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Amateur Radio Society celebrates 50th anniversary in style

Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:45
The Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society was formed in 1960 and to celebrate the 50th anniversary, a special callsign GB50RNARS is being aired by members of the Society throughout the year
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IARU Region 2 assists member society with earthquake damage

Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:45
The March edition of the IARU E-Letter reports on assistance given to Radio Club de Chile following the earthquake
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TC2010PSG QRV for the Istanbul 2010 Award

Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:45
For the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Award, TCSWAT will be QRV from istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport with the callsign TC2010PSG between 20-22 March 2010
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R1ANF beacon operational

Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:45
After a long odyssey from Germany to the Vostok base (R1ANC) in Antarctica, including a failed start connected with huge logistic problems, the beacon finally was put into operation at the Russian Antarctic base Bellinghausen, R1ANF, on King George Island on March 8
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Tony's 10-metre band report

Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:45
A phenomenal Sunday! 1455 reported contacts. Actually from Wednesday onwards, the week was pretty good, lots of very varied DX, ZP6DYA, LU7FSM, ST2AR, C56KR, Z21BB to name but a few who were top dogs each day
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Radio Sweden ends Medium and Short Wave

Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:45
Radio Sweden will terminate its medium and short wave broadcasts this October 31st in favour of web services - with Swedish Radio management stating that is the best use of resources and in line with international trends
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Installing transceivers in vehicles

Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:45
FCS1362 is the UK code of practice for the installation of mobile radio equipment in land-based vehicles
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Wind power on KT4 Dxpedition

Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:45
The successful K4T Dry Tortugas operation may have been the first-ever major DXpedition to use only wind power
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Southern Line Islands IOTA DXpedition

Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:45
A team of four operators are heading for the Southern Line Islands where they plan to activate every island with four stations for five days
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Amateur Radio Tutors' March Newsletter

Thu, 18/03/2010 - 10:45
The March edition of the RSGB Amateur Radio tutors' newsletter is now available
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New 8.97kHz Amateur Radio DX record

Wed, 17/03/2010 - 10:00
On Monday, March 15 Stefan Schaefer DK7FC achieved an Amateur Radio world record on 8.97 kHz
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Zevs - the Russian 82 Hz ELF transmitter

Wed, 17/03/2010 - 10:00
How low in frequency can transmitters go? Well the Russian Federation operates a transmitter on the Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) of 82 Hz
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ARRL seeks input for new IARU Region 2 Band Plan

Wed, 17/03/2010 - 10:00
The International Amateur Radio Region 2 (IARU R2) conference - to be held later this year in El Salvador - brings together delegations from the national Amateur Radio Societies in the Western Hemisphere
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Cam Hartford, N6GA, named CQ Magazine QRP Editor

Wed, 17/03/2010 - 10:00
Cam Hartford, N6GA, of Claremont, California, has been named QRP Editor of CQ Amateur Radio magazine
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Coastal communities test tsunami preparedness

Wed, 17/03/2010 - 10:00
A report by broadcaster KPLU highlights the importance of Amateur Radio for Emergency Communications
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K4T DXpedition success

Wed, 17/03/2010 - 10:00
The K4T DXpedition to Dry Tortugas proved a great success. They ran two amateur radio satellite stations. Hopefully other DXpeditions will now consider running a satellite station too
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Successful ARISS contact with school in Peristeri, Greece

Wed, 17/03/2010 - 10:00
The ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) school contact with participants at 18 Dimotiko Scholeio Peristeriou, Peristeri (Athens), Greece was successful. US astronaut Timothy J. Creamer KC5WKI answered 19 questions
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IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

Wed, 17/03/2010 - 10:00
Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Fredy, DE0MST of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
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Where will the hams of the future come from; maybe the answer will be a surprise

Wed, 17/03/2010 - 10:00
An Examiner.com article describes the history of Amateur Radio and asks were new radio hams will come from
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SSTV Net Night

Wed, 17/03/2010 - 10:00
There is now an amateur radio SSTV (slow scan television) net night being held every Monday evening at 19.00 hrs
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