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IARU Region 2 seeks input on HF Band Plan
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/nY-VufMEdrA/iaru_region_2_seeks_input_on_hf_band_plan.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 conference will be
held later this year in Mexico. The Region 2 conference - held every three
years - is attended by delegations from the national Amateur Radio
societies in the western hemisphere that are members of the IARU. The ARRL
is the IARU Member Society for the US
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STRaND-1 amateur radio smartphone CubeSat to launch Feb 25
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/KyS2hB_toJk/strand1_amateur_radio_smartphone_cubesat_to_launch_feb_25.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The BBC report that the world’s first 'smartphone-sat' STRaND-1 is ready to
launch at the end of February
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ARISS contact with The Hospital for Sick Children on IRLP and Echolink
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/Wsp5UcmVKkw/ariss_audio_event_0802.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Please join us in listening to today's ARISS contact between astronauts
aboard ISS and participants at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
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Ofcom-RSGB Forum meeting January 23
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/2t548QL498s/ofcom_rsgb_forum_meeting_january_23.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
A report of the meeting between Ofcom and the RSGB which took place on
January 23, 2013 is now available
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RAC Director Election / Appointments
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/Q_UFiDFFRu8/rac_director_elections.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Radio Amateurs of Canada announce the results of three recent Director
elections
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DX News from the ARRL
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/7JcHjbHpGNU/index.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX
activity
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Draper ham radio operators answer the call
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/r_RayweHEmQ/draper_ham_radio_operators_answer_the_call.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The Draper Journal reports city officials and local volunteers are planning
for the worst-case scenario during an emergency by working out a backup
communications system, with help from the members of the Draper Ham Radio
Association
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Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/9932-7RELyw/index.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
ICPO - Islands, Castles and Portable Operations. Probably the most
comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the internet
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Lottery grant to preserve wartime Ashdown Forest radio transmitter
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/EYexqAnwlqo/ashdown_forest_radio_transmitter.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Lottery money is being used to preserve the history of a World War Two
radio transmitter hidden deep in the Ashdown Forest
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Southern Peninsula Amateur Radio Club at the Rosebud KiteFest
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/Zp3F0G32drA/rosebud_kitefest.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The Rosebud KiteFest is a huge community event, featuring a breathtaking
array of kites flown over the beautiful waters of Port Phillip Bay, in
Victoria, Australia
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Ham radio team activate PJ2T
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/-9TVrJoqpMo/ham_radio_team_activate_pj2t.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
A group of ham radio operators will activate PJ2T, the Caribbean Contesting
Consortium's (CCC) Signal Point Station on Curacao (SA-099, WLOTA LH-0942)
between February 13-20th
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Ham radio enthusiasts look for ways to give back
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/260MANO2lbY/ham_radio_enthusiasts_look_for_ways_to_give_back.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The Savannah Morning News reports on how radio amateurs are helping the
community
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IARU Region 2 seeks input on HF Band Plan
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/nY-VufMEdrA/iaru_region_2_seeks_input_on_hf_band_plan.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 conference will be
held later this year in Mexico. The Region 2 conference - held every three
years - is attended by delegations from the national Amateur Radio
societies in the western hemisphere that are members of the IARU. The ARRL
is the IARU Member Society for the US
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STRaND-1 amateur radio smartphone CubeSat to launch Feb 25
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/KyS2hB_toJk/strand1_amateur_radio_smartphone_cubesat_to_launch_feb_25.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The BBC report that the world’s first 'smartphone-sat' STRaND-1 is ready to
launch at the end of February
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ARISS contact with The Hospital for Sick Children on IRLP and Echolink
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/Wsp5UcmVKkw/ariss_audio_event_0802.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Please join us in listening to today's ARISS contact between astronauts
aboard ISS and participants at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
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Ofcom-RSGB Forum meeting January 23
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/2t548QL498s/ofcom_rsgb_forum_meeting_january_23.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
A report of the meeting between Ofcom and the RSGB which took place on
January 23, 2013 is now available
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RAC Director Election / Appointments
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/Q_UFiDFFRu8/rac_director_elections.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Radio Amateurs of Canada announce the results of three recent Director
elections
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DX News from the ARRL
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/7JcHjbHpGNU/index.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX
activity
///////////////////////////////////////////
Draper ham radio operators answer the call
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/r_RayweHEmQ/draper_ham_radio_operators_answer_the_call.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The Draper Journal reports city officials and local volunteers are planning
for the worst-case scenario during an emergency by working out a backup
communications system, with help from the members of the Draper Ham Radio
Association
///////////////////////////////////////////
Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/9932-7RELyw/index.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
ICPO - Islands, Castles and Portable Operations. Probably the most
comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the internet
///////////////////////////////////////////
Lottery grant to preserve wartime Ashdown Forest radio transmitter
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/EYexqAnwlqo/ashdown_forest_radio_transmitter.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Lottery money is being used to preserve the history of a World War Two
radio transmitter hidden deep in the Ashdown Forest
///////////////////////////////////////////
Southern Peninsula Amateur Radio Club at the Rosebud KiteFest
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/Zp3F0G32drA/rosebud_kitefest.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The Rosebud KiteFest is a huge community event, featuring a breathtaking
array of kites flown over the beautiful waters of Port Phillip Bay, in
Victoria, Australia
///////////////////////////////////////////
Ham radio team activate PJ2T
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/-9TVrJoqpMo/ham_radio_team_activate_pj2t.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
A group of ham radio operators will activate PJ2T, the Caribbean Contesting
Consortium's (CCC) Signal Point Station on Curacao (SA-099, WLOTA LH-0942)
between February 13-20th
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Ham radio enthusiasts look for ways to give back
Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/260MANO2lbY/ham_radio_enthusiasts_look_for_ways_to_give_back.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
The Savannah Morning News reports on how radio amateurs are helping the
community
Spike
Feb 8, 2013, 9:47:16 AM2/8/13
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:50:14 -0500, Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed
wrote:
> Lottery money is being used to preserve the history of a World War Two
> radio transmitter hidden deep in the Ashdown Forest
Aspidistra.
Part of the air defences of the Third Reich was the switching-off of the local transmitters of national radio
services, to warn the population that an air raid was heading for that region.
Aspidistra was part of a system that monitored said national programmes, and also the local transmitters in the
areas concerned. When the target transmitters went off the air, they were replaced by Aspidistra rebroadcasting
the national programme on the same frequency, thus delaying the warning to the local population. It was said
that this could be done in about a millisecond, little more than a click in the local population's receivers.
'Total War', an invention of the Germans, was somewhat callous, the UK being absolved from any opprobrium
due to not being one of the parties that started it.
Aspidistra, named from a Gracie Fields (spit)[1] song containing the line 'the biggest Aspidistra in the world'.
[1] Singing 'There'll Always Be An England', from the safety of New York, having married an Italian which just
happened to have the benefit of keeping them both out of the (heavily bombed) UK, and in complete and utter
contrast to, say, Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon.
--
Spike
wrote:
> Lottery money is being used to preserve the history of a World War Two
> radio transmitter hidden deep in the Ashdown Forest
Part of the air defences of the Third Reich was the switching-off of the local transmitters of national radio
services, to warn the population that an air raid was heading for that region.
Aspidistra was part of a system that monitored said national programmes, and also the local transmitters in the
areas concerned. When the target transmitters went off the air, they were replaced by Aspidistra rebroadcasting
the national programme on the same frequency, thus delaying the warning to the local population. It was said
that this could be done in about a millisecond, little more than a click in the local population's receivers.
'Total War', an invention of the Germans, was somewhat callous, the UK being absolved from any opprobrium
due to not being one of the parties that started it.
Aspidistra, named from a Gracie Fields (spit)[1] song containing the line 'the biggest Aspidistra in the world'.
[1] Singing 'There'll Always Be An England', from the safety of New York, having married an Italian which just
happened to have the benefit of keeping them both out of the (heavily bombed) UK, and in complete and utter
contrast to, say, Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon.
--
Spike
Ian Jackson
Feb 8, 2013, 10:46:54 AM2/8/13
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In message <ankhfk...@mid.individual.net>, Spike
<Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid> writes
For quite some time into the war, the British authorities were not
exactly friendly to non-combatant Italians. I doubt if Boris would have
been all that welcome here - and probably would have been interned.
[Didn't this prompt him to get (or try to get) US citizenship?] I
understand that, later on, Gracie Fields did a fair bit moral-boosting
by touring and performing with ENSA.
--
Ian
<Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid> writes
exactly friendly to non-combatant Italians. I doubt if Boris would have
been all that welcome here - and probably would have been interned.
[Didn't this prompt him to get (or try to get) US citizenship?] I
understand that, later on, Gracie Fields did a fair bit moral-boosting
by touring and performing with ENSA.
--
Ian
Spike
Feb 8, 2013, 11:20:04 AM2/8/13
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:46:54 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> In message <ankhfk...@mid.individual.net>, Spike
> <Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid> writes
> In message <ankhfk...@mid.individual.net>, Spike
> <Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid> writes
>>Aspidistra, named from a Gracie Fields (spit)[1] song containing the
>>line 'the biggest Aspidistra in the world'.
>>
>>[1] Singing 'There'll Always Be An England', from the safety of New
>>York, having married an Italian which just happened to have the benefit
>>of keeping them both out of the (heavily bombed) UK, and in complete and
>>utter contrast to, say, Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon.
>
> For quite some time into the war, the British authorities were not
> exactly friendly to non-combatant Italians. I doubt if Boris would have
> been all that welcome here - and probably would have been interned.
> [Didn't this prompt him to get (or try to get) US citizenship?] I
> understand that, later on, Gracie Fields did a fair bit moral-boosting
> by touring and performing with ENSA.
I think this period of her life was graced, if that be the term, with less popularity than previously, and some at
>>line 'the biggest Aspidistra in the world'.
>>
>>[1] Singing 'There'll Always Be An England', from the safety of New
>>York, having married an Italian which just happened to have the benefit
>>of keeping them both out of the (heavily bombed) UK, and in complete and
>>utter contrast to, say, Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon.
>
> For quite some time into the war, the British authorities were not
> exactly friendly to non-combatant Italians. I doubt if Boris would have
> been all that welcome here - and probably would have been interned.
> [Didn't this prompt him to get (or try to get) US citizenship?] I
> understand that, later on, Gracie Fields did a fair bit moral-boosting
> by touring and performing with ENSA.
least of her ENSA shows were well received - by foreign troops such as the Australians in New Guinea.
Bebe Daniels and her husband were living here anyway, and stayed on through the blitz despite having a young
family.
--
Spike
Spike
Feb 8, 2013, 11:26:31 AM2/8/13
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:50:14 -0500, Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed
wrote:
> Ofcom-RSGB Forum meeting January 23
>
> Posted:
> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/2t548QL498s/
ofcom_rsgb_forum_meeting_january_23.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
>
> A report of the meeting between Ofcom and the RSGB which took place on
> January 23, 2013 is now available
"Licence re-validation
It was noted that there had been changes with the website login authentication process that had caused
difficulties. Ofcom was considering automatically re-validating all licences until end-2016 to provide time to
correct this, and also to bring in an alternative paper based process."
This is turning into a farce.
Mrs Spike's validation only worked once or twice, and now mine has failed too.
The idea was to validate yearly, but this essentially the problem looks like being kicked into the long grass of
2017 - and I may well be past caring by then.
--
Spike
wrote:
> Ofcom-RSGB Forum meeting January 23
>
> Posted:
> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/2t548QL498s/
ofcom_rsgb_forum_meeting_january_23.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
>
> A report of the meeting between Ofcom and the RSGB which took place on
> January 23, 2013 is now available
It was noted that there had been changes with the website login authentication process that had caused
difficulties. Ofcom was considering automatically re-validating all licences until end-2016 to provide time to
correct this, and also to bring in an alternative paper based process."
This is turning into a farce.
Mrs Spike's validation only worked once or twice, and now mine has failed too.
The idea was to validate yearly, but this essentially the problem looks like being kicked into the long grass of
2017 - and I may well be past caring by then.
--
Spike
RipeCrisbies
Feb 8, 2013, 12:33:00 PM2/8/13
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:46:54 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyons. Bane of my childhood they were! Even at the
age of 7 I knew they were naff.
--
M0WYM
www.radiowymsey.org
Sales @ radiowymsey
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Sales-At-Radio-Wymsey/
KXKVI ...
Feb 8, 2013, 1:02:17 PM2/8/13
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> Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyons. Bane of my childhood they were! Even at the
> age of 7 I knew they were naff.
>
gunsmoke sherlock holmes
KXKVI ...
Feb 8, 2013, 1:03:22 PM2/8/13
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"KXKVI ..." <jim.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:w4bRs.3765$Oa7....@fx26.fr7...
KXKVI ...
Feb 8, 2013, 1:05:03 PM2/8/13
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> happened to have the benefit of keeping them both out of the (heavily
> bombed) UK, and in complete and utter
> contrast to, say, Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon.
>
...then there was life with the brians .........if you can call it that...
FranK Turner-Smith G3VKI
Feb 8, 2013, 4:12:23 PM2/8/13
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"KXKVI ..." <jim.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:w5bRs.4207$tA4....@fx29.fr7...
--
;-)
.
73 de Frank Turner-Smith G3VKI - mine's a pint.
.
http://turner-smith.co.uk
GM4DHJ ...
Feb 9, 2013, 10:32:48 AM2/9/13
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> Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy. Pass the bucket please.
> ;-)
> .
> 73 de Frank Turner-Smith G3VKI - mine's a pint.
> .
as in a bucket of beer ? .......
> .
> 73 de Frank Turner-Smith G3VKI - mine's a pint.
> .
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