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The CCAFMA amateur radio club is seeking information and, we hope, a picture of former member John Forest Miller, who lived in Mayville in the 1960s. Mr. Miller's call sign was K2HE and when he passed away it became the club's station call sign. We have a memorial plaque bearing his call and would like a short bio and a picture to place with it at the repeater site which is at City Hall, Jamestown.

The Stafford Fire and Rescue Department has honored 31 county volunteer ham radio operators for their assistance over the past year, particularly during the tornado strike in southern Stafford in May. Assistant Fire Chief and Emergency Manager Gerald Jaskulski presented certificates of appreciation Aug. 16 during an award gathering at Perkins Restaurant, on Warrenton Road near Interstate 95. He praised the amateur operators for relaying information, particularly when other communications were hampered. Eleven of the hams received recognition for assisting in spreading the word on the Skywarn Radio Net about possible tornados in the Stafford area during the night of May 8. Twelve were honored for their response after the south Stafford tornado touched down on May 9.

On August 11, the Federal Communications Commission announced that the cost of an Amateur Radio vanity call sign will increase 60 cents, from $11.70 to $12.30. Now that notice of the increase has been published in the Federal Register, the increase will take effect in 30 days, September 25, 2008.

NCJ, The National Contest Journal is what everyone interested in radiosport needs to have in their shack. Filled with the latest news from the contesting world, NCJ is the voice of radiosport. Whether you are new to contesting or are a seasoned pro (or somewhere in the middle), you will find something in NCJ just for you.

The Federación de Radioaficionados de Centroamerica, FRACAP (Federation of Radioamateurs of Central America), will host the XLVIII FRACAP 2008 Convention in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, October 3-5, 2008. FRACAP is a federation of six national Amateur Radio organizations from Central America: Club de radio aficionados de Guatemala (CRAG), Club de radio aficionados de El Salvador (CRAS), Federación de clubes de radioaficionados de Honduras (FEHDECRA), Club de radio experimentadores de Nicaragua (CREN), Radio club de Costa Rica (RCCR) and the Liga Panameña de Radioaficionados (LPR).

With maximum sustained winds of 90 mph/150 km per hour, Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the southwest peninsula of Haiti on the afternoon of August 26. Over the next few days, its path is projected to take it along Cuba's southern coast and then northwestward into the Gulf of Mexico. For storm information specific to your area, including possible inland watches and warnings, please monitor products issued by your local weather office.

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5R8 HF + EME Dxpedition from the Team around Jean-Marc, F1HDI

The White Tower DX Team in Alonnisos Isl. using the special Hellenic prefix S X 8 White Tower

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An International Space Station Expedition 17 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Schulehaus Feld 1 Richterswil, Switzerland on 30 August

SARTS members will use the special callsign 9V1F1 to commemorate the Formula 1 Races which will be held in downtown Singapore from September 26th to 28th

Thanks to Nigel at Castle Cases, I now have a first-class flight case for my beloved Acom 2000 amplifier, all for less than £250. Built up from a 9mm touring-quality plywood with aluminium fittings and steel corners, clasps and handles, I’m hoping this will last me a lifetime. I particularly love the hex-effect ply finish which is [...]

I’m pleased to report that after soldering hundred of connectors last Friday afternoon, the remote head for my marine-style TS-2000 installation worked perfectly, even though we had extended the head by 70 feet (21 meters). How did we do this: The remote head requires extensions for a) 8 pin Microphone b) 2 core loud speaker and [...]

Collectively, we have extremely limited experience with VHF. It came as quite a shock to the system to score so few QSOs relative to HF contests that we enter; we are used to scoring 1,500 contacts in a weekend. I must say that the turn-out felt positively low. Is this really the state of VHF [...]

In the last few years I have attended Special Even Station - GB0SH with a group of my friends in West Wales. This year it would be our 4th time visiting Strumble Head Lighthouse on the West cost of Wales, by Fishguard. This year there will be just 5 of us. Here is the information we [...]

I haven’t been publishing many posts here lately. I have my own reasons for this. Not because I did not want to update my blog, but I have rather been busy with work. I have also tried to learn new things, keep my stuff updated. Unfortunately for me, I have always a lot to do, [...]

Well, we are back! But from where? As the title of this post suggest I went for a short tript o see beauties of Scotland. I took my girlfriend with me too. We left on Friday afternoon after we came back from work. All stuff was already packed, so all we had to do is put [...]