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DAB Digital Radio: Licensed To Fail

Digital Radio blogger Grant Goddard has turned his diary entries about his predicted failure of DAB into a book. The book, titled: ‘DAB Digital Radio: Licensed To Fail’ is published on October 1st 2010, and suggests the digital radio switchover is unlikely to ever happen in the UK Read the Full Article from the SARC

RSGB to launch major amateur radio survey

On the 1st October at the National Hamfest in Newark, the Radio Society of Great Britain will be launching a major survey of all UK Radio Amateurs Read the Full Article from the SARC

UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st August 2010

The UK regulator Ofcom has released the figures for the total number of Amateur Radio Licences issued as at 31st August 2010 Read the Full Article from the SARC

2-metre Yagi antenna article

Derek Hilleard G4CQM has written an article considering three different state-of-the-art 7 element yagi designs for 144MHz Read the Full Article from the SARC

The real stairway to heaven

Making adjustments to an amateur radio antenna on top of a fifty-foot tower is a daunting enough thought, but just imagine if that tower was over 1,700 feet tall. Clip on your safety harness, sit back and watch this video Read the Full Article from the SARC

PLT and the ITU-R

ITU-R SG1 approved on Monday Sept 27, a new Recommendation on PLT (Power Line Telecommunications) Read the Full Article from the SARC

Tony’s 10-metre band report

A pretty good week on the 10-metre band, Saturday and Sunday proved to be bumper days with LU1HF beating everyone to a pulp. News also of one UK Amateur Radio Club who plan to run their local net on 10m, at least for one week, on Monday 4th October 2010 Read the Full Article from [...]

Sines Cape Lighthouse (ARLHS POR-008)

One to look out for! CS2FCS is the call sign for the Sines Cape Lighthouse, and this will be its very first time on the air Read the Full Article from the SARC

Listener’s Guide on the move

After many years with AOR UK, the Listener’s Guide has a new home at W3Z Read the Full Article from the SARC

Bayerischer Rundfunk ends shortwave broadcasting

German public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Radio) will end its shortwave broadcasts on 1 October 2010 Read the Full Article from the SARC

Iowa High Altitude Balloon Project launch Oct 2nd

Three different groups launch high altitude balloons carrying amateur radio. ISU (Iowa State University) has an upcoming launch date later in October. W0OTM launches this Oct 2nd Read the Full Article from the SARC

Icom America scraps D-STAR forums

Icom America have announced the closing of their D-STAR forums due to the popularity of email reflectors Read the Full Article from the SARC