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February 2009
   
 
28 February
  WICEN - call for more operators
      Satellite debris update
      Keeping a watch on the 40-metre band
      More stations for the Commonwealth Contest
      John Moyle Field Day
      Propagation de K7RA
      PSK31 Contest March 14-15
      Emergency Communications GAREC-2009
      Death penalty verdict for ham radio couple's killer
      RSGB negotiates extensions to 500kHz NoVs
       
 
27 February
  Sheffield Amateur Radio Club and National Science Week
      Live webcast of RSGB AGM on BATC streamer
      Desecheo DXpedition update February 26, 2009
      The KN4LF Propagation Forecast #2009-05
      RAC new Vice President for Field Services
      Battleship North Carolina BB-55
      Deadline for Alberta Section Manager nominations approaching
      DX News from the ARRL
      Hams bust cops on unofficial chat channel
      New Amateur Radio Satellite PowerPoint
      Mars-500 flight simulation experiment
       
 
26 February
  ISS Commander Mike Fincke KE5AIT talks with 'Marconi' school
      2009 Winter Section Manager election results
      BSA updates Radio Merit Badge requirements
      Radio Amateurs of Canada has a new President
      Radio Caroline to broadcast 'The Boat That Rocked' exclusive
      The Science of Space Weather
      VT Amateur Radio Association will be exhibiting on Feb. 28th!
      NASA program links up Fassett with International Space Station
      Ofcom lifts Two-Year Rule for local commercial stations
      K5D and Mike, NA1SS success
      VHF and up at the RSGB Convention
      'Pirate' BBC Essex and me..
      Astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, talks to 3 schools and a Princess in a single day
       
 
25 February
  IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Mayotte operation
      Kuwait National Independence and Liberation Day
      ARISS event - Hampton Bays Middle School, Hampton Bays, New York, USA
      Chelmsford Foundation Training Course starts 26th February
      Ofcom - Spectrum liberalisation consultation
      New DRM receiver announced
      Public Consultation - Light Licensing, Licence-Exempt and Commons
      KiwiSat satellite - transponder on test
      Desecheo DXpedition update February 24, 2009 2300Z
       
 
24 February
  ARISS space contact attracts media attention
      KP5 Desecheo audio update
      Ham operators aid emergencies, reach out globally
      SARL VHF/UHF Contest
      Engineers Ireland Week of Wonder
      Desecheo DXpedition update February 23, 2009 1530Z
      BFBS cuts continue: Cyprus loses breakfast show
      GB250RB on 2m SSB
      ARISS event - Chatham Public School, Taree, NSW, Australia
      ARISS event - 1 Circolo Didattico G.Marconi, Casamassima, Italy
      K5D satellite contact with KO4MA via SO50
       
 
23 February
  Wythall Rally 8th March - last few tables
      IRTS / ComReg meeting
      BBC's secret war with the pirates
      Chelmsford Talk - What has the RSGB ever done for me?
      IOTA news from OPDX
      Desecheo DXpedition update February 23, 2009
      Treaty of Roskilde Special Event Station
      Mellish Reef DXpedition
      Innovative UK launcher concept gets ESA cash
      History This Week
       
 
22 February
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
      SARL Hamnet 40-metre Simulated Emergency Contest
      New version of UISS available to download
      AMSAT Awards
      NASA defers setting next Shuttle launch date
      ZL7T on Chatham Island - an Offer and Opportunity
       
 
21 February
  RSGB Public Service Director steps down due to ill health
      New Ofcom Chair confirmed
      RSGB Morse Certificate of Competency
      ARISS event - Erie Planetarium, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
      Mid Somerset Amateur Radio Club meets again
      ARISS event - Oregon City Schools, Fassett Middle School, Oregon, Ohio, USA
      Open Day at Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society
      Propagation de K7RA
      First ARISS contact from a broadcast station
      Ecomm hamster power
      Get Radio-Active!
      NC radio amateurs win exclusion from cellphone ban
       
 
20 February
  ETSI Standards available as free downloads
      New CubeSats could launch in April
      Western Sahara to be activated on RTTY in April
      Pirate BBC Essex returns to the air this Easter
      DAB a finalist in the Fiasco Awards
      DX News from the ARRL
      FCC revise Digital TV website
      Ryanair allows mobile phone use
      3rd person 'guilty' of ham radio couple's murder
       
 
19 February
  PRISM Earth picture success
      AMSAT-UK Colloquium - First Call for Speakers
      ST2DZ air mobile
      Tony's 10-metre band report
      Join a different kind of amateur radio competition
      Military communication equipment sale
      Comet Lulin update
      Chelmsford 'eyes' to hunt for other Earths
      Desecheo DXpedition update February 19, 2009
       
 
18 February
  IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Desecheo DXpedition update
      World Amateur Radio Day - Emergency Comms
      Essex Repeater Group Canvey Raffle
      ISRO to launch a breakthrough satellite
      UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st January 2009
      Morecambe Bay Amateur Radio Society
      ARISS event - Salluit Schools, Salluit, Quebec, Canada
      VK3 bushfires - WICEN wrap-up 18 February 2009
       
 
17 February
  DX Expedition Desecheo Island via AO-51
      AO-51 2nd repeater for K5D Desecheo Island operation
      Major Pacific DXpeditions - not one, but two!
      RSGB statement on PLT
      RSGB Board Minutes now available
      Amateur Radio and Hillwalking
      K5D Desecheo DXpedition update
      Weekend Fireballs
      DRM consortium to hold workshop in New Delhi
       
 
16 February
  Tifariti Gang on-air from the Western Sahara
      K5D Desecheo DXpedition update
      Pirate BBC Essex, Easter 2009 – my ship is coming in
      European Geo Parks Special Event
      DX Expedition to Desecheo
      Dave EI3IO Joins IARU Committee
      BBC 2 - Y Stations and Cobra Mist
      St Patrick’s Day station
      SolderSmoke 101:
      EME contact could be a world record
      IOTA news from OPDX
      History This Week
       
 
15 February
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
      2008 Bill Leonard, W2SKE Professional Media Award
      'Team Africa' seek CW operators
      Brunei's radio hams provide emergency comms
      John Moyle National Memorial Field Day
      ARRL International CW DX Contest
      K5D Desecheo DXpedition update
       
 
14 February
  Horkheimer Prize 2009
      ARISS event - South Park Elementary, South Park, Pennsylvania, USA
      UK Amateur Radio Exam Committee Report 2008
      Thinking Day on the Air
      Oklahoma hams warn of oncoming tornadoes
      Propagation de K7RA
      New youth group wants you
      Queen Mary's radio room renamed
       
 
13 February
  Icom to release the IC-7600 HF+50MHz transceiver
      AmateurLogic TV - Episode 23: Back From A Long Summer Vacation
      Yet another Solar Cycle 23 sunspot group
      Satellites collide in space
      DX News from the ARRL
      K5D Desecheo DXpedition update
      IEEE work on BPL issues
      Amateur Radio in Germany 2008
      Australian bushfire update - 13 February
       
 
12 February
  US astronaut Sandra Magnus talks with schools in Greece
      G0KSC OWA Yagi antenna design site
      Nearly 700 US TV stations to end analogue service next week
      Hungarian Special Event Station
      3D2 Fiji operation
      Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
      New Zealand to get 7.1-7.2 MHz Primary
      European Spectrum Enforcement Survey
      IARU votes to admit new members
      Russian and US satellites collide
      The IARU President and Vice President confirmed
      New regulations adopted for Ham Radio in France
       
 
11 February
  W1AW to QSY on 160 Meters
      ARISS tribute to Dieter Schliemann KX4Y
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Responses to 24 GHz Automotive Radar Consultation available
      Request for reports of Kagayaki signals
      K5D DXpedition update
      Jim Smith VK9NS silent key
      ISS Commander Mike Fincke KE5AIT talks with 'Barsanti' school
       
 
10 February
  ARISS planned with school in Pietrasanta, Italy
      Webcast of ARISS radio contact with school in Pietrasanta, Italy
      N8O Special Event Station
      ARISS planned with school in Alexandroupolis, Greece
      Beware of Marion Island pirate activity
      WAAB Award available
      Special Event Station GX3EUG/GX7EUG
      New YouTube videos of PLT interference
      Victorian bushfire update
      WICEN activated for bushfires
      Dieter Schliemann KX4Y - Silent Key
       
 
09 February
  Belleville ISS contact video
      ARRL approves limited use of CW Skimmer
      North Dakota QSO Party
      First DAB+ transmitters arrive in Australia
      Pilton Bluecoat Junior School ARISS contact video
      IOTA news from OPDX
      DXCC News
      New Director of Planning for the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization
      NASA continues assessment of the next Shuttle mission
      History This Week
       
 
08 February
  Astronaut Mike Fincke talks to Staedtlisches Gymnasium Herzogenrath in Germany
      Few days left to book Gauteng and Cape PIC Programming Courses
      Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
      Despite setbacks, Namibian DXpedition a great success
      Midway Island available to radio hams in October
      John Moyle Field Day
      ZL7 Chatham Island
      Dusky Lunar Eclipse
      Marion Island · ZS8T QSL cards ready to print
      AMSAT India sponsors VO-52 Operating Certificate
      Victoria bushfires · radio amateurs providing communications
       
 
07 February
  Thinking Day on the Air
      Propagation de K7RA
      Presentation about DXpedition 3B7C to St Brandon
      New First Vice-President elected
      Desecheo DXpedition team start their journey
      ARISS event - College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphhal, India
      Digital voice signal report alternative
      ARRL announces second homebrew challenge
      ARISS event - Pilton Bluecoat Junior School audio
       
 
06 February
  ARISS contact planned with Gymnasium Herzogenrath, Germany
      International SOTA Weekend 2-3 May 2009
      DX News from the ARRL
      Sabah operation
      Norfolk Island DXpedition
      Approaching comet loses its tail
       
 
05 February
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
      Summer Sprints 2009
      ZS8T Marion Island · Bogus spots
      High Frequency Co-ordination Conference taking place in Tunisia
      Hamnet General Meeting
      Get Radio-Active
      ARISS event - Pilton Bluecoat Junior School, Barnstaple, UK
      Dr. Hartmut 'Hal' Weber DJ7ST - Silent Key
      Date reported for launch of SumbandilaSat
       
 
04 February
  The Largest Radio Transmitter in the World
      NASA and Google launch virtual exploration of Mars
      Nauru DXpedition
      35th Eastern VHF/UHF Conference - call for papers/presentations
      Panama Lighthouse Activity
      Buddy Holly special event station
      Students call space station with home-built radio
      ARRL Executive Committee issues mobile amateur radio operation policy statement
      Alinco announce 144/430/1240 MHz handheld
      Plans for UK satellite launcher
      Iran Omid satellite launch video
      Station reboost postponed
       
 
03 February
  More layoffs at Motorola
      Nominations sought for Young Ham of the Year Award
      C3 mini DXpedition
      Antarctic Activity Week
      Top Band Dinner announcement
      Adventure Before Dementia
      European Commission 24 GHz consultation - joint RSGB, UKuG and AMSAT-UK response
      'Electronics at Work' Educational Movie
      7 year old Radio Ham in TV news report
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Ofcom to align UK Digital Dividend Spectrum with Europe
      Iran launches first satellite into orbit
       
 
02 February
  Power Line Interference - UKQRM meets OFCOM
      40 years of the radio news
      Tune the Delfi-C3 WebSDR station
      EI100CQD
      Korea unveils stamp celebrating ARDF
      SolderSmoke 100: Special Centenary Edition!
      50 MHz now available in Sweden
      UoSAT-2 / OSCAR-11 on YouTube
      Jack Binns CQD videos on YouTube
      IOTA news from OPDX
      ARISS event - Humber College Institute of Technology & Higher Learning, Toronto
      Bushfires – VK hams provide communications
      History This Week
       
 
01 February
  Astronaut Mike Fincke talks to Ceram Business School in France
      Successful ARISS contact with College Jean XXIII, Pamiers, France
      Talk on latest developments in HF Surfacewave Radar
      Delfi-C3 / DO-64 status update
      2 Metre AM
      WIA takes over
      Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
      AWA CW Activity Day
      Clubs urged to appoint Public Information Officer
      Mobile TV trials underway in Australia
      K5D official update for EU


 
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