    DX News from the ARRL
    Chelmsford D-Star Talk
    Free DXpedition for a Young Ham
    Save Bletchley Park - UK Government responds
    Swedish TV covers Radio Amateur's spaceflight
    TV production ends in the UK
     
27 August
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    'Space Brits' come face to face
    Impact of Wind Turbines on TV reception
    Morse code videos on the internet
    Dutch society on Malta
    Mobile DXpedition - ops needed!
    SuitSat-2 now called ARISSat-1
    'No More War' - special event station
    CIS DX QPSK63 Contest
    Clearing the 7O1YGF fee submission confusion
     
26 August
  PE1RAH in Japan
    J42ARET on-air from Drenia Islands
    Chelmsford Foundation Training Course starts 3rd September
    Long Wavelength Demonstrator Array
    ISIS Launch Services Weblog - PSLV-C14 update
    Wireless Power Consortium - technical specification
    Homeplug user – 'should I feel guilty about ham radio?'
    South Korean rocket launch
    NASA sets new target launch date for space shuttle Discovery
     
25 August
  Cardboard Shoes
    Gremlins on the ISS
    GLORIOSOS 2009
    Ohio State Parks On The Air
    Bob Heil, K9EID to stage organ concert
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Guide to Digital PMR
    The Ingenious Circuits of Sir Douglas Hall
    Space can inspire next generation of engineers
    Bad weather delays shuttle launch
     
24 August
  3DA0SS Swaziland DXpedition a big success
    GB7NT packet radio node to close
    Next Theory Examination - Ireland
    SumbandilaSat on track for September 15 launch
    First activation of Willow Island, Texas
    Coleshill Market Charter special event station
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Summer CubeSat Developers' Workshop PowerPoints
    IC-9100 at Tokyo Ham Fair 2009
    Wireless automobile remotes cracked
    History This Week
     
23 August
  ARISS contact with Girl and Boy Scouts a success
    GB2STI
    D-STAR repeater interference
    Wuerzburg Pico and Nano Satellites Workshop
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    No more Q-code suffixes
    Another BACAR launch
    A town rocket fuel called Alice
    George Woodard - a life dedicated to shortwave radio
    4,500 Thai radio stations register to go legal
    New 3cm 10368 MHz SSB record verified and listed
    SuitSat-2 gets a new name
     
22 August
  Mid Cornwall Beacon and Repeater Group in process of transferring
    ARISS contact planned with Volkssterrenwacht Urania, Antwerp, Belgium
    New Icom radio covers HF to 1300 MHz
    Quality upgrade training available
    Car horn emergency alert system proposed in Germany
    Two hams safe following Kabul bomb blast
    NHC ham radio station featured in Duracell ad
    Propagation de K7RA
    Santa Cruz hams provide support during wildfires
     
21 August
  I.C.P.O. Bulletin (August 20 - 28, 2009)
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-29
    ARISS audio feeds
    Title 9 Women Only Sprint Triathlon
    Number crunching – a guide to the cost of calls
    DX News from the ARRL
    Upcoming ARISS contact with Tenison Woods College, Mount Gambier, South Australia
    St. Louis County Police offer 'Skywarn' training
     
20 August
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    ARRL Section Manager election results
    Upcoming ARISS contact with Girl and Boy Scouts of Maur: 'Pfadimuur', Forch, Switzerland
    7O1YGF DXCC credit
    New BC/YK Section Manager elected
    Santa Marta in Cascais - ILLW video
    Discovery 'go' for August 25 launch
     
19 August
  JARL Ham Fair special event station
    Gateway on for VK3RMM D-STAR repeaters
    Chelmsford D-Star Talk
    Whopping 10% increase for ILLW 2009
    iPhone Satellite Software
    Amateur Radio demonstration in Chelmsford town centre
    Upcoming contact with KIPP 3D Academy, Houston, Texas
    South Korea set for rocket launch
    BIG boys on-the-air
     
18 August
  Bath Amateur Radio Courses
    Emley Moor TV Transmitting Station
    Crochet your own
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    ARISS promoted at Quebec Hamfest
    Bishop Auckland ARC to co-ordinate National Railways on the Air Weekend
    Discuss your amateur radio concerns with Ofcom at the National Hamfest
    SARL HF CW Contest
    Swedish ham astronaut to return to the ISS
    NASA launches new technology - an inflatable heat shield
    CNN News in Morse Code
    SuitSat: Hacking for Outer Space
    FISTS member active from Hailuoto Island
    Emergency Comms - ARSI and Red Cross Society
     
17 August
  ZS9WRR on the air
    Tokyo Ham Fair Aug 22-23
    GAREC-2009
    IRTS 2m Counties Contest
    Last chance to apply for ZS10WCS
    Final call for papers AMSAT 2009 Space Symposium
    The Mayo Roscommon Galway VHF/UHF SSB Challenge
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Ofcom - further consultation on clearing the 800 MHz band
    Universal ham radio text messaging initiative
    History This Week
     
16 August
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    CHIRP D-STAR programming software
    Passepartout3 APRS Digipeater Balloon OE0S/OE9HFV
    New satellite location maps available
    Invitation to join Nova East Star Party ARISS video link
    Hamnet represented at Garec 2009
    A little 'Light' relief
     
15 August
  Send a message to an alien
    CQ CQ CQ...
    Celebrating 'Homecoming 2009' through Amateur Radio
    The National Hamfest
    Amateur Radio clubs wanted for art exhibition
    Marketing Ideas Forum at RSGB Convention 2009
    MFJ buys Cushcraft Antennas
    Piddle Power
    Propagation de K7RA
    ARRL President Harrison presents League's views on distracted driving laws
     
14 August
  ARES team safe after tyhoon disaster scare
    Typhoon disaster recovery
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-28
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (August 13 - 21, 2009)
    Marmara Earthquake Commemorative Stations
    ARRL response on medical devices in 70 cm band
    Energy company could install Powerline technology in homes
    DX News from the ARRL
    ARISS contact with Night of Stars, Belgium a success
    International Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend (ILLW)
    Hang on! It's on wheels.. so it's mobile
     
13 August
  YouTube SO-50 Amateur Radio Satellite Contact
    How do they do it?
    DL takes ILLW lead and 400th registration
    7O1YGF – Yemen approved for DXCC
    Andhra Pradesh Red Cross Installs Amateur Radio
    Amateur Radio in Chelmsford Town Centre this weekend
    2009 Report of RCE Standards Committee
    CubeSat Design Specification revision 12
    Bath Foundation Course
    Amateur Radio set to steal the show
     
12 August
  SolderSmoke Podcast 113
    TC17EQ - Izmit Earthquake Memorial
    Virgin Galactic - WhiteKnight 2 videos
    August Ham Mag now available
    ISIS CubeSat launch blog
    Vanity call sign fees to increase September 10
    Electronics Weekly - Bringing FUN back to the classroom
    Draft RSGB Board minutes for July
    Ofcom publishes consultation on releasing spectrum information
    Ofcom 917-921 MHz and 872-876 MHz Consultation
     
11 August
  ARISS contact planned with Night of Stars, Belgium
    Hamnet frequencies
    Lighthouse Forte de Santa Marta (Cascais) - Portugal
    First activation of Punta del Este Lighthouse
    The Perseids are coming
    Ham radio growing in China
    Amateur Radio stolen equipment database
    Military Matters on Twitter
    30 Meter Multi-Mode Weekend August 22-23
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Power Line Adaptors - RSGB Complains to OFCOM
     
10 August
  HF Propagation Podcast, August 2009
    AMSAT files CJ requests with US State Department
    Castor and Pollux Frequencies
    IOTA news from OPDX
    New Australian Bandplans
    SumbandilaSat launch scheduled for Sept 15
    Live broadcast of Huntsville Hamfest Aug 15-16
    2009 National Wildlife Refuge
    History This Week
     
09 August
  BACAR - two launches, but both marginal
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    The RAIBC needs YOU!
    Nevada County thanks radio hams
    Your name headed to mars
    Upcoming ARISS contact with Ottawa South United Sports Club, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    DX ClusterClient
    Want to use an exotic callsign?
    ISS contacts on IRLP and EchoLink
     
08 August
  The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-27
    GB111HP - Harry Patch special event station
    French amateur radio callsign confusuion
    WIA National News Podcast
    ARRL Teachers Institute wraps-up successful summer sessions
    Propagation de K7RA
    Cycle 24 Webinar
    Luso Towers to exhibit at National Hamfest
    Kadalur Point Lighthouse activation - India
     
07 August
  New amateur radio event in Lancaster
    LS Finngrundet on-air for ILLW
    Castor and Pollux QSL cards
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (August 06 - 14, 2009)
    DX News from the ARRL
    New videos of a Cubesat linear transponder
    Ofcom publishes Communications Market Reports
    BEVO1 and AggieSat2 deployment picture
    Sandford Mill Radio Museum on-the-air in August
    FCC issues $24000 NAL to alleged shopping centre radio jammer
     
06 August
  Tony's 10-metre band report
    ESA astronaut André Kuipers to spend six months on the ISS
    EMC Journal - 'BT Vision; the radio interference iceberg'
    Name change won't save RadioShack
    AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium videos
    FUNcube Satellite in Electronics Weekly Magazine
    ILLW could be a record year
    VK CTCSS standardisation
     
05 August
  CQWW CW victory makes K0DQ winner of all six major DX contests
    Perseid Meteor Outburst
    Two club Chairmen meet
    RSGB Convention program published
    Chatham Island DXpedition
    BEVO1 request for reports
     
04 August
  Morecambe Cross Bay Walk - Special Event Station
    J48LH Dukato Lefkas Island Lighthouse activation
    Valley of the Moon at Point Reyes lighthouse
    Changes afoot in Tonga
    Clipperton DX Club Convention - Special Event
    Geopark Certificate
    Space Station SSTV Active
    Chelmsford Foundation Training Course starts 3rd September
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
     
03 August
  ComReg consultation on the 2300 to 2400 MHz band
    World Cup Soccer - SES invitation
    Kentucky hams to take part in flu pandemic exercise
    QRP kits in Youtube
    Toolbag to re-enter atmosphere
    TAPR now on Twitter
    AMSAT India July Newsletter
    Launch your own personal DIY satellite
    Upcoming ARISS contact with United Space School, Seabrook, Texas
    History This Week
     
02 August
  Andrew Koenig KE5GDB named as Amateur Radio Newsline's 'Young Ham of the Year'
    International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend
    SWAT on-the-air to commemorate earthquake
    SARL to participate in National Science Week
    Enjoy BACAR next Saturday
    Ham radio helps avoid railway accident
    Spanish Grand Prix - special callsigns
    Norfolk Island VK9NI DXpedition
    'Summer Time Blues' ready for launch
     
01 August
  I.C.P.O. Bulletin (July 30 - August 07, 2009)
    Astronaut Frank de Winne evaluates Amateur Radio onboard the ISS
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-26
    Second World War POW exhibition in Manchester
    AMSAT-UK presentations available
    Propagation de K7RA
    RF 101: Information for the RF Challenged
    JT4 on the Microwave Bands
    Chelmsford talk - The work of the IARU
    Four new Amateur Radio satellites
    DX News from the ARRL
    YouTube STS-127 satellite deployment video
    The 2009 Perseid Meteor Shower

 
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