Keralaonline.com - News

Keralaonline.com - News: "Hamsat, meant for amateur radio communication, had also been well received by users worldwide as it was the only fully functional satellite of its kind now.
About Cartosat II, the ISRO chief said it was being integrated and would be ready for launch within six months. The launch would also see India testing its dual launch capability with two payloads of equal weight being sent into space. Besides Cartosat II, a recoverable module would also be launched. Each would weigh 250 kg.
The country would also see its first commercial launch of a foreign satellite early next year, when an Italian satellite ''Agile'' would be launched aboard a PSLV, he said"

The Capital City's Newspaper Online

The Capital City's Newspaper Online: "'It's gonna get me, too'

David Johnston, the young U.S. Geological Survey scientist, perished after blurting those excited, but not fearful, words into a radio from a vantage point five miles to the north: ''Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!''

Eight miles northwest of the mountain, ham radio operator Jerry Martin watched the blast engulf Johnston's camp and the car of Vancouver Columbian photographer Reid Blackburn.

''It's gonna get me, too,'' Martin calmly uttered into his radio.

That was the last anyone heard of Martin, who, like Johnston, never was found.

The blast destroyed everything within about five miles north and west of the mountain, and it didn't vent its fury until it had laid waste forests up to 17 miles away. It left a narrow band of standing, but heat-killed trees ringing a blast zone of 230 square miles."

QRZ Ham Radio Practice Tests

QRZ Ham Radio Practice Tests

Here is a great site for practicing for that test coming up or send your students to it so they can get prepared to pass thiers.

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QRZ.COM

QRZ.COM

Ever wonder where to find that ilusive call sign? Or just want to check on QSL information? This is a great site for all that and more.

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The ICOM CI-V Information pages by DF4OR

The ICOM CI-V Information pages by DF4OR

Great site for anyone interested in CV-I control or related issues.

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