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11/04/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
First, a few updates on Solar Cycle 24. As you might suspect, the average of daily sunspot numbers for October shot way up -- from 55.5 in June, to 67.2 in July, 66 in August, 106.4 in September and 123.6 in October. Our three month moving average of dail
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11/04/2011 | Surfin’: When One Thing (Music) Leads to Another (Radio)This week, Surfin’ considers different way of assembling a software defined radio (SDR).
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11/03/2011 | Breaking the Amateur Radio Balloon Altitude Record
On October 23, a California group launched a balloon that reached 136,545 feet above ground level, a new altitude record.
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11/03/2011 | No ARRL Audio News for Thursday, November 3
There will be no ARRL Audio News for Thursday, November 3. The ARRL Letter will be distributed as usual. The ARRL Audio News will return next week on November 10.
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11/02/2011 | Amateurs Assist with Communications in Aftermath of Rare October Nor’easter
A rare October nor’easter brought historic snowfall and widespread damage and power outages from the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast United States. Up and down the Atlantic seaboard, radio amateurs provided various critical services to the National Weathe
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11/02/2011 | FCC Issues Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and Order to Florida Man for Using Unauthorized Equipment
Michael Perry, of Cross City, Florida, was issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $10,000 for operating a radio transmitter without the requisite FCC authorization. The FCC found that Perry “willfully violated section 301 of
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11/02/2011 | FCC Terminates Proceedings Affecting the Amateur Radio Service
The FCC issued an Order on November 1 that terminated hundreds of proceedings, including six proceedings that members of the public, including the ARRL, had asked not to be terminated. Two of these six proceedings involved the Amateur Radio Service. This
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11/02/2011 | Mark Your Calendars: It’s Time for the November FMT
The Frequency Measuring Test (FMT) returns to the airwaves on Wednesday, November 9. As in April, the format will simulate a roundtable QSO in which all of the stations are close to the same frequency, but not exactly on the same frequency. This time, the
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