Recent News
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12/15/2016 | Santa Says North America Q Count Needs to Improve
Santa Claus is unhappy with the paltry percentage of North American contacts that OF9X (sponsored by Radio Arcala, OH8X) has logged to date — on the order of 3% of the total to date.
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12/14/2016 | Chinese Over-the-Horizon Radar QRMing Low End of 40 Meters
The IARU Region 1 (IARU-R1) Monitoring System newsletter reports that one of China’s HF Over-the-Horizon radars (OTH-R) has been transmitting on 6.999 MHz, impinging on the very low end of the 40-meter band.
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12/14/2016 | Canada Telecoms Regulator Revises, Clarifies Amateur Radio Service Requirements
Canada’s telecommunications regulator Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada (ISED) — formerly Industry Canada (IC) — has issued a revised version of the Radiocommunication Information Circular 3 (RIC-3),
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12/14/2016 | Mexico Not Yet Extending Operating Permission to Non-Mexican Radio Amateurs
Broad changes in Mexico’s radiocommunication regulatory environment 2 years ago continue to hinder Amateur Radio licensing there and still do not provide reciprocal permission for non-Mexican radio amateurs.
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12/14/2016 | Commemorative Special Event Reenacts 1921 Amateur Radio Transatlantic Reception
Radio amateurs in the US and in Scotland have reenacted the first successful transatlantic reception of a shortwave Amateur Radio signal nearly a century earlier.
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12/14/2016 | Next Kids Day is Saturday, January 7
Kids Day gets under way on Saturday, January 7, at 1800 UTC and concludes at 2359 UTC.
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12/13/2016 | Global Treaty behind Mobile Communication Celebrates 110th Anniversary
his year marked the 110th anniversary of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations — the international treaty supporting mobile communication services including Amateur Radio.
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12/13/2016 | EURAO Announces “Give PSK31 a Try” QSO Party
The European Radio Amateurs' Organization (EURAO) will sponsor a “Give PSK31 a Try” QSO party December 17-18 UTC.
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