Amateur Radio News from Southgate ARC
- GB2TAM - Thorpe Abbotts Museum
The
Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) will be operating as GB2TAM
from the Thorpe Abbotts 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, in Norfolk,
on Saturday and Sunday September 12-13. Thorpe Abbotts was a Second
World War air station, which was the home of the U.S.A.A.F 100th Bomb
Group from 1943 to the end of the war in 1945 - FCC Chairman announces Enforcement Bureau Chief
Federal
Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced on
September 9 that he has appointed P. Michele Ellison as Chief of the
Enforcement Bureau. Ellison will take the helm of the Enforcement
Bureau starting on September 28, 2009 - Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin
ICPO
- Islands, Castles and Portable Operations. Probably the most
comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the
internet - DX News from the ARRL
The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity - Frank De Winne performs two ARISS contacts during same orbit
On
Thursday September 10, 2009, astronaut Frank De Winne, ON1DWN has
performed two ARISS contacts during a single orbit - first contacting
Atheneum Middenschool Keerbergen in Belgium and then 20 minutes later,
contacting UNICEF World Classes at Euro Space Center, Belgium - WRAA Foundation License training course beginning September 2009
Want
to get on the air?? Once again the Worcester Radio Amateurs Association
(WRAA) are running their popular Foundation Licence Course - MoD withdraws �114m comms system
BBC
News reports that a �114m communications system has been withdrawn by
the Ministry of Defence from front-line service after failings - Amateur radio flavoured adventure
The
Brazilian radio amateur, Tino - PT7AA, has published his electronic
book, 'Amateur Radio Flavoured Adventure' which can be downloaded free - Upcoming ARISS contact with Tokyo Denki University High/Junior High School, Tokyo, Japan
An
International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Tokyo Denki University High/Junior High School,
Koganei, Tokyo, Japan on 12 Sep. The contact will be direct between
NA1SS and JA1YQZ - The NZ4O Propagation Forecast #2009-32
The NZ4O Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2009-32 has been published on Friday 09/11/2009
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