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Surfin’: Moving Packets with DDP

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOUContributing Editor This week, Surfin’ looks at a new protocol for moving packets through the ether. Danny Knaggs, 2E0DPK, is designing and developing a new free, open source ham radio protocol called “DDP” — for “Danny’s Digital Packet” — that provides a modern alternative to the existing packet radio protocol. Transmitted and [...]

Transatlantic Amateur Radio Balloon Flight Aborted

According to reports, the Project Blue Horizon 5 high-altitude transatlantic balloon flight has been aborted. The flight began Thursday, April 28 from Owego, New York, but the balloon envelope apparently ruptured above 100,000 feet late Friday morning. The payload descended for landing in an area approximately 10 miles northeast of Warsaw, New York. The Project [...]

Ofcom PLT statement

Ofcom was recently forced to release a report on the radio interference caused by PLT devices, a report it had denied even existed. Ofcom has now issued a statement on PLT Read the Full Article from the SARC

Radio Hams on Endeavour’s final flight

Radio Amateurs Greg Chamitoff KD5PKZ, Mike Fincke KE5AIT and Robert Vittori IZ6ERU will be on the Space Shuttle Endeavour when it blasts off today April 29 at 19:47 UT Read the Full Article from the SARC

OSCAR-11 Report April

Clive Wallis G3CWV provides an update on the UK Amateur Radio satellite Oscar 11 which in March completed 27 years in orbit Read the Full Article from the SARC

Chelmsford IMD – 2MT Writtle author at station

The Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) will be operating GB100MWT from the Sandford Mill Museum for IMD on Saturday April 30 and author Tim Wander G6GUX will be present Read the Full Article from the SARC

Amateur Radio World Castles Award

The Azores DX Group Team will be active on the 1st of May 2011 from Castelo de Sao Batista, while Evgeny UV5EVZ and Sergey UV5ENN are active from Fortresses in Crimea (Ukraine) Read the Full Article from the SARC

Dave Raycroft’s ICPO Bulletin

ICPO – Islands, Castles and Portable Operations. Probably the most comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the internet Read the Full Article from the SARC

ANZA DX Net

The Australia, New Zealand and Africa DX Net (ANZA) net operation takes place on 20m on 14183 kHz starting every day at 0515 UTC Read the Full Article from the SARC

Asian and IOTA trip

Vincent, F4BKV, plans to be active as VR2/F4BKV from a small apartment on the 35th floor in the Lai Chi Kok area (Kowloon side), in Hong Kong, between now and May 6th Read the Full Article from the SARC

DX News from the ARRL

The American Radio Relay League’s round-up of the forthcoming week’s DX activity Read the Full Article from the SARC

IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

Weekly IOTA News – compiled by Ric, DL2VFR of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club Read the Full Article from the SARC