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January 2009
   
 
31 January
  VHF activity contest
      EC seeks views on 24GHz
      Kurukshetra ’09
      Chennai HAMS / VHF enthusiasts group blogspot
      UK Government says DAB to be the primary platform for radio
      Third person on trial in KD7VWJ and KD7VWK murder case
      Rochester Hamfest turf war - now there's only one!
      K6DUE call now part of ISS Amateur Radio Club
      Propagation de K7RA
      Logbook of The World now easier than ever
       
 
30 January
  Multi-lingual ERG stand for Canvey Rally
      VK9LA Lord Howe Island - update
      Marion Islands, ZS8
      SARL National Convention programme taking shape
      DX News from the ARRL
      Chatham Island activation
      NASA invites public to choose Hubble's next discovery
       
 
29 January
  Dean Feken, KL7MA, appointed Oklahoma Section Manager
      Icom announce new D-Star radios
      Mozambique DXpedition
      Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
      Dayton Dinner Dates
      WAS LoTW account information
      Rare South African prefix
       
 
28 January
  Wythall Rally 8th March
      The Times - Amateur Thermonuclear Fusion
      PRISM and STARS telemetry decode software
      Stockport Radio Society - Intermediate Course
      ARRL Board of Directors considers Internal and External Goals for 2009
      Preserve and Encourage CW Activity in 2009!
      Good start to Rabbie Burns Event
      ARISS event - Ecole & Collège Jean XXIII, Pamiers, France
       
 
27 January
  Desecheo Island DXpedition latest
      The 24th Canvey Radio & Electronics Rally
      ARISS contact planned with Ceram, Antipolis, France
      Special Prefix HE8
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Laura L. Smith named to Amateur Radio Enforcement role
      J. John Thomason, WB5SYT, appointed West Gulf Division Vice Director
      Russia says no ISS space tourists after 2009
       
 
26 January
  DXFC EI/GI activation
      SKN 'Best Fist' winners
      Rochester Hamfest turf war
      BACAR launch scheduled for March 21
      Get ready for World Amateur Radio Day
      IOTA news from OPDX
      2008 Most Wanted Survey
      60 GHz wireless demo at up to 12.5 Gbit/s
      Strong winds in Spain cause antenna collapses
      IARU Region 3 Newsletter available
      UK retailers can boost DAB signal in-store to maximise sales
      History This Week
       
 
25 January
  Listen for new Sats using web receiver
      Signals heard from new Amateur Radio satellites
      Please keep an ear open for a phoenix!
      Hams can help NASA
      Jack Binns - hero of the high seas
      Ring of fire: Indian Ocean to see solar eclipse
      Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
      Hamnet handles yacht distress signals
      Rabbie Burns Special Event Station
       
 
24 January
  Waverley Amateur Radio Society activates special event callsign
      PJ7/FS DXpedition to the Caribbean
      Military Satellite Communications - Present & Future
      Propagation de K7RA
      Richard Garriott, W5KWQ talks with Victoria, 7
      Michael J. Copps named Acting FCC Chairman
      The KN4LF Propagation Forecast #2009-04
      2009 CQ 160 Mtr CW Contest RX Prop Fcst
       
 
23 January
  Paralysed woman uses Morse code
      Newspaper remembers heroics of wireless operator
      DX News from the ARRL
      ARISS event - Castor Valley ES, Greely, Ontario, Canada
      G8DET on BBC Essex
      BBC Radio 4 - Jack Binns CQD
       
 
22 January
  Camb-Hams to Harris
      FCC reports decline in BPL customers
      Villagers embrace amateur radio
      HAM-MAG Issue 2 now available for download
      ISS astronaut active on Amateur Radio
      Cape Cod National Seashore KM1CC activities
      ZS8T · Marion Island
      Launch of Amateur Satellites to be broadcast on web
       
 
21 January
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
 
  Amateur Radio Nostalgia
      'CQD' Jack Binns and the sinking of the RMS Republic
      G4VF and the Empress of Ireland
      Radio Amateurs asked for help
      Smart Lighting: New LED drops the 'droop'
      New date for Amateur Satellite launch
      New threat to 24 GHz
      JY3ZH SK
      Coy Day, N5OK, resigns from ARRL Board of Directors
      First issue of WorldRadio Online
       
 
20 January
  Amateur satellite launch postponed
      New ICQ Podcast Available
      BeeSat CubeSat
      ITUpSAT1 Project
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Vatican to get own YouTube channel
      Worcester Radio Amateurs Association Foundation Course
      ARISS event - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
       
 
19 January
  Advanced Amateur Radio classes in Bath
      New GB Call QSL Manager
      4-metres in Denmark
      UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st December 2008
      KiwiSAT status report
      New version of PropNetPSK available
      Norwegian Amateur Radio Band proposals
      Hiking the Rheinsteig
      TV giveaway to fund high-speed internet
      The SolderSmoke 99
      Watching the Earth from Space at Royal Institution
      Ofcom publishes cognitive devices report
      History This Week
       
 
18 January
  Hamnet joined search for missing plane
      Anniversary contact with ISS planned
      Radio Caroline launches new iPhone player link
      Astra 5A satellite taken out of service following ‘technical anomaly’
      Students in India experience successful contact
      CubeSat Workshop Abstract/Poster deadline
      Brazilian League 75th Anniversary
      The North Canterbury Amateur Radio Club 40th Anniversary Award
       
 
17 January
  The KN4LF Propagation Forecast #2009-03
      NSC wants total ban on mobile cellphone use
      W3A inauguration station
      FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announces resignation
      ARISS event - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
      More D-STAR on 10m and 6m ?
      Propagation de K7RA
      New Section Manager appointed in Wyoming
       
 
16 January
  RAC President sends message to Manitoba Minister
      Funding cut ends international Emcomm event
      Radio Amateur HS1A to receive Global Leaders Award
      Ham radio enthusiasts call up trading standards
      Summer Sprints 2009
      DX News from the ARRL
      Istanbul Lighthouses On The Air
      Oranmore Castle activation
      Ofcom Publishes 275 GHz consultation responses
      Discovery of methane reveals Mars is not a dead planet
       
 
15 January
  VK9LA Lord Howe Island
      The 2009 Australian Shires Contest
      Power Line Signalling The Death Of HF Radio
      The truth about Broadband over Power Lines - BPL
      BPL - BT Vision - Interference To CB Radio
      Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
      Amateur Satellites - H-2A 15 launch sequence
      Tube emergency radio operational
      NATO report details impact of BPL
      First D-STAR on 10m and 6m ?
      EADS Astrium buys SSTL
      60GHz SiBeam chips beating UWB for video
       
 
14 January
  CQ to accept eQSL confirmations for award credit
      Maritime mobile.. to the Caribbean
      St. Martin's Island DXpedition
      First of eight new Section Training Coordinators announced
      VP9 land anniversary
      The day the BBC's ship came in
      Plasma screen TVs may be banned under new EU legislation
      CARS Foundation PowerPoints updated
      Hamradio VIPs - Kings, Sultans, Prime Ministers, former Crown Princes and more
       
 
13 January
  What is a HAREC ?
      A visit to the BBC Rampisham transmitter site
      Ham Radio Intro - Malaysia
      Palestine update
      'Old Barney' lighthouse activity extended
      Falkland Islands YL operation
      Newbury Amateur Radio Training
      Troop 80 Scouts earn badges over the airwaves
      Revised Bandplans now on RSGB site
      Introduction to HSMM
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
       
 
12 January
  GB250RB SES for Rabbie Burns 2009
      Historic Shuttle Amateur Radio Videos
      QSL card's 50-year journey
      Desecheo Island DXpedition update
      WorldRadio Online - email notification list established
      Monday 2m CW Activity Night starts at 20:00
      Ross Hull Contest
      PIC programming course
      New version of General Astrodynamics Library released
      Transatlantic test from Africa to South America
      IOTA news from OPDX
      History This Week
       
 
11 January
  Free Contest Mapping Tool updated
      Son charged with murder of Florida radio ham
      Foundation for Amateur Radio invites scholarship applications
      Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
      Namibian VHF DXpedition logs 89 EME contacts on first night
      Medium Wave Circle launches new low rates for European members
      VE3NPC and G3VZV complete transatlantic AO-51 mode V/S contact
      PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest
       
 
10 January
  BBC interviews UK Cubesat builders
      Chelmsford Foundation Training Course starts 26th February
      KP5 team prepares for Europe!
      AMSAT in SatMagazine
      NARSA Blackpool rally date change
      Earthquake strikes Costa Rica, emergency ham frequency declared
      ARRL Board of Directors, Standing Committees to meet in Connecticut next week
      Propagation de K7RA
      First GB7OK D-Star net held
      GB3LK is to become GB3OK
      The VKCL Contest Logging Software
      A comet approaches
       
 
09 January
  Tony's 10-metre band report
      ARISS logo items at CafePress
      New QSL tracking service in Chile
      Big guns from JA
      The KN4LF Propagation Forecast #2009-02
      DX News from the ARRL
      NASA balloon mission tunes in to a cosmic radio mystery
      WAC first on 13cms!
       
 
08 January
  Amateur Radio Training
      Five new Amateur Radio satellites
      LY1000 - Millennium of Lithuania
      Silent radio station launches quietly
      From Radio Amateur to satellite company chairman
      The new Dayton Ham Radio Forum
      Amateur Radio - Technology in Action
      GB40WAB Special Event
      Station holidays come in bunches
       
 
07 January
  Hamfest India 2009 - Events through year 2009
      Desecheo DXpedition 2009 - latest
      Special Canadian Callsign Prefix
      ACMA publishes revisions to the Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan
      Hi-tech cable to link US with Ireland
      CARS collect Lottery gear from W&S
      Power Line Interference
      Embudu Island, Maldives
      ARISS event - Aaxam Jatiya Vidyalaya, Guwahati, India
      'Pro-Tamil' broadcasting station attacked in Sri Lanka
       
 
06 January
  Calling all UK CW operators!
      IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
      Ascension Island
      RF-based TV remote runs forever on single cell
      New Zealand operation
      RSGB President to talk at Reading
      Canadian Ski Marathon 2009
      NASA-funded study reveals hazards of severe space weather
       
 
05 January
  Train the Trainers session in Banstead
      SolderSmoke 98
      Novice Historical Society
      SKN nominations due
      IOTA news from OPDX
      JAMSAT announces Amateur Satellite to Venus
      ISS crossband repeater operations
      NI6IW from USS Midway
      2008 DX Sound Bites!
      Antarctica / Polar web information
      Palestine DXpedition update
      Hamas accuses Israel of interrupting its radio, TV broadcasts in Gaza
      History This Week
       
 
04 January
  Intermediate Course at Wythall
      Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
      Namibian DXpedition on air from 9th January
      The Radio Shack of the past
      Hamfest India 2009 & BARC Golden Jubilee
      New Mexico QSO Party - 2009
      Wyong - Central Coast Amateur Radio Club Annual Field Day
      ISS Commander Mike Fincke talks with students at Technopolis, Belgium
       
 
03 January
  Amateur Radio exam question pool
      Amateur Radio satellite Delfi-C3 update
      Oregon's radio hams assist as 911 system fails
      Worked All Britain Ruby Anniversary
      Ham Radio and the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race
      Propagation de K7RA
      Dr Nigel Seddon awarded MBE
      GB7OK Wednesday evening net
      Personalised WIA email addresses for VK hams
       
 
02 January
  The New Zealand DX Hall of Fame
      Old Technical Books Online
      Professor Martin Cave awarded OBE
      Contact via ISS L/v repeater
      Sable Island DXpedition postponed
      Al Waller retires
      The KN4LF Propagation Forecast #2009-01
      DX Marathon 2009
      Palestinian activists reportedly jam Israel Army Radio - Press TV
      First Meteor Shower of 2009
      ARISS update - 25th Anniversary of Ham Radio in Space
       
 
01 January
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
      ARISS school contact planned with Technopolis, Belgium
      Draft RSGB Board minutes for November
      First issue of Ham-Mag now available
      Interference from home gadgets hits radio telescope
      In the ditch with DAB radio
      Darkest hour for 'smallest state'
      DX News from the ARRL

 
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