First UK recipient of the 73 on 73 Award

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AMSAT-UK congratulates Abdel Mesbah M0NPT on becoming the first UK recipient of the 73 on 73 Award

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Paul Stoetzer N8HM sponsors the award which is issued for making 73 contacts with different stations since September 1, 2014 via the amateur radio satellite AO-73 (FUNcube-1).

On 27 January 2015 Abdel worked Jean-Marie Lenglet F2IL to complete his seventy third contact. He submitted his claim to Paul who checked it and sent the award certificate the following day.

Abdel was first licensed as M3IAK in 2003 and received his Intermediate call sign 2E0KAR in 2007 but it wasn’t until June 2013 that he was able to get on-the-air. He got his Full call sign M0NPT on March 11, 2014.

When Abdel first took an interest in satellites Lenny Brown 2E0LFK let him use his station and he had two contacts, with 9A3ST and R1AO, via the FM satellite SO-50.

Abdel then set up his own satellite station which comprises a Yaesu FT-847 with a 5 element horizontal polarised Yagi on 144 MHz, a 6 element vertically polarised Yagi on 430 MHz and a Yaesu G-5500 Azimuth-Elevation rotator. His first SSB contact via AO-73 was with Manuel D. Ruiz Carrasco EA5TT on 3 December 2014.

Congratulations to all these operators who have so far earned the award:

  1. Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA
  2. Željko Ulip, 9A2EY
  3. Bernhard Klink, DG1EA
  4. Manuel D. Ruiz Carrasco, EA5TT
  5. Jose Luis Peña Sanchez, EC4TR
  6. Dariusz Dabek, SP9TTX
  7. Jorge Gallardo Sanchez, EA4AYW,
  8. Jari Ahdenkari, OH2FQV
  9. Abdel Mesbah, M0NPT
  10. Glenn Miller, AA5PK

AO-73 was launched on 21 November 2013 and is the first spacecraft to have a primary mission of educational outreach to schools and the smallest ever satellite to carry a linear (SSB/CW) transponder for radio amateurs.

Details on how you can earn the 73 on 73 Award - http://amsat-uk.org/funcube/73-on-73-award

FUNcube project - http://funcube.org.uk/

AMSAT-UK - http://facebook.com/amsatuk

New World Record Claimed on 10 GHz

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A 10 GHz contact by Rex Moncur VK7MO and Derek Zeck VK6DZ over an astounding distance of 2,732 km is a new record for the 10Ghz band

The contact took place on January 5, 2015 during a tropo opening across the Great Australian Bight using the JT4f data mode as well as SSB.

VK6DZ was portable at Torbay Hill, 24 km west of Albany, Western Australia. He was running 10 W to a 60 cm dish. VK7MO was portable Cape Portland in northeastern Tasmania, running 50 W to a 77 cm dish.

Read the full ARRL story - http://www.arrl.org/news/view/new-world-record-claimed-on-10-ghz

CQ Hall of Fame Awards

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Nominations for the Contest and DX Halls of Fame are made by contesting or DX clubs or national organizations and must be submitted by 1 March 2015 of each year to be considered.

A maximum of two (2) people may be inducted into each hall of fame each year. Nominations for the CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame should be directed to CQ (DX or Contest) Hall of Fame, c/o CQ magazine, 25 Newbridge Rd., Hicksville, NY 11801 USA; or via e-mail to w2vu@cq-amateur-radio.com. Be sure to specify for which hall of fame the nomination is made.

Nominations for the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame (see recent January

issue of CQ for details) are due by March 1 of each year. They may be

submitted by individuals as well as radio clubs or national organizations

and should be sent to CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, 25 Newbridge Rd., Hicksville, NY 11801 USA; or e-mailed to hall-of-fame[at]cq-amateur-radio.com.

More information - http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_awards/cq_hall_of_fame_awards/cq_hall_of_fame_awards.html