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Tony's 10-metre band report
Yet again, the weekend (with contest) rules supreme. Loads of DX about
NZART President Roy Symon ZL2KH resigns
Roy Symon ZL2KH resigned as President of New Zealand's national society, NZART, on Monday, February 20
Opera Beacon takes Route 66
Bob running his USA Experimental 500 KHz station WE6XGR in New York, is being decoded regularly by N6RY, just north of San Diego on the WEST coast. And, not only is the Opera beacon reaching coast to coast USA, its also reaching the west coast of England at the same time, with G4WGT, G8HUH and G0KTN as regular customers
New MO-72 Decode Software
The students who developed the amateur radio satellite MO-72 (Masat-1) have announced that new telemetry decode software is available
Nano and picosatellite resolution at WRC-12
Wouter Jan Ubbels PA3WEG provides an update regarding the attendance by ISIS at the World Radiocommunication Conference
Nanjing Balloon Attempt update
The Katy Times reports on the long distance amateur radio balloon attempt by the South Texas Balloon Launch Team on February 11
CARA Contest video
The Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association (CARA) have produced a video on Amateur Radio Contests
South Sudan assigned Z8 call block
The Republic of South Sudan has received the prefix block Z8A-Z8Z from the ITU
Come and Join Us On the Airwaves by The Ham Band
The Ham Band have released a high-definition version of their popular music video 'Join Us in the Airwaves'
Google celebrates Heinrich Hertz's birthday
Google is celebrating Heinrich Hertz's 155th Birthday today, with an animated pseudo-sine wave on its web pages
IRTS 80th Anniversary AGM and Rally
Tickets for the Irish Radio Transmitters Society AGM dinner on Saturday April 21st are selling fast. The event this year is hosted by Dundalk Amateur Radio Society
MARTS DXpedition to Spratly Islands
Members of the Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitter Society (MARTS) and the 9M4SDX Team will be active as 9M0L from Pulau Layang Layang Island (Swallow Reefs - AS-051) near Sabah, East Malaysia, between April 10-24th
Radio Amateur Chris Hadfield VA3OOG to command ISS
The BBC reports that astronaut Chris Hadfield, VA3OOG will be the first Canadian to command the International Space Station
Getting youth interested by exhibiting in high schools
Students in most schools have never heard of amateur radio. IARU-R1 Youth Co-ordinator Lisa PA2LS suggests how to raise awareness of the hobby
Eisenhower Middle School Viking Radio Club
This video shows the students of the Eisenhower Middle School Viking Radio Club who participated in last week's School Club Roundup event
WRC-12 paves way for 2nd Digital Dividend
The CEPT Electronic Communcations Committee website indicates that further TV spectrum may be released for a '2nd Digital Dividend'
ARISS educative contact planned with Italian school
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contact has been planned with participants at 1° Circolo Didattico Nicola Fornelli, Bitonto, Italy on 24 Feb
IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Klaus, DL7UXG of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
Payroll Tax Bill includes provision for Amateur Radio study
The ARRL reports on a bill that could result in recommendations to remove unnecessary restrictions on amateur radio residential antenna installations
New pressure on jammers of international broadcasts
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has called upon the world’s nations to take 'necessary actions' to stop intentional interference with satellite transmissions
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