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October 2009
   
31 October
  Achieving New Heights
    Changes for the 2009 November Sweepstakes
    QST Product Review preview
    ARRL President not to seek re-election
    FCC issues first waiver for government-sponsored disaster drill
    November Ham Mag now available
    New solar message board service
    Origins of the Handie Talkie
    Calling Hereford
    Propagation de G0KYA
    Buildathons span the globe
    Georgia gets funding for statewide D-STAR network
    Typhoon Santi
    Beacon GB3SCS returns
    Canadian experiments at 500 kHz authorized
     
30 October
  15th World ARDF Championships
    Easter Island activation
    Canadian Special Event Stations
    Return of 1395 kHz delayed by a few days
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (29 October - 06 November, 2009)
    DX News from the ARRL
    CubeSat Transponders from Leijenaar Electronics
    Armistice Day
    Radio hams prepare for emergencies
     
29 October
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Former Hudson Division Director Paul Vydareny, WB2VUK, SK
    GB7OK D-Star gateway is now live
    JOTA - JOTI in Sri Lanka
    Three schools in a single ARISS contact
    Advanced Radio Communication revision classes
    Winners of Cute 1.7 re-entry announced
    Call to harmonise mobile airwaves
    Slideshow of new Handi-Ham HQ
    Sunspot 1029 puts on a show
    Foyle Rally
     
28 October
  California radio ham in shooting
    ARISS celebrates 500th school space contact
    TV booster interferes with aircraft
    Keep tabs on ISS with an iPhone
    IARU announces 'GlobalSET 2009'
    Second Arecibo Observatory activation - KP4AO
    IARU at Global Symposium for Regulators
    Plane crash leaves void on airwaves
    More wired Chinese tuning into amateur radio
    The Sun's Sneaky Variability
    Upcoming ARISS contact with David Thompson Middle School, Calgary, AB, Canada
     
27 October
  ARISSat-1 meeting held
    DARC elects new Board members
    VE2DXY on-air for CQWW DX SSB Contest
    Carrickfergus ARG - Amateur Radio Licence Courses
    Stealth wind turbines can't be seen in Norfolk
    Greenwich Island operation
    SARL Home Construction Course
    New 23cm D-STAR Group
    Upcoming ARISS contact with Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras, Victoria, Australia
    Emergency Broadband in a backpack
     
26 October
  Sunspot 1029
    KØV - Veterans Day Special Event Station
    KiwiSAT YouTube video
    Summer CubeSat Workshop Slides
    Galway VHF Group operation on behalf of the RNLI
    G.hn: the new ITU-T Home Networking Standard
    Space satellites made in Stevenage
    Upcoming ARISS contact with Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland
    CQIR Contest
    GlobalSET 2009
    DXCC News
    History This Week
     
25 October
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Amateur Radio woos kids at HMO Science Day
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Plug-and-Play Satellites
    New IARU Region 2 Award
    SolderSmoke Podcast 117
    Getting very serious with ham radio contests
    Specialist Communications Group
    John Vorster Technical High School 40m Phone Competition
    Marconi Nobel 100 Award
     
24 October
  Sweden withdraws polluting PLT equipment
    Upcoming ARISS contact with Bel Ayr Pathfinders, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
    C6APR Memorial CQWW SSB Station
    Black Isle VHF Repeater returns to service
    Propagation de K7RA
    SumbandilaSat transponder to be activated over North America
    YouTube - PlugTested UPA products
    The truth about Broadband over Power Lines (BPL)
    K9YA Telegraph e-zine
    GQRP Convention webstream
     
23 October
  UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 30th September 2009
    VK9 C, L, M, N, W & X deleted from DX equation
    Ofcom - Study of high performance filtering options
    AO-51 WOD Telemetry Decoder
    HomePlug Powerline Networking video
    1941 Morse Code Navy School newsreel
    International Naval Contest 2009
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (22-30 October, 2009)
    DX News from the ARRL
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast
    'Technology Net' another interesting subject this week
    VHF/UHF/Microwave DXpedition to Norfolk Island
     
22 October
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    ISS Commander Frank De Winne to talk with students in Ieper, Belgium
    SumbandilaSat Oscar 67
    Second 'combined' direct and telebridge contact for Frank De Winne
    REF website makeover
    DX contesters killed in plane crash
    GB2TI at showing of 'Tune In' movie
     
21 October
  Early development of Radio - 600 BC to the early 1920's
    Icom UK on the move to new premises!
    Comoros operation
    YI/KV4EB DXCC credits
    Liberation of Breda Special Event Station
    American Samoa radio station honoured for tsunami efforts
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    EU ready for wireless broadband on GSM frequencies
    Monitoring-Matters E-zine
    RSGB General Manager to visit Northern Ireland
     
20 October
  First contacts via SumbandilaSat
    Frank De Winne to talk with students in Senegal
    New laws could wreak havoc on in-car technology
    Ofcom Spectrum Plan for London 2012 Games
    Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal confirms end of SW
    HE8S - World Scout Bureau
    Iran satellite launch
    JOTA contact unsuccessful
    AMSAT Symposium video
    Meteors from Halley's Comet
    New Amateur Radio club formed
     
19 October
  SWL Booster Shot
    IARU Administrative Council adopts preliminary WRC-12 positions
    Discussions continue for new AMSAT lab site
    Walking The Digital Dog
    IRTS planning 'Train the Trainers' sessions
    Amateur Radio Foundation Licence Course
    IOTA news from OPDX
    PA30IPA Special Event Station
    Winter Olympics Special Event
    Finland makes fast Internet connection a right
    English pubs foreign satellite verdict due on 4 Nov
    History This Week
     
18 October
  The 3rd Bath Buildathon
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    First Amateur Radio payload test fails
    SARL to DoC - add Amateur Radio to spectrum policy document
    NASA'S LCROSS captures all phases of Centaur impact
    Amateur Radio Clubs Worldwide: The Lifeline
    Ham radio 'cruise-night' in Virginia
    Amateur Radio in Fermanagh
    Celebratory Lunch
    Midway Island DXpedition update
    AMSAT announce NextGen CubeSat program
    Echoes of Apollo moon bounce video
     
17 October
  SAQ diary dates from the Swedish LF station
    IARU regional conference hailed a success
    DXCC approves FT5GA operation
    161 km voice-powered QSO
    Delay in processing CRB checks for amateur radio examination volunteers
    Propagation de K7RA
    AO-51 configuration to support Scouting JOTA
    IARU R3 adopts CoA
     
16 October
  How to use Antenna Modelling software
    UK JOTA Station List
    WIA on Twitter
    SumbandilaSat - further tests required
    Frank De Winne to talk with winner of ESA T-shirt drawing competition
    Vanuatu DXpedition 2010
    Midway Island DXpedition update
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (15-23 October, 2009)
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast
    USS Midway Museum to make radio contact with Midway Island
    ISS Commander Frank De Winne answers questions from students in Gao, Mali
     
15 October
  Tony's 10-metre band report
  Where are we on Solar Cycle 24?
    New antenna from SOTAbeams
    Forthcoming GPS jamming exercises
    Radio Prague threatened with shortwave closure
    NASA television to cover Progress 35 arrival at space station
    E-Petition to save Short Wave Radio
    Carrickfergus Amateur Radio Group Radio Rally 2009
    Alaskan Scouts invited to 'Jamboree On the Air'
    Martlesham Microwave Round Table
    Upcoming ARISS contact with JOTA, Boy Scouts of America HQ, Irving, Texas
     
14 October
  Border Rievers Amateur Radio Society support scouts
    Bittern DX Group on the air for JOTA
    GB7MBC DXCluster for mobile phones
    Upcoming ARISS contact with Glenmore Christian Academy, Calgary, AB, Canada
    News from the AMSAT 2009 Space Symposium
    Servamus goes JOTA!
    Family electrocuted putting up ham radio antenna
    Listen to this week's ARISS contacts
    BDARA to host Borneo festival
    Sutton & Cheam Licence Courses
    SumbandilaSat Amateur payload to be tested
    ESA astronaut commands space station
    Midway Island DXpedition update
     
13 October
  Strange Radio Team World Wide DXpedition Trophy
    Glorioso Island team hit QSL target
    SolderSmoke: Special Video Edition
    Chelmsford ARS at Great Baddow Library
    New Zealand full speed ahead for ultra-fast broadband
    ID9N video available on YouTube
    After 25 years... the NYQP is back!
    Istanbul Eurasia Marathon
    Antenna dangers shown through online tool
    Big L looking to recruit 'unpaid volunteer DJs'
    Upcoming ARISS contact with Boundary Beach Elementary, Delta, BC, Canada
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
     
12 October
  SpaceX announces Conference
    Radio Sweden to stop issuing QSL cards
    Expedition 20 crew land in Kazakhstan
    First-ever operation from Hungary in WFF program
    G5RV's 1932 Logbook sells
    2009 Club Grants announced
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Midway Island
    Yukon on 10 Metres
    History This Week
     
11 October
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    52nd JOTA/JOTI 2009 next weekend
    UNICEF ambassador Frank De Winne supports 'Hand Washing Day' in Mali school
    USS Midway operators to call Midway Island
    A 'Tip of the Hat'
    HAM it up for the Troops this Veterans Day!
    Rogue satellites to be cleared from Earth's orbit by German robots
    Australian hams prepare for disasters
    Melbourne DATV goes live
     
10 October
  Power Line Communication (PLC)
    D-Star represented on the Emerging Technology Co-ordination Committee
    RSGB EMC Committee go to the EMC UK Exhibition
    Propagation de K7RA
    Giant cosmic-ray laser to flash across Paris sky
    Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)
    Astronaut Fernando 'Frank' Caldeiro, KE4RFI - Silent Key
    NASA spacecraft impacts lunar crater in search for water ice
    First European commander of the International Space Station
    G QRP Buildathon
    Ontario Canada enacts handsfree rules that will impact radio hams
     
09 October
  EMC Journal - Greedy PLT
    'Technology Net' subject of the week
    Essex Repeater Group Annual General Meeting
    Frank De Winne's ARISS contact with Antwerp High School successful
    CubeSat article in SatMagazine
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (08-16 October, 2009)
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast
    DX News from the ARRL
    Wartime radio operator recognised
    Columbus antennas to take to the skies
    Lunar impact update
     
08 October
  Tony's 10-metre band report
    Draft RSGB Board minutes for September
    Telescopic spaceflight images
    BBC Radio 4 - Early amateur television reception
    Setting up an HF rig for SOTA
    Cavity tuning videos
    Amateur Radio on Malaysian TV
    US Army Morse Code training movie
    GB1AO - a capital advertisement for Amateur Radio
    Military radiolocation system to operate on 70 cm
    Advanced Radio Communication revision classes
    Mark M0IEO is CARS Amateur of the Year
    Senate introduces companion bill to HR 2160
    Live video webcast
     
07 October
  Shanthi meets Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins
    Mike Ahearn RIP
    School DSTAR linkup UK to USA
    High-speed D-STAR replaces AX.25 Packet
    SwissCube rotation
    California firm fined $4000 for operating on amateur radio frequencies
    Radio Amateurs supporting a mission in space
    New Version of Airlink Express
    Lunar impact this Friday
    Upcoming ARISS contact with National Planetarium Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
     
06 October
  Servamus emcom exercise a success!
    4U1ITU from ITU Telecom World
    Wi-Fi signals used to see through walls
    4U1UN Activity Week
    Midway Island DXpedition
    Listen to this week's ARISS contacts
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Contest-free frequencies for JOTA
    BBC Radio 4 - Wireless Interference
    Contest University UK 2009 sponsored by Icom UK
    Portable ARISS groundstation ON7RT
    West Sumatra Earthquake?
     
05 October
  'Final' Agenda for 2009 AMSAT Symposium
    Astronaut Nicole Stott KE5GJN talks with 'Alighieri - Trevigi' school
    Cross Country Wireless APRS Messenger
    New version of PocketDigi
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Astronaut Frank De Winne talks to Ciencia Viva Museum in Lisbon, Portugal
    Bright Sparks Amateur Radio Quiz 2009
    Amateur Radio Foundation Course
    Winter Hill transmitter video
    History This Week
     
04 October
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Great start with ZS10WCS
    Antique Wireless Association Valve QSO Party
    ARISS Ciencia Viva contact video now available
    AO-51 configuration to support Scouting JOTA
    Indian Amateur visits GX0MWT at Science and Discovery Day
    Astronaut Frank De Winne to talk with high school students in Belgium
    Louis Varney, G5RV, Logbook on eBay
    FM satellites - from Antarctica to VK and ZL
    Expedition 21 crew arrives at the International Space Station
     
03 October
  National Hamfest opens for business
    QST product review: The Icom IC-7600 HF and 6 meter transceiver
    GB70GB - Great Baddow Research Centre
    More lectures to interest radio amateurs at the RSGB Convention
    Anti-wi-fi paint offers security
    HF/VHF/UHF Software Defined Radio
    Propagation de K7RA
    UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st August 2009
     
02 October
  Ham radio supports disasters
    Power Line Communication (PLC)
    Pirate radio rooftop ban
    Listen to this week's ARISS contacts
    Dog tags
    DX News from the ARRL
    The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-35
    This week's 'Technology Net'
    IARU national radio society to celebrate its centenary
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (October 01 - 09, 2009)
     
01 October
  Tony's 10-metre band report
    Servamus react to draft Spectrum Management
    Norfolk clubs get steamed up for Railways on the Air weekend
    'Time telescope' could boost web
    Expedition 21 crew launches from Kazakhstan
    Upcoming ARISS contact with Boy Scouts of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    The longest morse code message ever ?
    Glorioso Island update
    Alaska Day Special Event Station
    Radio St. Helena Day 2009
    Casale Monferato contact to be webcast

 
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