31 May 2012
Last updated at 19:43 ET
Rockall can be reached by taking a 250-mile trip by boat from Stornoway
An adventurer was due to make an attempt to get himself onto the remote North Atlantic islet of Rockall where he plans to stay the night.
The volcanic rock is 30m (100ft) wide and 21m (70ft) high and a 250-mile (402km) boat trip from Stornoway on the Western...
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Archive for May, 2012
Auction of radio gear
HULL: An open day has been organised by the Hull and District Amateur Radio Society on Sunday, June 24.
There will be a bring and buy sale followed by an auction at 1pm.
Doors open for viewing at 10.30am.
There will also be a barbecue and refreshments available.
Keith Shaw, the club secretary, said: “We will sell your unwant- ed equipment with a selling fee of 10 per cent...
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Astronaut to speak in Seaside Saturday
NASA astronaut Michael Barratt
Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2012 3:16 pm
Astronaut to speak in Seaside Saturday
The Daily Astorian
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Radio Club in on the act
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Final RTA dates announced
The final Radio in Action Technology symposium dates have been announced. The first event will be in the brand new auditorium recently completed on the Howard Campus in Durban on 22 July.
The Cape Town RTA will be held at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Bellville on 11 August, In the Eastern Cape the RTA will take place on 1 September at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan...
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Worked All Continents Award
Many radio amateurs cut their DXing teeth on the Worked All Continents award. This award recognizes contacts with all six continental areas of the world, and is issued by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU).
Recently, the South African Radio League (SARL) was authorized to issue these certificates to its members on the IARU’s behalf. Radio amateurs can now apply...
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2012 QST Video Contest Winners
05/31/2012
The votes have been tallied for the 2012 QST video contest and the winners chosen!
First Place, Amateur: Erin King, AK4JG
Erin, along with her mentor and members of the Columbus Georgia Amateur Radio Club, sent a weather balloon and a high-definition video camera to an altitude of over 90,000 feet. They tracked the balloon across the Georgia countryside using...
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EME 2012 Double Rooms
EME 2012 Double Rooms
Cambridge has proved to be a very popular venue for the EME2012 Conference and bookings for twin / double rooms in the college have exceeded our expectations and are fully booked so we have now reserved some deluxe double rooms in the Móller Centre on the Churchill campus.
These are a little more expensive than the rooms already booked but include tea/coffee...
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23cm band covered by GNSS
An article in the Microwave Journal shows that all of 1240-1300 MHz except for one narrow gap will be used by global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).
In the article by Rachid El Assir, Rohde Schwarz, there is a chart that graphically shows where the GNSS systems will operate in 1240-1300 MHz band.
The gap of about 1 MHz occurs at 1259 MHz.
Read Global Navigation Satellite...
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