Archived News Items - Wirral & District Amateur Radio Club

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12th Feb 12 - Student satellites to launch Monday
12th Feb 12 - D-STAR for Thinking Day On The Air
12th Feb 12 - Bahrain 70 MHz beacon A92C/B
11th Feb 12 - The first two weeks of WRC-12
11th Feb 12 - 13cm threat in Sweden
10th Feb 12 - Aiming for China: Ham operators to launch balloon Saturday
10th Feb 12 - Ukraine to use DRM to continue national MW b’casts
10th Feb 12 -
Icom IC-7700 HF/50MHz Amateur Radio Transceiver promotional video
10th Feb 12 -
Dave Raycrofts ICPO Bulletin UPDATE
 9th Feb 12 - Dominican Republic on 5 MHz
 7th Feb 12 - The Humber Fortress DX ARC to activate GB0BB
 7th Feb 12 - AmateurLogic 36: Hamfest Friends
 6th Feb 12 - Morse code not on the way out
 5th Feb 12 - SumbandilaSat amateur radio operation may resume soon
 4th Feb 12 - IARU Special WRC Report No. 2
 3rd Feb 12 - French Nostradamus HF Radar
 2nd Feb 12 - FCC Spread Sectrum tests off to a good start
 2nd Feb 12 - Digital Radio 2012: a 'visionary' year
  1st Feb 12 - RSGB PLA/PLT Devices Announcement
  1st Feb 12 - Student High-Voltage Satellite Horyu-2
  1st Feb 12 - HamSatDroid App
  1st Feb 12 - Limited future activity from Jan Mayen Island
  1st Feb 12 - Antarctic Activity Week Special Event
  1st Feb 12 - Ad breaks of up to 24 mins turn off UAE’s TV viewers

     Click  Jan 2012 to read any of the following

29th Jan 12 - FCC sets date for medical devices on 70 cm
28th Jan 12 - New RadCom Band Plans show substantial changes
27th Jan 12 - NASA's amazing high definition image of Earth
27th Jan 12 - Announcing the 160m Band Utilization Chart
27th Jan 12 - Youngsters to get studio chance
27th Jan 12 - Sweden loses 13cm amateur radio band
27th Jan 12 - New Board Activity web feature on RSGB website
24th Jan 12 - RS-39 Chibis-M deploys  Tonight !
24th Jan 12 - Incoming CME
24th Jan 12 - Ofcom - record spectrum demand at London 2012 Games
23rd Jan 12 - Video of Codec2 presentation
23rd Jan 12 - CME Impact on January 22nd
22nd Jan 12 - GB7WP - the Wirral D-Star Repeater
22nd Jan 12 - RS-39 (Chibis-M) deploys January 24
22nd Jan 12 - FLOWA Yagi
21st Jan 12 - Global radio experts float new mobile phone standard
21st Jan 12 - PSK2K – a new meteorscatter mode by DJ5HG
21st Jan 12 - Building a Distributed Satellite Ground Station Network
21st Jan 12 - Wainwrights on the Air scheme improvedPress
21st Jan 12 - TV loses UK licence, claims UK jamming IRIB signals from Bahrain
21st Jan 12 - RSGB representation at World Radiocommunication Conference
20th Jan 12 - Leap seconds to stay
20th Jan 12 - The Six and Ten Reporting Club
20th Jan 12 - Earth-directed solar flare could bring geomagnetic storms this weekend
20th Jan 12 - The faster-than-fast Fourier transform
20th Jan 12 - New 2012 Band Plans released
19th Jan 12 - QST Monthly Digital Edition - coming June 2012!
19th Jan 12 - 7 MHz interference from All India Radio ceases
19th Jan 12 - New Clubs and Training section for RSGB website
19th Jan 12 - New Irish broadcasting charge may replace TV licence
16th Jan 12 - This year a day and a second longer
16th Jan 12 - Student D-STAR satellite to launch in 2012
15th Jan 12 - ISS performs debris avoidance manoeuvre
15th Jan 12 - Lost Islands of Central Arctic
13th Jan 12 - ITU endorses DRM+
13th Jan 12 - The Diamond DXCC Challenge
13th Jan 12 - SolderSmoke Amateur Radio Podcast 140
13th Jan 12 - Amateur Radio World Castles Award
12th Jan 12 - ARRL achieves fund raising goal
12th Jan 12 - IARU Monitoring System Newsletter
11th Jan 12 - Single digital car radio solution unveiled at CES 2012
11th Jan 12 - Jamesburg Earth Station For Sale !
11th Jan 12 - China launches Satellite Positioning System
12th Jan 12 - New 60 meter web site
 9th Jan 12 - New Amateur Radio Home Construction List
 9th Jan 12 - IRTS 80th Anniversary
 9th Jan 12 - EME 2012 booking site open
 7th Jan 12 - USA HF Spread Spectrum Experiment
 7th Jan 12 - PAWS - Portable All-terrain Wireless System
 6th Jan 12 - FUNcube at Association of Science Education Conference
 6th Jan 12 - New data mode crosses Atlantic on 136Khz at the first attempt
 6th Jan 12 - CQ introduces 'Maker' column
 6th Jan 12 - Doomed Mars probe photographed
 6th Jan 12 -
Only one-in-three pay licence fee in Poland
 3rd Jan 12 - Winter edition of the 5 MHz Newsletter now online
 3rd Jan 12 - LED Light Bulb Interference
 1st Jan 12 - FUNcube Dongle presentation video
 1st Jan 12 - Dot-dash-diss: The gentleman hacker's 1903 lulz
 1st Jan 12 - First of NASA's two Grail spacecraft enters orbit around moon

     Click  Dec 2011 to read any of the following

31st Dec 11 - The Netherlands on 4m in 2012
31st Dec 11 - Ofcom grants GB80PW for the Practical Wireless 80th year
30th Dec 11 - FUNcube at Science Education Conference
30th Dec 11 - Long Distance D-STAR
30th Dec 11 - NASA twin spacecraft on final approach for Moon orbit
30th Dec 11 - In-house BPL product is withdrawn
30th Dec 11 - Solar storm in the press
28th Dec 11 - The DIY Magic of Amateur Radio released
28th Dec 11 - Yaesu supports 4-FSK digital radios
28th Dec 11 - BBC interview with Professor Colin Pillinger
27th Dec 11 - Visualising HF Propagation
27th Dec 11 - Beacon Maps and Beacon Spots
27th Dec 11 - 1937 Marconi EMI TV
25th Dec 11 - AmateurLogic.TV 35: Merry Christmas, Happy New Year & The Australian Cantenna
25th Dec 11 - Dutch commercial stations applaud higher pirate fines
24th Dec 11 - FO-29 test successful
24th Dec 11 - Raspberry Pi moves towards production
24th Dec 11 - Seven student CubeSats ready for flight
24th Dec 11 - Sungrazing Comet Lovejoy photographed from Earth orbit
24th Dec 11 - Anger in Hungary over radio station closure
22nd Dec 11 - Now .. Australia to trial limited higher power
22nd Dec 11 - Codec 2 and Defence Strategic Goods List
22nd Dec 11 - Ofcom - 3400 MHz licence exemption
22nd Dec 11 - Ofcom - DAB coverage planning interim statement
22nd Dec 11 - Radio and Television Investigation Service
20th Dec 11 - The HS0AC horror story
20th Dec 11 - WIN-QSL-POLICY 2.2
19th Dec 11 - NVIS Short Wave technology in Afghanistan
17th Dec 11 - EU threat to Amateur Radio kits
17th Dec 11 - Radio Amateurs can receive Southampton University HAB
16th Dec 11 - Amateur Radio balloon flight sets records
16th Dec 11 - Proposed amateur MF allocation receives a boost
16th Dec 11 - French Amateur Radio regs to be modernised
13th Dec 11 - Delfi-N3XT Amateur Radio Satellite
13th Dec 11 - German CBer's get 12 watts SSB
13th Dec 11 - QSL Manager of the Year Award
13th Dec 11 - TV moves onto the phone network
13th Dec 11 - Radio Ham's FMwand for brain surgery
13th Dec 11 - Geminid Meteor Shower
12th Dec 11 - 50th Anniversary of OSCAR 1
12th Dec 11 - Russian Military OFDM in 40m
12th Dec 11 - 30th Anniversary of BBC Micro
12th Dec 11 - Can turning off analogue TV make broadband better?
09th Dec 11 - Vega to launch Amateur Radio satellites
09th Dec 11 - Public responses to Communications Review published
09th Dec 11 - Radiocommunications Agency gets tougher on pirates
06th Dec 11 - STARS-II Amateur Radio Satellite
06th Dec 11 - Ham radio licenses hit an all-time high
06th Dec 11 - We must signal an end to this airwave auction mess
03rd Dec 11 - Experimental D-Star repeater
03rd Dec 11 - Russian Woodpecker
02nd Dec 11 - ISS Shadow-Beacon experiment postponed
02nd Dec 11 - Ham Radio on Tech Talk Radio
02nd Dec 11 - GCHQ challenges codebreakers
02nd Dec 11 - Ofcom - Spectrum in an age of innovation

     Click  Nov 2011 to read any of the following

30th Nov 11 - AO-51 End of Mission
30th Nov 11 - Charlie Walton inventor of RFID SK
28th Nov 11 - Radio Amateurs receive Mars Science Laboratory
28th Nov 11 - Last chances to hear ARISSat-1 rapidly approaching
28th Nov 11 - PYE - Calling V.H.F.
28th Nov 11 - New ATV Repeater
28th Nov 11 - RSGB Club of the Year Competition
28th Nov 11 - Special prefixes for Canadian radio amateurs
28th Nov 11 - Longer eclipse periods affecting AO-51 operation
27th Nov 11 - Wartime Radio: The Secret Listeners
27th Nov 11 - Ham radio in Antarctica
27th Nov 11 - Radiation storm and CME alert
25th Nov 11 - New Zealand's radio hams get 1 KW
25th Nov 11 - Baofeng UV-3R MKII Dual-Band Handheld
25th Nov 11 - WIA Emergency Communications Operator Training
25th Nov 11 - ARRL to inspire Hackers and Innovators
24th Nov 11 - NASA Video - Coming Back Down to our Fragile Oasis
23rd Nov 11 - Fox News - Ham Radio Licenses at All-Time High
22nd Nov 11 - Cold War Echo
21st Nov 11 - U.S. 60 meter changes
21st Nov 11 - Free SSTV Online Book
20th Nov 11 - The DX SHOP Limited is 'open' for business
20th Nov 11 - Results of RSGB EGM
20th Nov 11 - Amateur Radio assistance requested: ISS Plasma Thrust Shadow Experiment
20th Nov 11 - Changes to 5 MHz in USA
20th Nov 11 - AmateurLogic.TV Episode 34: Regenerative Receiver and more
19th Nov 11 - Hackers take Amateur Radio course
19th Nov 11 - New challenge for Spectrum Defence
19th Nov 11 - Intermediate Licence Manual 6th Edition
17th Nov 11 - RSGB web Discussion Forum to close
17th Nov 11 - Inflatable Antenna Tower video
17th Nov 11 - Sines HF Station Closes Down
17th Nov 11 - Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story
17th Nov 11 - Mystery of the Lunar Ionosphere
16th Nov 11 - RSGB National Radio Centre
16th Nov 11 - Amateur Radio 1400 bps Digital Voice CODEC
15th Nov 11 - RSGB suspend Discussion Forum
15th Nov 11 - GB3LV London IRLP/Echolink Node back live
15th Nov 11 - RSGB EGM - important updates
15th Nov 11 - Animation of Solar Wind Prediction
14th Nov 11 - A remarkable display of solar activity
14th Nov 11 - £90m grant boosts BBC World Service
13th Nov 11 - Many Pacific contacts for QRP Pedestrian Portable
12th Nov 11 - Voting deadline approaches for RSGB EGM
11th Nov 11 - 15th International EME Conference
11th Nov 11 - 28 MHz intruder problem worsens
 9th Nov 11 - UKube-1 final design approved
 9th Nov 11 - Good and bad news from the Czech Republic
 8th Nov 11 - BBC Bush House equipment to be auctioned online
 7th Nov 11 - Chirpy' 28 MHz CW Transceiver
 7th Nov 11 - Significant Asteroid Flyby on Nov. 8
 6th Nov 11 - Asteroid Ping experiment November 8 for suitably equipped stations
 5th Nov 11 - Latest information on RSGB EGM
 5th Nov 11 - Ham radio in the 21st century
 5th Nov 11 - Woolworths weighs up Dick Smith sale
 4th Nov 11 - Society donates radio to new group
 4th Nov 11 - Russian taxi-interference on 28 MHz
 4th Nov 11 - Huge Sunspot
 4th Nov 11 - BBC to open vast radio archive online
 3rd Nov 11 - Success in Europe
 3rd Nov 11 - UK: Car manufacturers steer clear of digital radio
 3rd Nov 11 - Radio ham active from Antarctica
 3rd Nov 11 - Radio fix needed for officer safety: police union
 3rd Nov 11 - Amateur Radio operation from Antarctica
 2nd Nov 11 - 12 Mbps RF modems for Amateur Radio band
 2nd Nov 11 - Radio Security Service Reunion

     Click  Oct 2011 to read any of the following

31st Oct 11 - 5 MHz activity in Greece
30th Oct 11 - RSGB President on ICQ Podcast
28th Oct 11 - EGM proposals - RSGB President writes to clubs
28th Oct 11 - Global Simulated Emergency Test – November 2011
28th Oct 11 - EURAO Meeting 2011 in Barcelona
25th Oct 11 - CME Impact
25th Oct 11 - Turkey earthquake - avoid 7.092 MHz USB
24th Oct 11 - RSGB in crisis?
24th Oct 11 - New web discussion board on RSGB's future
24th Oct 11 - RSGB Intruder Watch activity on 28MHz
22nd Oct 11 - It's official, digital radio's not that good:
21st Oct 11 - Ofcom 3400 MHz Licence Exempt Regulations
21st Oct 11 - RSGB EGM Discussion Forum active
20th Oct 11 - 2-4 GHz Radar sees through concrete walls
20th Oct 11 - Prospero to be reactivated on 137.560 MHz
17th Oct 11 - Flood crisis response by radio amateurs
17th Oct 11 - Video of Heliograph demonstration
17th Oct 11 - 500 kHz Experimental Licence WF2XXQ
16th Oct 11 - Massive X-ray satellite set to de-orbit
14th Oct 11 - Puerto Rico active during JOTA 2011
14th Oct 11 - BBC - Electronic car key fobs fail on Southampton street
14th Oct 11 - FUNcube at Northampton Radio Astronomy Meeting
11th Oct 11 - Gilwell Park, GB2GP, on air for JOTA this weekend
11th Oct 11 - CEPT proposes frequency allocation for amateur radio on medium wave
11th Oct 11 - Coaxial Cable Losses & Velocity Factor Tutorial
11th Oct 11 - A billion pixels for a billion stars
11th Oct 11 - 28 MHz – a lost band ?
11th Oct 11 - ICNIRPcalc Field Strength Software
11th Oct 11 - T32C Christmas Island DXpedition
11th Oct 11 - Radio 4's Long Wave goodbye
10th Oct 11 - London 2012 usage of 70cm
  7th Oct 11 - RSGB releases outline information on proposed EGM
  7th Oct 11 - Economic crisis hits Portuguese amateur radio repeaters
  7th Oct 11 - JOTA from Space
  7th Oct 11 - Romanian high-altitude balloon launch
  7th Oct 11 - SU8JOTA The 54th Jamboree On The Air
  7th Oct 11 - BBC to cut back Medium and Long Wave transmissions
  4th Oct 11 - Ofcom takes over regulation of UK postal services
  4th Oct 11 - Belgian amateur radio enthusiasts make rockfall on Rockall
  3rd Oct 11 - Radio Seagull testing for six weeks on 1395 AM

     Click  Sept 2011 to read any of the following

30th Sept 11 - Limited 5 MHz permission in Greece
30th Sept 11 - Wilson Greatbatch W2QBO SK
30th Sept 11 - Dutch agencies cooperate to block illegal transmitter trade
28th Sept 11 - New satellite could revolutionize battlefield communications
25th Sept 11 - JOTA and Emergency Communications
25th Sept 11 - Strong solar activity continues
25th Sept 11 - AmateurLogic.tv - Episode33: One Jam Packed Show
24th Sept 11 - New UK 2m repeater channels
23rd Sept 11 - Practical Wireless 70MHz Contest
21st Sept 11 - SDR-4 general coverage SDR receiver to be launched at the National Hamfest
21st Sept 11 - Special club news from UKSMG
21st Sept 11 - National Hamfest - new Bring and Buy arrangements
21st Sept 11 - Ten Indonesian radio stations banned for jeopardizing flight safety
21st Sept 11 - Bus-sized satellite to re-enter Earth's atmosphere this week
19th Sept 11 - Three hams purchase HRD suite source and rights
19th Sept 11 - Jota Cluster now has web interface
18th Sept 11 - RF tutorial website
16th Sept 11 - Special callsign for National Hamfest 2011
16th Sept 11 - 50 years of space in Bochum
16th Sept 11 - FUNcube at the RSGB Convention
16th Sept 11 - Cancellation of the DX0DX DXpedition
16th Sept 11 - Draconids and Meteor Scatter
15th Sept 11 - New JOTA info and badge online
15th Sept 11 - 5 MHz Newsletter now online
15th Sept 11 - The Morse Crusade
15th Sept 11 - Drake 2 & 4 Line Replacement Parts
15th Sept 11 - Canada orders broadcasters to turn down ad volume
15th Sept 11 - Heathkit's Amateur Radio plans taking shape
14th Sept 11 - FUNcube group membership exceeds 2000
14th Sept 11 - South Sudan: 'Go on air or lose your licence'
13th Sept 11 - VP8ORK South Orkney Island DVD now available
13th Sept 11 - IARU Region 1 Conference recommends Band Plan changes
13th Sept 11 - IARU-R1 HF Committee Newsletter
12th Sept 11 - UK record for 434.650 MHz balloon
11th Sept 11 - March 2011 Six and Ten Report
10th Sept 11 - Car sharing to the National Hamfest
10th Sept 11 - Body Wearable Antennas
 9th Sept 11 - Tony Hancock’s 'The Radio Ham'
 9th Sept 11 - Hopes that weatherman will bring good weather to the National Hamfest
 9th Sept 11 - DXpedition to Rotuma as 3D2R
 9th Sept 11 - Experiments on the Prospero satellite
 8th Sept 11 - Solar Radio Bursts
 8th Sept 11 - UK Smartphone CubeSat STRaND-1
 5th Sept 11 - Yasme Foundation grant for Ethiopian Amateur Radio
 5th Sept 11 - A separate frequency allocation for PLT ?
 5th Sept 11 - New 2m repeater channels
 5th Sept 11 - IARU Meeting Summary
 5th Sept 11 - BPL takes to the seas
 3rd Sept 11 - OSCAR-11 Report - September 1, 2011
 3rd Sept 11 - LED lighting can cause radio interference
 3rd Sept 11 - Updated IARU Region 1 HF band plan 2011
 2nd Sept 11 - Use of UK white space tv frequencies
 2nd Sept 11 - Amateur Radio Tutors' August Newsletter

     Click  Aug 2011 to read any of the following

29th Aug 11 - Near-earth asteroid fly-by receiving opportunity
29th Aug 11 - Iranian web users rank highest for visits to porn sites
28th Aug 11 - GB4LL Club Station for ILLW
28th Aug 11 - New breakthrough in sunspot prediction
26th Aug 11 - Amateur Radio Emergency Service preparing for Hurricane Irene
26th Aug 11 - Codar Radar on 24 MHz stopped
26th Aug 11 - Capacitors, Inductors & Tuned Circuits Video
26th Aug 11 - Jumping from the OH8X Tower
24th Aug 11 - Atlantic Hurricane Season 2011
24th Aug 11 - WorldRadio Online - September issue live!
24th Aug 11 - Antenna clothes help phone signal
23rd Aug 11 - VOA Greenville B shortwave transmitter
23rd Aug 11 - Amateur radio's big callsign
23rd Aug 11 - Ham Nation studio video
19th Aug 11 - Another record year for ILLW
19th Aug 11 - Slovakia gets 150 kHz wide 5 MHz band
18th Aug 11 - Amateur radio retailer to sell FUNcube Dongles
18th Aug 11 - International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 elects a new Executive Committee
18th Aug 11 - AGC setting for ARISSat-1 BPSK beacon
17th Aug 11 - Amateur Radio band now free of Hungarian TV
17th Aug 11 - Amateur Radio at the Armed Forces Weekend and Enigma Re-union
17th Aug 11 - Dutch authorities get tough with radio pirates
16th Aug 11 - AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium videos
12th Aug 11 - Perseids peak Friday Aug. 12 - Tonight !!
12th Aug 11 - MP calls for BlackBerry Messenger suspension to calm UK riots
12th Aug 11 - Lining up for TV hook-up
12th Aug 11 - ARISSat-1 low duty cycle mode
12th Aug 11 - MEP Birgit Sippel in PLT discussions
12th Aug 11 - AmateurLogic.TV - Episode 32: Titans In Space
12th Aug 11 - Vanity call sign fee to go up in September
10th Aug 11 - Major solar flare
10th Aug 11 - Emergency communications using smart-phones
10th Aug 11 - SSTV from ARISSat-1 ... You Can Do It
 9th Aug 11 - Chilean amateur radio groups on air for ILLW
 9th Aug 11 - Up to 2m Canadians may lose TV signals on 1 Sept
 9th Aug 11 - IOTA News
 9th Aug 11 - IEEE 802.22 to use VHF and UHF TV frequencies
 6th Aug 11 - MS0INT - Isle of Rockall
 5th Aug 11 - ARISSat-1 Reception Challenge
 5th Aug 11 - ARISSat-1/Kedr successfully launched
 5th Aug 11 - Significant solar activity in progress
 4th Aug 11 - Amateur Radio satellite ARISSat-1 deployed - signals received
 4th Aug 11 - World first for digital television

     Click  July 2011 to read any of the following

31st July 11 - Huge pile-ups for ST0R DXpedition
29th July 11 - The digital Rebellion - Analogue sets outsell DABs three to one !
29th July 11 - Live web stream of International Space Colloquium
29th July 11 - Unreasonable Rocket interview
28th July 11 - FUNcube vibration testing
28th July 11 - GEO visit to EUMETSAT
28th July 11 - The strange case of solar flares and radioactive elements
28th July 11 - QRPiC a success despite WX!
28th July 11 - Big Sunspot Notice
27th July 11 - Flat Holm Island
26th July 11 - FUNcube videos released
26th July 11 - RADIOWAVES - Short Film
26th July 11 - Cleanup around collapsed tower will take several weeks
25th July 11 - Libya - Commando Solo 10125 kHz video
25th July 11 - August issue of WorldRadio Online
25th July 11 - RSGB Board Minutes for March
24th July 11 - Amateur Radio exams falling
23rd July 11 - High altitude balloon launch in Spain
22nd July 11 - Environmental testing of FUNcube satellite
22nd July 11 - 50 to 52 MHz full extended band in Portugal from next April
21st July 11 - SJ22S World Scout Jamboree
20th July 11 - Radio ham killed and another seriously injured in tower accident
18th July 11 - BBC to survey UK mobile coverage
18th July 11 - ReconRobotics pays $17,500 to end FCC investigation
17th July 11 - PRISM Satellite 437.425 MHz
17th July 11 -
World Scout Jamboree - SJ22S
16th July 11 - Two Dutch radio towers catch fire
16th July 11 - Australian amateur radio licence renewals
16th July 11 - New DRM receivers on show at IBC 2011 - Amsterdam
15th July 11 - South Sudan added to CQ DX Countries List
15th July 11 - RSGB highlight minister's misleading statements on PLT
15th July 11 - Codar radar on 24 MHz
15th July 11 - Medical use of Wireless Power
15th July 11 - Receiving North American medium wave stations
15th July 11 - RSGB and Ofcom meet to discuss licensing issues
14th July 11 - FUNcube group reaches 1500 members
14th July 11 - RSGB Amateur Radio survey released
14th July 11 - Free sample edition of OSCAR News
14th July 11 - London 2012’s critical communications ready for service
12th July 11 - Report on Friedrichshafen 2011
12th July 11 - Free sample edition of RadCom On-line now available
12th July 11 - European Union gets 27 MHz SSB CB
10th July 11 - Ionospheric Radio Systems and Techniques 2012
10th July 11 - Too few amateur radio rallies
10th July 11 - Railways on the Air 2011
10th July 11 - HABEX launch a success
  9th July 11 - National Hamfest
  9th July 11 - RSGB Convention provisional programme now available
  9th July 11 - JT6M meteor scatter tutorial videos
  8th July 11 - GB2HQ active this weekend
  8th July 11 - 70cm Digital TV tests from North Lincolnshire this weekend
  8th July 11 - Use of FM 'white-space' frequencies?
  8th July 11 - New allocations in the Netherlands
  7th July 11 - First interactive UK fixed-line broadband map launched
  7th July 11 - Interference to 863–870 MHz SRD equipment
  2nd July 11 - Space Weather Prediction Center to continue WWV and WWVH broadcasts
  2nd July 11 - Registrations up for the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
  2nd July 11 - South of England news reading
  2nd July 11 - Spectrum Management responses to DCMS
  2nd July 11 - Government reaffirms 2015 analog shutdown date
  2nd July 11 - RSGB responds to radio sell-off
   1st July 11 - Portugal allocates additional 5 MHz frequency
   1st July 11 - 500 kHz for Malta
   1st July 11 - Silver pen has the 'write stuff' for flexible electronics
   1st July 11 - WADARC at Friedrichshafen 2011

     Click  June 2011 to read any of the following

30th June 11 - NASA sets launch date for final space shuttle mission
30th June 11 - AmateurLogic.TV Field Day Extravaganza
30th June 11 - The rarest grid in the USA to be activated this weekend on 6 meters
30th June 11 - Space junk narrowly misses hams
30th June 11 - OSCAR I and Amateur Radio Satellites: Celebrating 50 Years
29th June 11 - Icom ID-31E D-Star UHF digital transceiver at Friedrichshafen Ham Radio Show 2011
29th June 11 - Amateur 5MHz/60m used in Norwegian communications emergency
29th June 11 - Meccano Magazine now online
28th June 11 - Global ALE HF Network marks 4 years of continuous service
28th June 11 - AFN to end terrestrial analogue TV in Japan
28th June 11 - First-time IOTA activation advisory
27th June 11 -
One year of the Moon in 2.5 minutes
25th June 11 -
Text message alerts boost 'ham' radio contacts
24th June 11 - Daily Mail on Ofcom
22nd June 11 - Solstice Solar Flare
22nd June 11 - DRM Consortium delegation visits Korea
21st June 11 - Another Sale of FUNcube SDR Dongles today
20th June 11 - RSGB General Manager vacancy
18th June 11 - Near-vertical incidence skywave measurements published
18th June 11 - RadCom in electronic format
18th June 11 - New Olympic radio information website
18th June 11 - Southern 80m news readings to end
18th June 11 - How do PLL's work?
18th June 11 - WorldRadio Online - July issue is now live!
17th June 11 - AMSAT-UK at the UK Space Conference
17th June 11 - Release of E, X and Y callsign suffixes to the amateur radio service
17th June 11 - VHF interference problem solved
17th June 11 - Dutch Internet portal fights demand to pay copyright
17th June 11 - A great lesson in Ham Radio public relations
17th June 11 - Norway to activate historic callsign
16th June 11 - Is it 'goodbye' to HF DX?
16th June 11 - New AMSAT-UK Website
16th June 11 - FalconSat-3 produces over 200 new Radio Amateurs
16th June 11 - Radio Ham gets National Security and Technology role
16th June 11 - RSGB invites comments
15th June 11 - Lunar eclipse on Wednesday, June 15  Tonight !!
13th June 11 - Space Weather Prediction Service
13th June 11 - PLT - Forum highlights radio interference fears
11th June 11 - ARRL VHF/UHF advisory committee seeks input
11th June 11 - New Russian prefix system in use
10th June 11 - 13cm video from Atlantis mission
 9th June 11 - Monster prominence erupts from Sun
  8th June 11 -
BPL pollution to hit Cumbria
  8th June 11 - Council of Europe Advisory Committee recommends RF free zones
  8th June 11 - Revolutionary military antenna approach unveiled
  8th June 11 -
What an astronaut's camera sees
  7th June 11 - FUNcube Dongles on sale today
  7th June 11 - PLT in EMC Journal
  7th June 11 - SatNav jamming in September and October
  6th June 11 - Amateur Radio 60m allocation under threat from radar?
  6th June 11 - Commando Solo heard on new shortwave frequency
  5th June 11 - Luso tower sold

     Click  May 2011 to read any of the following

29th May 11 - The Sun is becoming more active again
29th May 11 - RSGB to sell Luso tower
28th May 11 - This year's 70 MHz Sporadic-E season has opened!
28th May 11 - 432 MHz and Above EME Newsletter
28th May 11 - IARU Monitoring System Newsletter
27th May 11 - Long-distance bicyclist packs ham radio setup for ride from Alaska to Texas
26th May 11 - RSGB responds to Ofcom inaccuracies on PLT
26th May 11 - Japan scraps Morse test
26th May 11 - Wanted 6C8G valves (tubes)
26th May 11 - Radio Monique 963 ceases broadcasting
25th May 11 - Elecraft KX3 - demo video online
25th May 11 - New Vega launch vehicle
25th May 11 - First step to Communications Bill
24th May 11 - Galileo: Europe prepares for October launch
24th May 11 - Pactor 4 announced
21st May 11 - New fibre broadband provider to be launched by BE founders
21st May 11 - USA 420-440 MHz safe?
21st May 11 - National Club of the Year winners
20th May 11 - Milestone for International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend
19th May 11 - FCC issues or upholds nearly $70,000 in pirate fines
19th May 11 - Deutsche Welle announces major shortwave cuts
19th May 11 - New Advanced Amateur Radio training video
16th May 11 -
Dambusters Raid Memorial on 80m     Today !
16th May 11 -
Decline in numbers passing UK Amateur Radio exam
16th May 11 - PLT to be raised in Parliament on Wednesday
14th May 11 - AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle at AMSAT-DL Symposium
14th May 11 - New Amateur Radio Observation Service appointment
14th May 11 - SatNav jamming in May and June
14th May 11 - Bletchley Park Enigma exhibition
14th May 11 - Illegal church broadcasts
12th May 11 - Solar Flux Index drops below 100 again
12th May 11 - New Sample Foundation Exam Paper

 
8th May 11 - The Software Defined Radio Club
  8th May 11 - New US 4-meter band beacon
  7th May 11 - AO-51 recovery attempts continue
  7th May 11 - Intruder Watch lecture at Friedrichshafen
  6th May 11 - Black and White TV
  6th May 11 - GB0HI & GB2HI
  6th May 11 - 1990 Louis Varney G5RV video

 
5th May 11 - RSGB PLT response - Ofcom 'disingenuous'
  5th May 11 - 50th anniversary of 1st American in space

 
4th May 11 - Automatic meter reading on 169 MHz

     Click  Apr 2011 to read any of the following

29th April 11 - Ofcom PLT statement
28th April 11 - Another Great Radio Night at WADARC !
28th April 11 - New 2m ham radio station on the ISS
27th April 11 - Happy birthday Sam!
27th April 11 - USKA - Notfunktagung
25th April 11 - Neighbours upset when poorly designed equipment malfunctions
25th April 11 - How to build a national cellular wireless network for £50m
25th April 11 - Soldering is easy - the comic book
25th April 11 - Russia joins CEPT, more detail
25th April 11 - 1959 movie - Every Single Minute
24th April 11 - New Global Emergency Communications Network launches
24th April 11 - Radio Spectrum for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
24th April 11 - FUNcube group reaches 1000 members
22nd April 11 - Lyrid Meteor Shower
21st April 11 - Amateur Radio suffers setback in surveillance robot battle
21st April 11 - Developing a framework for the long term future of UHF spectrum
18th April 11 - RSGB AGM - No Live Streaming
18th April 11 - UK Marconi Day special event station plans satellite operation
17th April 11 - AMSAT France disbands
17th April 11 - Mobile DRM in Edinburgh
16th April 11 - World Amateur Radio Day April 18
16th April 11 - Narrow Band Emergency Messaging Software (NBEMS)
15th April 11 - Dave Raycrofts ICPO Bulletin UPDATE
14th April 11 - BBC World Service is 'all-important'
14th April 11 - BBC engineers see PLT knocking out DAB
13th April 11 - Special temporary call signs for Royal Wedding
13th April 11 - Geomagnetic storm on April 12
13th April 11 - The new Ukrainian rules
11th April 11 - New 70cms D-STAR repeater for East Yorkshire
 8th April 11 - Ofcom refuses to interfere on powerline networking interference
 1st April 11 - Ofcom finally release PLT reports
 1st April 11 - Revised Spread Spectrum rules to go into effect April 29, 2011

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