In this edition . . .; Ham Radio Volunteers Provide Support during Santa Cruz Fire; Hams Ready to Respond to Iowa Floods; ARRL Audio News ID--Satellite Update--BREAK; California Hands-Free Law to Go into Effect July 1; Ham Radio Not Affected Says Counsel; German Ham Claims First DXCC on 432 MHz; World Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) Championships Fast Approaching; ARRL Audio News--News Briefs

http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/audio/arrl/aan0620.mp3

The newest version of the meeting program of GAREC-2008 has been published.

The venue of the fourth Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference (GAREC-200 is Friedrichshafen, Germany.

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2008/garec_2008.htm

A new California hands-free cellular telephone law goes into effect July 1, 2008. It, like many others around the country, prohibits using mobile telephones while driving unless a hands-free device is utilized. ARRL has received numerous questions about its application to the use of mobile Amateur Radio stations by licensed amateurs.

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/06/18/10167/

The countdown for HAM RADIO 2008 has begun.

There are only two weeks left until the 33rd running of Europe's largest Hamradio Exhibition at Lake Constance.

At this year's show there will be a main focus on 'Amateur Radio and the Satellites' - as well as on the youngsters

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2008/ham_radio_2008.htm

The ground control station at the Tokyo Institute of Technology has downloaded the first color image taken by the CUTE-1.7 +APD II Amateur Radio satellite. The satellite was 620 km above the Earth at 28.905 degrees North and 146.040 degrees East when the image was captured. CUTE-1.7 +APD II was one of several CubeSats carried to orbit this year in April by an Indian PSLV-C9 rocket launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center. The satellite transmits packet radio data at 9600 baud at 437.475 MHz

Following the recent earthquake in China, Chinese radio amateurs have realised the value of an organised Amateur Radio Disaster Communication Organisation and have turned to South Africa's Hamnet for help.

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2008/hamnet_assist_chinese_amateurs...

Amsat has recorded videos of an AO-51 pass and all the AMSAT Forum presentations at Dayton 2008. You can find out the latest on the current satellite projects, AO-51, AO-16, AMSAT Operations, ARISS and the ACP satellite and ground station progress

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2008/amsat_videos.htm

In this edition . . .; Hams on Hand As Floods Sweep Across Midwest US; "We Do That" with Amateur Radio; ARRL Audio News ID-Satellite Update-BREAK; Look for the July Issue of QST in Your Mailbox; Get Ready to Ride the Waves during the 2008 ARRL Field Day; Spring Frequency Measuring Test (FMT) Results Announced; ARRL Audio News--News Briefs

http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/audio/arrl/aan0613.mp3

Amateur Radio operators throughout the United States have reported hearing an intruder signal -- dubbed Firedrake -- on 20 meters. ARRL Field and Regulatory Correspondent Chuck Skolaut, K0BOG, said he has received reports from Intruder Watch monitors in Texas, Montana, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Colorado, Washington, Nevada and Pennsylvania hearing the jammer on 14.010 and 14.070 MHz.

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/06/11/10154/

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