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December 2009
   
31 December
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    Video of HO-68 operational modes
    Great Circle Maps
    SWL and Servamus/CPF/Emcom Amateur Radio Wing
    January Ham Mag now available
    University awarded $840,000 for satellite
    First HO-68 SSTV contact
    A Bird's Eye View
    Sunspot surge
     
30 December
  International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend
    Secret mobile phone codes cracked
    Antarctic operation
    Tokelau Islands
    Wallabi Island trip
    Essex packet network closes
    UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 30th November 2009
    'Kon-Tiki' radio ham - Silent Key
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    RS38 satellite beacon heard
    BBC iPlayer video promotes HomePlug
    Video of SSB contacts on HO-68
     
29 December
  Canadian web site promotes ARISS
    Cosmonaut's view of an ARISS contact
    EPC WW DX Contest 2010
    New hamfest in Madison, Wisconsin - the Capital City Hamfest
    Need to know a grid square?
    Australian Special Event
    New Year schedule for HO-68
    World's first molecular transistor created
    YouTube - CQ Serenade
    Antenna Video
     
28 December
  Kia Rio for sale
    80m Counties Contest
    Hamradiotube for sale !
    PropNet
    IOTA news from OPDX
    History This Week
     
27 December
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Take part in an HF audio art experiment
    No ICASA account until mid-January 2010
    SAQ sends greetings to radio hams
    AO-51 satellite grid DXpedition announced
    SKN on OSCAR 2010
    Chichi-jima operation
    Kurdistan DXpedition
    Nos Galan Races special event station
    Yukon operation
     
26 December
  £5,000 grant awarded to amateur radio society
    Stephanie is youngest radio amateur in the UK
    Isaacs Ridge repeaters
    Radio hiking trip
    Polar Bear QRP
    Dover boy is quite the ham
    GB250RB coming to an end
    Italian police silence ‘voice of God’
     
25 December
  Don't try this at home
    Propagation de K7RA
    DX News from the ARRL
    Australian bushfire destroys radio clubhouse
    Australia’s earthquake disaster - 20 years on
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (24 December 2009 - 01 January 2010)
    No Hamvention move for next 3 years
    Santa brings IRLP back to London
     
24 December
  Fred 'Angus' Small ZL3FS, New Zealand's oldest 'Active' Amateur - SK at 95
    Club Log
    40m Receiver - assembly and demonstration
    Amateur Radio promotional videos on YouTube
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from AMSAT-China
    Do you want your first CW QSO?
    7th International DX Convention
    IRTS 80m Counties Contest
     
23 December
  Tony's 10-meter band report
    Essex CW Amateur Radio Club
    London Underground modernisation for 2012 Olympics
    AIP for aeronautical VHF communications spectrum
    A source of candidates for amateur radio courses
    RTBF International confirms dropping shortwave
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Three new crew members welcomed aboard space station
     
22 December
  Istanbul Lighthouse On The Air - the movie
    AMSAT China XW-1 designated Hope OSCAR 68
    Wireless Gigabit spec set for Q1 release
    New EU telecoms rules
    Mexican Special Event Station
    Contest University USA 2010
    2009 DXCC Yearbook - final reminder
    Hey What's That - Path Profiler
    Yaesu Heritage Year 2010
    Antarctica tour
     
21 December
  Historic AMSAT Newsletters
    Smith-Chart Software
    Space Station SSTV video
    Two new sunspot groups for Christmas
    Making the Future: What DIY Culture is Telling Us About Tomorrow
    $25k Ham Radio Mobile
    January 2010 AMSAT Kid's Day on AO-51
    NASA revised EVA schedule affects ARISSat
    Amateur Radio featured on 2010 Calendar
    IOTA news from OPDX
    YouTube - Marconi Brookmans Park Transmitters
    History This Week
     
20 December
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Space Weather Research - the chance of a lifetime
    Radio Amateur to manage the Hermanus Magnetic Observatory
    AmateurLogic.TV - Episode 25 now available
    All amateur radio operators asked to report weather-related observations
    CEPT Questionnaire results
    BBC Paper on PLT
    AO-51 schedule to support SKN
    XW-1 SSB transponder activated over NA
     
19 December
  Donate online to the Spectrum Defence Fund
    NZ4O Propagation Forecast
    500kHz NoVs extended to 2012
    Propagation de K7RA
    'Koala Talkers' dig ham radio at DeLand school
    XW-1 Transponders active today
    Cornish Radio Amateur Club to start Foundation licence course
    QRP BB Contest with FT817, K1 and Goats
    BT Home Networking questionnaire
    Birth of Itoshima City - special event station
    Saddam Hussein planned to attack Radio Free Europe - Czech intelligence
     
18 December
  PLT in RadioUser magazine
    TV news report of XW-1 satellite
    Amateur Radio Training Instructors Newsletter
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (17 - 25 December, 2009)
    A commemorative station for Australia’s worst ever natural disaster
    Centre Victoria RadioFest No. 3
    DX News from the ARRL
    CB website warns truckers to stay out of 10 meters
    RAC Canada Winter Contest
     
17 December
  XW-1 Beacon Video
    YouTube - Italian ISS school contact
    New ARRL course on Digital Technology for EmComms
    New wireless microphone licensing arrangements
    How to make a satellite contact via VO-52
    Solar Flare
    Draft RSGB Board Minutes for November
    Tony's 10-metre band report
    Amateur Radio bill passes Senate, moves to the House
    Astronaut Jeffrey Williams KD5TVQ talks to Italian students at Astronomic Park Torino
     
16 December
  Amateur radio could help in Gloucestershire emergency
    The 2009 ARRL Spectrum Defense campaign needs your support
    Lab makes solid material transparent to terahertz waves
    21st Chelmsford Foundation Course
    Radio amateurs heading to Antarctica
    It's a hard life..
    Amateur radio in the Cotswolds
    XW-1 beacon reported world-wide
    Croft Taylor VE3CT appointed to Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
    A big new sunspot emerges
     
15 December
  Students and teachers invited to 'fly a file' on ARISsat-1
    Radio amateurs in Bahrain gain new frequencies
    IRTS Radio News via ATV
    Astronaut Training - Simulated ARISS contact successful
    South Dublin Radio Club Christmas Party
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    SYRG Autumn Foundation Course a success
    AMSAT-China say XW-1 has been launched
    Pegasus High Altitude Balloon Project
     
14 December
  Hudson Valley SatCom Net
    HAMNET exercise - Gauteng South
    OSCAR-11 makes another appearance
    Deputy appointed for Servamus/CPF/Emcom Amateur Radio Wing
    SumbandilaSat sssay competition - date extended
    Website for amateur satellite XW-1
    IOTA news from OPDX
    DXpedition of the Year survey
    QSL survey
    Radio amateurs in India get new frequencies
    YouTube - 10 GHz SSB contact
    History This Week
     
13 December
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    500kHz 1mW QRP gets to Norway
    Geminid Meteor
    East Rand Club looks to break Boland's record for ZS10WCS
    Mysteries - SWR Exposed
    Moon 2009
    New HF learning award from QCWA Chapter 119
     
12 December
  Propagation de K7RA
    NZ4O LF/MF/HF/6M Propagation Forecast
    The ARRL 10-metre contest and satellites
    Spectrum Defence Fund announced
    RSGB election results announced
    Ofcom - Sensitivity of 2.7 GHz radars to 2.6 GHz transmissions
    SDR-Radio.com
    ‘Bawdsey Research Station’ Commemorations 2010
    RTTY Welcome Day
    Ofcom - Release of the 59 - 64 GHz band
    Radio Society tries to beat back powerline networks
     
11 December
  New Section Manager appointed in South Carolina
    Tunisia Scouts - Special Event Station
    LCL 2009
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (10 - 18 December, 2009)
    DX News from the ARRL
    UK to have dedicated space agency
    Advanced Amateur Radio classes in Bath
    QRP in the Country!
    VK3RTV digital amateur television update
     
10 December
  Tony's 10-metre band report
    ARISS contact planned with high schools in Italy
    Copenhagen Climate Change Conference special event station
    Experienced CW op needed for rare IOTA DXpedition
    Hong Kong Special Event
    SwissCube rotation slowing
    House of Lords - Emergency services need 15 MHz of spectrum
    Ofcom Draft Annual Plan 2010/11
    Save Shortwave 2 e-petition - the government's response
    ISS SSTV transmissions
     
09 December
  Honolulu Marathon in need of ham radio operators
    VOA Greenville on YouTube
    ARISS contact planned with De Gasperi school in Bari, Italy
    Limited ISS SSTV transmissions begin today
    Scott Robbins, W4PA, to purchase Vibroplex
    St. Austell 10 GHz beacon GB3MCB
    G3YJO receives Lifetime Achievement Award
    Orbital Debris Removal Conference
     
08 December
  ICOM IC-706MKIIG - the final word!
  Astronaut training - simulated ARISS ham radio contact scheduled
    TCSWAT on-air for International Naval Contest 2009
    VHF/UHF/Microwave DXpedition to Norfolk Island
    When all else fails - Amateur Radio, the original open-source project
    You Tube - Hello Amateur Radio
    Historic Videos - Hurricane Diana
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Astronaut Doug Wheelock and Ham Radio
    Amateur Pioneer - Herb VK3JO
    Utah hams co-ordinate rescue
     
07 December
  EI 185 RNLI
    ARRL 10 Metre Contest
    SolderSmoke Podcast 119
    Tatsfield Receiving Station
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Desecheo K5D DVD available for the holidays
    2009 CQ DX Marathon (less than a month to go!)
    61st International DX Convention
    YI9PSE DXpedition to Kurdistan
    History This Week
     
06 December
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    EMC Journal - Why Ofcom is not fit for purpose
    ARRL's Logbook of The World reaches new milestones
    AO51 magnetic 'flip' experiment successful
    Golada Mar Lighthouse
    ZL3 Radio Buildathon
     
05 December
  Propagation de K7RA
    Date set for start of National Amateur Radio Centre construction
    Widnes and Runcorn ARC running Advanced exam course
    King Bhumibol Adulyadej HS1A video
    50th anniversary of 1st UK 10 GHz contact
    Commemorating a century since Braun and Marconi won the Nobel Prize
    The 25th Canvey Radio & Electronics Rally
    Morse video - NATO hand key
    ARRL talks to FCC about BPL
    Hungarian National Park activations
     
04 December
  Big L / KBC Radio now testing on 1395 kHz
    UHF 3-D Radar for IED Detection
    Cambridge & District Amateur Radio Club Rally 2010
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (03 - 11 December, 2009)
    DX News from the ARRL
    SAQ 17.2 kHz on the air Dec 10
    Japanese banker meets Dundee radio amateurs
    Icom confirms IC-706 production has not ceased
     
03 December
  Tony's 10-metre band report
    AIM4170 Antenna Analyser presentation
    New Intermediate Course at Wythall in January
    AO-51 magnet reversal
    ARRL invites nominations for 2009 International Humanitarian Award
    21st Chelmsford Foundation Course
    LEFARS - Table Top Sale
    ZL4BO Roy Jackson, silent key
     
02 December
  New auto tracking HRPT/CHRPT system and Az/El rotator for AMSAT work
    IARU Vienna 2010 papers released
    Upcoming ARISS contact with Midvalley Elementary, Midvale, Utah
    Ham Radio Lisbon 2009 video
    Programming your D-STAR radio
    Operation from Antarctic King Sejong Station
    South American tour
    Capo Sant'Elia Lighthouse activity
    Martin Lynch & Sons Open Day - this Saturday
    December Ham Mag now available
    Second issue of Monitoring Matters
    OSCAR-11 Report
    Electronics Weekly - Digital TV DVB-T2 standard
     
01 December
  RAYNET standby for Calva Bridge comms now cancelled
    Willis Island - back on the air
    Historic scientific papers now online
    NZ Radio Spectrum 08-09 Review and 09-12 Outlook
    Propagation de K7RA
    NASA TV to broadcast space station crew Soyuz landing events
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    USS MIDWAY Museum - special event station

 
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