Se http://www.arrl.org/news/guyed-tower-legislation-in-idaho-to-exclude-ama...

Ham radio developed software is now a part of NASA STEREO mission
Hams in Hawaii appear safe from a new distracted driving law
Over the Horizon is back on the ham bands
Hamvention withdraws its 2013 Radio Amateur of the Year award
A radio friendly place for senior citizen hams to retire

http://www.arnewsline.org/storage/audio/nsln1861.mp3

With more than 190 registrations from 28 countries so far in the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend, held annually in August, things are starting to heat up.

Germany remains in the lead on 39 closely followed by Australia with 37, then the USA (23), England (15) and Argentina (11).

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2013/interest_turns_to_the_illw.htm

GB5SWW will be on-the-air from the Wireless Worlds exhibition at Sheffield Institute of Arts on April 12-13

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2013/wireless_worlds.htm

DX Bulletin 15 ARLD015 From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT April 11, 2013

To all radio amateurs

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by K7LA, NC1L, The Weekly DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.

The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard are co-sponsoring the annual military/amateur radio communications tests in celebration of the 63rd Anniversary of Armed Forces Day (AFD).

Although the actual Armed Forces Day is celebrated on Saturday, May 18, 2013, the AFD Military/Amateur Crossband Communications

Test will be conducted 11 May 2013 to prevent conflict with the Dayton Hamvention (17-19 May 2013), which is the same weekend as the actual Armed Forces Day.

http://www.eham.net/articles/30009

FRO Svartlösa aktiverar SL0ZZF vid SL-test
Signalen SL0ZZF kommer att aktiveras vis SL-testen, den 11 maj. Visst vill väl du vara med ? Hör av dig till oss, så får du veta mera.

svartlosa.fro.se

On Monday at 1338 UT Hector Martinez CO6CBF achieved a 7330 km contact on the amateur radio satellite FO-29, the furthest he has worked and close to the theoretical maximum for the satellite
Left: Hector Martinez CO6CBF working EI5EV earlier this month

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2013/7330_km_contact_on_fo29.htm

FRO Stockholm har flera amatörsignaler.
SL0ZS, SL0ZT och SL0ZU. FRO Stockholms
avdelningar har också egna anropssignaler.

Nu i vår är det dags att aktivera dessa.

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SL-TESTEN, FROs egen tävling. Lördag 11 maj
En timme på telegrafi, kl 14-15 svensk sommartid.
En timme telefoni/SSB, kl 1515-1615 sommartid.
Regler: fro.se/images/foton/www/SLTest%202013.pdf

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Det är åter dags för en internationell nödsambandsövning organiserad av IARU, kallad GlobalSET.
Övningen är avsedd för klubbar och organisationer med nödsamband på programmet.
Anmälan om deltagande görs till IARU-R1, se länk nedan.

Övningen delas in i två faser, lördag 13 april (11-15 ST) och lördag 20 april (10-14 UTC).

Övriga detaljer finns i länken.