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02/14/2012 | Amateur Radio Gets Secondary MF Allocation at WRC-12
It’s official -- delegates attending the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) have approved a new 7-kilohertz-wide secondary allocation between 472-479 kHz for the Amateur Radio Service. Agenda Item 1.23 had both its first and second readings
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02/13/2012 | New Satellites Reach Orbit
Eight new satellites with Amateur Radio capability were launched today
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02/11/2012 | NASA Selects AMSAT Fox Satellite to Join Program
NASA has selected AMSAT's Fox satellite to be a part its Educational Launch of Nanosat program
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02/10/2012 | Save the Date! Take a Virtual Tour of W1AW on February 12
Join W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, on a virtual tour of W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, the Amateur Radio station at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. Carcia will lead this tour via a live webcast on Sunday, February 12 a
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02/10/2012 | A Summer StoryAn old mobile adds a spark to one family’s history.
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02/10/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity was down again this week -- this is the third week in a row with sunspot numbers lower than the week prior. On January 20, we reported an average daily sunspot number of 116.9 for January 12-18, 98.7 the next week, followed by 62 the week o
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02/10/2012 | Surfin’: Chasing Aurora (But Don’t Tell My Wife)This week, Surfin’ chases aurora on the air and on the tube.
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02/09/2012 | World Record Balloon Attempt
Texas amateurs plan to launch a balloon that will eventually reach Nanjing, China.
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