The Central Arizona DX Association (CADXA) is very pleased to announce their special event operation in celebration of the Arizona Centennial during the week of February 13-19th, 2012

Ingenuity and innovation by the SumbandilaSat ground control team has resulted in bringing the satellite back to life with a real possibility that Amateur Radio communication may resume next month while the satellite is in sunlight

During the 2012 Visali DX Convention, look for the Top-Band Dinner Banquet to take place on Friday, April 20th, at the Convention Hotel, Holiday Inn, Visalia, CA, in the Birch Room

The first INTECNET of 2012 will be held this evening, Sunday 5 February, at 19:30. History will be made as this will be the first INTECNET that will be joined by members of the Namibian Amateur Radio League

You are invited to take part in the Leap Year Challenge on Wednesday 29 February 2012 and make as many contacts as you can on this day

This Award is offered by Branch 46 NZART to celebrate the Golden Shears Society’s World Shearing Championship Competition, an event of International significance. This competition draws competitors from New Zealand and worldwide

The Voice of America, which sent its original broadcast overseas 70 years ago this month, will see backers of its first-built transmitting station begin fundraising this year to make it a national museum

Field day is approaching once again. The event commences at 1500 (local time) on Saturday, February 25, with a break from 2400 until 0600 Sunday, then concludes at 1500

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the Solar activity is at low levels

Technical Reference/Power Supply
A crowbar protected PSU project by G8MNY

Technical Reference/Electronics
Balanced and Unbalanced Systems

Technical Reference/Grounding
Ham Station Desk Radio Equipment Ground

Rod Stafford W6ROD, Secretary International Amateur Radio Union, has released a further report on WRC-12 taking place in Geneva

Professor Joe Taylor, amateur radio operator K1JT and 1993 Nobel laureate in physics, briefly addressed the plenary session of the 2012 ITU World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 3, 2012

Students at the University of Khartoum are undertaking a CubeSat project KN-SAT1 and Nader, ST2NH has made a video of their recently completed ground station

Wythall Radio Club will be holding their 27th Annual Radio Rally on Sunday 11th March at Woodrush Sports Centre, Shawhurst Lane, Hollywood, Birmingham, B47 5JW

A video posted on Youtube shows Callum, 2M0CYG in Scotland working a station in Australia using just 5 watts

Curt Bartholomew N3GQ of the FCC gave a talk to the 2011 TAPR Digital Communications Conference about using digital modes in Amateur Radio Emcomm

On the session’s third day, NGO Committee Recommends 15 Organizations for Special Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council, Postpones Action on 45

Here are some yearly averages this bulletin neglected at the beginning of the year