News for Wednesday 16 May |
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New RSGB General Manager
Graham Coomber G0NBI has been appointed as General Manager of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB)
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Tony's 10-metre band report
Another chalk and cheese week. 7O6T (Yemen) and 6O0CW (Somalia), (not
pirates then) seemed to swap top spot all week. There was pretty fair of
DX all about but these two are, to say the least, very unusual.
Tony also hears from Big Dave, VK5MRD who, after several months absence from the airwaves, has just treated himself to a brand-new Icom 7410.
Left: Tony Dixon, G4CJC |
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AmateurLogic.TV 39:
NAB 2012 Las Vegas
Recorded live at National Association of Broadcasters NAB Show 2012 in Las Vegas. Join co-hosts George Thomas, W5JDX and Randy Hall, K7AGE for a Vegas Vacation at NAB 2012 |
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Follow The Torch award
The 'Worked All Britain Awards Group' supports a special award on the occasion of the Olympic torch relay through Great Britain |
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60 metre consultation
Industry Canada has begun the consultation process to see final approval for the use of six channels on the 60 metre band. As part of the consultation, Industry Canada is seeking input on five items. Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) feels it is important for amateur radio operators to comment on this proposal and indicate their preference for the rules governing the frequencies going forward |
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ON0EME 1296 MHz Moonbounce Beacon
This is possibly the first amateur radio beacon to beam signals off the Moon. It's aim is to encourage people to try and receive EME signals |
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Student’s project could go into space
GoErie reports on the work of students from Penn State Behrend who developed a super-capacitor based energy storage device to replace the silver–zinc battery on ARISSat type satellites |
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St Kilda DXpedition EU-059
GM7WCO/P will be active from the remote island group of St Kilda EU-059 on the far west coast of Scotland from the evening of Wednesday 16 May 2012 |
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Scam Warning
The South Bristol Amateur Radio Club has recently received two very similar e-mails from overseas amateurs concerning a confidence trick perpetrated in the name of one of their members |
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Farnsworth contact successful
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between youth at Farnsworth Aerospace PK-8 Magnet School in St. Paul, Minnesota and on-orbit astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT on Monday, May 7 |
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D-Star for London 2012 Olympics
GB7OK the London D-Star repeater server has been updated with Jonathan Naylor, G4KLX's IrcDDB software and, thanks to G4TSN, we can access all D-Star reflectors unlike old G2 software. We can now also access the Dplus, XRF and DCS reflectors |
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DXCC Country/Entity Report
According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 6th-May, through Sunday, 13th-May there were 222 countries active |
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CASHOTA Activity Weekends
This annual event is held over 2 weekends - the 19th & 20th and also the 26th & 27th May 2012 - to allow individuals to activate or chase castles and stately homes, as well as other historical locations |
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GB2TMI Mills On The Air video
The Denby Dale Amateur Radio Society have released a video of their operation at Thwaite Mill in Stourton, Leeds for Mills On The Air weekend |
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IOTA news from OPDX
Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin |
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Bay Area Maker Faire May 19-20
Ham Radio and the UK Raspberry Pi computer board will be among the attractions at the Maker Faire in San Mateo, May 19-20 |
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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 |
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How a Tiny Satellite Could Find Another Earth
Time Magazine carry a report on the work of radio amateur Sara Seager KB1WTW who is developing a CubeSat called ExoplanetSat, that will search for new planets
Left: Sara Seager KB1WTW |
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National Amateur Radio Day
The South Africa Radio League has named 16 June as National Amateur Radio Day, celebrating Amateur Radio as a National Resource and its diversity as the most exciting of all scientific hobbies |
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RAYNET May 2012 Heritage Coast Walk
This video shows East Suffolk RAYNET Communications Support volunteers using amateur radio APRS during the Heritage Coast Walk and Half Marathon |
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TAPR Forum at Dayton Hamvention
TAPR will be found in booths 455-459 in the Ball Arena of the Hara Arena at the Dayton Hamvention. TAPR will feature several SDR projects which are gaining interest quickly in the amateur radio community. Details of TAPR projects and the group's plans for Dayton can be found in the PSR Digital Journal |
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Museums Day
National Museums Day is held annually in May. To recognise this event the Zululand Amateur Radio Club will be operating as ZS5ZLB from the Nongqayi Fort in Eshowe on Sunday, 20th May 2012 |
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 Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the Solar activity is at moderate levels but will increase as one of the largest sunspots in years, 1476, makes it way across the visible solar disk |
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60 metres 'Gazetted' in Canada
Finally, after a two-year wait from Industry Canada, they have Gazetted the request from Radio Amateurs of Canada for access to 60 metres |
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Old QSL Card Collection
Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind everyone to visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see more than 9900 old QSL cards in several different albums/galleries |
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| 2012 |
| 20 May Dunstable Downs Rally & Boot Sale |
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| 2 June Central Scotland Mini Amateur Radio Convention |
| 3 June Spalding & DARS Annual Rally |
| 10 June 11th Junction 28 QRP Rally |
| 16 June The Northern Ireland Amateur Radio Conference |
| 17 June 2012 Newbury Radio Rally & Boot Sale |
| 22 - 24 June Friedrichshafen Amateur Radio Show |
| 24 June West of England Radio Rally 2012 |
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| For more information on any of the events shown, please click here |
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Solar X-Rays |
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Geomagnetic Field |
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