June 30, 2008 by kb3ljm.

(Thanks, Bruce!)

Aug. 2

European HF Championship
TARA Grid Dip Shindig

Aug 2-3

10-10 Int. Summer Contest, SSB
ARRL UHF Contest
N. American QSO Party, CW

Aug. 3

AARL HF Phone Contest

Aug 9-10

WAE DX Contest, CW

Aug 16-17

SARTG WW RTTY Contest
ARRL 10GHz and Up Contest
N. American QSO Party, SSB

Aug 16-18

New Jersey QSO Party

Aug 18

Run for the Bacon QRP Contest

Aug 23-24

Ohio QSO Party

Aug 30-31

YO DX HF Contest
SCC RTTY Championship

Aug 31

SARL HF CW Contest

Sept 1-2

MI QRP Labor Day Sprint, CW

Sept 6-7

All Asian DX Contest, Phone

Sept 6

Wake Up! QRP Sprint
AGCW Straight Key Party

Sept 7

North American Sprint, CW
DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest

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June 30, 2008 by kb3ljm.

Rolling your eyes to turn up the volume of a portable music player and tapping your fingers to turn on a DVD player are among technologies Japan’s top mobile carrier is testing for “wearable” gadgets.

In one version, sensors and chips inside headphones detect electrical current produced by movements of the wearer’s eyeballs, says Masaaki Fukumoto, executive research engineer at NTT DoCoMo.
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June 30, 2008 by kb3ljm.

• Paul, 2E1EUB plans to be active on satellites from grid IO87rj near Aberdeen, Scotland starting June 28 for 7 days. He will be using the callsign 2M1EUB/P. There may be some low elevation opportunities to work North America via AO-7. The QRZ.com web page 2M1EUB provides QSL information.
• The NanoSail-D satellite mentioned in prior ANS reports was featured this week in a NASA web release: “This summer, NASA engineers will try to realize a dream older than the Space Age itself: the deployment of a working solar sail in Earth orbit. It is scheduled for launch on-board a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket as early as July 29, 2008″. See:
  http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/26jun_nanosaild.htm?list958901
• The EE Times ran an article about Suitsat and SuitSat-2. The SDR transponder aboard SuitSat-2 is based on the High Performance Software Defined Radio “Odyssey” system. For the article see: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID=208403999 (Via Graham, KE9H on the HPSDR Discussion List at http://hpsdr.org)

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June 26, 2008 by kb3ljm.

Don’t forget to read a fascinating article about Logbook of the Air in June QST, Page 63. by famous BRATS Author Neil Gustafson, W3ZQI. The article also includes his picture!

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June 24, 2008 by kb3ljm.

Your presence is cordially requested to provide a silent show of support for the legislation. Amateur Radio has been mostly invisible for the past 20 years, at least in new communities. Politicians have forgotten about us. This is an opportunity to turn out and show them that we are numerous, and that we are very interested in what they do.
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June 18, 2008 by kb3ljm.

August 9, 10: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Winnipeg Amateur Radio Club Hamfest
Hilton Suites Hotel, Winnipeg Airport
Hamfest 2008@mts.net; 146.61/R , 147.39/R
http://www.mts.net/~warc/hamfest/contact.html
(great site to learn how to put on a hamfest
and get people to attend….)

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June 6, 2008 by kb3ljm.

Rest Stops and Route Support
Interested Amateurs can come to Salisbury University on Saturday or Sunday and meet Net Control at the Mobile Command (Ed N3GXH’s large white truck) in the parking lot off Rt.13 and Bateman Ave. next to the Campus Police Building.
Or you can call into the Net for an assignment and go direct to the rest stop! Check the maps or this list to see the rest stop locations where help is needed. Call on the radio and talk to Net Control.

You can also phone Ed N3GXH at 443-677-1427, or Ian N3CVA at 410-303-1412.
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June 5, 2008 by kb3ljm.

With recent band openings beginning on 10 meters, ARRL has received word that a number of amateurs have been heard using SSB below 28.300. “We urge everyone to remember that 28.000 to 28.300 MHz is reserved for RTTY and data, including CW,” said ARRL Field and Regulatory Correspondent Chuck Skolaut, K0BOG. “Phone is permitted from 28.300 to 28.500 for Novice and Technician class licensees with a maximum power of 200 W. Phone and image are allowed from 28.300 up to 29.700 for General, Advanced and Extra class license holders.” Skolaut, who manages the Official Observer and Intruder Watch programs, said that people have called and e-mailed ARRL HQ inquiring about hearing IDs repeated in code on various 10 meter frequencies. “What they are hearing are beacons,” Skolaut said; he suggests checking out some Web sites for more information on beacons you might hear on 10 meters and other bands.

http://www.arrl.org/?artid=8253

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