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- GB0WWW (KC's on the air weekend)
(May 08, 2008)
- Bike Ride In Aid of Leukaemia
(Apr 30, 2008)
- Radio Prague Issues Special QSL Card for 18 May Only
(Apr 29, 2008)
- GB3OK and GB3LK QRT?
(Apr 29, 2008)
- Ian Flemming father of offshore radio?
(Apr 25, 2008)
- Ofcom refuses a change to Smooth FM format.
(Apr 25, 2008)
- Ham Radio tracks the fall of Troy
(Apr 25, 2008)
- Six Amateur Radio satellites launch this week
(Apr 20, 2008)
- Ofcom lifts the lid on L-band bidders.
(Apr 20, 2008)
- 125 years of the Boys Brigade
(Apr 18, 2008)
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News: GB0WWW (KC's on the air weekend) |
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Posted by: kc
on Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 07:09 PM |
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GB0WWW - Mills on the Air
10th & 11th May
Harlow DARC, Norfolk ARC and RAFARS will be activating the only currently registered Norfolk Mill during 2008's Mills on the Air weekend.
Hardley Drainage Mill built in 1874 is a rare example of an internal turbine mill, that lifted water from the marsh dykes to a height of over 3.5 metres before discharging it into the River Yare.
The mill is currently undergoing extensive repair by the Hardley Windmill Trust at a cost of £332,000.
We aim to be active from 10am till 4pm on both days on both HF & VHF FM.
GB0WWW is QRZ listed. See our listing there for more infomation about the station & the mill.
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News: Bike Ride In Aid of Leukaemia |
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Posted by: nigel023
on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 02:04 PM |
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HELLO ALL
I am 26AT023 operator Nigel.
My daughter is 26TM325 TAMMY myself and the good lady wife and our girl's are doing a bike ride in clumber park on 11th May 2008 in aid of LEUKAEMIA. I've done this before but not all together so good fun for the girl's so if anyone would like to sponsor us you can via this link
http://www.justgiving.com/nigelhanson
Thank you hope to hear you on air soon.
All the best
Nigel & Family
(p.s. thank you, 26TM001 Simon)
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News: Radio Prague Issues Special QSL Card for 18 May Only |
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Posted by: kc
on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 02:08 PM |
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Czech Radio is celebrating its 85th anniversary in May and to mark that occasion, Radio Prague has issued a special QSL card. If you'd like to have one of your own, make sure to listen to Radio Prague on the exact date of the anniversary, that is May 18, 2008, and send them a reception report stating where, when and on what frequency your heard the programme, and what the quality of reception was like. Please don't forget to add whether you are using local or universal time and remember to include your postal address so Radio Prague can send you the special QSL card in return.
Others International broadcasters celebrating anniversaries this year include.
The Voice of Russia World Service in English, formerly Radio Moscow World Service. which launched on October 3, 1978 & is thus 30 years old this year.
And Swedish Radio (Sveriges Radio) who turns 70. On July 1. They started broadcasting in 1938 with the first years programming being exclusively in Swedish. A year later, programmes in English and German went on air. They now broadcast in 13 languages.
Source Radio Netherlands Media Network.
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News: GB3OK and GB3LK QRT? |
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Posted by: kc
on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 02:07 PM |
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The Southgate ARC news site reports that GB3OK and GB3LK have possibly gone QRT.
The GB3OK website states
"The repeaters are off air and will not be coming back!
Due to a long string of events and what went on this afternoon, Tony & Jeanette have made the above decision. The repeaters have encroached in their personal life for too long with the personal abuse & aggravation.
Tony & Jeanette have found they are in an impossible situation, this will never stop all the while the repeaters remain on air.
We can all be thankful, to one. He got what he wanted after all.
They would like to thank all those who have supported them over the last few years, All those who have donated to D-Star project will be fully refunded in due course."
http://www.gb3ok.com/
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News: Ian Flemming father of offshore radio? |
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Posted by: kc
on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 02:41 PM |
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Newsweek reporting on the British museums Ian Flemming Exhibit reports.
Ian Fleming, worked for British naval intelligence during World War II, and his experiences during that period were hugely significant not only to the war effort but in helping shape the world of 007.
Fleming cut his innovative teeth--later used famously in creating some of Bond's wonderful spy paraphernalia--coming up with schemes for naval intelligence. One of Fleming's recommendations during the early months of the war was to have a pirate radio ship off the North Sea pretend to be a German radio station beaming subversive propaganda to the German Navy. At the time his idea was not taken up, but in 1941 a British propaganda specialist who was a friend of Fleming's organized the Atlantic Sender station to do just that.
For the full story see
http://www.newsweek.com/id/133446
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News: Ofcom refuses a change to Smooth FM format. |
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Posted by: kc
on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 09:10 AM |
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At its meeting on 22 April 2008, UK communications regulator Ofcom?s Radio Licensing Committee (RLC) rejected a format change request submitted by Guardian Media Group regarding Smooth Radio in London and Smooth Radio in the North-West (102.2 and 100.4 FM).
Ofcom says it welcomes GMG?s desire to provide jazz services on DAB. However, under existing legislation, Ofcom cannot link consideration of a change to analogue radio services to a proposed change to DAB services.
The request went first to the Content Board for advice, and then to RLC. Both committees were unanimous in their view that the requests should not be granted.
In reaching its decision the RLC found that :
The request represented a substantial change to the character of service, hence the public consultation.
The range of programmes would be narrowed if the requests were allowed, because the retention of jazz created a real point of difference between Smooth and other stations in each area.
Insufficient evidence was provided to make an assessment of format change on competition grounds.
Support for more easy listening at the stations ? over and above the core offering - could not outweigh the effect of the removal of jazz in its entirety from the station, which had been retained by Ofcom in order to ensure some original specialist music remained on offer.
Source Radio Netherlands Media Network.
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News: Ham Radio tracks the fall of Troy |
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Posted by: kc
on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 09:10 AM |
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On July 13th and after 3200 years Turkish Hams and will transmit a message from Troy - located in N.W Turkey up to Mykines that is in Southern Greece using a special call on every mountaintop that the original message passed through.
The transmitted message will be passing along the nodes on the 2m band from one station to another.
The special calls that will be used through this campaign will be:
Turkey - Mountain Ida (Troy) to be announced;
Greece - SX8FRA Lemnos Island; SX2FRB/A Athos mountain; SX8FRC Kandili Evia,
SX1FRD Mesapio, Biotia; SX1FRE Kitheronas; SX1FRF Gerania; SX3FRG Arachneon, Peloponisos; and SX3FRH Mikines.
Every Station will have at least 2m SSB/FM capability with yagi antennas. Before and after the event every station will be trying to make as many QSO's as possible with the special calls. Also that day we expect that many other hilltops will be activated in 2m band from other Greek and Foreign hams that will be joining this event
Further information can be found at: sx1fre.blogspot.com/
Full story & source Southgate ARC.
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News: Six Amateur Radio satellites launch this week |
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Posted by: kc
on Sunday, April 20, 2008 - 01:30 PM |
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An Indian rocket will send six Amateur Radio satellites into a 630 km 90 degree sun-synchronous orbit from the launch site at Sriharikota.
The launch window extends from 21st to 30th April and the satellites are Can X-2, AAU Cubesat-2, Cute 1.7ð2, Compass 1, Delfi-C3 and Seeds-2.
Source, links & full story at Sougate ARC
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News: Ofcom lifts the lid on L-band bidders. |
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Posted by: kc
on Sunday, April 20, 2008 - 01:30 PM |
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UK regulator Ofcom has published the list of approved bidders for the forthcoming L-Band spectrum.
L-Band fits between 1452 and 1492MHz, and Ofcom has decided to split the band into 16 small lots, 1.7MHz wide each, and one big chunk (at the top of the range) of 12.5MHz across.
One bidder struggling to conceal its intentions is WorldSpace. It operates a couple of satellites broadcasting radio around the world in the L-Band spectrum, and with a footprint that covers the UK. It's already bought the rights to the upper (12.5MHz wide) block in Switzerland, Germany ,and Italy, and is confident it'll grab it in the UK too.
Part of WorldSpace's confidence is based on the Maastricht 2002 Plan, which allocates that top block to satellite radio across Europe. Unfortunately for WorldSpace, the UK is not a signatory to that agreement, so not bound by it, though anyone operating in the top block will not be protected (legally) from interference coming from WorldSpace's broadcasts which cover most of the continent.
Whether the UK is ready to pay for satellite radio is also open to question. WorldSpace makes much of its lack of on-air advertising and the range of stations it offers, but with DAB already offering a range of BBC content (thus with no advertising) and failing so badly, it's hard to imagine users flocking to a system that requires line-of-sight to the sky, and a subscription to receive stations.
Source & full story at
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/18/l_band_bidders/
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News: 125 years of the Boys Brigade |
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Posted by: kc
on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 05:36 PM |
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Over the weekend of 3rd - 5th October 2008 it is hoped that Boys Brigade Battalions from around the world will try to link-up using amateur radio.
In the UK, stations that are put on for a BB Battalion / Company over this weekend can apply for GB125 callsign.
The first confirmed station is GB125BB for the Grimsby & District battalion but there are others following - the more stations the better.
Source Southgate ARC
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