Recent News
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06/04/2015 | Another Australian Balloon with a Ham Radio Payload Circumnavigates Earth
The circumnavigation of another foil balloon from Australia carrying a ham radio payload has demonstrated that having one circle the Southern Hemisphere is no fluke.
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06/03/2015 | Hurricane Watch Net Sets On-Air Anniversary Celebration
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) will celebrate its 50th anniverary on the air, June 13-14.
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06/01/2015 | New QST QuickStats Poll Posted
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06/01/2015 | It's Alive! LightSail Spacecraft Restored After Being Silenced by Software Issue
After going silent for a few days, The Planetary Society’s LightSail™ spacecraft has resumed transmitting.
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06/01/2015 | WX4NHC Reports It’s Ready for Hurricane Season
WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, reports that it’s tested and ready for the 2015 Hurricane Season, which begins June 1 and continues through November.
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06/01/2015 | HEX-BEAM® Manufacturer Traffie Technologies Shutting Down
Traffie Technologies, the Massachusetts-based family business that has pioneered and manufactured the HEX-BEAM line of rotatable wire beams, is closing its doors.
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05/30/2015 | Delayed Return of Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, Set for June 11
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, now on an International Space Station duty tour that has been extended by about a month, will return to Earth on June 11.
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05/29/2015 | LightSail CubeSat Stops Transmitting
The Planetary Society is blaming a software glitch for causing its LightSail-A CubeSat to go dark.
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