January 20, 2012
D-Star at school….
A Norfolk school in the village of Gresham, will be running an amateur radio special event station utilising the D-Star digital network.
The date of the event is 23rd May 2012 and the callsign will be GB2GVS (Gresham Village School). The children are aged 6 to 11.
Andy, 2E0AIV says:
“We have arranged link-ups with schools in Northern Ireland, USA and England, but we are looking for more countries and schools to participate.
If anyone is interested, they can contact me 2e0aiv Andy at 2e0avi@2e0aiv.co.uk”
“The Children of today are the future generation of Electronic experts and Amateur Radio Operators, and we feel that this is an opportunity to engage with youngsters to the benefit of all.”
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USA June 12, 2011
A USA based telecoms firm by the name of Gridline Communications has teamed up with Electricity Northwest, Cable and Wireless Worldwide and T-Systems (T-S) in the UK to launch a unique pilot of “Broadband over Power Line” (Power Communications) technology in the rural UK village of Shap (Cumbria).
The project will be conducted alongside the installation of Smart Meters (24 Million homes in the UK will be required to have one by 2020) and is similar to one that was announced for Liverpool last year, which uses existing national grid power lines to carry broadband internet access services into homes.
It does this by separating out the electricity and internet service into separate wave lengths.
Gridline claims that its pilot should be completed by the end of June 2011 and success could reap significant rewards. The firm hopes that its project in Shap will lead to a full deployment model, which would reach approximately 2.5 Million Smart Meter equipped homes and businesses on the Electricity Northwest power grid.
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