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WA7BNM Contest Calendar
June 6
Wake-Up QRP Sprint
Jun 6-7
SEANET Contest
June 13
Portugal Day Contest
Asia-Pacific Sprint SSB
Jun 13-14
GACW WWSA CW DX
REF DDFM 6 Meter Contest
Jun 13-15
ARRL June VHF QSO Party
June 16
SARL Youth Day Sprint
Jun 20-21
All Asian DX Contest, CW
Jun 27-28
His Maj. King of Spain, SSB
Ukrainian DX DIGI Contest
Marconi Memorial HF Contest
ARRL FIELD DAY
July 1
RAC Canada Day Contest
July 4-5
DL-DX RTTY Contest
MI QRP July 4 CW Sprint
July 11
FISTS Summer Sprint
(Thanks, Bruce, WA7BNM) 		 

ARRL DX Bulletin

WEST MALAYSIA, 9M2.
Richard, PA0RRS has moved here permanently and is QRV as 9M2MRS from Penang Island, IOTA AS-015. Activity is generally using CW with SSB on request. QSL via operator's instructions.
ETHIOPIA, ET.
Peter is QRV as ET3BN is QRV from Addis Ababa and is here for a few years. Activity is generally on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL direct.
OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT.
The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: Western Sahara, S04R, 2009 operation; North Cook Island, E51QQQ, 2009 operation.

 

Japanese amateurs get LF allocation
Japanese amateurs have been given access to a 3.1kHz wide segment between 135.7 and 137.8kHz. Only CW or narrow bandwidth data transmission less than 100Hz may be used in the new band.

 

Slovak Stations Have Access to 70 MHz
Since 1 May, Slovak stations have access to the 70 MHz amateur band in teh segment 70.250 to 70.350 MHz with a maximum of 10 watts ERP. Each Slovak station must apply for special permission to operate on 70 MHz.

 

 

Next BRATS Meeting
Tuesday, June 16, 7:15 PM
Pikesville Library

 

WIA Club Grant Scheme award to ARV for Melbourne digital ATV repeater.
An ambitious project to digitise the VK3RTV amateur television repeater that was established in 1977 to service Melbourne and Geelong, will soon see it on air using the DVB-T standard. This is the 'terrestrial' version of the digital broadcasting standard and can be received on commonly used household Set Top Boxes and digital television sets. Peter Cossins VK3BFG reports that experiments are being undertaken with the basic system on the bench, but linear amplifiers have been built to provide a reasonable level of output power for the coming live testing. Funded by Amateur Radio Victoria which has spent $3,300 on the project so far, it received a welcome and timely funding boost this week from the WIA Club's Grants Scheme. WIA President, Michael Owen VK3KI presented a $1,000 cheque to Peter VK3BFG during the Amateur Radio Victoria Annual General Meeting held on 19 May. Michael told the meeting that the WIA's independent grants committee had recommended the grant in recognition of the project's innovation and promising benefits to the amateur radio community. At the heart of the project are German made boards with the system to be configured to have three inputs and two channel output, making it the first of its kind in Australia. More news about the live VK3RTV tests to be carried out from Mt Dandenong are expected soon. Later a full blown technical article will be submitted to the WIA journal Amateur Radio magazine. [Thanks, WIA]

 

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