ANS-248 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-248 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio s... [continue]

Coachella Valley satellite demo

Coachella Valley satellite demo AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his 'Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT' multimedia session at the September 14 meeting of the Coachella Valley Amateur Radio Club. ALL are welcome to attend! "The Coachella Valley club has been serving their region for almost 60 years," writes ... [continue]

Bonaire DXpedition

The upcoming Bonaire DXpedition plan to use the large antenna farm of Radio Netherlands between October 10-24 when they activate this new DXCC entity

Solar eruption misses Earth, auroras likely anyway

On Sept. 4th around 1600 UT, a magnetic filament erupted, hurling a bright coronal mass ejection (CME) off the sun's northwestern limb

Reminder: Important Symposium dates approaching

Two important deadlines are approaching for AMSAT's 2010 Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting being held on Friday, October 8 through Sunday, October 10

Coachella Valley satellite demo

AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his 'Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT' multimedia session at the September 14 meeting of the Coachella Valley Amateur Radio Club

Bath Foundation and Morse Classes

Two classes will start this coming Thursday, September 9, at 7pm in the Scout HQ in Bath

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at low levels. A rash of small sunspots is breaking out across the sun's northern hemisphere. Unfortunately they all appear to be fairly inactive

Astronauts heard on 145.800 MHz

It's always worth keeping a check on 145.800 MHz FM for the ISS astronauts as a YouTube video shows

New Zealand Amateur Radio Day

The purpose of the New Zealand Amateur Radio Day is to promote our hobby to the public so that some may be encouraged to join the local club, take on classes and become amateur radio operators

Emergency communications in Pakistan

The Pakistan Amateur Radio Society (PARS) reports that a cross-band emergency repeater is set to provide the first communications of its type to the flood hit Swat Valley, linking it to the rest of the country through a chain of 2-metre band repeaters

Hamlib 1.2.12 Released:

Hamlib provides a unified environment for the development of radio and rotator control applications. The release 1.2.12 includes many improvements since last official version.

Alamo Radio Tower Now Up:

The radio tower and transmitter shed for Alamo's new FM radio station, KQLN 91.3, has been put up. Owner Harvey Kaplan said the site does not have electricity yet, but after it does, a fence will be placed around it with a locked gate. " It will house the KQLN transmitter that feeds the signal to the antenna on the tower. It also will house other ... [continue]

AT&T U-Verse the Next BPL?

AT&T U-Verse the Next BPL? It finally happened, we have gone completely wireless. Not with just Ham Radio, but no landline after 59 years. The AT&T bill arrived a few weeks ago and they increased the landline charges AGAIN. So after talking with a representative she offered a nice bundle to increase our anytime minutes on the cell phone... [continue]

Announcement: Hamlib 1.2.12 released

From the Hamlib developer mailing list: Quote: Good news everyone! Hamlib-1.2.12 has been released. Hamlib provides a unified environment for the development of radio and rotator control applications. The release 1.2.... [continue]