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Google Summer of Code The Google Summer of Code application is complete! Amsat is not guaranteed to be accepted, but it will be great if they are. Applying is a big step forward in representing amateur radio software, raising awareness of amateur satellite, and involving new audiences. It puts a positive light on AMSAT and ORI St. Vincent Brian, GW4DVB, will once again be active as J88PI from Palm Island (aka Prune Island, WW Loc. FK92HO, IOTA NA-025), in the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Island group, between April 6-15th Amateur Radio to hold public demo of emergency communications on January 25 and 26 Despite modern communications — Internet, cell phones, and email, every year whole regions of the country find themselves in the dark. Tornadoes, fires, storms, ice and even the occasional cutting of fiber optic cables leave people without the means to communicate. In these cases, the one consistent service that has never failed has been Amateur Radio 7X7X Algeria The IARU Region 1 site reports on the 7X7X dxpedition which took place December 28 to January 2 Radio ham makes out-of-this-world connection Canada's CTV News reports on the contact made by 96-year-old ham radio operator Jean Moffett VE3WAD with International Space Station Commander Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Ham radio in Hackspace magazine issue 27 Issue 27 of Hackspace magazine features the Scottish Consulate Amateur Radio Club MS0SCZ, the free magazine PDF is now available for download ARISS educational radio contact with school in Portugal An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Agrupamento de Escolas Serafim Leite, Sao Joao da Madeira, Portugal on Monday The DK5YA Vhfdx Page The DK5YA Vhfdx Site is dedicated to the serious VHFDXer, serving the Web for more than 5 years for all of those working Aurora, Meteorscatter, FAI, EME, Tropo, TEP etc. on 50 MHZ and up. Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club The Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club (CVARC) is a 501(c)3 organization incorporated as a non-profit in the State of California, and established for the benefit of the amateur radio community. W9AIU Egyptian Radio Club Formed by a small group of young hams meeting in Herb Wilhelm's, W9APX, dry cleaning shop in East St. Louis, Illinois. Tri-County Amateur Radio Club VA3TRI Website for radio Amateurs in the Hastings, Peterborough, and Northumberland Counties of East Central Ontario, Canada. Propagation information as well as antenna designs and home brew projects and Club News. Many links to Amateur Radio information The Amateur Radio Flea Market Treffpunkt Amateurfunk (German) SZ2PRO Exemplary Ham Radio Club SZ2PRO - Exemplary Radio-amateur Club Greece The Grand Strand Amateur Radio Club GSARC Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Amateur Radio Club, The half-wave dipole, your first antenna Antennas/Dipole Construction tips of a basic wire antenna, the half wave dipole. Inverted V dipoles and effects of inverted v on radiation pattern. CQ 160 Meter CW Contest The CW mode is held the final full weekend of January. The Phone mode is held the final full weekend of February. AM QSO Party in Europe this weekend This coming weekend is the AM QSO PARTY in Europe. Have you dusted off that homebrew or vintage equipment, or set up your modern transceiver for AM? Well do it now, don't delay! Timor-Leste DXpedition Members of the Lagunaria DX Group are planning a DXpedition to Timor-Leste sometime in October-November Falkland Island ham radio licences The Falkland Islands communications regulator is requesting that people revalidate their lifetime amateur radio licences Tutor survey: Entry into Amateur Radio Essex Ham conducted an online survey to gather some basic data regarding 'entry-level' into amateur radio 5 MHz licence renewed In New Zeakand, several members have inquired about the status of the 5 MHz (60 metre) trial licence that was due to expire on 24 January 2020 4m (70MHz) returns to Germany for 2020 As of yesterday (22/1/2020) - use of the 70.150-70.200 MHz part of 4m is allowed again in Germany until the end of 2020 (all conditions are the same as last year). This was announced in the periodic document released today on the BNetzA website VK3MO IAN VK3MO, An inspiring Australian Amateur Radio operator UARL Ukrainian Amateur Radio League official web site 3900 Club The 3900 Club began in the 1960's as a Sunday morning net of a dozen ham radio operators in, and around, the Sioux City, Iowa, area. The club was formally organized in September, 1969. Washington County Amateur Radio Club The Washington County Amateur Radio Club was formed on June 26, 2014. Anyone with an interest in Amateur Radio is welcome to join us. Brandon Amateur Radio Society The Brandon Amateur Radio Society serves the ham radio community in eastern Hillsborough County Florida. US Ham Band Chart A pdf format US band chart, by ARRL V31YN DX Resources/DX Peditions/2020 DXpeditions 2020 Jan 6 - 2020 Feb 29 By DJ4KW as V31YN and DK9GG as V31GW; 160-10m; CW FT8 SSB; see Web for full QSL and operational details QSL via LoTW. TI9A Isla del Coco Chatham Bay DX-pedition DX Resources/DX Peditions/2020 DXpeditions February 2, - February 8, 2020 by Dima RA9USU, Jorge TI2JV, Andy UA3AB and Mats RM2D Chatham Bay, Isla del Coco, Costa Rica EJ65LN NASA, SpaceX complete final major flight test of crew spacecraft NASA and SpaceX completed a launch escape demonstration of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket Sunday. This was the final major flight test of the spacecraft before it begins carrying astronauts to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Ancient Australian crystals unlock history of Earth's first magnetic field Tiny crystals in Australia are helping scientists unlock the ancient history of our planet's first magnetic field, which disappeared hundreds of millions of years ago. And the crystals show that this field was a lot more powerful than anyone believed. That, in turn, could help answer a question about why life emerged on Earth Ham Radio HF - The Small Garden Problem Peter Waters G3OJV has produced a series of videos taking a look at the small garden problems relating to HF operation 6th Anniversary of first Skills Night On Monday, January 20, 2014 the first of the hugely popular monthly amateur radio Skills Nights took place at Danbury in Essex Amateur radio conference in Munich The program of the large, traditional amateur radio conference in Munich has been published. The DARC district of Upper Bavaria is holding the conference together with the Munich University of Applied Sciences