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December 2004
   
31 December
  FCC's Riley Hollingsworth to keynote Ham Radio University 2005
31 December
  ARRL Straight Key Night is January 1, 2005
31 December
  Amsat Kid's Day
31 December
  Handheld outplays cell phone in accident's wake
31 December
  British public donating £1m per hour in tsunami disaster appeal
   
30 December
  Do you live near Skelmersdale in Lancashire? Here's your chance to help your local ATC
30 December
  FCC permits new unlicensed wideband devices
30 December
  Third party communications regarding tsunami disaster areas - advice to Canadian hams
30 December
  AO-51 configured for earthquake/tsunami support
30 December
  America Online announces 2nd Annual 'Top 10 Spam Terms'
     
29 December
  Asian Tsunami disaster - ham radio emergency comms requested in the Andaman Island
29 December
  Andaman Island earthquake - comment and information from M5AKA
29 December
  Morse requirement, license restructuring remain on FCC's radar
29 December
  Beware of Premium Rate Diallers
29 December
  K6KPH on-air for Straight Key Night 2005
     
28 December
  Nominations sought for 2005 Dayton Hamvention Awards
28 December
  Beware PCs bearing unwanted Christmas gifts
28 December
  ACA launches investigation into mobile number portability
     
27 December
  ARRL renews demand for FCC to shut down New York BPL field trial
27 December
  VK2WI to operate a 'Welcome To 2005' party
27 December
  New safety device implemented in mid-Missouri
27 December
  Start 2005 with SKN and AO-51 Kid's Day
27 December
  Central Florida FUNSat Workshop
27 December
  AMSAT at the Ft. Meyers, FL Hamfest
     
26 December
  Amended SA radio regs arrive in time for the New Year
26 December
  BPL - at the war front
26 December
  Telstra launches Push To Talk
26 December
  Huygens begins its final journey into the unknown
26 December
  CQ to Celebrate 60th Anniversary with On Air Event
26 December
  Bonded DSL Broadens Broadband
     
25 December
  FCC approves software defined radio
25 December
  Amateur Radio community fuels 'Best Year Ever' for United Way toy drive
25 December
  FFC acts on long-range cordless phone complaint
25 December
  Digital Switchover and Ofcom's Plans
25 December
  Richard Wentworth e-card now available exclusively at Tate online
25 December
  Ski-Jumping via Vodafone 3G Mobile TV
25 December
  ACA to release new radiofrequency spectrum plan
     
24 December
  New regulations to enable Spectrum Trading
24 December
  Get into the Nokia Lifeblog spirit at www.nokia.com/lifeblog
24 December
  Ralphie and Sparkle launched
   
23 December
  New Australian Amateur Radio licensing system on track
23 December
  Tinus Lange 7066 Technical Excellence Awards
23 December
  First RTA lecture for 2005 announced
23 December
  Progress report on the Victorian Young Industry Ambassadors program
23 December
  BT announces rapid acceleration in broadband take up
23 December
  One in four in UK own Orange phone
     
22 December
  Wireless Institute of Australia releases BPL report
22 December
  Legal issues delay promulgation of new radio regulations
22 December
  Indian 'National Roadmap' for ham radio
22 December
  Reginald Aubrey Fessenden
22 December
  Straight key night on Oscar 2005
     
21 December
  The Ukraine worked on 70cm during a spectacular Tropo opening
21 December
  Digital World Traveller Short Wave DRM USB Receiver
21 December
  ARRL aims to dampen California utility commissioner's enthusiasm for BPL
21 December
  Don Allen, W9CW, named as new CQ and CQ VHF Magazine ad manager
     
20 December
  Raynet Group provides communications for Clyde Tunnel
20 December
  Irish schools make history
20 December
  'Explain why' - FCC tells ham
20 December
  SARL IARU fund 2004/2005
20 December
  Google checks out library books
     
19 December
  NASA asks ISS crew to trim calories
19 December
  Ofcom consultative document looks at possible new use for 24 and 77GHz
19 December
  GB3FH operational
19 December
  Echolink Node in Baghdad is now on the air
19 December
  Prime Minister's wife on hand for ARISS school group QSO
19 December
  Major ISP tells FCC BPL not a 'commercially viable alternative'
     
18 December
  More countries gain access to extended 40m band in January
18 December
  Missing hams' disappearance 'suspicious'
18 December
  ARRL urges action in Gerritsen case
18 December
  UK 3G licence holder may sue Ofcom
18 December
  Which callsign DO you want?
     
17 December
  GB2RS News Service Letter
17 December
  WIA raises BPL concerns with ACA
17 December
  Ex-ham flees after FCC triples original fine
17 December
  Russian company to invest in BPL for Moscow
17 December
  Georgia community to allow ham antennas in CC&R governed sub-divisions
     
16 December
  CAR Short Range Radar (SRR)
16 December
  FCC denies petition seeking to require licensed radio repairers
16 December
  Amateur Radio to have no role in 2005 Rose Parade
16 December
  Aussie Fisheries Minister calls on hams to help deter illegal fishing
     
15 December
  SCAMP on-air testing commences
15 December
  Second set adoption leads digital tv growth
15 December
  Intel satellite lost in space
15 December
  Guinness World Records recognizes high-speed telegraphy achievement
15 December
  Broadcasters accept Digital Replacement Licences
     
14 December
  World record attempt suffers an early end
14 December
  Space chats exhilerate Long Island and Quebec schools
14 December
  ISS contact to take place in Cork
14 December
  'Club TV' Digital Satellite Programme
14 December
  ALARAMEET 2005 to be held in Mildura.
14 December
  Radio Amateur of the Year awards announced
     
13 December
  Historic Marconi Collection on the Move
13 December
  Dayton Hamvention at Hara Arena until 2007
13 December
  Trophies awarded at RSGB AGM
13 December
  Tassie Devils
     
12 December
  FCC requires Arizona BPL field trial operator to work with amateur radio club
12 December
  Buy an Icom Calender for Great Ormond Street
12 December
  Mars-Venus: Who Rules The Holiday Shopping Roost?
12 December
  BT makes sci-fi a reality with futuristic interface
12 December
  DRM relays its concerns about the hazards of PLC interference
12 December
  ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori to fly to the ISS on Italian Soyuz mission ENEIDE
     
11 December
  Ofcom spectrum review challenges amateur radio future
11 December
  RSGB engages PR professional in the fight against PLT
     
10 December
  More amateur bands under threat
10 December
  AOR donates digital voice/image units to W1AW
10 December
  Growth in mobiles and wireless broadband highlight year in telecommunications
10 December
  www.amateur radio licence exams
     
09 December
  BT launches its first digital radio
09 December
  Another 10m FM Internet Gateway opens
09 December
  Enhanced co-operation focus of ARES-RACES-MARS meeting
09 December
  Survey reveals surprising trends in U.K.'s 'text culture'
     
08 December
  ISS Expedition 10 Commander breaks in new ticket from space
08 December
  The late Henry Andersson, VK8HA, leaves generous bequest to WIA
08 December
  25th Anniversary Reunion
08 December
  Radio amateur's complaint leads to big fine for taxi company
08 December
  South Africa's top scorer in RAE
08 December
  Rose Scholtyssek, VE3RIS re-elected
     
07 December
  M1DST attempts broadcasting world record
07 December
  FCC denies AM, SSB bandwidth petition
07 December
  Ofcom receives 192 applications for Community Radio licences
07 December
  September SARL VHF Contest results
07 December
  Changes in Home Electrical Rules
     
06 December
  UK radio amateurs must act now!
06 December
  BPL hits the UK market
06 December
  Ralphie and Sparkie launch December 10th
06 December
  Radio Luxembourg set to return
06 December
  American UHF Woodpecker
06 December
  New Director of Field Ops
06 December
  Regional and rural Internet users to benefit from new 5.8 GHz licensing option
     
05 December
  Ham radio delivers the toys
05 December
  Can you identify this mystery sound?
05 December
  Advanced exam PowerPoint course available for clubs
05 December
  New move to encourage youth into electronics
     
04 December
  Spectrum Review - challenges amateur radio's future
04 December
  Alleged illegal 'amateur' transceiver marketing draws huge fine
     
03 December
  Next ISS crew announced
03 December
  New VK3 repeater
03 December
  Advanced Licence course
03 December
  Foundation Licence course
03 December
  The MXLT-TARC Monster Xmas Lights Tour
03 December
  South African November RAE results
03 December
  Google Groups offers a home to online communities
     
02 December
  SARL IARU fund gets another boost
02 December
  Successful ARISS contact
02 December
  Stop and think before buying a mobile this Christmas
02 December
  ACA teams up with ISP in world-first spam reporting trial
     
01 December
  New digital replacement licences for commercial terrestial broadcasters
01 December
  RAC President announces new chair of RAC's Administration and Finance committee
01 December
  Talks for 2005 at the Chelmsford club
01 December
  BT puts technical and marketing expertise behind the London 2012 Bid
     
November 2004
   
30 November
  A new film on the work of the Society is released
30 November
  New Irish packet DXCluster Node
30 November
  First ever "Space Council" paves the way for a European space programme
30 November
  G3ZHI internet linking talk on South African radio
30 November
  Houston AMSAT Net
     
29 November
  New South African radio regulations coming soon
29 November
  BPL rushed to adoption - interference concerns continue
29 November
  WIA Board adopts criteria for Affiliated Clubs
29 November
  Morse Proficiency Tests at Bishop Auckland Rally - 5 December
29 November
  Aussies put VoIP under the microscope
     
28 November
  GB3ORK 5MHz beacon operational soon
28 November
  RSGB AGM
28 November
  WIA announces attractive club liability insurance deal
28 November
  UK's first HF Internet Link Gateway operational
     
26 November
  New board members for RAC
26 November
  Vodafone warned about MNP code breach
26 November
  Send your camera phone photos to Boots
26 November
  Radio Amateur of the Year Awards recipients announced
26 November
  Aussies enjoying reliable broadband performance
     
25 November
  ARRL participating in IEEE, industry efforts to set BPL standards
25 November
  NASA names space veteran, ham as deputy for exploration operations
25 November
  Ham Radio - a heavenly hobby
25 November
  Nokia supplies TETRA network to Ji'nan Airport in China
25 November
  Radio silence is over - Pathway to Glory on shelves!
     
24 November
  Hams from all over responding to ARRL Toy Drive
24 November
  RAC Youth Education Program participants using IRLP for school-to-school contacts
24 November
  Ofcom publishes strategic review of spectrum management
24 November
  High-speed data will be introduced in TETRA networks, Nokia believes
24 November
  Londoners challenged by BT to Live by the Book for five days in a perspex box
24 November
  Glasnost hits Aussie airwaves - A look back at amateur radio's history
24 November
  RARA
     
23 November
  BPL moving closer in Australia
23 November
  WIA see BPL demonstration
23 November
  Ofcom to strengthen consumer safeguards in fixed-line telecoms
23 November
  New V260 available exclusively at RadioShack
     
22 November
  SARL IARU fund gets a boost
22 November
  SEANET convention chairman seriously ill in hospital
22 November
  GB2RS newsreader ties the knot
22 November
  WIA Board appoints VK3KRB as new director
22 November
  ARRL-National Weather Service SKYWARN recognition day is December 4
22 November
  New regulations for South African hams
     
21 November
  Ian Able G3ZHI on SA's Intecnet this evening
21 November
  Changes announced to Advanced Licence exam
21 November
  UK-USA Team Active from Niger for CQ World Wide CW
21 November
  Operators needed for Cycle Sydney event
21 November
  FCC reminds licencee that all amateur frequencies are shared
21 November
  EMR and health issues
21 November
  Ernie Hocking resigns as WIA director but accepts new position
     
20 November
  Experimental licencees moving low-frequency agenda forward
20 November
  Tony Hancock's The Radio Ham - 50 years old
20 November
  Chelmsford Club start evening radio courses
     
19 November
  Community Education Project picks pilot communities
19 November
  BT 21st century network trials on track as voice calls run on IP link
19 November
  First 'Space Council' to set course towards a European Space Programme
19 November
  Morse Proficiency Awards
19 November
  VK2 moving ahead
     
18 November
  Strategic review of Telecommunications Phase 2 proposals
18 November
  New 60-meter beacons on the air from the British Isles
18 November
  Young ARRL award winners energise Georgia youth forum
18 November
  Guangzhou Metro, China, chooses Nokia TETRA System
18 November
  Vic-Link arrives
     
17 November
  US Coast Guard Auxiliary seeks radio amateurs
17 November
  Proposal to extend DRM system to 120 Mhz
17 November
  Motorola to acquire MeshNetworks
17 November
  First London (020) 3 number blocks released from 1st June 2005
     
16 November
  The tone's the thing for 2004 ARRL Frequency Measuring Test
16 November
  William Baker, W1BKR, inducted into Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame
16 November
  Best news of the year?
16 November
  New numbers proposed across Australia
16 November
  ECHO schedule announcement
     
15 November
  Three North American LF signals received in UK
15 November
  Hamvention announces 2005 theme
15 November
  Radio 702 and Cape Talk to feature Amateur Radio
15 November
  FCC Allocates New Power Line Transmitting Bands on HF and VHF
     
14 November
  Tower Problems - explosion rocks Texas transmission tower
14 November
  VK4CP's Propogation Logger
14 November
  FCC back in the business after computer hiccup
     
13 November
  US Presidential election extends to space
13 November
  Amateur Radio Programme on Satellite TV
13 November
  HF Very Low Power Tests Announced
13 November
  Clinton Presidential Library special event set
13 November
  Martin Lynch & Sons Open Day
     
12 November
  Times of change for the Wireless Institute of Australia
12 November
  USTTI course students show special interest in amateur radio
12 November
  The National WIA weekly news needs your help
12 November
  Ofcom publishes review of broadcasting transmission market
12 November
  Are Australian novices permitted to use PSK-31?
     
11 November
  Broadcasters wind up the fall series of WRC planning meetings at the ITU in Geneva
11 November
  Ofcom advertises new FM commercial radio licences for Manchester and Banbury
11 November
  FCC improves public safety access to the latest broadband technology
11 November
  Ken takes control of RAC's purse-strings
     
10 November
  Sorry, but you didn't buy it from us
10 November
  ZS watch what you say on the air
10 November
  John Belrose, VE2CV, wins October QST Cover Plaque Award
10 November
  The North American Youth Net
10 November
  Surplus Equipment Auction
     
09 November
  Albuquerque to host USA ARDF Championship
09 November
  FCC fines CB operator-amateur licencee, CB shop
09 November
  Barbie, Ken, And Blaine: The Latest - A story with absolutely no radio connection at all
09 November
  Annual remembrance service
09 November
  Input from AO51 Experimenters
     
08 November
  Ham radio sailing the Antarctic
08 November
  Need for spectrum defense never ends
08 November
  NOAA laboratory wins gold medal for Tsunami detection system
08 November
  SARL HF Field Day
08 November
  Fundraising auction for Eagle
     
07 November
  BPL - at the war front
07 November
  Listen to the MM Service Net live
07 November
  USS Salem to activate K1USN for Veterans' Day
07 November
  Huge ham radio response to ARRL toy drive
07 November
  ISS ham station celebrates fourth anniversary
07 November
  Birthday get-together
     
06 November
  Special event station MX0BEE/P from on board the Endeavour
06 November
  US Coast Guard Auxiliary special event
06 November
  West London Radio and Electronics Fair - 14 November
06 November
  ARRL disappointed with Administration over BPL Report and Order
06 November
  UK amateurs enjoying extra spectrum at 7MHz
     
05 November
  G5RV Logbook saved for posterity
05 November
  Australian amateurs retain status at 5.8 GHz.
05 November
  DRM in Dallas, November 8-12
05 November
  MSG-4 contract means sunny outlook for European weather forecasting
05 November
  Nokia files complaints against Vitelcom on patent infringements
05 November
  Connect to Art!
     
04 November
  Change of frequency for GB2RS 40m news
04 November
  Australia's first WIRES-II node now on air
04 November
  Calling Baghdad - (remotely)
04 November
  Tune in to these blog-based homemade radio shows
04 November
  Future News Provision on Five - Ofcom agrees Channel 5 request
04 November
  Club commissions for membership renewals are back!
04 November
  Nominations for SARL council members
04 November
  Ofcom publishes 'hypothetical' tender document for the potential PSP
04 November
  WTSA-04 outcomes positive for Australia
     
03 November
  10-10 International director resigns post
03 November
  FCC relocation includes some amateur 2.3 Ghz spectrum
03 November
  New ComReg handbook
03 November
  Travellers Net experiment
03 November
  Australian consumers unhappy with phone contracts - ACA research
03 November
  Colin McRae on the N-Gage platform rallies out to retailers
03 November
  Six applications for new Ashford FM Radio Licence (Ofcom website - opens in new window)
03 November
  Nokia unveils the world's first NFC product - Nokia NFC shell for Nokia 3220 phone
03 November
  The promotion of media literacy
     
02 November
  State Utilities Commissioners' BPL task force session yields some insights
02 November
  BBC 'In Touch' programme to feature Amateur Radio
02 November
  Ian Able G3ZHI to be guest speaker on South Africa's Intecnet
02 November
  Fast-Forward for the WIA
02 November
  Ofcom establishes One-Stop Shop for all advertising regulation
     
01 November
  7.1-7.2 MHz is now available in EI
01 November
  Fire causes transmitter mast collapse
01 November
  Icom America to power W1AW during ARRL November Sweepstakes
01 November
  Amateur Radio's Virtual Pub
01 November
  N4MC's Vanity HQ Web site to go dark
01 November
  Possible E-mail scam targeting ham radio
October 2004
   
31 October
  Digital broadcast troublesome to some, experimental opportunity for others
31 October
  The Hams that made history
31 October
  RSGB proposes 500 kHz amateur band for UK
31 October
  Media picks-up Cosmonaut Opera story
31 October
  Expedition 9 crew back on Earth
30 October
  FCC BPL Report and Order stresses interference avoidance, resolution
30 October
  Hamvention 2004 through teenage eyes
30 October
  Halloween special event set
30 October
  Ofcom's Communications Market update
29 October
  UK Amateurs gain 7.1 - 7.2MHz from 31st October
29 October
  WIA President pleased with progress so far
29 October
  Oldest US ham, Bill Diaper, KJ6KQ, SK
29 October
  ACA reviews regulation of VoIP services
     
29 October
  ARRL gets new Community Education Program Co-ordinator
29 October
  IARU fund growing slowly
29 October
  Flight Refuelling ARS Junk Sale
28 October
  ARISS international delegates ponder 'SuitSat' possibilities
28 October
  Radio amateurs aid in tornado response
28 October
  ARRL announces holiday toy drive for Florida youngsters
28 October
  BPL partnership dissolved
27 October
  Access to 7.1 - 7.2 Mhz Notice of Variation published
27 October
  Digitalisation will initiate 'a world-wide renaissance of radio'
27 October
  New mode test for ECHO satellite
     
27 October
  UO-22 near demise
27 October
  Cell phone bans in hospitals
27 October
  Nokia team-up with Starcut
26 October
  Solar Minimum in 2006?
26 October
  Amateur radio at the opera
26 October
  Motorola a victim of massive fraud
26 October
  Transmission 2004 competition winners announced
25 October
  Two New 5MHz Beacons soon
25 October
  MESBAH - The Iranian satellite
25 October
  U.S. Veterans Day
     
25 October
  Amateurs support hospital communications during telecommunications outage
24 October
  WIA speaks-out on that FCC decision
24 October
  Wedding Bells for GB2RS Newsreader
24 October
  Radio 4 Programme 'In Touch' with Us Again!
24 October
  FCC affirms fine for former amateur licencee
24 October
  News from Geneva
24 October
  QRP Special Event Station VC3W
23 October
  Ofcom targets competition and consumer safeguards for 0845 and 0870 numbers
23 October
  UK's First Store and Forward Voice Relay Operational
23 October
  ARRL repeats call for shutdown of Arizona BPL field trial
     
23 October
  ARRL draft bandwith proposal
22 October
  Consumers increasingly giving up their fixed line phones
22 October
  ACA clarifies Standard Licence SSB mix-up
22 October
  Fleming's Valve celebrates 100th birthday
22 October
  The Australian 2005 amateur radio callbook
21 October
  Korean researchers show cancer link to radio
21 October
  U.S. Navy to scrap submarine antenna sites
21 October
  WIA cuts a deal on membership discount card
21 October
  New world record set on 47 GHz
21 October
  Greetings from space and a change of guard highlight Amsat-NA gathering
     
20 October
  TV calls Air Force for help
20 October