News for Friday 20 November |
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Tony's 10-metre band report
Another poor week, but it did pick up at the weekend. Not that It made
much difference to us UK amateurs, though G0SXC did manage a high spot
on Sunday, That’s what a 9 element (yes 9!) mono bander can do for you |
Solar Cycle 24 continues to ramp up
The Cycle 24 sunspot group that I mentioned on November 18, 2009 has been numbered 11033 by the NOAA/SWPC. It is located near N17E20 and contains a beta magnetic signature capable of producing very small B class solar flares |
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G8KW Silent Key
Rowley Shears G8KW who established KW Electronics, passed away on Tuesday November 17 at the age of 90 |
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Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin
ICPO - Islands, Castles & Portable Operations
Probably the most comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the internet |
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Manassas VA to pull the plug on BPL
Manassas City Council is saying goodbye to BPL. BPL was Manassas' attempt to bring the Internet into the homes of every resident by providing a low-cost broadband service |
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News for Thursday19 November |
HB9MOON
Watch these two high-quality videos showing the setup of the HB9MOON EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) station in Switzerland, and a subsequent EME QSO with a station in Luxembourg |
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Yaesu Heritage Year 2010 - GS2MP
During 2010, Jim GM0NAI and Chris GM3WOJ/ZL1CT will be putting a collection of vintage Yaesu rigs on the air from Inverness in Scotland |
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News for Wednesday18 November |
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Crew checks out shuttle and prepares for docking
On Tuesday, Atlantis' astronauts inspected the space shuttle’s thermal protection system, checked out spacesuits and prepared to dock with the International Space Station
Left: Commander Charles Hobaugh on the flight deck of space shuttle Atlantis |
Geolocation Solutions for Cognitive Radios
The UK regulator Ofcom has published a discussion document to explore the potential of 'geolocation' as a solution to allow licence-exempt cognitive access to interleaved spectrum |
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Photos from Lisboa Amateur Radio Fair 2009
The Associação de Radioamadores da Vila de Moscavide (A.R.V.M) held their XII Amateur Radio Fair last Sunday in Lisbon, Portugal, and have now published photos of the event |
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SARL HF Field Day this weekend
The second leg of the SARL HF Field Day will be run this weekend, 21 and 22 November 2009, with phone and CW activity on 10 to 160 metres |
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Become a Martian
NASA and Microsoft have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars |
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Abokwa Island activation
An team of Italian ham radio operators is now active from Busua Beach in Ghana until November 27th. Look for the group to activate Abokwa Island (AF-084) with one station on 20 meters only during their stay |
News for Tuesday 17 November |
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Atlantis on its way to the International Space Station
Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida,
at 19:28 UTC Monday, beginning STS-129, the 31st shuttle flight to
the International Space Station
Space shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station.
Credit: NASA / Jim Grossmann |
GX2OA, Lancashire Day special event station
November 27th is Lancashire Day and at 21:00, Lancastrians around the world get together to celebrate and toast their Duke, HM The Queen. The Southport & District Amateur Radio Club would like to invite all Lancastrian Amateur Radio operators to join with them in celebrating this annual event |
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BBC News - Dark Sky Park
A BBC News report featured Radio Amateur Robin Bellerby GM3ZYE explaining astronomy to young people |
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Tonga operation
Paul, A35A, reports that Dave Lee, W6ZL/A35KL, arrived in Nuku'alofa on the Island of Tongatapu (OC-049) on the morning of November 11th. He will be in Tonga for about 6 weeks, but he probably won't be on the air until he gets to Ha'apai (OC-169) |
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DQ11APOLLO
DQ11APOLLO is operated by a German amateur radio club in Luedinghausen (N28) with the special DOK Apollo11. The call will be activated during several occasions in 2009 and 2010 |
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DXCC News
Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL Awards Branch Manager, wishes to remind you that the free update for 7O1YGF Yemen cards will expire on December 31, 2009 |
News for Monday 16 November |
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Atlantis and crew prepare for flight
Earlier this morning, the Mission Management Team met and gave the "go" for loading space shuttle Atlantis' external tank with 500,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen
Left: Shuttle Atlantis sitting at launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida |
Norwegian 60 metre band plan
Norwegian Radio Amateurs recently gained access to 150 kHz of 60 metres and have produced a bandplan for this new allocation |
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Donation to the Society
The Irish Radio Transmitters Society reports that it has recently received a very generous donation from one of their members John EI6IJ |
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History This Week
A look back at events that made history this week - compiled by the Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW |
News for Sunday 15 November |
Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at low levels. Fortunately, three sunspots made their appearance during last week although they eventually rotated out of view.. |
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EA8CAC and EA8DP to represent Africa at WRTC
Two Radio Amateurs from the Canary Islands will represent Africa at the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships or WRTC, which is the major Amateur Radio contest event of the year 2010 |
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Leonid meteor shower
This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks this Tuesday, so get your VHF equipment ready for some DX meteor scatter contacts |
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Ham Radio University 2010
The eleventh annual Ham Radio University held in conjunction with the ARRL New York City/Long Island ARRL Section Convention, takes place on Sunday, January 10, 2010 |
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News for Saturday 14 November |
Global Simulated Emergency Test (GlobalSET)
More than 200 stations representing IARU member societies and Emergency Communications Groups in 45 countries around the world are set to take part in the latest Global Simulated Emergency Test, which takes place today |
Propagation de K7RA
Sunspot region 1029 disappeared after October 30, but not because it faded away. It was transiting over our Sun's western horizon on its trip around the back side. Six days after it was gone a new region 1030 appeared for several days.. |
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GB1HF special event station
Look for special event station GB1HF - operated by members of the N.I. DXers Group - to be on-the-air in December |
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US call signs not issued by the FCC
If you're an American radio ham, chances are that your call sign was issued by the Federal Communications Commission. A 'no brainer,' right? |
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