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08/19/2011 | ARRL Files Comments in Response to Anchorage VEC’s Waiver Request
In April 2011, the Anchorage VEC -- one of 14 Volunteer Examiner Coordinators -- filed a Petition for Rule Making (RM-11629) that asked the FCC to give permanent credit to radio amateurs for examination elements they have successfully passed. This would,
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08/19/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity was down again this week. The sunspot number on Sunday, August 14 went all the way to 0 for the first time since January 27, which was 29 weeks ago. The average daily sunspot numbers declined nearly 50 points, to 25.6, while the average dai
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08/19/2011 | Surfin’: How’s TV DX?This week, Surfin’ recalls the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summertime TV DX.
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08/18/2011 | America’s Top Mobile — A Ham Radio Cruise-InMobiles are on the move to a rolling-rig competition.
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08/17/2011 | Heathkit Returns to the Kit Business
In late August, Heathkit will resume selling kits.
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08/16/2011 | Tom Hammond, N0SS (SK)
Tom Hammond, N0SS, of Lohman, Missouri, passed away August 4 from cancer. He was 67. Hammond was the first and only Life Member of the Kansas City DX Club (KCDXC), playing an invaluable role in the club for more than three decades, creating his world famo
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08/16/2011 | 2011 ARRL Field Day Logs Posted
A record 2654 submissions have been received for the 2011 running of ARRL Field Day. According to ARRL Field Day Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, this is yet another record number of entries received for what is one of Amateur Radio’s most popular on-the-air
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08/15/2011 | ARRL and California Researchers Team Up to End 12 Meter Interference
After the resolution of the recent 60 meter CODAR situation on the East Coast, the ARRL noted an earlier report by John Terrell, N6LN, of Palos Verdes, California. Terrell described CODAR activity on the 12 meter band, from 24.93 to 25.058 MHz. Since it a
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