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WORLDBEAT: QATAR TO HOST FIRST MIDDLE EAST HAM RADIO
FESTIVAL
The city of Doha will host the Qatar's first International
Festival for Amateur Radio in December. This according to H
E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, who is the Chairman of the
Administrative Control and Transparency Authority and the
vice-chairman of the US Amateur Radio Society.
Al Attiyah, who is also chairperson of the board of
directors of the Qatar Amateur Radio Society says that the
festival will include a contest between amateur radio
operators from all over the world. About 100 hams from
across the globe will be invited to the festival to take
part in the competition. The Qatar Amateur Radio Society
will also establish five amateur radio stations in different
parts of Doha during the festival, including the society's
office and the festival venue itself.
Announcement of an exact date for this event is expected to
be announced shortly. The festival is being dubbed as the
first of its kind in Middle East and will take place in
conjunction with the Qatar National Day celebrations.
Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar and is
located on the coast of the Persian Gulf. (The Peninsula)
BT
WORLDBEAT: INDIA TO ADD 839 NEW FM BROADCASAT STATIONS
India's public service broadcaster, Prasar Bharati
Broadcasting, plans to soon set up 839 new FM stations in
290 cities in that nation. According to India's Secretary
of the Union Information Broadcasting Ministry, these new
radio stations will be a part of the country's expanding
private sector. The regions of Jammu and Kashmir are to be
the focal points for what is being termed as this new
broadcasting initiative. (Hindu Business Line, The
Statesman, RW)
BT
WORLDBEAT: HOW SOLAR STORMS CREATE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
The British Broadcasting Corporation has released a short
video that explains in laymen's terms how solar storms
affected the Earth's magnetic field to create the Aurora
Borealis. The news story features Professor Dag Lorentzen
who uses a simple diagram drawn in the snow to explain how
this phenomenon of nature takes place. The story was taped
in Svalbard and you can see it on line at tinyurl.com/bbc-
aurora-story.
(Southgate, BBC)
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