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IOTA news from the DARC
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Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
08/17/2018
A mystery in the mesosphere
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This summer, something strange has been happening in the mesosphere - a layer of Earth's atmosphere so high that it nearly touches space
Chelmsford announce extra ham radio exam sessions
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The Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) have announced they are making amateur radio exam sessions available every month
08/17/2018
Tony's 10m Band Report
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An exceedingly poor week, yes a few DX stations about but very thin on the ground. There were even a couple of MUs and MW on, which of course are Guernsey and Wales along with MM0 (Scotland) and M0 England.
08/17/2018
ILLW Alerting website
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With the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend fast approaching - it's this coming weekend - there's a website available where those taking part can post when and on which bands they will be on. During the event it is expected that lighthouse stations will update this website in real-time, using it like a DX Cluster
08/17/2018
CQScotland buildathon
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CQScotland.com group will be holding a buildathon at the Montrose Aviation and Amateur Radio Rally in Montrose DD10 9BD on Sunday August 26th, 2018 starting 11am
08/17/2018
2019 UK Amateur Radio Exam Syllabus released
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The RSGB have released the new Amateur Radio Examination Syllabus to enable preparation for its adoption in August 2019
08/17/2018
Introducing the World's longest 50MHz/70MHz Dual Bander?
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The new 6-4-20 is a serious performer with an 11.1m computer optimised tapered boom and 10 elements on both 50MHz and 70MHz with a single feed point. Want a monster on your tower for both 50MHz and 70MHz? There is just one place to look
08/17/2018
DX News from the ARRL
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The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity on the amateur radio bands
08/17/2018
Inverhuron ham radio club to activate lighthouse
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The Kincardine News report on plans to activate the Kincardine Lighthouse on Saturday, August 18 for International Lighthouse and Light Ship Weekend
08/17/2018
Review of the 070 number range
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Ofcom has today published a draft statement on the regulation of telephone numbers beginning with 070, following a review of this market
08/17/2018
ARISS contact planned for school in Parchim, Germany
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned for Alexander Gerst KF5ONO with Friedrich-Franz-Gymnasium Parchim, Parchim, Germany. The downlink signals will be audible in Europe
08/17/2018
New Acting Section Manager for Saskatchewan: Dave Scarfe, VE5UO
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I am pleased to announce that Dave Scarfe, VE5UO, has accepted the role of Acting Section Manager of the Saskatchewan Section effective immediately. Welcome aboard Dave!
New 10 watt 10 Band HF kit on the way from QRP Labs
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At the recent Youngsters on the Air event in South Africa, participants got to construct and build a new 10 watt 40m SSB/CW transceiver kit from QRP-LABS in the UK
FT8CALL it's FT8 but with chat
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FT8Call is a derivative of the WSJT-X application, restructured and redesigned for keyboard-to-keyboard message passing. It is not supported by, nor endorsed by, the WSJT-X development group
08/17/2018
25th anniversary of 'Lighthouse Weekend'
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The International Lighthouse and Lightships Weekend is happening this weekend, August 18-19th. ILLW is one of the largest operating events in the amateur radio calendar, with more than 400 lighthouse/lightship activations in 40 countries, and tens of thousands of amateur stations wanting to work them
08/17/2018
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