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WA7BNM Contest Calendar
April 4-5
SP DX Contest
Missouri QSO Party
April 11-12
Georgia QSO Party
April 18
Holyland DX Contest
April 18-19
Michigan QSO Party
Ontario QSO Party
YU DX Contest
April 25-26
SP DX RTTY Contest
Helvetia Contest
Florida QSO Party
Nebraska QSO Party
May 2-3
10-10 Int. Spring Contest, CW
7th Call Area QSO Party
Indiana QSO Party
New England QSO Party
ARI International DX Contest

(Thanks, Bruce, WA7BNM)

 

ARRL DX Bulletin

NIGERIA, 5N.
Bodo, DL3OCH is QRV as 5N/KT3Q until July 24 while on business. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters, including EME. QSL to home call.
CHAD, TT.
Franck, F4BQO is QRV as TT8CF until July 1. Activity is on all bands using CW and SSB. QSL direct to home call.
UGANDA, 5X.
Nick, G3RWF is QRV as 5X1NH for two months. He is active generally on 80 and 40 meters during his early mornings and evenings using mostly CW. If propagation permits, he may be active using SSB, RTTY and PSK31 as well. QSL to home call.
ZAMBIA, 9J.
Gabriel, YO4HEK is QRV as 9J2YO and is here for one year. He is active on all bands using CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL viaYO4ATW.
OPERATION APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT.
The following operation is approved for DXCC credit: Desecheo Island, K5D, 2009 operation.
CROATIA, 9A
Special event station 9A09P is active until December 31 in celebration of the city of Djurdjevac. Activity is on all bands and modes. QSL via bureau.

 

Silent Key
David A. Packham
(listed in the Silent Keys in April QST)

 

FCC Proposes New Rules for Medical Devices Operating on 70 cm Band
On March 20, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), proposing to allocate spectrum and adopt service and technical rules for the utilization of new implanted medical devices that operate on 413-457 MHz (70 cm). According to the Commission, these devices, called implanted neuromuscular microstimulators, would greatly expand the use of functional electric stimulation to restore sensation, mobility and function to those persons with paralyzed limbs and organs; they would be implanted in a patient and function as wireless broadband medical micro-power networks (MMNs). The Amateur Radio Service has a secondary allocation in the 70 cm band.

 

AO-27 Satellite Comes Back
In December, 2008 AO-27 went off the air. The control team members pursued a strategy to drain the batteries in the hopes of resetting the locked up modem. As of a week ago, the bird has rebooted into the primary bootloader.
During February, 2009 the control team has managed to upload the high level software (EOS) to AO-27 after several attempts. They took a week to collect data to check on the battery status and conduct an on-orbit checkout before returning to analogue mode.
As of March 1, 2009 the AO-27 control team reports that telemetry is looking good. During several passes over the US they turned on the Analogue Repeater. This week the control team will continue the data download schedule to collect as much whole orbit data to check on the health of the batteries. So far, it is looking like AO-27 will return to normal operations on or around March 7th.
AO-27 Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM
AO-27 Downlink: 436.795 MHZ FM
http://www.ao27.org

 

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