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More balloons carrying 70cm transmitters will be launched this weekend, among them are STRATODEAN and STS-3 PICO STATODEAN is aiming for a launch from Coleford, Gloucestershire this Saturday afternoon at 2pm, predicted direction is towards Wales. STRATODEAN Two: $$SDEAN, 434.650MHz, 50 baud, 350hz shift, ASCII-7, 2 stop bits, no parity. ...

The Israeli regulator – the Ministry of Communications – (IMOC) has decided to grant 5 MHz/60m temporary permission on an individual application basis. 8 Channels are available to General and Extra Class licence holders. The channels are as per the list below (the number represents USB dial frequency) – for CW 1.5 kHz above. There is some flexibility on Digi...

The Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference (GAREC) is on June 25-27 in Zurich, Switzerland, timed to precede HAM RADIO, Europe’s largest Amateur Radio gathering in Friedrichshafen, Germany on June 28-30. Held annually since 2005, GAREC it is an opportunity for emergency communicators to discuss recent events, technical solutions to problems and how to find...

We explore three different Remote Control options to control a station from anywhere in the world. George and Tommy prepare for Dayton Hamvention. And some really funny stuff… 1:10:00 of interesting and entertaining ALTV. Download http://www.amateurlogic.tv/blog/ Article source: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2013/amateurlogic_tv_54_remote_control.htm

InnovAntennas at VUSHF in Sweden Justin G0KSC, founder of InnovAntennas, will be attending the VUSHF meeting in Sweden at the end of this month where he will present on 2 subjects. The first, low-noise antenna design and development and then ‘Replicating software models in the real world’. Additionally, a special license has been obtained for Sweden to work on 4m for this...

Three VOA Museum board members visited the Voice of America in Washington, D.C. this week and learned more about VOA and its role worldwide today. Board members Jay Adrick, Dave Snyder and Melinda Zemper made the trip. Snyder and Zemper met with a dozen VOA and Broadcast Board of Governors executives and staff to talk about synergies between the two entities and how they can...

The UK Met Office will be keeping a close eye on the Sun over the coming days after a recent surge in its activity. The eruptions from these spots come in several different forms, but if the events are of sufficient strength and directed towards the Earth, they can all cause impacts on our modern-day technology. Impacts range from minor interference...

Icom America announces information for the 2013 D-STAR QSO Party, an annual contest that promotes fellowship with amateur (ham) radio operators from around the world through D-STAR, “Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio.” This year’s global event will take place over three days starting Friday, September 20 (00:00 UTC) to Sunday, September 22 (24:00...

CQ magazine today announced its 2013 Hall of Fame inductees, adding two members each to the CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame along with eight new members of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to amateur radio; and those amateurs who have made significant...

Announcement: Belgian Flora and fauna activation on the 18th of May. We will be qrv on 20 and 40m. For more info see: http://www.on4wlr.be Thank you 73 WLBR West Limburgse Radioamateurs Article source: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2013/belgian_flora_and_fauna_activation.htm