Post by David (N4DLT) on Aug 23, 2009 7:47:46 GMT -5
* D-STAR repeater interference
* Wuerzburg Pico and Nano Satellites Workshop
* Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
* 4,500 Thai radio stations register to go legal
* ARISS contact with Girl and Boy Scouts a success
* No more Q-code suffixes
* GB2STI
* Another BACAR launch
* A rocket fuel called Alice
* George Woodard - a life dedicated to shortwave radio
* New 3cm 10368 MHz SSB record verified and listed
* SuitSat-2 gets a new name
D-STAR repeater interference
Posted:
Edition 52 of the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 VHF/UHF/uW newsletter highlights the interference problems caused by uncoordinated D-Star repeaters operating in the Amateur Satellite segments
Wuerzburg Pico and Nano Satellites Workshop
Posted:
A workshop on Pico and Nano Satellites is to be held in Wuerzburg, Germany on October 1-2
Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
Posted:
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at a minimum and that it is now more than 40 days without an official sunspot. The agony continues!
4,500 Thai radio stations register to go legal
Posted:
More than 4,500 community radio stations in Thailand have registered under a National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) scheme to become legal broadcasters, the Bangkok Post reports
ARISS contact with Girl and Boy Scouts a success
Posted:
On Saturday 22 August 2009, the Girl and Boy Scouts of Maur 'Pfadimuur' in Forch, Switzerland, established a radio contact with ESA astronaut Frank DeWinne, ON1DWN, on board the International Space Station
No more Q-code suffixes
Posted:
South Africa's regulator ICASA has confirmed that the authority has blocked call sign suffixes that are part of the Q codes and SOS
GB2STI
Posted:
GB2STI will be on-air from the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland base in Whitehead, Co Antrim on Sunday the 13th of September
Another BACAR launch
Posted:
SA AMSAT will launch another BACAR flight on Saturday 12 September 2009
A rocket fuel called Alice
Posted:
NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, have successfully launched a small rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprised of aluminum powder and water ice, called ALICE
George Woodard - a life dedicated to shortwave radio
Posted:
RadioWorld.com has published an interview with George Woodard, who has worked with shortwave radio as both a manufacturer and an engineer for RFE/RL and the IBB
New 3cm 10368 MHz SSB record verified and listed
Posted:
Confirmed as a new New Zealand record and a milestone record, at 551kms, it is to-date the longest terrestrial distance contact made on the 3cm microwave band
SuitSat-2 gets a new name
Posted:
The SuitSat-2 project now has a new name to go with its new shape, ARISSat-1
* Wuerzburg Pico and Nano Satellites Workshop
* Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
* 4,500 Thai radio stations register to go legal
* ARISS contact with Girl and Boy Scouts a success
* No more Q-code suffixes
* GB2STI
* Another BACAR launch
* A rocket fuel called Alice
* George Woodard - a life dedicated to shortwave radio
* New 3cm 10368 MHz SSB record verified and listed
* SuitSat-2 gets a new name
D-STAR repeater interference
Posted:
Edition 52 of the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 VHF/UHF/uW newsletter highlights the interference problems caused by uncoordinated D-Star repeaters operating in the Amateur Satellite segments
Wuerzburg Pico and Nano Satellites Workshop
Posted:
A workshop on Pico and Nano Satellites is to be held in Wuerzburg, Germany on October 1-2
Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
Posted:
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at a minimum and that it is now more than 40 days without an official sunspot. The agony continues!
4,500 Thai radio stations register to go legal
Posted:
More than 4,500 community radio stations in Thailand have registered under a National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) scheme to become legal broadcasters, the Bangkok Post reports
ARISS contact with Girl and Boy Scouts a success
Posted:
On Saturday 22 August 2009, the Girl and Boy Scouts of Maur 'Pfadimuur' in Forch, Switzerland, established a radio contact with ESA astronaut Frank DeWinne, ON1DWN, on board the International Space Station
No more Q-code suffixes
Posted:
South Africa's regulator ICASA has confirmed that the authority has blocked call sign suffixes that are part of the Q codes and SOS
GB2STI
Posted:
GB2STI will be on-air from the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland base in Whitehead, Co Antrim on Sunday the 13th of September
Another BACAR launch
Posted:
SA AMSAT will launch another BACAR flight on Saturday 12 September 2009
A rocket fuel called Alice
Posted:
NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, have successfully launched a small rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprised of aluminum powder and water ice, called ALICE
George Woodard - a life dedicated to shortwave radio
Posted:
RadioWorld.com has published an interview with George Woodard, who has worked with shortwave radio as both a manufacturer and an engineer for RFE/RL and the IBB
New 3cm 10368 MHz SSB record verified and listed
Posted:
Confirmed as a new New Zealand record and a milestone record, at 551kms, it is to-date the longest terrestrial distance contact made on the 3cm microwave band
SuitSat-2 gets a new name
Posted:
The SuitSat-2 project now has a new name to go with its new shape, ARISSat-1