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ARISS event - Schulhaus Feld 1 Richterswil, Switzerland
An International Space Station Expedition 17 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Schulehaus Feld 1 Richterswil, Switzerland on 30 August

Special Event Callsign 9V1F1
SARTS members will use the special callsign 9V1F1 to commemorate the Formula 1 Races which will be held in downtown Singapore from September 26th to 28th

Tony's 10-metre band report
Mid-week was the winner with Thursday being the best day. Saturday and Sunday were generally poor, but 6V7L in Senegal proved very popular

Computer virus alive and well on the ISS
Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the International Space Station in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG

Automatic Digimode Identifiers
Patrick Lindecker F6CTE has written a useful paper on Automatic Digimode Identifiers. It describes the use of identifiers for digital transmissions to enable the receiving station to automatically determine which mode is in use

Korean broadcasters face sanctions for comments during Olympics
Korean broadcasting companies face sanctions for their commentators’ inappropriate or racial comments during the coverage of Olympic Games in Beijing

Montenegro DXpedition
A team of German operators will be trying to raise money for a children's cancer charity during their forthcoming DXpedition to Montenegro

Hurricane Gustav - Notice to all radio amateurs in IARU Region 2
Hurricane Gustav is currently making its way through the central part of the Caribbean basin and has passed through Dominican Republic and Haiti and will be affecting the island of Cuba in the next few hours

New HF digital protocol to debut at DCC
WINMOR, an HF digital protocol designed for use with the Winlink 2000 network, will be unveiled at the upcoming ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference in Chicago, September 26-28

The 48-hour on-air Transmission 2008 weekend is set to kick-off on 20 September -  with a brand new category for the under-18s.  Read more..

HogCon 2008 - Stevenage 21st September
The upsurge of interest in QRP operation has resulted in the formation of the Home Counties QRP Circle who are holding their first meeting in Stevenage on 21st September

IOTA news
Weekly IOTA News - compiled by the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

FCC Vanity Call Sign fees to increase September 25
The Federal Communications Commission announced that the cost of an Amateur Radio vanity call sign will increase 60 cents, from $11.70 to $12.30

Amateur satellite 'beginners' session at the Leicester Amateur Radio Show
Dave Johnson, G4DPZ and Carlos Eavis, G0AKI of AMSAT-UK and the RSGB, respectively, will be presenting an "Amateur Satellite Operation for Beginners" presentation as part of the lecture stream at the Leicester Amateur Radio Show on Saturday 25th October 2008

Bath Amateur Radio training features in newspaper
The forthcoming Bath Foundation course run by Steve Hartley, editor of the Intermediate Manual, has featured in an article in the Bath Chronicle newspaper. This year's classes will be stating at on the 4th September, so there's still time to enrol

YO DX Contest
The Romanian Amateur Radio Federation's YO DX HF Contest takes place on the last weekend of August.  Radio Amateurs from around the world are welcome to enter

Chelmsford 'Advanced' Amateur Radio Training Course
The next Amateur Radio Advanced course, run by the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS), starts at the end of August. To book your place, you will need to act NOW!

New site licence fees threaten Aussie repeaters
The New South Wales Department of Lands has announced a Communications Facility Site Licensing scheme which may force some amateur radio clubs to shut down repeaters located on Crown land, or face huge increases in site licence fees

Satellite activation for rare grids
Joe, KK0SD, will be going on a trip that will pass through some rare grids. This is not a grid expedition and the main purpose is work-related travel

Bangladesh IOTA DXpedition
Tutul, S21RC and possibly 3 other S2 operators are preparing a DXpedition in December to St. Martin's Island (AS-127) located in Chittagong Region Group

Death of Pat McNamara
The many friends of Pat McNamara, better known as 'EI9 Charlie Brown', will be saddened to hear of his death.  Pat had been ill for some time and died on Tuesday last

Amateur Radio promotional material pays dividends
Australian radio amateur Grahame O'Brien VK2FA got a big surprise after distributing a quantity of press releases to media outlets around parts of NSW promoting some upcoming foundation assessments

QRP DXCC achieved in sunspot minimum year
Aki JQ2UOZ has been awarded the QRP DXCC by the ARRL for working 100 DXCC entities using just 500 milliwatts and a dipole antenna on the bands above 18 MHz in sunspot minimum year

IOTA news from OPDX
Weekly IOTA News - compiled by OPDX

Short range devices in the 433 MHz band
433 MHz short range devices will be considered at the next SE24 meeting in Mainz on September 1-2.  One of the documents is 'Short Range Devices in the 433 MHz band'. It deals with licence exempt voice operating that is currently permitted in this band

The 'French Handbook' - free to download
The 'French Handbook', a collection of technical articles compiled by F6BCU, is now available for free download

Change of callsign for QSL Manager
QSL Manager Tim, M3SDE, has successfully upgraded his license and now has a new callsign

NASA Amateur Radio Special Event
Activity is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the beginning of NASA operations

Suriname DXpedition
Members of the Czech and Slovak OM0C Contest Crew are pleased to announce a DXpedition to Suriname and are expected to be active from there in October

MRG VHF/UHF SSB Challenge 2008
Ireland's annual MRG VHF/UHF SSB Challenge takes place on September the 7th 2008

ARISS contact video available
On August 19, the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club (SBARC) made it possible for a local Boy Scout troop (Los Padres Council Troop 105) to contact the International Space Station live via ham radio!

ICASA working on licensing backlog
South Africa's regulator ICASA has started a process to reduce their licence applications backlog

ARRL responds to Pave Paws concerns
Earlier this week, the ARRL responded to a series of concerns raised by repeaters owners regarding the ongoing PAVE PAWS interference mitigation project at Beale Air Force Base near Sacramento, California

Argentina’s Radio Continental stripped of its FM frequency
A decision by the Federal Broadcasting Committee (COMFER), Argentina’s broadcast media regulator, to strip Buenos Aires-based Radio Continental of its FM frequency is “absurd and unfair,” as well as legally questionable, Reporters Without Borders said today

Big showing by Australia for ILLW
Well done to all 50 VK amateurs who entered this year's event. Australia led the Country count at 50 lighthouses

2008 ARRL / TAPR DCC to be held in Chigaco
The Digital Communications Conference is billed as the premiere annual digital ham radio meeting covering all aspects of digital communications as applied to ham radio

Denver's radio hams advised on handling DNC protesters
Hams in Denver are being warned to be on the lookout for unlicensed operators. This as the Democratic National Convention comes to town

Route 66 On The Air
The Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club of San Bernardino, California will host the 9th Annual 'Route 66 On The Air' Special Event

NASA and ATK investigate failed launch of hypersonic experiments
An Alliant Tech Systems suborbital rocket carrying two NASA hypersonic experiments was destroyed shortly after liftoff from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Friday. No injuries or property damage were immediately reported

DX News from the ARRL
The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity

The Second 2008 Bill Windle QSO Party (BWQP)
The Bill Windle QSO Party (BWQP), named after the prominent British-based First Class CW Operators’ Club (FOC) member Bill Windle, G8VG, Silent Key 1983, continues to build in popularity, even though propagation conditions seem to become more challenging

Propagation de K7RA
The ARRL's Tad Cook, K7RA, has another report on propagation during the last week, and also gives our 10-metre columnist a mention just for good measure

IARU Region 3 Directors Meet
The IARU Region 3 Directors met in Tokyo over two and a half days from 20 to 22 August 2008, hosted by Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)

Intel demonstrates wireless power
CNN reports on the demonstration by Intel of Wireless power but what will be the cost of this technology to the High Frequency (HF) spectrum which is a precious natural resource ?

Ten-Tec to increase transceiver prices
Ten-Tec have announced that they plan to increase the price of their tranceivers from the beginning of next month

Bletchley Park - Save Britain's code of honour
The leading article in the Wednesday edition of the UK Independant newspaper highlighted the plight of Bletchley Park

RAC announces a newly revised HF Band Plan
The HF band plan presently in use in Canada was adopted in 1996. Since then, many changes have happened in the Amateur radio world and other band plans have been revised and modified

Middlesex DX Group on Arran Island
The newly formed Middlesex DX Group will be active October 4-10th on Arran Island

GB1CODY
GB1CODY will be operating from the Aldershot Military Museum to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight in England on 16th October 1908 at Farnborough by Samuel Cody

ZS8T · Marion Island
In April, Petrus ZS6GCM arrived on Marion Island to begin a year of work. Sometime in May he erected the SteppIR vertical he took along and ran into a few difficulties

St Rognvald Special Event Station
The Orkney Amateur Radio Club will be operating GS8R from Scapa Bay as part of a programme of activities to commemorate the 850th anniversary of the death of St Rognvald

Australia acts to stop Hizbollah TV station
Australia is taking action to close down a controversial satellite television station which broadcasts anti-Israeli programmes

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