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10/26/2015 | Ofcom Poised to Cancel Unrenewed Amateur Licenses
UK telecommunications regulator Ofcom has announced that it’s set to start cancelling Amateur Radio licenses, possibly numbering into the thousands, that have not been “revalidated” by the holder. The effort appears to be, in part, an effort to clear d...
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10/26/2015 | Palmyra DXpedition to Sign On as K5P
When the Palmyra DXpedition gets under way in January 2016, operators will be using the call sign K5P. The Pacific Islands DXpedition Group has been granted permission to activate Cooper Island in the Palmyra Atoll. Palmyra and Jarvis Islands (KH5) ran...
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10/26/2015 | SAREX Reflector to Close on November 1
The SAREX (Space Amateur Radio EXperiment) reflector will close on November 1.
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10/23/2015 | Fox-1A (AO-85) Transponder Again Open for Use
AMSAT Vice President for Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, has announced that the Fox-1A (AO-85) transponder reopened at 2225 UTC on October 23 following several days of testing and commissioning activity. A new version of the FoxTelem telemetry softwar...
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10/23/2015 | The Bidding is Under Way in the 10th ARRL On-Line Auction!
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the ARRL On-Line Auction opened on October 22, and bidding already is hot and heavy.
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10/23/2015 | National Emergency Net Active as Category 5 Hurricane Patricia Nears Mexico
The National Emergency Net is active along Mexico’s Pacific Coast as Category 5 Hurricane Patricia, packing sustained winds of up to 200 MPH, heads for landfall. The State of Guanajuato Amateur Radio Association (AREG) posted an alert on its Facebook p...
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10/23/2015 | Radio Amateurs in Mexico Prepare as Powerful Hurricane Patricia Nears Landfall
An emergency net has been established on 7060 kHz (LSB) from Manzanillo in the Mexican state of Colima, in anticipation of the powerful Hurricane Patricia.
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10/23/2015 | The K7RA Solar Update
Quiet conditions in the forecast
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