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| Amateur radio satellites launch on SpaceX STP-2 mission |
| Amateur radio satellites were expected to be launched between 0330-0730 GMT on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy STP-2 from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| Correction - 2019 Candidates for the AMSAT Board of Directors |
| AMSAT News Service bulletin 174 as originally published, omitted one of the candidates for the upcoming AMSAT Board of Directors Election |
| Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club |
| In recognition of the contribution to Amateur Radio by individuals based in Co. Clare, a decision has been taken by Limerick Radio Club members to change the name to Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club |
| Help celebrate AMSAT’s 50th anniversary – Take W3ZM on the road! |
| Leading up to the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Space Symposium and General Meeting, to be held in Arlington, VA, October 18 – 20, 2019, AMSAT’s call sign, W3ZM, will operate from all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico |
| Lightsail-2 scheduled for launch June 24 - Beacon on 437.025 MHz |
| LightSail is a citizen-funded project from The Planetary Society. This cubesat will be propelled solely by sunlight, to Earth orbit. LightSail 2 was scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on June 24, 2019, and we will attempt the first, controlled solar sail flight in Earth orbit |
| Your chance to visit the Radio Caroline ship, MV Ross Revenge in August during GB55RC |
| 2019 is the 55th anniversary of Radio Caroline and the Martello Tower Group are going to be celebrating this by running a ‘special’ special event from MV Ross Revenge from the 1st to the 5th August using the callsign GB55RC |
| UK Online Exams demonstrated at Friedrichshafen |
| RSGB President Dave Wilson M0OBW demonstrated the UK's new online exam system at the 44th international amateur radio show Ham Radio 2019 held in Friedrichshafen on June 21-23 |
| 144 and 1240 MHz bands – RSGB information |
| RSGB volunteers continue to be engaged with IARU and Ofcom on WRC matters including the 144 MHz and 1240 MHz bands as well as WRC-19 Agenda Items in CEPT-PTD (50 MHz, WPT, 5 GHz) and CEPT-PT1 (24/47 GHz) |
| ICQ Podcast - HMS Belfast - D-Day Communication Ship |
| In this episode, Colin M6BOY is joined by Bill Barnes (N3JIX), Leslie Butterfield (G0CIB). Edmund Spicer (M0MNG) and Ed Durrant (DD5LP) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s feature is HMS Belfast, D-Day’s Communication Ship |
| More P.E.I. women taking up amateur radio |
| CBC News reports more women on Prince Edward Island, Canada, are taking up amateur radio |
| IRTS VHF/UHF Field Day Contest |
| The first weekend of next month - Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th July - sees the IRTS VHF/UHF Field Day Contest taking place, coinciding with similar contests elsewhere in Europe |
| DXCC Country/Entity Report |
| According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 16th/June, through Sunday, 23rd/June there were 202 countries active |
| IOTA news from OPDX |
| Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin |