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October 2010
 
Sunday 31 October
  Dafty and Electromagnetism: What a Revolution
    NZ4O Radiowave Propagation Forecast
    Sheffield Amateur Radio Club to run Foundation course in January
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    Radio amateurs wanted to help restart Doncaster RAYNET group
    NASA celebrates 10th anniversary of Space Station
    Radio Uganda reluctant to move from amateur radio band
    RSGB General Manager's Blog
    Chelmsford Talk - WSPR and 500kHz, 136kHz, 9kHz VLF
    ARISSat-1 passes NASA safety review - ready for trip to Russia
    Canadian Amateur Radio Advisory Board Meeting
     
30 October
  RSGB Museum surplus sale at the Kempton Rally
    RSGB President to address RAYNET Convention
    Voting underway in RSGB elections
    Amateur Radio World Castles Award
    Ham Fair in Lisbon
    RSGB Museum surplus equipment sale
    Redcliffe Radio Club gets new repeaters
    Closure of VK7AX packet BBS network
    Global Simulated Emergency Test (GlobalSET)
    Sea Water Antenna
    Propagation de K7RA
     
29 October
  I.C.P.O. Bulletin (29 October-05 November 2010)
    DX News from the ARRL
    Amateur Radio communications support for dual disasters in Indonesia
    OM3500A Linear Amplifier
    Dead Spacecraft Walking
    Sun Twister Eruption
     
28 October
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    CQWW Contest expands recognition for Assisted categories
    Hobby Electronics UOSAT article
    Solar Shield - protecting the North American power grid
    Walter Farrar, G3ESP - Silent Key
    Team Thunderbox - a special amateur radio group
    Afghanistan DXpedition
    Cocos (Keeling) Islands DXpedition
    FUNcube simulator video
    RSGB PLT update
    How It's Made: Circuit Boards
    Time running out for VK100WIA and WIA Centenary Award
     
27 October
  ARISS ham radio contact planned with Funakata Elementary School, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
    South African YL net gets underway
    ICRC launches Red Cross radio archive project
    Ham radio-supported election goes ahead in Kerala
    South American radio ham on-air from the Congo
    Sable Island DXpedition postponed
    DXCC News
    134 GHz Amateur Radio Beacon proposed
    FUNcube user group
    American Red Cross offers Amateur Radio course
     
26 October
  HO-68 operating schedule Oct 26 - 31
    ARISS ham radio contact planned with S.K. Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Amateur radio operators help out in flood-stricken Korat
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Poole radio amateurs in Channel 4 TV show
    Questions to prospective RSGB Board Members
    1st IRESC Turkiye 'TA' HAM Clups AWARD 2010
    German ham radio team in Senegal
     
25 October
  Amateur radio operators answer call for assistance
    Al Katz K2UYH makes DXCC on 70cms
    SI9AM welcomes guest operators
    LightSail-1 backup being built
    FO-29 operating schedule affected by eclipses
    Call for Papers - 15th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference
    DXCC Country / Entity report
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Channel 4 TV features antique Marconi Emergency Wireless Transmitter
    G3XBM gets 8.97 kHz transmitter permit
    History This Week
     
Sunday 24 October
  Macclesfield invaded by Scandanavians
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    President's net shapes SARL response to draft amateur radio regs
    Amateur radio emergency comms highlighted
    Brigade after new recruits
    CISPR to start from scratch on PLT
    Amateur radio clubs team-up for special event station
    Finnish amateur radio team head for warmer climes
     
23 October
  Propagation de K7RA
    E2E - Special call issued to RAST in HS/E2
    Concern for 24Ghz band
    Impending changes to the 5MHz beacon chain
    RSGB Museum surplus sale starts on Monday
    The Six and Ten Reporting Club
    WIA Centenary Award – update
    Radio's most famous broadcast
    Radio Uganda on amateur radio frequency
    More Chinese-made ham radio gear on its way
    CQ WW webinar
     
22 October
  I.C.P.O. Bulletin (22-29 October 2010)
    DX News from the ARRL
    Vintage radio equipment stolen
    PLT PowerLine Adapter interference to military frequencies
    G3XBM achieves 1733km on 500kHz
    UK Government committed to switch off analogue radio
    RSGB launches major Amateur Radio survey
    Amateur Radio training at Sutton & Cheam RS
    Colchester CW programme
    Amateur Radio World Castles Award
    NPR fires analyst over comments on Muslims
     
21 October
  Radio Arcala and the 2010 CQWW SSB Contest
    Ham radio team heading for Kanton Island
    Ham radio team sets 7,000 QSOs target
    Danish court cancels freeze of Kurdish TV’s accounts
    IRTS Region 8 Rep
    The 'Worked All Winnipeg' Award
    Car 54 - Where are you?
    Centre Victoria RadioFest No. 4
    Amateur Radio and Science Week 2010
    Amateur Radio Club seeks you!
    Amateur Radio groups and the National Weather Service offer SKYWARN Spotter training
    BPL 'to move aggressively into Smart Energy'
    Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    Essex radio amateurs use satellites for JOTA
     
20 October
  Police raid silences Mexican community radio station
    FUNCube Dongle development status
    Gpredict 1.2 released
    Satellite Demo/Presentation, Southern California
    CQ DX Marathon
    CY0, Sable Island update
    DXCC News
     
19 October
  ISS ham radio contact with George Observatory successful
    Has the 'ship that rocked' been scuttled?
    DXCC Country / Entity report
    ARISSat-1 safety review held
    Amateur radio special event - BV100, Taiwan
    Irish Amateur Television Club
    Ham radio club teaches math and science
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Sable Island DXpedition
    Amateur Radio bands to be used for London 2012 Games
    No investigation into Project Canvas
     
18 October
  HAMNET Report
    Listen to this week's ARISS ham radio contact
    CQIR Contest
    AREN Training Event
    All set for Australia's inaugural national amateur radio public relations event
    Happy birthday Ippy
    IOTA news from OPDX
    FSDXA announce their plans for 2011
    Pacific DXers take note!
    History This Week
     
Sunday 17 October
  Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    BT to replace Comtrend PLT units
    Amateur Radio operator celebrates 95th birthday
    Jamboree On The Air (JOTA)
    PLT Interference to the Fire Service Band
    Aalto-1, the Finnish student satellite
    ARISSat-1 info added to AMSAT website
     
16 October
  Propagation de K7RA
    Don't have the wool pulled over your eyes
    Neil Carr, G0JHC awarded the RSGB’s ROTAB Trophy for 2010
    GB100MWT Sunday Oct 17
    New slow Morse transmission near Dartford
    AMSAT-UK FUNcube SDR USB Dongle
    Experimental Web Radio from New Zealand and Europe
    2M1EUB/P on satellites from Scotland
    ESA satellite suffers interference from terrestrial stations
    PLT in RSGB General Manager's Blog
     
15 October
  GB2RS on 4-metres
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (15-22 October 2010)
    Listen to this week's ARISS ham radio contact
    Dissolution of Netherlands Antilles creates four new DXCC entities
    DX News from the ARRL
    Ham radio operator sentenced for jamming police
    Curacao on-the-air for JOTA
    Touré re-elected as ITU Secretary-General
    A look ahead at the VK100WIA roster
     
14 October
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    DXCC News - Changes to the DXCC List
    Former Netherlands Antilles and CQ Awards and Contests
    Communications support for Chile mine rescue
    IARU Region 2 Papers
    Radio listener arrested
    OSCAR 67 satellite active for JOTA
    Portuguese Scouts on Jamboree on the Air
     
13 October
  IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    ARISS ham radio contact planned with George Observatory in Needville, Texas
    Humber Fortress DX Amateur Radio Club
    Jamboree On The Air station GB2RUN
    IARU Intruder Logger
    Challenger Learning Center opens ham radio station
     
12 October
  G0KYA's HF Propagation Podcast for October now available
    TruckCam - Amateur Radio is Movin' On
    IARU R2 Conference closes
    Canadian Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
    'Arena of Wonder' Wires to Wireless
    An army of swarming robots could save you after a disaster
    K3LR to receive Barry Goldwater Amateur Radio Award
    Call for volunteers AMSAT at the NASM, Washington DC
    FSDXA announce plans for 2011
    Radio Amateurs of Canada launch online poll
     
11 October
  Airship America Centenary - K2TQN video
    DXCC Country / Entity report
    IOTA news from OPDX
    GB2CDS Colchester District Scouts active for JOTA
    AMSAT Symposium HO-68 video
    Indian 40m Receiver
    Voortrekkers' Radio Communications Day
    Sint Maarten DXpedition
    AT10, Antarctica
    History This Week
     
Sunday 10 October
  HO-68 operating schedule Oct 10-17
    New Nevada radio station to include ham radio
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    SARL construction kits available soon
    ARISSat-1 delivered to JSC Houston - next stop Russia
    AO-51 repeater mode to support JOTA operations
    Amateur Radio World Castles Award
    C91MS Mozambique on the air for JOTA
    Yesterday TV Channel - Empress of Ireland 1914
    Power Line Adaptors collapse in the presence of RF
    ARISSAT-1 and AMSAT-UK SDR at AMSAT Space Symposium
     
09 October
  Encouraging response to RSGB questionnaire
    ARISS ham radio contact with IRSEA Italy successful
    Porthmadog and District Amateur Radio Society to take part in Scout events
    Propagation de K7RA
    Official IRESC press release
    Special event SU8JOTA
    Railways on The Air and National Hamfest videos
    WIA National Field Day
    Ham radio co-ordinates Arizona scout rescue
    Airship America Rescue - 100th Anniversary Special Event Operations
     
08 October
  I.C.P.O. Bulletin (08-15 October 2010)
    DX News from the ARRL
    DXCC News
    PJ activity - multiple new DXCC entities
    Scandinavian Activity Contest this weekend
    Messenger Digital Data Mode software updated
    EMC Journal Issue 90 now online
    CubeSat Workshop and IAA Conference in Rome
    Draconid Meteor Shower
    SSTL builds £10m Space Lab in Guildford
     
07 October
  Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
    IET - Radio Amateurs to celebrate Wireless Double Centenary
    Data capturing equipment successfully tested
    Sable Island DXpedition
    G20 Summit - Amateur Radio special event station
    Essex Repeater Group Annual General Meeting
    Chelmsford Advanced Revision Course
     
06 October
  G0KYA's HF Propagation Prediction Report, October 2010
    Indonesian Amateur Radio Satellites to launch in 2011
    High altitude balloon flight to carry 6 meter beacon
    Intenational Amateur Radio Union R2 Conference opens
    Essay competition to celebrate Space Week
    Holyland DX Group WFF activities
    Dundalk Amateur Radio Society - morse and 4m nets
    TV's Tim Hunkin to open Norfolk Amateur Radio Club's new shack
     
05 October
  DXpedition to Temotu, H40KJ
    DXpedition to Jarvis Island postponed
    Chick Urquhart, GM3JUD - SK
    Satellite demos - California
    The Great Radio Spectrum Famine
    IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
    Firefly video
    RAC President’s bulletin from El Salvador
    IARU Administrative Council updates WRC-12 plans
    Ascension Island - Marconi Transmitters
     
04 October
  HAMNET Report
    Congratulations to the ARISSat-1 Team!
    Amateur radio satellite resumes operation
    Continued church broadcasts on 10m
    Irish radio amateur achieves 10-band DXCC
    New web-based HF SDR receiver
    Amateur Radio Intermediate class and 4th Bath Buildathon
    DXCC Country / Entity report
    IOTA news from OPDX
    Sint Maarten DXpedition
    HO-68 beacon on Web SDR
    Radio Amateurs of Canada team in San Salvador
    2010 AMSAT Space Symposium web pages
    History This Week
     
Sunday 03 October
  Pennsylvania QSO Party
    Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
    SA AMSAT to present at Space Congress
    Californian station loses ground!
    Beach survey for The Spratlys DXpedition
    EU Radio Spectrum Policy
    Ofcom - 3rd ISSB slides available
    ESA AMSAT-Italy videos
    OSCAR-11 September Report
    Pacific DXers is born!
    ICASA publish draft radio regulations for comment
     
02 October
  The Super Springtime racks up the contacts
    Tune-in to the World - Amateur Radio gets people talking
    Propagation de K7RA
    US amateur radio exams at RSGB 2010 Convention
    Green Comet approaches Earth
    Foundation course at Crystal Palace Radio and Electronics Club
    Algarve STAR DX Team offer surprise gift
    K3BSA 2010 JOTA Operation
     
01 October
  Power Line Adapters interfere with ambulance frequencies
    ARISS ham radio contact planned with IRSEA Institute, Italy
    ARISS ham radio contact with IRSEA Institute will be webcast
    Ken McPherson, VA6KM appointed Alberta Section Training Coordinator
    Saba 2010 DXpedition
    I.C.P.O. Bulletin (01-08 October 2010)
    D-Star access at RSGB Hamfest
    Austrian Military Radio Society 50th anniversary
    DX News from the ARRL

 
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