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04/11/2011 | From the Hearts: Providing a Way for Others to Communicate with the ISS
In America and around the world, students use Amateur Radio to talk to astronauts on the International Space Station, orbiting high above the Earth -- and it’s the students at an all-girls school in Honolulu, Hawaii who help make the connection.
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04/11/2011 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Uda Thunk It?
The Yagi-Uda array, best known as “the Yagi,” is in its ninth decade of wireless service. Arguably the most useful antenna design ever devised beyond the dipole, Yagis are found everywhere in Amateur Radio -- from the low HF bands to microwaves. Why not s
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04/08/2011 | New QuickStats Poll Now Available on ARRL Website
Four new poll questions have just been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website. Let your voice be heard!
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04/08/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
Our Sun is still quite active, but sunspot numbers are down this week, when compared with the week before. The average daily sunspot numbers were down nearly 34 points to 68.3, while the average daily solar flux declined nearly 3 points to 111.8. But geom
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04/08/2011 | Surfin’: Got GPS? Maybe Not For Long!This week, your Surfin’ conductor wears a worry-wart about losing a reliable friend.
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04/07/2011 | ARISSat-1 On the Air for Gagarin Anniversary
ARISSat-1 will be activated to celebrate the anniversary of the first human in space.
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04/07/2011 | Japan Suffers Large Aftershock; Tsunami Warning Issued, Lifted
A 7.4 magnitude aftershock hit just off the coast of Japan at 11:30 PM JST (1430 UTC) on Thursday, April 7. The epicenter of this earthquake is just 73 miles from the nuclear plant at Fukushima and 41 miles from the epicenter of last month’s 9.0 earthquak
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04/07/2011 | ARRL Frequency Measuring Test Scheduled for Tuesday, April 12
The Frequency Measuring Test (FMT) adds a couple of new wrinkles to the format when it takes to the airwaves on April 12. The first change is that the FMT will be held on Tuesday evening instead of Wednesday. If weeknight schedules have prevented you from
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