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- UNPRECEDENTED FINE FOR HAM IN EMERGENCY-INTERFERENCE CASE - STORM DAMAGE KEEPS AUSTRALIAN REPEATERS OFF AIR - SWISS PUBLIC BROADCASTER SHUTS ANALOGUE FM REPEATERS - AMATEUR RADIO LESSONS FOR CIVIL SERVICE OFFICERS IN INDIA - PACKET RADIO NETWORK LOOKING TO EXPAND - PRIVILEGES EXTENDED IN GERMANY FOR 6M and 4M - 'SPACE JUNK' FROM ROCKET LANDS IN KENYAN VILLAGE - PENNSYLVANIA AMATEURS CONTINUE PROGRAM TO AID VETERANS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: CHASING POTA, BUT ANSWERING A DIFFERENT CALL SCRIPT AUDIO

- PARKER SOLAR PROBE 'TOUCHES' THE SUN - HANDIHAM PROGRAM LOOKS BACK ON GAINS, SUCCESSES - STRAIGHT KEY MONTH IS HERE - SILENT KEY: JOSEPH HENRY STORMER, W3TL, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATOR - GEORGIA CLUB DONATES RADIO BOOKS TO LOCAL LIBRARY - CQ DX MARATHON RETURNS FOR YEAR-LONG RUN - HAM CLUB AT DEUTSCHES MUSEUM CALLS QRZ FOR CENTENNIAL - CONVENTION TACKLES TOPIC OF DXPEDITION CHALLENGES - YEAR-LONG SPECIAL EVENT CELEBRATES BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: WINNING NEWSLINE HAIKU CELEBRATES LIFE-SAVING RADIO SCRIPT AUDIO

- ROCKET'S SELF-DESTRUCTION ABORTS HAM SATELLITE'S JOURNEY - ISS HOSTING SPECIAL SSTV EVENT FOR HOLIDAY SEASON - NEW OBSTACLE FOR BILL TO KEEP BROADCAST AM RADIO IN US CARS - CALIFORNIA HAMS TO ESTABLISH GMRS REPEATER FOR COMMUNITY - CONCERN OVER STORMS' IMPACT ON SATELLITES - RADIO DARC SHORTWAVE PROGRAMMING TO DEBUT FROM ENGLAND - HAM RADIO CALLING CQ AT AUSTRALIAN SCOUT JAMBOREE - GROWING RESCUE GROUP IN NY GETS INFUSION OF NEW RADIOS - LOGS ARE DUE FOR CONTEST HONORING SO-50 SATELLITE - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: SPECIAL EVENT GIVES VOICE TO THE MEMORIES OF SILENT KEYS SCRIPT AUDIO

- ESA SATELLITES CREATING ARTIFICIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE - HAMSCI PLANS CONFERENCE FOR ITS 'BIG YEAR' - WHISTLER GROUP, MAKER OF SCANNERS, SHUTS DOWN - INDEXA TO SEEK NOMINEES FOR CQ HALL OF FAME - SILENT KEY: HUMANITARIAN, AWARD-WINNING DXER ANTONIO GONZALEZ, EA5RM - INTREPID DX GROUP YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST ANNOUNCES WINNERS - ALARA MARKS HALF-CENTURY IN A BIG WAY - ALEXANDERSON ALTERNATOR SENDING MESSAGE FROM SWEDEN - CIVIL AIR PATROL BOOSTING ITS USE OF HF RADIO IN ALASKA - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HAM RADIO STYLE SCRIPT AUDIO

- ISS LAUNCHES JAPAN'S WOODEN HAM RADIO SATELLITE - GEMINIDS SHOWER: METEORS' FINAL HURRAH OF 2024 - GET READY FOR THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SPECIAL EVENT - CINCINNATI EVENT CELEBRATES THE WARMTH OF AM MODE - BBC RADIO DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS POWER OF CW - SILENT KEY: GASTON BERTELS, ON4WF, "ELDER STATESMAN" OF ARISS - SILENT KEY: NZ NET's GERARD VAN ANTWERPEN, ZL2GVA, CW AWARD-WINNER - DOZENS OF STUDENTS AT NYC MODEL SCHOOL PASS LICENSE EXAM - STATIONS CALL ATTENTION TO AMATEURS WITH DISABILITIES - HUNDREDS GATHER IN KOLKATA FOR HAMFEST INDIA - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: YOU'D BETTER WATCH OUT FOR THE SANTA WATCH NET SCRIPT AUDIO

- FCC APPROVES SATELLITE-TO-CELL COVERAGE FOR STARLINK - FORUM IN SRI LANKA EXPLORES SATELLITES' NEW ROLES - HAMSCI LAUNCHES FREE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER - IN INDIA, BACK TO SCHOOL AND BACK TO BASICS - RADIO SUPPORT IS FAMILY AFFAIR AT CONNECTICUT ROAD RACE - PRESENTERS NEEDED FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE - MEET THE NEWEST OP IN AUSTRALIA: SANTA! - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: ROUNDING OUT SOME ACTION ON LOCAL REPEATERS SCRIPT AUDIO

- ONGOING ISS AIR LEAK MYSTIFIES SPACE AGENCIES - FCC EYES NEW RULES FOR VEHICLE SAFETY ALERTS ON 5.9 GHz BAND - SOTA ACTIVATORS IN UK PREPARE FOR GAULFEST - SHORTWAVE IN ENGLAND STEPS IN AS AUSTRIAN SHORTWAVE FADES OUT - "OPERATION TOY TRAIN" GETS HELP FROM HAMS IN PENNSYLVANIA - SILENT KEY: MICHAEL McNAMARA EI2CL, DXER, ISLAND ACTIVATOR - ARDC STAFFER TO OVERSEE GRANT AWARDS - RADIO TELESCOPE IN NETHERLANDS CONTACTS 3 MARS ORBITERS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: SANTA NETS GIVE KIDS A CLAUS FOR CELEBRATION SCRIPT AUDIO

- QSOS BEGIN VIA CHINESE AND RUSSIAN STUDENTS' CUBESAT - BRENDAN CARR TO REPLACE JESSICA ROSENWORCEL AS FCC CHAIR - COMMITTEE TO REVIEW IARU REGION 3 BAND PROPOSAL FOR CW - OHIO SITE MARKS 30TH YEAR SINCE VOA WENT OFF THE AIR - SILENT KEY: JOHN BOSTIC, WB4GOV, OF THE SOUTHCARS NET - CHANGES UNDERWAY IN ARRL's VEC PROGRAM - GET READY TO WORK YOUNG OPS DURING YOTA MONTH - NEW ZEALAND NETWORK GROWS WITH HELP FROM HAMS - FOR 25TH YEAR, SKYWARN SPOTTERS GET THEIR DAY - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: ONE HAM'S CHALLENGE TO THE WORLD: TRY SOMETHING NEW SCRIPT AUDIO

- YOUNG DXPEDITIONERS TAKE ON CHALLENGE OF ROTUMA ISLAND - FCC LOOKS AT BROADCASTER TRANSPARENCY OVER ADS' AI CONTENT - TRANSMITTER'S CW MESSAGE TO MARK 100 YEARS AT GRIMETON - BROADCAST ENGINEER WINS HONOR FOR 2ND TIME - IARU ANNOUNCES YOUTH EXCELLENCE AWARD - SAMUEL MORSE CLUB HOSTS "BUG ROUNDUP" - GROWING GROUP COMBINES HAM RADIO WITH LIFE ON THE ROAD - GRANTS FUND 3 RADIO STATIONS' EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: VETERAN'S ACTIVATION IN SCOTLAND BRINGS A HOMELESS MESSAGE HOME SCRIPT AUDIO

- RADIO AMATEURS RESPOND TO DEADLY FLOODS IN SPAIN - AWARD FOR USE OF WIRELESS IN WEATHER PREDICTION - THIRD BROADCAST TOWER COLLAPSES IN US - DELAYED OPENING AT ARECIBO SCIENCE EDUCATION CENTER - INVESTIGATORS PINPOINT POSSIBLE ROOT OF ARECIBO COLLAPSE - OLDER S-BAND TECHNOLOGY KEEPS VOYAGER 1 TRANSMITTING - JAPAN LAUNCHES SPACE SATELLITE MADE OF WOOD - HAMSCI RECEIVES $1.8M GRANT FOR IONOSPHERIC STUDIES - HAM RADIO TO GIVE ALASKAN ISLAND GREATER CONNECTION - HAMVENTION ANNOUNCES THEME: "RADIO INDEPENDENCE" - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: A ONCE-SLEEPY SATELLITE MARKS 50 YEARS IN SPACE SCRIPT AUDIO

- OFCOM DELAYS PLANNED CHANGES TO AMATEUR LICENSES - HAMS RESPOND AS CYCLONE DANA HITS INDIA - AN ON-AIR TRIBUTE TO INDIA's JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE - HAMS IN BRAZIL HONOR PIONEER OF WIRELESS TELEPHONY - SWL COMMUNITY LEADER ANKER PETERSEN DIES IN DENMARK - BOEING-BUILT SATELLITE EXPLODES IN ORBIT - PICO BALLOON BREAKS ITS SILENCE OVER THE ANTARCTIC - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: NY CLUB ACTIVATES IN MEMORY OF A FOUNDER AND A FRIEND SCRIPT AUDIO

- AUSTRIA'S SHORTWAVE GIANT FACES SHUTDOWN - FOUR DIE IN HELICOPTER CRASH INTO RADIO TOWER - TUNISIAN HAM CAMP FOR YOUNGSTERS GETS YASME GRANT - SUCCESS FOR FRENCH EXPERIMENT IN LASER COMMUNICATION - SILENT KEY: NAVAJO CODE TALKER, JOHN KINSEL SR., 107 - YOUNG AMATEURS INVITED TO ENTER "DREAM RIG" ESSAY CONTEST - VOLCANOES ON THE AIR ERUPTS IN NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER SPECIAL EVENT MARKS 76 YEARS OF AIR FORCE MARS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: IN GERMAN TV DRAMA, THE BANDS WEREN'T DEAD BUT THIS HAM WAS SCRIPT AUDIO

- PROPOSAL MOVES AHEAD TO HARMONIZE 40M BAND IN REGION 3 - ROMANIAN TEEN SETS NEW RECORD FOR CW CALLSiGN COPY - ARDC NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY - WRTC 2026 ANNOUNCES UK EVENT HEADQUARTERS SITE - SKCC SEEKS QSL CARD DESIGNS FOR STRAIGHT KEY MONTH 2025 - NEW HAM SHACK ON PENNSYLVANIA CAMPUS IS ALSO RESEARCH TOOL - SPECIAL EVENT RECALLS MARITIME DISASTER IN 1922 - BROADCASTER IN STOLEN-TOWER CASE DIES - HOT AIR BALLOON CRASH DESTROYS RADIO TOWER - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: REPEATER TRANSMITS A SPIRIT MIGHTIER THAN ANY HURRICANE SCRIPT AUDIO

- HAMS RESPOND TO 2ND HURRICANE IN SOUTHERN US - FEDERAL FUNDS TO STRENGTHEN BROADCASTERS' RESILIENCY - HAMS HELP AMPUTATION PATIENT IN INDIA FIND HIS WAY HOME - COLORADO CHOSEN AS SITE FOR NEXT YOUNG AMATEURS' CAMP - SILENT KEY: ALBANIAN AMATEUR RADIO LEADER JOVAN BOJDANI, ZA1H - SILENT KEY: KEITH LAMONICA, W7DXX, PIONEERED INTERNET-REMOTE HAM STATION - SEMINAR FOCUSES ON RADIO AS TOOL FOR WOMEN'S WELL-BEING - BALLOON TO TAKE HAM PAYLOADS ALOFT IN SOUTH AFRICA - VOICE OF AMERICA GETTING NEW HQ - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: A BEAST OF AN EVENT FOR "SASQUATCH AWARENESS" SCRIPT AUDIO

- HEROICS AMID HURRICANE HELENE'S DEVASTATION - BROADCAST STATIONS HIT HARD BY HURRICANE HELENE - WILDERNESS PROTOCOL AIDS RESCUE IN BACKCOUNTRY IDAHO - MILESTONE: IARU HANDLES 1,000TH REQUEST FOR AMATEUR SATELLITE FREQUENCY - SILENT KEYS: SRI LANKAN NOTABLES, VASANTH GURUGE, 4S7VG; SADEEPA SEPALA, 4S6SAD - SILENT KEY: DEWAYNE HENDRICKS, WA8DZP - RADIO TELESCOPE SITE TO REOPEN AS SCIENCE EDUCATION CENTER - RUSSIA, BELARUS, ELIGIBLE AGAIN FOR CQ-SPONSORED CONTEST AWARDS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: A QSO TO REMEMBER, 100 YEARS LATER SCRIPT AUDIO

- GREENCUBE MISSION ENDS, RADIATION DAMAGE SUSPECTED - US LAWMAKERS WAIT TO VOTE ON AM RADIO LEGISLATION - NEW ZEALAND YL GROUP ENDS FORMAL OPERATION - SUNITA WILLIAMS, KD5PLB, TAKES OVER COMMAND OF ISS - SILENT KEY: IARU REGION 3 CO-ORGANIZER PETE WILLIAMS, FORMER VK3IZ - NEED TO WORK WYOMING? COME AND GET IT - HAMSCI RESEACHER REPORTS ON SPACE-WEATHER MONITOR TOOL - APRS FOUNDATION SEEKS SUPPORT THROUGH MEMBERSHIP - ORIENTEERING ENTHUSIASTS PREP FOR CHAMPIONSHIP - VINTAGE RAILWAY TO SHOWCASE TELEGRAPHY IN NEW ZEALAND - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: A HEALTHY DOSE OF EYEBALL QSOS HAS BENEFITS SCRIPT AUDIO

- ICOM ISSUES STATEMENT ON COUNTERFEIT RADIOS AFTER EXPLOSIONS - INFLUENTIAL GROUP WEIGHS IN ON PROPOSED PRIVATIZATION OF 900 MHz BAND - UK PROVIDERS ROLL OUT SHARED RURAL NETWORKING - DAB+ RECEIVERS TO DELIVER IMPROVED EMERGENCY ALERTS - SILENT KEY: MICHAEL VALENTINE, W8MM, ENTREPRENEUR, HAMVENTION VOLUNTEER - SRI LANKA'S SEANET24 EVENT MOVES TO OCTOBER 3RD - CINCINNATI HAMFEST SEEKS NOMINEES FOR 2 'CLUB OF THE YEAR' AWARDS - HAM RADIO HELPS ONE MAN'S HOMECOMING AFTER A HALF-CENTURY - AMATEURS RECEIVE HONORS FROM RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA - HURRICANE FRANCINE KNOCKS LOUISIANA RADIO STATIONS OFF AIR -WORLD OF DX - POUNDING - AND SOUNDING - THE BRASS, NASHVILLE STYLE SCRIPT AUDIO

- SCIENTISTS TO REVISE SOLAR STORM ASSESSMENT - LAUNCH DELAYED FOR AMSAT-DL'S ERMINAZ PAYLOAD - PENNSYLVANIA HAM CLUB MARKS CENTENNIAL OF HISTORIC RAILROAD - CANADIAN TEENS GAIN LICENSES AFTER HAM RADIO COURSEWORK - AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM REOPENS AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SHOWCASE - SRI LANKAN GIRL GUIDES FIND POWER IN HAM RADIO - WEST BENGAL HAMS HELP PREPARE POLICE FOR DISASTER - NOMINATIONS NEEDED FOR HONORS AT CINCINNATI HAMFEST - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: A NEW JEWEL IN A SOTA QUEEN'S CROWN SCRIPT AUDIO

- INFORMAL RADIO NETWORK AIDS BANGLADESH FLOOD RESCUE - RASPBERRY PI SEEN AS KEY IN UNDERWATER TRANSMISSION - SILENT KEY: RICHARD RYBA, WQ3Q, ADVOCATE FOR CANCER RESEARCH, PATIENT ASSISTANCE - SILENT KEY: PAUL GRAVELINE, K1YUB, AMSAT JOURNAL ASSISTANT EDITOR - ACMA BEGINS FEE COLLECTION FOR CALLSIGNS WITH 12-MONTH ASSIGNMENT - ROUTE 66 AND 9/11 SPECIAL EVENTS ON THE AIR - DIGITAL RADIO INTRODUCED FOR NEW ZEALAND EMERGENCY RESPONSE - FREE ONLINE STUDY GUIDES AVAILABLE FOR US TECH, GENERAL LICENSE - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: AN ELECTRIFYING DISCOVERY ABOUT BEES SCRIPT AUDIO

- ARRL DISCLOSES IT MADE $1-MILLION PAYMENT TO HACKERS - YOTA CAMP BLOG RECOUNTS CZECH REPUBLIC ADVENTURE - HAMS REUNITE MAN, "DEAD" FOR A DECADE, WITH FAMILY - SILENT KEY: PATRICIA NELSON, KEØQXD, TRAINER, VOLUNTEER, RADIO HOST - ARES TO ADOPT INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM INTO TRAINING - SPOTLIGHT ON MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY COMMUNICATOR - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM PROVIDES A SPECTRUM OF EXPERIENCE - TRANSISTOR PROMISES FASTER, MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT OPERATION - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: NEW POTA SITE REALLY FLOATS THEIR BOAT SCRIPT AUDIO