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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 271.08 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. September 28, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-271.08
** Ireland (EI) has removed the requirement for Amateur Radio (or
"Experimenters") license applicants to pass a Morse code examination. The
Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) announced September 15
that it took the action in line with the outcome of the World
Radiocommunication Conference 2003 (WRC-03), which removed the requirement
for prospective amateur licensees to prove Morse proficiency to operate
below 30 MHz. . --ARRL
** Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society has been advised by the
nations Info-comm Development Authority that, as of the 15th of September,
the requirement for a Morse code examination for High Frequency operating
privileges in Singapore has been removed. As of the 16th of September all
current and future licenses became convertible to the Singapore General
Class with full High Frequency operating privileges. --Newsline
** Amateur Radio moonbounce (Earth-Moon-Earth, or EME) and microwave
history was made September 24 at 1400 UTC when Josef Sveceny, OK1UWA, and Al
Ward, W5LUA, completed the first-ever 24-GHz EME QSO between the Czech
Republic and the US. --ARRL
** Rohn Industries announces that it and five of its subsidiaries have
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief in federal court. Subject to the
provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the September 16th filing means that Rohn
remains in possession of its properties and continues to operate its
business. The company says that the objective of the Chapter 11 proceeding
is to maximize recovery to creditors by facilitating an orderly sale of its
assets. --QRZ.com
** A joint academic and industry team conducted the first known flight
test of a powered liquid-propellant aerospike engine this past Saturday, 20
September 2003. California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and Garvey
Spacecraft Corporation, principal partners in the California Launch Vehicle
Education Initiative (CALVEIN), successfully launched their Prospector 2
(P-2) research vehicle using a 1,000 lbf LOX/ethanol aerospike engine
designed and developed by CSULB students. --SpaceDaily
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