Top Story: The 12th “13 Colonies” event begins 01 July 2020.
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Accessed on 30 June 2020, 2232 UTC, Post 1514.
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13 Colonies special event
Once again the annual (the 12th) ‘13 Colonies Special Event‘ will take place between 1300z, July 1st and 0400z July 7th |
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More on FT8 EME
There has been further work on trying FT8 for EME, this time on 1296 |
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‘We’ve bought the wrong satellites’: UK tech gamble baffles experts
“The UK government’s plan to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in a satellite broadband company has been described as ‘nonsensical’ by experts, who say the company doesn’t even make the right type of satellite the country needs after Brexit,” reports The Guardian |
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India: Amateur Radio license petition
Rohit Bokade, VU3OIR, has started a petition requesting a change to the Amateur Radio license in India to permit all grades of license to use the amateur radio satellites |
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Listen to the ISS
Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station |
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QO-100 S2S in SOTA
Andrew Holland G4VFL and Nick Gregory G0HIK successfully achieved a SOTA “S2S” (Summit-to-summit) QSO via the QO-100 Oscar 100 satellite |
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Antennas for small gardens webinar
RSGB’s live webinar ‘Tonight @ 8’ taking place this evening, June 29, at 8pm BST (1900 GMT) features Steve Nichols G0KYA who will talk about Antennas for small gardens |
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Record numbers take UK amateur radio exams
On Friday June 26 the RSGB reported over 800 candidates had successfully completed their online Foundation amateur radio exam and over 650 exams were booked for future dates |
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DXCC Country/Entity Report
According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 21st June, through Sunday,28th June there were 201 countries active |
OPDX IOTA news
Weekly IOTA (Islands On The Air) News – compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin |
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Hawaii Island Amateur Radio news:
All radio amateurs are invited to the upcoming “Hawaiian Grid Madness” VHF/UHF simplex event on Sunday, 20 September 2020, from 1300 to 1700 HST. For rules, suggestions, and log information, please go here:
https://gridmadness.blogspot.com. The contest is sponsored by the Aulani Hui Repeater Club on Hawaii Island.
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