Southgate Amateur Radio News for Thursday 26 January 2012
 

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SumbandilaSat beyond repair

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South Africa’s second satellite, SumbandilaSat (SO-67), is no longer
fulfilling its main purpose due to technical problems

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WRC-12 Day 2 - Amateur 5 MHz Allocation

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Cuba has proposed an Agenda Item for the next WRC: an amateur radio
allocation at 5 MHz

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Record set at Winter Hill

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Rex Moncur VK7MO achieved an Australian amateur radio microwave record last
week of 843 kilometres - by using aircraft reflections

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RS-39 reception video

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Nittin VU3TYG has made available a video showing reception of the new RS-39
(Chibis-M) satellite

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Video of Project OSCAR talk

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Lance Ginner, K6GSJ, describes the early days of Project OSCAR, which put
Amateur Radio into orbit and lead to the foundation of AMSAT

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Tony's 10-metre band report

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A very poor week with Tuesday to Thursday as low as it’s been for quite
some time. Saturday and Sunday really bounced back with loads of contacts
each day

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'Hack the Tubes' project

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Erin King AK4JG has released a video of her amateur radio High Altitude
Balloon mission for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 'Hack the
Tubes' project for the class of 2016's early admissions

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Japan govt plants fake TV dramas to fight web piracy

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The Japanese government is running a rather original project against piracy
on the Internet

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EI80IRTS Certificate

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The Irish Radio Transmitters Society was founded 1932 and we are proud to
celebrate our 80th anniversary in 2012. A special certificate, available to
all amateurs and SWLs, is being offered to celebrate this occasion

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Macquarie Island Special Event

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Look for Trevor, VK0TH to be active as AX0TH on January 26th, to
celebrate 'Australia Day'

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WRC12 reports from the RSGB

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Colin Thomas, G3PSM will be giving an amateur radio perspective on the
proceedings of the conference

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New Board Activity web feature on RSGB website

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Read about some of the activities and decisions of the RSGB Board in this
running log

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FYBO (Freeze Your Butt Off) QRP Contest

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Take a look at this one-minute trailer, made by Rem K6BBQ, promoting the
February 4th FYBO (Freeze Your Butt Off) Contest