Southgate Amateur Radio News for Saturday 9 July 2016
 

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Dutch radio antenna to depart for the moon on Chinese mission

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Researchers at Radboud University, ASTRON and the Delft company Innovative
Solutions in Space (ISIS) are to develop a new instrument that will be
onboard the Chinese Chang’e4 satellite that will be placed in an orbit
behind the moon in 2018

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GR2HQ in IARU HF Championship

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This weekend is the IARU HF Championship and Steve, G3ZVW will be taking
part, not as an individual but as part of the UK Headquarters team. The
callsign of the UK HQ team will be GR2HQ

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Australia CubeSat testing begins

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Satellites are being tested at the Australian National University Mount
Stromlo space facility in Canberra ahead of a mass satellite launch from
the International Space Station later this year

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Positive changes to Malaysian Amateur Radio licences

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The Malaysian Amateur Radio Society (MARTS) has advised that the Amateur
Radio certification review was showing some positive future changes in that
country

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Propagation de K7RA

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The last time this NASA solar cycle prediction was updated was January 12,
2016, but in this July 6 version I find no difference

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BBC starts international roll-out of radio app

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On July 7, 2016 the BBC launched an international BBC iPlayer Radio app in
Eire, the first stage of its global roll-out

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IARU volunteers recognised

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Two long-serving volunteers in IARU Region 1 were recognised for their work
for IARU at the Friedrichshafen HamRadio event last week

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Brian Baverstock G4WCJ SK

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The Bournemouth Echo reports that radio amateur Brian Baverstock G4WCJ
passed away on June 8 at the age of 87

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DXCC Country/Entity Report

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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 1st
July, through Friday, 8th July there were 203 countries active

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IOTA news from OPDX

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Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin