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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
02/18/2019
DXCC Country/Entity Report
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According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 8th February, through Friday, 15th February there were 211 countries active
02/18/2019
The Gambia op
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Don, G3XTT, will be in The Gambia from March 5-12th. He will mainly operate in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest over the weekend of March 9-10th
02/18/2019
Macao DXpedition news
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The XX9D team is once again active from Grand Coloane Resort, Macao (AS-075), until February 26th
02/18/2019
The RSGB Commonwealth Contest 2019
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The RSGB’s Commonwealth Contest is one of the oldest radio contests in existence, having been first run back in 1931 when it was known as “British Empire Radio Week” and lasted for six days!
02/18/2019
Propagation de K7RA
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Another week passed with no sunspots, and as of February 14 it has been over two weeks since any sunspots were observed, the last on January 30. February 7 through 13 saw average daily solar flux decline from 71.1 to 70.4, compared to the previous seven days
02/18/2019
Live video from Wyong
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With just a week to go - we have something NEW happening at the Wyong Field Day!
02/18/2019
WIA Board comment
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Since the announcement that UTAS/AMC are the preferred providers, the WIA has begun the process of transitioning-out. This process has been documented by the WIA and ACMA and involves the transfer of Commonwealth Intellectual Property back to the ACMA as per then previous Deed and Transition-Out Plan
02/18/2019
AMSAT / ARISS Fundraising Campaign
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AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise $150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on the ISS. The upgrades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astronauts in space via Amateur Radio
02/18/2019
NZ QRPers Group
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Membership of this New Zealand-based group is free, just send your Callsign, first name, QTH, and to receive Newsletters and other QRP information
02/18/2019
QO-100 released by QARS
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Following the successful launch of Es'hail-2, the new Es'hailSat teleport was inaugurated on February 14, 2019. The QO-100 NB Transponder was opened for experimental use on February 12. The Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS) invited radio amateurs worldwide to make good use of the NB transponder and make contacts with each other
02/18/2019
VK6WIA NewsWest
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This week’s theme is new amateurs. Dan has an intriguing segment on how to improve your audio that should be of interest all new to the hobby or old timers and Bob and I bring you items relating to new hams as well
02/18/2019
Digital mode OPERA used on Es'hail-2
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Luis EA5DOM and Iban EB3FRN have successfully completed the first contact using OPERA via the Es'hail-2 / QO-100 geostationary satellite
02/18/2019
New Exam/Callsign provider for Australia's radio hams
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The University of Tasmania (UTAS) and Australian Maritime College (AMC) are to take over from the WIA as preferred provider for delivery of Amateur Radio examination, call sign management, and associated services
02/18/2019
ZS4A first to receive signals from Qatar OSCAR-100
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SARL reports Rickus de Lange, ZS4A in Bethlehem was the first station in South Africa to report having monitored QSOs on Qatar OSCAR 100
02/18/2019
AmateurLogic 127: Winter Projects
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Emile and the Ozone ARC participate in Winter Field Day. Winter is the perfect time to catch up on projects. Tommy shows how to update the firmware of a DVMega. After six years, George revisits Echolink on the Raspberry Pi. SVXlink part-1. Plus your viewer email
02/18/2019
QSO Today - Kristen McIntyre - K6WX
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Kristen McIntyre, K6WX, is the president of the Palo Alto Amateur Radio Club, in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, and an ARRL Pacific Division Vice Director
02/18/2019
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