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ARRL Audio News: Aug 8, 2008; Vol 27 Number 31

News from ARRL - 58 min 9 sec ago
ARRL Audio News--OPEN--In this edition . . .; ARRL Board of Directors Names 2007-2008 Award Recipients; NCVEC Holds Annual Conference via Telephone; ARRL Audio News ID--Satellite Update--BREAK; Look for the September Issue of QST in Your Mailbox; Former ARRL HQ Staff Member Glenn Swanson, KB1GW (SK); Station Manager Explains NN3SI's Silence; ARRL Audio News--News Briefs--CLOSE
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The K7RA Solar Update

News from ARRL - 4 hours 31 min ago
As mentioned in last week's report, Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, is filling in for your regular reporter Tad Cook, K7RA. For the reporting period August 1-7, solar activity was at very low levels and the geomagnetic field was at quiet levels. Solar activity is expected to continue to be very low for the next several days. As for geomagnetic field activity, the Australian Space Forecast Centre issued a geomagnetic disturbance warning on August 6 for quiet to unsettled, and then unsettled to active conditions (with possible minor storm periods) on August 8 and August 9, respectively.
Categories: Ham Radio

Surfin': Dig Up Dead Web Sites

News from ARRL - 6 hours 11 min ago
This week, Surfin’ finds Amateur Radio Web sites that are no more.
Categories: Ham Radio

Ham 'in a pickle'

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
An elderly UK radio ham caused traffic chaos and sparked a police hunt earlier this week after setting out on a shopping trip to buy a new transceiver
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Falcon 1 Flight 3 video

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
A video of the Falcon 1, Flight 3 launch in which two Amateur Radio cubesats were lost is now available. It shows an earth-pointing view from onboard Falcon 1
Categories: Ham Radio

DX News from the ARRL

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity
Categories: Ham Radio

Antenna firm sites plan discussed

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
Consultations have started over plans to close three sites in Warwickshire involved in antenna operations
Categories: Ham Radio

AMSAT-UK videos on BATC site

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
Videos of the presentations given at this year's AMSAT-UK Colloquium are now available on the BATC video site
Categories: Ham Radio

Caribbean tour under way

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
Freddy F5IRO and David F8CRS will be making visits to the Islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe between now and 21st of August
Categories: Ham Radio

BT mast site WILL be new suburb

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
The Rugby Observer's Simon Ward reports that a massive new suburb of Rugby, consisting of 6,5000 new homes, will be built on the former BT radio mast site
Categories: Ham Radio

Chinese Olympic Special Event Stations

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
The opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games take place later today. Chinese Amateur Radio Special Event stations celebrating the Olympics will be on-the-air throughout the Games - continuing until Wednesday, September 17
Categories: Ham Radio

Exercise Mercury's March

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
On the 18 August 2008, 30 Tri-Service personnel from Blandford Camp and Headley Court will carry a stretcher from Plymouth to London. The stretcher will be a symbol of all those servicemen and women who have been injured on operations in recent years, particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq. It is hoped to raise support for our troops and raise much-needed funds for the Help for Heroes charity
Categories: Ham Radio

IARU Region 1 Amateur Television Contest

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
The annual IARU Region 1 Amateur Television Contest takes place from Saturday 13th of September until Sunday 14th of September on all bands from 70 cm upwards
Categories: Ham Radio

Morse code alive and well

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
Members of Stockport Radio Society appeared this week on 'Northwest Tonight', the local BBC TV Magazine programme in North West England
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'Ere John! Wanna buy a cheap transmitter?

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
Dutch police are searching for the person or persons who stole a low-power FM relay transmitter for public network Radio 4 from premises in the town of Wageningen
Categories: Ham Radio

Morecambe Bay Amateur Radio Club - 25th anniversary celebrations

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
Morecambe Bay Amateur Radio Club (MBARS) will be holding an open day to celebrate the club's 25th anniversary on the 7th September, 2008
Categories: Ham Radio

Ofcom publishes illegal broadcasting factsheet

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
On Tuesday the UK regulator Ofcom published an illegal Broadcast fact sheet. It infers that the legacy VHF 70/80 MHz radio equipment in use by the London Fire Brigade can be subject to "blocking" when in close proximity to 100 watt transmitters operating on frequencies above 88 MHz
Categories: Ham Radio

India to get Satellite Navigation System

The Southgate - 10 hours 11 min ago
India will soon be getting their own satellite based navigation system. The Indian Regional Navigation system (IRNSS) will consist of a constellation of seven satellites
Categories: Ham Radio

Working on DXCC for the K9JY Site — July, 2008

K9JY Ham Radio - 7. August 2008 - 16:46

The Night Lights of Planet Earth

During the month of July, 65 countries visited the K9JY site. I’m still working on getting it to 100.

A true Log of the World — and thanks for visiting and commenting here.

Scot, K9JY

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Categories: Contesting, Ham Radio

AMSAT-UK Colloquium Lectures Now Online

News from ARRL - 7. August 2008 - 16:30
AMSAT-UK held their 23rd Annual International Space Colloquium July 25-27 at the University of Surrey in Guildford. This annual event is a chance to talk to satellite designers and builders, as well as a place to discover how to use Amateur Radio satellites. The British Amateur Television Club (BATC) streamed the Colloquium live on the Internet and has placed videos of nine lectures on their Web site.
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