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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

W1AW to add new digital modes to its transmitting schedule

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Want to practice receiving the ham PSK and MFSK digital modes and learning what they sound like? Well now you will have an opportunity. From...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Where do satellite catalogs come from?

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Tracking all the active satellites and orbital debris around the Earth is a challenging task, even for the US Defense Department. (credit: ...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

US Capitol Police Radios Finally to Be Replaced

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Before I begin, only the corrupt morons in Congress could pull off this sort of vote. War Supplemental and US Capitol Police radio replaceme...
Saturday, July 04, 2009

Happy 233rd Birthday America

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I want to take this opportunity to wish all my fellow Americans a happy 233rd birthday. This holiday is courtesy of the millions of men and ...

Space Station Marathon

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If you've never seen a spaceship with your own eyes, now's your chance. The International Space Station (ISS) is about to make a rem...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009

A pair of Tucson brothers aim to render police scanners obsolete.

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Information from: Arizona Daily Star ( http://www.azstarnet.com/ ) and the SCAN-L newsgroup (James Richardson). Parker and Marshall Minardo...

Multipsk to add Mil-Std 188-110A

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Fans of Multipsk will be happy to know that Patrick, F6CTE, developer of the program, is in the process of adding the Mil-Std-188-110A ser...
Saturday, June 20, 2009

BTown Blog Logs 6/20/2009 - Update

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Here are a few intercepts that I made this morning in the shack here in Btown. All times are UTC and freqs are kHz. Rig Icom 706MKII, Antenn...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Mystery of the Missing Sunspots, Solved?

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Author: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA The sun is in the pits of a century-class solar minimum, and sunspots have been puzzlingly ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

New Russian Amateur Radio Satellite in Orbit

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New article from the ARRL website: A Russian rocket launched from Plesetsk on May 23 carried a number of payloads to orbit, including a new ...
Saturday, June 13, 2009

NASA TV on DishNet

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Loren, WA7SKT posted the following on the Hearsat newsgroup: NASA TV on DishNet in U.S. is no longer available without subscription to progr...
Friday, June 12, 2009

COMPASS Satellite Team Releases New Commands for Amateur Radio

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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 158.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-158.06 The COMPASS satellite team is hap...

AMSAT Weekly Satellite Report WSR-163

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This report is organized into four (4) parts. Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites Part 2 (S2) - operational digital amateur ...

NDB Changes 7/8/9-2009

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Here are some NDB changes courtesy of Michael Oexner and the UDXF group. NDB Changes #7 Some NDB changes in Europe, Africa, and the Near ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

FEMA National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)

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National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27 through July 31, 2009. NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by t...
Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Cuban Spy Bust and M08a/V2 Numbers Stations

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Want to learn the truth about Cuban number stations (no they aren't Cuban lotto numbers), check out our exclusive story on the Shortwave...
Saturday, June 06, 2009

Annual Arietid meteor shower to peak June 7

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From our sister blog Shortwave Central at http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/ and our friends at http://spaceweather.com/ DAYTIME METEORS:...
Thursday, June 04, 2009

RFAX Broadcast Schedules

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NOAA released their new Worldwide Marine Radiofacsimile Broadcast Schedules pdf guide on 24 Feb 2009. You can download your copy at http://w...
Tuesday, June 02, 2009

NC Emergency Management Comms Manual 2008

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Here is a link to the electronic version of the latest North Carolina Emergency Management Communications Manual 2008. Check out http://www....