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Ham video for the ISS announced by ARISS

June 17, 2013 - 5:00am
ARISS-Europe Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF has drafted an overview of a new 'Ham Video' DATV downlink system on S-Band being developed for placement on the International Space Station later this year
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Cambridge University Wireless Society DXpedition to the Faroe Islands

June 17, 2013 - 5:00am
G3ZAY, M0GXM, M0ZXA, M1BXF and MD0IGD will be QRV from the Faroe Islands as OY/home call from today, Monday June 17th to Sunday June 23rd
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Fox-2 MPPT Team selected in TI Design contest

June 17, 2013 - 5:00am
AMSAT sponsored a senior design project at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) this academic year
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Duhallow Repeater Group

June 17, 2013 - 5:00am
Ireland's Duhallow Repeater Group have set up a FM Simplexer for the Four Meter band
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ICQ Podcast

June 17, 2013 - 5:00am
Series Six Episode Twelve of the ICQ Podcast - Antenna Analyzers has been released
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DXCC Country/Entity Report

June 17, 2013 - 5:00am
According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 9th-June, through Sunday, 16th-June there were 222 countries active
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IOTA news from OPDX

June 17, 2013 - 5:00am
Weekly IOTA (Islands On The Air) News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
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History This Week

June 17, 2013 - 5:00am
A look back at events that made history this week - compiled by the Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW
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Attempt to prove the Perth to South Africa path

June 16, 2013 - 5:00am
A new 2m beacon on 144.950MHz is being established in Perth, Western Australia, by the Northern Corridor Radio Group in an attempt to prove the Perth to South Africa path
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Register now for the ILLW

June 16, 2013 - 5:00am
Australia and Germany have by far the most registrations so far in this year's International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend in August - just nine weeks away
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Europe's largest spaceship reaches its orbital port

June 16, 2013 - 5:00am
ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle,Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on 15 June when it docked smoothly with orbital outpost at 14:07 GMT
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GB8SMT G8 Summit special event station

June 16, 2013 - 5:00am
Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club is running a special event station for the G8 summit in Co Fermanagh on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th June
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DCMS DAB Radio Reports

June 16, 2013 - 5:00am
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has released three reports relating to the digital radio switchover in the UK
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The SARL Top Band QSO Party

June 16, 2013 - 5:00am
The SARL Top Band QSO Party is a fun activity to promote contacts on 160 metres between radio amateurs in Southern African countries and to encourage radio amateurs to apply for the SARL Top Band Award
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Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

June 16, 2013 - 5:00am
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels. Sunspot AR1768 continues to grow but it is not yet actively flaring
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One-man DXpedition to Botswana

June 16, 2013 - 5:00am
Roger, ZS6RJ, will once again be on a one man DXpedition for 4-5 days in Botswana (WW.Loc KG47AC) as A25RJ starting June 15th
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Ham radio still part of hurricane center arsenal

June 16, 2013 - 5:00am
Amid the high-tech computers, satellite dishes and sophisticated equipment at the National Hurricane Center is the WX4NHC Amateur Radio Station
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Italian Special Event

June 16, 2013 - 5:00am
Members of the ARI Lomazzo 'Project DX Team' are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the foundation
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World QRP Day

June 16, 2013 - 5:00am
Tomorrow, Monday 17 June, is World QRP Day
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Improved RTTY performance from DXpeditions

June 15, 2013 - 5:00am
A leading DXer in Australia has objectively analysed 36 recent DXpeditions with a total of two million contacts, to find only 6.7 per cent of all QSOs were in RTTY
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