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International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) representatives were in Prague earlier this month to join discussions on the regulatory aspects of orbits and spectrum usage for nanosatellites and picosatellites. On hand for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Symposium and WorkshopMarch 2-4 were IARU Vice President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, and former IARU Region 1 President Hans Blondeel Timm…

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TFC Is Just a Small Part of Canada's Rich Soccer History
The red flags are always raised when virtually every major daily and media outlet in the country report that $ 100 million figure as gospel and verse without doing the math. At least I didn't see it and believe me, I looked. English international …
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Octasic, Radisys partner to offer 3G, LTE small cell systems
Octasic's OCTBTS suite of base station platforms are ready-to-deploy Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems powered by the OCT2224W small cell system-on-a-chip (SoC). The OCTBTS platforms incorporate Octasic's flexiPHY layer 1 HSPA and LTE …
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Entravision Communications Management Discusses Q4 2013 Results
Our cornerstone afternoon drive program, Erazno y la Chokolata, is ranked in the top 10 radio stations regardless of language in 9 of our radio markets. Let me now turn to Digital business. We continue to leverage our strong brands and …. Free cash …
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Re: GM selects my carrier
Does this mean that something like a car to be "upgradable" and "future proof" as far as connectivity is concerned, they'd have to use software-defined radio? Or, it it just a plain fairy tale for those carmakers to think that they are "future-proofing …
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Ham shack tour m6ceb uk ham radio small and compact :-)

Hi youtube this is a quick tour of my ham shack its not the biggest but nice and warm and cosy.

Inside my room are Icom IC-208H, Diamond SX-400 watt meter, Alinco DM-330MV PS, and Motorola GP300 HT programmed to hamband. My shack is still under construc…

The FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on May 23, seeking to raise the fee for Amateur Radio vanity call signs by 20 cents. Currently, a vanity call sign costs $ 15 and is good for 10 years; the new fee, if approved, will go up to $ 15.20 for 10 years. The FCC is authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended to collect vanity call sign fees to recover the costs associa…

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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor

This week, Surfin’ looks at the minimalized side of ham radio.

The Dayton Hamvention® is coming up in just a few more weeks. In parallel with Hamvention is the Four Days in May (FDIM) event — a ham radio convention with an emphasis on QRP — which runs Thursday through Sunday of Hamvention week on the northeast side of Dayton (as opposed to the northwes…

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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor

Microcontrollers are gaining a foothold in the ham radio world. Here are some resources to help begin your explorations.

I’ve added a new book to my library: Ham Radio for Arduino and PICAXE, edited by Leigh L. Klotz Jr, WA5ZNU.

No, Arduino is not a new entity on the DXCC list, but rather a single-board microcontroller, that according to the Arduino websi…

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