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Build your own Elecraft QSL card with your photo(s) in 5 easy steps by http://www.photoqsls.com QSL Ordering Steps 1-Select Front Style 2-Select Back Type 3-Enter Information 4-Upload Photo(s) 5-Confirm Order Price list: Qty US Can. Intl. 50: $39 $46 $59 100: $46 $49 $64 250: $59 $66 $79 500: $89 $109 $114 1000: $139 $169 $174 Link

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Station personnel at 4U1ITU -- the Amateur Radio station at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland -- have installed a webcam in the station, allowing anyone with an Internet connection to view live happenings at the station. 4U1ITU will be signing as 4U1WRC during the 2012 World Radio Communication Conference (WRC-12), which runs through February 17. The station will...

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The ARRL International Humanitarian Award: Andrey Fedorov, KL1A (aka RW3AH, ) was named this year’s recipient of the ARRL International Humanitarian Award. Fedorov is the former Chief Coordinator of the Russian Amateur Radio Emergency Service (RARES) and has been involved in providing communications support via Amateur Radio for almost 25 years. He has also served in Rwanda, FYR and Kosovo as an Emergency...

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Photo by http://www.wythallradioclub.co.uk/ Over a decade ago, HAM radio operators set up base in Sabarimala to help prevent disasters like the one at Pullumedu that claimed the lives of over a 100 devotees on makaravilakku day, last year. Now the HAM Emergency Communication and Disaster Management Society (HECDMS) has set up control rooms at Sannidhanam, Pampa and the Idukki collectorate to ensure...

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On January 10, the US District Court for Maine issued a ruling in the FCC’s lawsuit to collect monetary forfeitures issued to Glenn Baxter, K1MAN, of Belgrade Lakes, Maine. The FCC had assessed forfeitures in the amount of $21,000 against Baxter on three asserted violations of the Communications Act of 1934 and its regulations: Failure to respond to an FCC inquiry in violation of Title 47, Section...

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Introduction The "Beacon Robot" is a new project born after the experience achieved on the realisation of the previous "Beacon IY4M", operating on the same frequency since 1985.In the last version, we have added many new features, upgrading the controlling software and hardware, according to the most modern digital techniques. Now the user can have an easier and wider interactive access to the system,...

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Computer hackers plan to take the internet beyond the reach of censors by putting their own communication satellites into orbit. The scheme was outlined at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin. The project's organisers said the Hackerspace Global Grid will also involve developing a grid of ground stations to track and communicate with the satellites. Longer term they hope to help...

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