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Tomsk-TPU-120 active on-board ISS May 10-11
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As part of Tomsk Polytechnic University 120th anniversary celebrations on
May 10-11, Tomsk-TPU-120 will be activated in the ISS and will transmit a
greeting to Earth inhabitants, recorded by students of the University in 10
languages: Russian, English, German, French, Chinese, Arabic, Tatar,
Indian, Kazakh, and Portuguese
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VK6RIO tests with ZS abandoned!
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The VK6RIO Trans-Indian Ocean beacon tests on 144,950 MHz between Australia
and South Africa have been abandoned
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ARRL support earthquake relief in Ecuador
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Some 400 pounds of Ham Aid Amateur Radio equipment left ARRL Headquarters
this week, bound for the Guayaquil Radio Club (HC2GRC) in Ecuador
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RadFxSat (Fox-1B) launch date
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This week AMSAT Vice-President Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY, said that
January 20, 2017 is the planned launch date for the RadFxSat (Fox-1B)
cubesat. This cubesat will fly with the Vanderbilt University radiation
experiments
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Amateur Radio at Castle Point Young Carers
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Essex Ham was approached to see if they’d be willing to give a taster of
amateur radio to young carers at Carers Choice in Castle Point
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Pixie transceiver on 30m
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Alistair Smith M0TEF has released a short video showing how he modified his
Pixie 2 QRP transceiver for operation on the 10 MHz band
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Youth Net on the air today
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Join the SARL Youth Net on the air today at 17:00. Koos Fick ZR6KF will be
standing by on 7070 kHz for your call
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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 very low levels