November 26, 2007 by kb3ljm.

Dec. 26

DARC Christmas Contest

Dec. 29-30

Stew Perry Topband Challenge

Jan 1

SARTG New Year RTTY Contest
AGCW Happy New Year Contest

Jan. 5-6

ARRL RTTY Roundup
EUCW 160 Meter Contest

Jan 6

ARS Spartan Sprint

Jan 12-13

Hunting Lions Contest
NA QSO Party CW

Jan 13

NRAU Baltic Contest, SSB
DARC 10-Meter Contest

Jan 19

LZ Open Contest

Jan 21-22

Hungarian DX Contest
NA QSO Party SSB

Jan 26-27

CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
REF Contest, CW
BARTG RTTY Sprint
UBA DX Contest, CW

(Thanks, WA7BNM)

http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html

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November 26, 2007 by kb3ljm.

Basics I
Tuesday, March 11, 7:00 PM
Baltimore County Public Safety Bldg.
700 East Joppa Rd. Towson, MD
Contact: Terri Brush
tbrush@baltimorecountymd.gov
(Thanks, KB3JQQ)

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November 26, 2007 by kb3ljm.

• Robert, G8ATE reports he has obtained the special callsign GB0OO Golf Bravo Zero Oscar One.  The special events station will be active on the amateur radio satellites between December 12 through December 16. GB2NSC at the National space centre in Leicester, England may be on the air as well.
• Jeff, KE9V captured Gerd, WB8IFM manning the AMSAT booth and speaking at the AMSAT forum at the Ft Wayne, Indiana Hamfest.
  http://ke9v.smugmug.com/photos/222644028-L.jpg
  http://ke9v.smugmug.com/photos/222648515-L.jpg
• Henk, PA3GUO reports the ANDE De-Orbit website, created by Mike, DK3WN is on-line at:  http://www.ande-deorbit.com. Additional information about ANDE can be found at:
  http://web.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/ande-ops.html
  http://web.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/ande/ande-tlm.txt
• A view of the work in progress at AMSAT-NA’s new satellite integration lab in Maryland can be seen at: http://n4hy.smugmug.com/gallery/3841264

http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/news/

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November 26, 2007 by kb3ljm.

Despite the sunspot minimum, Blackpool amateur Dave Starkie, G4AKC, has managed two way pedestrian mobile contact with G7LPW/ZL3 in Christchurch, New Zealand. On 15 November they completed the 21,100km contact on 20 metres SSB. This was the result of two years work to improve and develop a high performance HF backpack which was used at both ends of the contact. [RSGB]

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November 26, 2007 by kb3ljm.

The FCC issued an Order of Revocation to Robert D. Landis, N6FRV, on Tuesday, November 20. The Commission said that “[b]ased on the evidence of his convictions for child molestation, we conclude that Mr. Landis lacks the basic requisite character qualifications to be and remain a Commission licensee.” Landis was convicted on two felony counts in 1991, fined $10,000 and sentenced to 11 years in prison. He received his call sign April 1, 1999; it was set to expire on November 1, 2006. According to the ARRL VEC, Landis filed for an address change and a renewal of his license on August 6, 2007, still within the two year grace period; the application was withdrawn on September 27.

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/11/21/101/?nc=1

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