• The IARU sets its sights on WRC 2015
• A busy agenda for GAREC 2013 in Zurich 
• Over the horizon radar invades the upper HF bands 
• Petition to extend 10 meter Tech voice ops filed 
• Some strange communications from the insect world

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• Ham radio operator severe weather researcher dies in Oklahoma tornado
• FCC sets commentary date for comments on RF exposure reassessment 
• New life for ham radio may be coming to Ghana 
• Government siezes Unlicensed broadcast station near Boston 
• Long missing moon dust is found in a California warehouse

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• Ham radio stands down following response to Oklahoma Tornadoes 
• Louisiana implements ALERT FM system state-wide 
• Expedition 36 arrives at the International Space Station
• Ham Nation celebrates its 100th netcast
• A final wrap-up on Hamvention 2013

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• Ham radio responds to tornadoes in the Great Plains
• Israeli hams get limited access to 5 MHz
• Hawaii distracted driving exempts ham radio 
• A major DXpedition to Heard Island is delayed 
• An in-depth look back at Hamvention 2013

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• The 2013 Dayton Hamvention is here  
• D-Star and kids become an important part of Hamvention 
• Russian Radar invades the 75 and 80 meter bands
• Ham seeks signatures for petition on public warning legislation
• Hurricane Watch Net says it could use more Net Control Stations
• Registrations for International Lighthouse  Weekend ramp up 
• Newly developed self healing integrated circuit chips announced

• New 24 GHz EME record between Australia and the Czech Republic 
• New life for ham radio in Tunisia
• NASA and ham radio assemble a PhoneSat image of Earth
• An in-depth preview of the 2013 Dayton Hamvention

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• Region One of the International Amateur Radio Union meets in Vienna
• Groups announces attempt to arrange a DXpedition to North Korea 
• Ham exemption remains as part of Hawaii’s new distracted driving law 
• Lots more news on the upcoming Dayton Hamvention 2013
• NASA rockets to study Equatorial electric storm propagation

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• Ham radio assists in the wake quake in China
• Another loss in the ongoing fight against BPL 
• A number of new hamsats are now on-orbit 
• The latest news on Hamvention 2013
• New D-Star repeater where few might expect it
• New book to interest the new ham and non ham alike

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• Ham radio responds after a terror attack on the Boston Marathon
• SARL gets two frequencies at 5 MHz to do a propagation study
• FCC says 2011 national EAS test is considered to be a success
• Ham radio will honor the Native American Code Talkers 
• Google exec says everyone in the world be on-line by 2020

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• Ham radio developed software is now a part of NASA STEREO mission 
• Hams in Hawaii appear safe from a new distracted driving law 
• Over the Horizon is back on the ham bands 
• Hamvention withdraws its 2013 Radio Amateur of the Year award 
• A radio friendly place for senior citizen hams to retire

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• FCC says is reviewing RF exposure limits in all radio services 
• A look at the possible candidates to be the next FCC Chairman 
• UK ham signal heard 2000 Kilometers away with only 10 milliwatts 
• Baofeng UV-3R HT becomes a paradise for makers and hackers 
• The story of how ham radio helped to stop a civil war

 THIS WEEKS NEWSCAST

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