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04/04/2011 | Alabama High Schools Successfully Launch High Altitude Balloon
The Pell City and St Clair County High School’s joint balloon launch was a great success. The balloon was launched from the St Clair County Airport in Pell City, Alabama into a brisk wind at 2PM on April 2. The balloon carried a variety of experiments ran
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04/01/2011 | ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of March.
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04/01/2011 | Howard “Skip” Teller, KH6TY, Wins March QST Cover Plaque Award
The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for March is Howard “Skip” Teller, KH6TY, for his article “Digital VOX Sound Card Interface.” Congratulations Skip! The QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or authors of the best article in each issue --
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04/01/2011 | The GetoutometerHere is a homebrew project to help you reach new levels of excellence in ham radio.
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04/01/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
The activity we could see recently on our Sun’s far side -- thanks to the STEREO mission -- has been rotating into view, producing some nice sunspot activity and the resulting improved upper-HF propagation. Compared to the previous week (March 17-23), the
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04/01/2011 | Surfin’: Visiting Your AM Radio DaysLast week’s return to Surfin’s radio roots begat this week’s return to your radio roots.
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03/31/2011 | Two Astronauts Get Their Ham Ticket
Even though they aren’t scheduled to go to the International Space Station (ISS) until 2013, two astronauts -- Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano -- are now licensed amateurs. Cassidy, who received the call sign KF5KDR, is scheduled to head to the ISS in Ma
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03/30/2011 | Western Pennsylvania Hams Respond as Tornado Sweeps Through Area
At approximately 4:30 on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 23, severe thunderstorms started to roll into Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, producing golf ball-sized hail and heavy winds. Members of the Westmoreland County Public Service/ARES® group began
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