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06/16/2016 | STMSat-1 Youngsters Told: “Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space Work”
A month after deployment of the STMSat-1 CubeSat from the International Space Station (ISS), prospects are dimming that the little spacecraft will ever be heard from.
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05/27/2016 | ESA Announces Winners of “Fly Your Satellite!” CubeSat Competition
Radio amateurs in the US, Russia, Germany, and the Netherlands topped the field in a European Space Agency (ESA) Education Office competition to be the first to hear signals from three new, student-built CubeSats.
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07/10/2015 | Short Circuit Causes Feed Line Fire at Sweden’s SAQ Alexanderson Station
Sweden’s Alexanderson alternator station SAQ said this week that a feed-line fire may have adversely affected the tally of listener reports from the station’s June 28 “Alexanderson Day” transmissions.
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07/01/2015 | FCC Speedily Dismisses Petitions to Alter Amateur Service Rules
The FCC has dismissed two petitions for rule making calling for separate amendments to the Part 97 Amateur Service rules.
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10/15/2013 | Yukon Territory Sweepstakes Stalwart VY1JA to be Active on SS CW
VY1JA will be back on the air this year for the ARRL November Sweepstakes CW.
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09/13/2013 | Have a Great Time with JT9This weak-signal mode can give little pistol stations big gun results
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09/21/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update
The average daily sunspot numbers dropped this week, from 83.1 to 56, while the average daily solar flux declined from 118.9 to 101.4. Sunspot numbers for September 13-19 were 44, 44, 53, 77, 51, 61 and 62, with a mean of 56.
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07/30/2012 | Noted QST Author Steve Powlishen, K1FO (SK)
Steve Powlishen, K1FO, of Madison, Connecticut, passed away July 28 due to complications from cancer. He was 60. An ARRL Life Member, Powlishen was best known for his antenna designs for weak signal work.
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