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IOTA news from OPDX
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Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
04/20/2018
DXCC Country/Entity Report
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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 8th April, through Sunday, 15th April there were 208 countries active
04/20/2018
Surprise asteroid flyby
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With little warning, on Sunday, April 15th, a 'Tunguska-class' asteroid about the size of a football field flew through the Earth-Moon system
04/20/2018
Baker Island DXpedition news
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The 2018 DXpedition to Baker Island is proud to announce the addition of Neil King, VA7DX to our team
04/20/2018
First Class CW Operators Club 80th anniversary
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Iain, M0PCB, FOC Activity Coordinator, informs: In May 2018 the First Class CW Operators Club, FOC, will be celebrating its 80th anniversary
04/20/2018
Amateur radio thrives in Bartow
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The Daily Tribune reports on the success of the Etowah Valley Amateur Radio Club and the Bartow County Amateur Radio Emergency Service
04/20/2018
Live stream of ARISS contact with school in Warwick, UK
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An International Space Station school contact has been planned for Ricky Arnold KE5DAU with Kings High School, Warwick, UK this Thursday at approximately 12.05 UTC
04/20/2018
Ham radio at Oxford Museum
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The Oxford Mail reports there will be an amateur radio day on Saturday, April 21 at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
VK9X, Christmas Island
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James Brooks, 9V1YC/N1YC, and Wilbert Knol, PE7T, are now active from Christmas Island (OC-002) until approximately April 21st
VP6D Ducie Island 2018 DXpedition
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We are now in the implementation phase of the project; equipment is being consolidated in Fremont, California. Customs brokers in the USA and New Zealand have been selected, and the New Zealand Government issued us an import / export license to ship the equipment to and from the country
04/20/2018
SAQ on Air on May 1st
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World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station participates in the ERIH event WORK it OUT – Industrial culture, on May 1 and as part of the event we plan for the first SAQ transmission since 2016
04/20/2018
First Kosovo Z60A QSL card arrives
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Following the LoTW upload of April.01, the first Kosovo, Z60A QSL card arrived in the U.S. during the past week to 92-year old Frank, K4BVQ, allowing him to reach the DXCC sticker #385
04/20/2018
AmateurLogic 116: Friday the 13th
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Emile completes the ‘Cheap Old Loop’, Peter loves his FRG-7, Tommy and George experiment with the D-Star apps for iOS and Android with an Icom ID-4100 and Kenwood TH-D74A, Mike joins us for a look at his Inverted VE3MIC OCF Antenna, plus more lots fun and information
04/20/2018
Package from PackTenna
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Some time ago, I received a nice message from PackTenna. The offer was simple, try them out, then tell them what I think. What makes this exciting, is not having featured a trail friendly, ultralight antenna system on the channel before
04/20/2018
K6KPH will be active for International Marconi Day
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K6KPH, the amateur station of the Maritime Radio Historical Society (MRHS), will be active for International Marconi Day (IMD) 2018 to help celebrate the birthday of the Great Man
04/20/2018
EMF event tickets on sale today
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Tickets for the bi-annual Electromagnetic Field (EMF) event which features an Amateur Radio Village will be on sale at 20:00 BST on Tuesday, April 17
04/20/2018
WSJT author K1JT at RSGB AGM
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The RSGB have announced that Joe Taylor K1JT will be talking about WSJT at the Society's AGM in Birmingham on Saturday, April 21
04/20/2018
IOTA news from the DARC
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Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
Christmas Island
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Operators Chris G3SVL, Nigel G3TXF, David G3WGN, Mike G3WPH and Tony G2NF (all 6Gs Group members) will be active as VK9XG from Christmas Island between October 16-30th
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