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03/02/2009 | US ARDF Championships Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the next USA Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships, June 5-7, 2009, in Boston, Massachusetts. Radio-orienteers of all skill levels will gather for a practice day
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03/02/2009 | Amateur Radio Quiz: The Yagi AntennaIt’s a rare ham, indeed, that has not been exposed to the Yagi antenna design at one point or another in his or her ham career. Yagis are nearly everywhere -- from fantastically large wire arrays on the HF low bands to miniature metal sculptures at
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03/01/2009 | ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of February.
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02/27/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
Excitement mounted a few days ago when new Solar Cycle 24 sunspot 1013 emerged, but two days later it was fading away, similar to other recent sunspot appearances. The sunspot number for February 24-26 was 12, 14 and 12. Today's number will likely be 0. S
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02/27/2009 | Train the Trainers Course Debuts at Orlando HamCation
The inaugural Train the Trainers course -- supported by a grant from the ARRL Foundation -- made its first appearance on February 13-14 at HamCation in Orlando, Florida. Led by ARRL Education and Technology Program Coordinator Mark Spencer, WA8SME, 12 par
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02/26/2009 | FCC Revokes License of Indiana Ham
On February 25, the Federal Communications Commission revoked the license of Lonnie L. Keeney, KB9RFO, of Greencastle Indiana. According to th
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02/26/2009 | Surfin': Software Defined Radioing with a MacThis week's Surfin' looks to the Mac OS X for a Software Defined Radio.
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02/26/2009 | ARRL Sweepstakes and RTTY Roundup Set New Records
The lack of good HF propagation didn't seem to affect participation in the 2008 Sweepstakes or the 2009 RTTY Roundup contests. According to ARRL Contest Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, both contests were record-breaking events. "We have received 3298 logs
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