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Upcoming ARISS contact with El Dorado County Office of Education,
Placerville, CA

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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at El Dorado County Office of Education, Placerville, CA on 24
Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:12 UTC

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Video of Codec2 presentation

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David Rowe VK5DGR gave a presentation on the amateur radio digital voice
Codec2 to the linux.conf.au 2012 in Ballarat, Jan 16-20, and was voted best
paper of the conference

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Medium Wave DX video

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Mark GM20877 has posted a YouTube video showing the transatlantic DX that
can be received on the medium wave band

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New Quebec Director

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Congratulations are extended to Mr. Sheldon M. Werner, VA2SH/ VA6SH who was
recently elected as the RAC Director for Quebec

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High Altitude Balloon Presentation video

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A presentation on a High Altitude Balloon project using amateur radio by
Terry Baume VK5VZI, Foundation license holder Mark Jessop VK5FDRK, along
with embedded hardware and software hacker Joel Stanley

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CME Impact on January 22nd

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Earth's magnetic field is reverberating from a CME impact during the early
hours of January 22nd

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The art of ham-mering out a 'hello'

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The Hindu newspaper reports on amateur radio activity at the National Youth
Festivall held January 12-16, at Mangalore

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DXCC Country/Entity Report

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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday,
15th-January, through Sunday, 22nd-January there were 217 countries active

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ITU HQ Special Activity

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The International Amateur Radio Club, 4U1ITU, will be operating with the
special callsign 4U1WRC between January 23rd and February 17th

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Friskney and East Lincolnshire Communications Club

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Colin M0EAO will be presenting a talking session concerning Radio Radiation
Patterns on Tuesday 7th February 2012

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NCDXF announces grant to VP6T Pitcairn Island DXpedition

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The Northern California DX Foundation is pleased to announce a contribution
of 6,000 USDs to the VP6T Pitcairn Island DXpedition

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IOTA news from OPDX

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Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW

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History This Week

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A look back at events that made history this week - compiled by the
Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW