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Norway to Scrap FM Radio for the Digital Era

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 07:31 AM PDT
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Norway to Scrap FM Radio for the Digital Era

Officials promise "better sound quality and new functionality"

Norway will become the first country to scrap FM radio after it
announced final plans to switch to digital radio in the next two years.
They will make the transition to Digital Audio Broadcasting by 2017,
following up on a 2011 government proposal. It will be the first country
to do away entirely with FM radio





http://time.com/3827986/norway-fm-ra...ors_picks=true




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QSO Today - Episode 38 - Tim Duffy - K3LR - Dayton Hamvention Amateur of
the Year

Posted: 19 Apr 2015 10:43 PM PDT
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Tim Duffy, K3LR owns and operates one of the most prestigious amateur radio
contest stations in the United States with twelve operating positions, two
for each band. Tim shares his ham radio journey, beginning with his Quaker
Oats crystal set, through his early entry into ham radio as a twelve year
old, to a career in cellular telephony and wireless, and culminating in his
position as COO of DX Engineering, one of the premier suppliers of ham
radio gear. He is this year's Dayton Hamvention Amateur of the Year. Join
Tim and Eric, 4Z1UG in their QSO Today.



Show Notes: http://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/K3LR

Podcast Link: http://goo.gl/wBlMyY

iTunes Sto http://goo.gl/CvLNmV

Stitcher: http://goo.gl/uhf1XZ








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ICQPodcast - The RSGB_Inspire report (growing our Hobby) released.

Posted: 19 Apr 2015 01:07 PM PDT
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Series EightEpisode Eight of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast -
TheRSGB_Inspire report (growing our Hobby) has been released.





In this episode,Martin M1MRB / W9ICQ is joined by Ed Durrant DD5LP, Martin
RothwellM0SGL, and Chris Howard (M0TCH) to discuss the latest Amateur /
HamRadio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief, and thisepisodes
feature is - The RSGB_Inspire report (growing our Hobby)





Newsstories include:-





TeachersWireless Lessons to Meet STEM Challenge

Ofcom Agree70.5-71.5 MHz

Two New UKRepeaters

InternationalMarconi Day at Sandford Mill

Amateurs andVehicular Radars Can Play Nicely Together

HB9AW BeaconReport

InternationalAchievement Award for Radio Ham

Open SourceCubeSat Projects

UK MobileTrading Regulations

Nanaimo ClubCelebrate Founding





TheICQPODCAST can be downloaded from http://www.icqpodcast.com