Southgate Amateur Radio News for Monday 13 February 2012
 

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International Space Station contact with The Academy@Shawnee, Louisville, KY

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An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at The Academy@Shawnee, Louisville, KY on 14 Feb

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Katy-Nanjing Balloon Comunications Lost

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Communications with BLT-28, callsign KT5TK-11, were lost 3 hours after the
balloon was launched from Katy in Texas

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Open Mission Control software for satellite and balloon projects

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Open Mission Control is open source, open access software for monitoring
and controlling small spacecraft or ballon projects

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ABC releases video on 'top hat' mast of 3WV Dooen

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When it comes to beaming radio waves across vast distances, the Dooen
transmitter is world class. Standing 201 metres tall with a 19 metre wide
capacitive ‘top hat’, the 3WV mast in western Victoria stands out in the
vast flat landscape that stretches below it

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DXCC Country/Entity Report

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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday,
5th-February, through Sunday, 12th-February there were 226 countries active

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Craggy Island Dxpedition Group

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A number of members of the Galway VHF Group have recently formed
the 'Craggy Island Dxpedition Group'

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CARA PSK31 Video

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The Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association (CARA) have prodced a video on
PSK31 keyboard-to-keyboard communication

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IOTA news from OPDX

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Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW

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Amateur Radio demonstration in Somalia

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Darko will demonstrate amateur radio to the locals in Hargeisa and possibly
establish a radio club by donating an IC-735 transceiver with an antenna

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Bedford researchers use Medium Waves for power

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Researchers in Bedford, UK, have created a system to use medium wave
frequencies to replace batteries in small everyday gadgets like clocks or
remote controls

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Essex Portable Operation

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Essex radio amateurs John M0UKD and Dave M0TAZ braved the snow for some
portable operation

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DXpedition to the Graveyard of the Gulf

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St. Paul Island is called the Graveyard of the Gulf and that is where an
international, seasoned team of DXers will be heading to later this year

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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