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NZ 5 MHz Amateur Band usage - ceases

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NZART, the New Zealand National Amateur Society advises that unfortunately
the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has advised us that they are not
willing to approve another renewal of our 5 MHz trial allocation/licence

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Nominations open for Golden Antenna Award

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The ARRL report the German town of Bad Bentheim will receive nominations
for the Golden Antenna Award

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New optical communications station

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The University of Western Australia is set to install an optical
communications station capable of receiving high-speed data transmissions
from space.

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AmateurLogic.TV 15th Anniversary prize winner

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Congratulations to Clint Frost, W2BL of Owens Cross Roads, AL. Clint was
randomly selected as winner of the AmateurLogic.TV 15th Anniversary contest!

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Rare red aurorasn

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Who needs solar activity?
Last week the sun was very quiet. Somehow, the lull produced a vivid
display of rare red auroras around the Arctic Circle

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DX News from the ARRL

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The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX
activity on the amateur radio bands