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Georgia QSO and Gagarin Cup Highlight Weekend Tests
If you enjoy chasing counties in a state QSO Party, then in terms of pure numbers, the Peach State is for you this weekend, as the Georgia QSO Party starts a series of state contests in the USA. If you are in Europe, then the Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest may be your choice on the contest schedule on this second weekend of April.
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Amateur Radio satellite avoids collision
The United States Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) had predicted a close approach on Friday between the Amateur Radio satellite Compass 1 and the Ukraine satellite Sich 1. Fortunately, Compass 1 survived
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N2IC Wins Third Straight SS CW As Records Fall
The 2009 ARRL Sweepstakes CW Contest was a record setting event, as Steve London N2IC set a new high power mark while winning his third straight Single Operator High Power title, and Team W6YI took a third consecutive Multi-op win, breaking a 14 year old record in the process. Also, the ARRL reports a record number of logs were submitted for both the CW and SSB Sweepstakes events.
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The K7RA Solar Update
A steady stream of sunspot activity continues to dot the Sun. We had just one day with a daily sunspot number of 0 this week -- January 19 (Tuesday) when sunspot group 1040 moved over the horizon. But the next day, old sunspot group 1039 re-emerged as 1041, and it now graces the Sun's southeast (lower left, relative to our view from Earth) quadrant. In fact, now that we have a view of most of the Sun (87.35 percent -- as of 2359 UTC today -- because of advanced orbiting instruments), it appears that the sunspot group that just left is nearly antipodal to the current visible spot, just exiting the Sun's northwest quadrant. If they stay strong, when the current one leaves, the other should return.
Missouri QSO Party Grabs US Focus
If you didn't get a chance to make a big effort this past weekend for the CQ WPX SSB test, then maybe you can squeeze in a few minutes to chase counties from the State of Missouri, as the Missouri QSO Party takes to the air again this weekend.
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HI3TEJ Still # 1 In radio-sport.net World Standings
Along with qualifying for the World Radiosport Team Championships, Teddy Jiminez HI3TEJ has again kept himself at the top of the latest radio-sport.net World Single Operator Standings. Chasing Jiminez in second is Yuri Kurinyi UA9AM. Check out the latest standings and see if you've made it into the Single Operator World 100!
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