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Ofcom auctioning test equipment

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There will be an auction of equipment from the Ofcom Baldock Radio
Monitoring Station on Thursday, November 3

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700 MHz HD TV channel clearance

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Ofcom has published a decision explaining that it will aim to make the 700
MHz band nationally available for mobile data by the second quarter of 2020
– 18 months earlier than originally planned

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NASA Space Station cargo launches from Virginia on Orbital ATK resupply
mission

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The crew of the International Space Station soon will be equipped to
perform dozens of new scientific investigations with cargo launched Monday
aboard NASA’s latest commercial resupply services mission from the agency’s
Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia

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New OX6M beacon

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Bo OZ2M reports that the new OX6M beacon is now operating on 50.047 MHz and
OZ7IGY has had an overhaul

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St. Helena operation postponed again!

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Bill, G0VDE, reports that the opening of St. Helena airport still
has 'continuing serious problems' and 'it is still not possible to land
sensible sized aircraft like 737 there'

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Guinea Bissau DXpedition

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Members of the Italian DXpedition Team will be active as J5T from Guinea
Bissau in November 2016