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05/22/2012 | FCC Dismisses Texas Ham’s Fourth Petition, Calls it “Repetitive”
For the fourth time in six years, the FCC has rejected a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Glen Zook, K9STH. In each of his Petitions, (2006, April 2009, 2011 and a Petition for Reconsideration in December 2009), Zook has asked the FCC to change its statio
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05/20/2012 | Thousands of Hams Get “Internationally Connected” in Dayton
When Hara Arena -- home of the Dayton Hamvention® for the past 48 years -- opened its doors at 9 AM on Friday, May, 18, thousands of hams swarmed in, eager to see the latest and greatest that Amateur Radio has to offer. And they weren’t disappointed! With
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05/19/2012 | ICOM to Support Boy Scouts at National Jamboree and at Local Council Level
Against the backdrop of the 2012 Dayton Hamvention® -- the largest gathering of radio amateurs in the US -- ICOM America announced a sponsorship agreement with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for the organization’s 2013 National Scout Jamboree. As the BSA
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05/18/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update
The average daily sunspot numbers for the past week rose nearly 25 points, or about 27 percent, to 117.3. The big day was Monday, May 14 when the daily sunspot number jumped to 156. This was the day after four new sunspot groups, numbered 1481 through 148
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05/18/2012 | Enter the Seventh Annual ARRL Photo Contest!
The deadline is May 31 to enter this year's ARRL Photo Contest.
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05/18/2012 | Surfin’: Old Magazines and More DucksThis week, Surfin’ tries to unclutter the house and learns about more open source software.
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05/18/2012 | CQ Announces 2012 Hall of Fame Inductees
CQ magazine announced its 2012 Hall of Fame inductees on May 18, welcoming 16 new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, three new members of the CQ DX Hall of Fame and two new members of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.
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05/18/2012 | Amateurs Asked to Listen for HORYU-2 Satellite
Hams are asked to submit HORYU-2 telemetry reports.
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