Youngsters On The Air During the summer of 2013, a youth radio camp “Youngsters On The Air” will be held near Tartu, Estonia from 5-12 August. There will be 10 teams participating from different European member associations of IARU R1. The camp is organised by the Estonian Radio Amateurs Union. During this week teams of …
The next Amateur Station Licence Examination is due to be held in April / May 2014. The exact date and venue(s) will be announced nearer the date http://www.irts.ie/cgi/licence-exam.cgi
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An amazing response within the first 24 hours. *DX World.net* has now set aside a* dedicated page <http://dx-world.net/ua9yab-family/>* for donations to be sent to the family of Alex. Listed there is every operator who has helped so far in these hours of need. It is hoped many other ops also contribute to help offset body …
Many will now know the sad news about the recent passing<http://dx-world.net/2012/ua9yab-s-k/> of Alex, UA9YAB. Unfortunately, Alex did not take out insurance cover for his time away. Thus, his family urgently need assistance in raising $30,000 to have his body returned to Russia from Venezuela. Yuri Sushkin N3QQ and Yuri Zaruba UA9OBA issue the following: —- …
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The next Amateur Station Licence Examination will be held on Thursday 4th October at 2 p.m. in the ComReg Offices in Dublin. Full details, including entry procedure, examination fee and how to pay the fee online are available by clicking on the Licence Exam button on the IRTS homepage at www.irts.ie Places for the examination are limited …
Robert, KK6EK updates the project scheduled for 2014….. We are pleased that Jean-Michel Cousteau has agreed to be the Honorary Expedition Leader. A major addition to the team is Ken Ehrhart, a world-class climber, member of the Explorers Club, multi-decade associate of Cordell Expeditions, and personal friend. Ken has taken responsibility for the mountain science …
Steve, 9M6DXX announces that he and John, 9M6XRO will use this call from Pulau Layang Layang August 7-13. Activity will be on all bands from 80 to 10, CW/SSB/RTTY using two stations with amplifiers to vertical antennas on the edge of the ocean. Spratly stands at # 29 on The DX Magazine’s 2011 Most Wanted …
Space Weather reports that sunspot AR1520 unleashed an X1.4-class solar flare on July 12 at 1653 UT They say: Because the sunspot was directly facing Earth at the time of the blast, this is a geoeffective event. Stay tuned for updates about possible CMEs and radio blackouts. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded a flash …
Three Radio Hams scheduled to head to ISS this weekend NASA will televise the launch and docking of the next mission to the International Space Station ( ISS), scheduled for 8:40 PM (CDT) Saturday, July 14 (0140 UTC, Sunday, July 15) NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, along with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, RK3DUP, and …
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