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AMSAT-UK to provide Amateur Radio payload for ESEO satellite

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AMSAT-UK will be providing a FM transponder and a BPSK telemetry beacon for
the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO). This is the third mission within
the European Space Agency's Education Satellite Programme

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Amateur Radio Supplies announces winner of its 'Promote Youth in Amateur
Radio' contest

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Amateur Radio Supplies of Haverhill, Mass., today announced the winner of
its biannual giveaway to promote youth in amateur radio DXing and contesting

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Double Bill for Chelmsford Club on Friday

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This Friday evening, February 8, the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society
(CARS) will be having two talks in their new venue

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DXCC Country/Entity Report

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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday,
27th-Jan, through Sunday, 3rd-February there were 229 countries active

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IRTS AGM, Dinner and Radio Rally

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This year, the 81st Irish Radio Transmitters Society AGM is hosted by
Shannon Basin Radio Club

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Clipperton Island DXpedition

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The Clipperton Island DXpedition team will set sail from San Diego later
this month

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Strong solar radio burst

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Solar activity has been low for weeks. However, there was a break in the
quiet this weekend when new sunspot AR1667 unleashed a strong burst of
shortwave radio static

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IOTA news from OPDX

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Weekly IOTA (Islands On The Air) News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW,
editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin

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Where have all the young radio amateurs gone?

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The South African Radio League is planning a special feature between 09:00
and 10:00 on Saturday 23 February to celebrate the 2013 Youth Sprint which
will run from 10:00 - 12:00 CAT, but to do this they need your voices

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The Centre Victoria RadioFest

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Less than a week to go before this big amateur radio event is held Sunday
February the 10th at Kyneton Racecourse, only an hour from Bendigo,
Ballarat and Melbourne

Spike

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On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:01:09 -0500, Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed
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> Posted:
> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/S9gQnDgglx8/
amateur_radio_supplies_announces_winner_of_its_promote_youth_in_amateur_radio_contest.htm?
utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
>
> Amateur Radio Supplies of Haverhill, Mass., today announced the winner
> of its biannual giveaway to promote youth in amateur radio DXing and
> contesting

In my day 'youth' was interested in sex, booze, and rock-and-roll.

I guess it still is, and DXing doesn't register on the radar.

--
Spike

Ian Jackson

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Feb 4, 2013, 9:09:43 AM2/4/13
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In message <an9o38...@mid.individual.net>, Spike
<Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid> writes
I'm still like sex, booze, and rock-and-roll - but, to be honest, I've
never been desperately interested in DX.
--
Ian

Spike

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Feb 4, 2013, 10:04:39 AM2/4/13
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On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:09:43 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:

> Spike <Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid> writes
>
> Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed wrote:

>>> Amateur Radio Supplies of Haverhill, Mass., today announced the winner
>>> of its biannual giveaway to promote youth in amateur radio DXing and
>>> contesting
>>
>>In my day 'youth' was interested in sex, booze, and rock-and-roll.
>>
>>I guess it still is, and DXing doesn't register on the radar.
>
> I'm still like sex, booze, and rock-and-roll - but, to be honest, I've
> never been desperately interested in DX.

LOL

Me neither...

--
Spike

Lordgnome

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Feb 4, 2013, 11:53:10 AM2/4/13
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On 04/02/2013 14:09, Ian Jackson wrote:
>
>> In my day 'youth' was interested in sex, booze, and rock-and-roll.
>>
>> I guess it still is, and DXing doesn't register on the radar.
>>
> I'm still like sex, booze, and rock-and-roll - but, to be honest, I've
> never been desperately interested in DX.

I never had any problems with the sex & drugs, it was playing the bloody
guitar that was the difficult bit!

Les.
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