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HAMNET Report

WSAR (Wilderness Search and Rescue) ran an operation at Matroosberg on the 12th and 13th of August in an attempt to recover the remains of Elaine Abrahams who fell over the edge of Groothoek Canyon at the end of June. Listen to this report from Hamnet’s National Director, Francois Botha, ZS6BUU Read the Full Article [...]

Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC – Bright Sparks Quiz

There is a change of venue for this year’s Bright Sparks Quiz Read the Full Article from the SARC

Exciting papers and presentations rolling-in

As of this week, the 2010 Amsat Symposium Committee has had several exciting offers for papers and presentations Read the Full Article from the SARC

It’s time to register for the 2010 AMSAT Symposium

It is time to register for the 2010 AMSAT Space Symposium and General meeting. You can register on-line at the AMSAT Store Read the Full Article from the SARC

Sun storm to hit with ‘force of 100m bombs’

The Sun has been generating some imaginative news headlines during the summer months, an Australian news website has just covered the issue Read the Full Article from the SARC

RaDAR Special event station PD55RADAR

Peter PD1AJJ and Elmar PD3EM will be active with the special event callsign PD55RADAR between 4 – 14 September 2010. RaDAR is short for Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio Read the Full Article from the SARC

ISS Video on YouTube

Brian Walker K9BKW writes… BSA Crew 272 ran a big program www.spacejamboree.com a couple of weeks back, including contacting the ISS (this was reported as canceled, then possibly back on), check out the contact Aug. 8th 2010 from a grass field at the Rantoul IL airport, YouTube videos (part 1 and 2)… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDTHXiDlZYI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR2IduU0qjE

Open Source Digital Voice Codec

David Rowe VK5DGR has released V0.1 alpha of Codec2, a full function 2550 bit/s codec for Amateur Radio digital voice Read the Full Article from the SARC

Shrinking Atmospheric Layer Linked to Low Levels of Solar Radiation

Science Daily reports that large changes in the sun’s energy output may drive unexpectedly dramatic fluctuations in Earth’s outer atmosphere Read the Full Article from the SARC

Where have our technologists gone?

It is difficult to believe that only entries from overseas have been received in the Innovation competition that is being sponsored by the SA Amateur Radio Development Trust and ICOM Read the Full Article from the SARC

ARISS now on Facebook

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) organisation now has a Facebook page Read the Full Article from the SARC

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Solar activity is still at low levels. Currently Sunspot 1 101 is big but quiet. The effective sunspot number is expected to be less than 10 for the coming week Read the Full Article from the SARC