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08/21/2015 | IARU Reiterates Commitment to Coordinate Satellites Only Within International Band Plans
In apparent reference to efforts by China’s Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) to coordinate operating frequencies for nine satellites set to launch in early September, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has made it clear that it will not coord...
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08/20/2015 | Talk of Pending P5 Operations So Far Remains Just Talks
Persistent optimism continues to prop up the hopes of several individual radio amateurs and groups to mount a DXpedition to the most-wanted and elusive DXCC entity on the globe — the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (P5).
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08/20/2015 | Undergrad Radio Amateur Uses Reverse Beacon Network in Research Project
A Virginia Tech undergraduate researcher and radio amateur has used Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) and Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) data to study how solar flares impact HF radio propagation while Earth is in sunlight.
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08/20/2015 | FCC Proposes to Fine Ohio Radio Amateur for Malicious Interference, Failure to Identify
The FCC has proposed levying an $8000 fine on a Cincinnati, Ohio, radio amateur, Daniel R. Hicks, KB8UYZ, who, at one point, had volunteered to track down the interference he was causing.
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08/19/2015 | Home of Well-Known Contester K0RF Badly Damaged by Fire
A fire late in the afternoon of August 18 has badly damaged the Boulder County, Colorado, home of well-known contester Chuck Cullian, K0RF.
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08/19/2015 | ARISS International Delegates Meeting This Week in Tokyo
ARISS International delegates, officers, and team members will convene this week in Tokyo for what is being called “a critical meeting” to discuss strategy, teamwork, hardware, and operations.
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08/19/2015 | ARES Supports 60,000 Runners for Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta
More than 50 ARES volunteers supported the Peachtree Road Race on July 4 in Atlanta.
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08/19/2015 | International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend Registration Tops 500 this Year
The number of registrations in the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW) reached 506, with 32 countries represented.
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