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Heard Island DXpedition rescheduled

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The planned DXpedition to Heard Island has been rescheduled for January,
2015. The primary reason for this decision was the cost of using the
preferred vessel, the Marion Dufresne to put the team on Heard Island for
the required time

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5 MHz operation already showing interesting propagation paths

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A large number of South African Radio League members have already
registered to operate on the 5MHz band

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WIA 'High Power Trial' submission

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The Wireless Institute of Australia has lodged a submission to the ACMA,
Australia's regulator, concerning the High Power Trial

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DX'ing from the Black Hole 2

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A six session presentation sponsored by NIDXA and DX-u, in conjunction with
the 61st W9DXCC DX Convention

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Honduran IOTA DXpedition

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Dan, HM2DMR, plans to activate the following Honduran IOTA Islands between
late May to July (dates depend on Navy permission)

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South Sudan

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As part of the April 2, 2013, visit to South Sudan by a delegation headed
by the Foreign Minister of Finland, several supporting elements were
discussed. Just three weeks later, there was a high-level presentation,
with relevant endorsements, made to the South Sudan government

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AMSAT Fox-1 launch date announced

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NASA announced on May 13, 2013 that AMSAT’s Fox-1 spacecraft has been
assigned for launch in 2014 on the ELaNa XII mission. The expected orbit is
470 x 780 km at 64 degrees inclination. This orbit has a lifetime of about
11 years

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Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

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Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be
at moderate levels. The sun is peppered with several large sunspots but
only AR1748 has a delta class magnetic field that harbours enough energy
for X-class flares

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PJ4 in CQWW WPX CW Contest

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Members of the PJ4G club station will be active from the 'Radio House' on
Bonaire (SA-006, WLOTA LH-1279) during the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 25-26th)