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AMSAT-UK Colloquium Lectures Now Online (ARRL Amateur Radio News)
AMSAT-UK held their 23rd Annual International Space Colloquium July 25-27 at the University of Surrey in Guildford. This annual event is a chance to talk to satellite designers and builders, as well as a place to discover how to use Amateur Radio satellites. The British Amateur Television Club ( BATC ) streamed the Colloquium live on the Internet and has placed videos of nine lectures on ...
Read more...Logged on, tuned in: Regional online radio stations reach worldwide (Tacoma News Tribune)
Gone are the days when music consumers are content to listen to the radio on – well – radios. Increasingly, they’re going online to discover new bands through a mix of online radio broadcasts, cyber jukeboxes and other music sites.
Read more...Day Book, August 8, 2008 (The Union-Recorder)
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Read more...Octuple the Craziness with AirTran Airways' Crazy Eights Sale (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. , today launched a Crazy Eights Sale with fares starting as low as $48* and all fares end in the number "8" in honor of the date 08/08/08.
Read more...Dutch Amateur Radio Satellite Now Live (ARRL Amateur Radio News)
The linear transponder aboard the new Dutch OSCAR 64 satellite (otherwise known as Delfi-C3 ) is now open for CW and SSB operation. The spacecraft boots into transponder mode whenever it is in full sunlight. Ground controllers will briefly switch the satellite to either "basic" or "science" configuration once every two weeks; otherwise, the linear transponder will be the default mode. The ...
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Bad weather, we all know, is bad news. You can't play sport, dry the washing, plant spring bulbs, take the boat out, walk the dog or go for soulful walks on the shore.
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