Januari, 2020

• 15 Januari

  Virgin Orbit plans flight test of LauncherOne rocket in February

  Virgin Orbit, AMSAT’s launch for RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E, has announced they expect to have their first test launch of LauncherOne, their airborne-launched rocket, sometime in the second half of February.The LauncherOne rocket is carried on the VO 747 Cosmic Girl aircraft. If this first test flight is successful RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E is planned for …

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• 15 Januari

  Point Amour contest operation

  Chris VE3FU, Dave VE9CB, and Frank VO1HP will be active as VO2AC,VO2AAA, and VO1HP/VO2 from the lighthouse Point Amour/Labrador in Canada (CQ zone 2). QRV from the 20th to 26th, including the CQ WW 160m Contest (as VO2AC). QSL for VO2AC via VE3FU (d/B), VO2AAA via VE9CB, VO1HP/VO2 via VO1HP; …

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• 15 Januari

  Ofcom fines Post Office £175,000 for overcharging for relay telephone calls

  Ofcom has fined Post Office £175,000 after an investigation found the company overcharged people with hearing or speech impairments who made telephone calls using a relay service. Relay services help people with hearing and speech difficulties communicate with anyone over the phone by offering text-to-speech and speech-to-text translation. Our rules …

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• 15 Januari

  LUSAT 30th anniversary

  Members of AMSAT Argentina (LU7AA) celebrate the 30th anniversaryof the LUSAT (LO-19) satellite between Jan. 18 and 26 on HF on SSB,FT8, CW. An award is available as well. QSL via LU7AA (d), eQSL. See:http://lu4aao.org/lu7aa/cert_30_aniv_lusat_2020.htmhttp://amsat.org.ar/certlusat30.htm

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• 15 Januari

  Peter Glasmacher, DK5DC – SK

  With deep sadness DXNL has to report the passing of Peter, DK5DCduring the night of Jan. 11/12. He was known as editor of the DX column “CQDL DXtra” in DARC’s magazine. Furthermore, he was active as a DXCC Field Checker in Germany and he was the sitting chair of the …

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