January 2, 2008 by kb3ljm.

Richard Dillman from the Maritime Radio Historical Society (MRHS) reports a new US class 1A common carrier Morse code coast station has been licensed by the FCC!

Richard said “Those in the US interested in preserving 500KHz for commercial operation should apply for a commercial coast station license - just as the MRHS did for KSM.”

Two people made applications. One of these has been granted today 24th Sept.
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January 2, 2008 by kb3ljm.

Israeli scientists have inscribed the entire Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible onto a space less than half the size of grain of sugar.

The nanotechnology experts at the Technion institute in Haifa say the text measures less than 0.5 square millimeter (0.01 square inch) surface. They chose the Jewish Bible to highlight how vast quantities of information can be stored in minimum amounts of space.
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January 2, 2008 by kb3ljm.

NASA has awarded a contract to Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. for two satellites that will replenish the NASA communication relay network that provides telecommunications links between low Earth orbiting spacecraft and the ground. [AMSAT]

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/dec/HQ_C07064_TDRSS_Awards.html

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January 2, 2008 by kb3ljm.

Jan 26- 27

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

Feb 2-3

Vermont QSO Party
10-10 Int’l Winter Contest, SSB
Mexico RTTY International

Feb 2

Minnesota QSO Party
AGCW Straight Key party

Feb 4

Delaware QSO Party

Feb 3

North American Sprint, CW

Feb 9-10

CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest
SARL Field Day Contest
Dutch PACC Contest

Feb 9

Asia-Pacific Spring Sprint, CW
FISTS Winter Sprint

Feb 10

North American Sprint., SSB

Feb 16-17

ARRL Int’l DX Contest, CW

Feb 23-24

CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB
REF Contest, SSB
UBA DX Contest, CW
North American QSO Party, RTTY

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

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January 2, 2008 by kb3ljm.

In response to a request from the Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina in August, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) withdrew the call sign prefix allocation T9A-T9Z for Bosnia and Herzegovina and made a new allocation, E7A-E7Z. The change was made initially on a provisional basis under authority of the ITU Secretary-General and was confirmed by the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference to be effective November 17, 2007.

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/12/25/100/?nc=1

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January 2, 2008 by kb3ljm.

From USA TODAY: “Air France is conducting a limited test in which passengers will be allowed to send e-mail and talk on cellphones during flights. Using just a single Airbus A318 that flies between European cities for a six-month test, Air France plans to provide in-flight connectivity to passengers by a satellite-based system that transmits data and voice to the ground networks. The service is free for passengers in the test, which Air France announced Thursday but started Monday. Air France is one of several airlines, including JetBlue and American, that are moving toward in-flight broadband Internet access.”

http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2007/12/bonus-bundle-5.html

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January 2, 2008 by kb3ljm.

From Flightglobal.com: “Star Alliance member United Airlines has become the first airline to publicly tout its ability to let premium passengers play music and video content from their own Apple iPod personal electronic devices (PEDs) over the carrier’s Panasonic Avionics-made in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems. The U.S. major is in the process of equipping the premium cabins of its entire international widebody fleet with fully lie-flat beds, as part of a $165 million, multi-tiered program to revamp its business travel offering, which includes new Panasonic IFE systems.”

http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2007/12/bonus-bundle-6.html

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