Archive for October, 2012
Get on right wavelength and enjoy thrills of amateur radio
Newtownabbey Times – Despite the huge rise in social media sites, Sammy Baird said there is still a place for communication across the airwaves
Radio amateurs attend disaster awareness workshop in Turkey
IARU Region 1 News – The workshop ”Creating Basic Awareness on Disasters” took place in Turkey and students from across Europe, some of them radio amateurs, took part in it
US elementary students talk to ISS astronauts
MercuryNews.com – Ben Westlund is only in the third grade, but Saturday he seemed to fully grasp just how amazing it was to be talking to an astronaut in space
100 radio amateurs to attend Doha festival
Gulf Times – Qatar will host an international festival for radio amateurs to coincide with the National Day festivities; this is the first time that the event is being held in the Middle East
GB2RS News for Sunday, 14 October 2012
Nominations sought for prestigious award Nominations are being invited by the German national radio society, DARC, for the prestigious Horkheimer Prize. The prize consists of an etched glass trophy and a monetary prize for non-personal use. The money is to be spent for the promotion of amateur radio however the recipient chooses. The prize can […]
DX News
Nick, G3RWF, returns to Uganda as 5X1NH from 16 October. Operations will be mostly on a spare time basis, but will include the CQ WW CW DX Contest and the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. QSL via his home call. Members of Workington Amateur Radio Club are mounting a DXpedition to EU-010, South Uist, in the […]
