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02/09/2009 | Colorado Amateur Radio Operators Win Legislative Victory
Amateur Radio operators in Colorado won a legislative victory on February 3 before the Transportation and Energy Committee of the Colorado House of Representatives. The committee heard testimony Wednesday on HB 09-1094, A Bill for an Act Concerning Wir
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02/09/2009 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Canadian QSO PartyThe Radio Amateurs of Canada created The RAC Winter Contest to form a sense of unity among all Canadian amateurs. Similar to QSO Parties in the US, the RAC Winter Contest uses the format of RST and Province, rather than RST and County or State.
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02/07/2009 | Judge Rules in Favor of Amateur in Palmdale Antenna Support Structure Case
On Friday, February 6, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Yaffe issued a ruling in favor of Alec Zubarau, WB6X, of Palmdale, California, in Zubarau's case against the City of Palmdale. Last year, afte
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02/06/2009 | North Dakota to Offer State QSO Party in March
Stations working on their Triple Play Award or Year of the State QSO Party Award will want to be on the air on Saturday, March 21 as North Dakota -- always a rare state -- will hold their first QSO Party in 14 years.
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02/06/2009 | Save the Date: ARRL National Convention to be Held at 2009 Dayton Hamvention®
The ARRL National Convention will be held at the Dayton Hamvention® May 15-17 at Hara Arena. According to ARRL Sales and Marketing Manager Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, the ARRL National Convention will be filled with activities and exhibits. "Our host
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02/06/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
We still have had no hint of sunspots or sunspots to come, though there was some geomagnetic activity on February 4 from a possible coronal mass ejection, raising the planetary A index to 16 that day. Sunspot numbers for January 29-February 4 were 0, 0, 0
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02/05/2009 | Surfin': Finding a Home for Serving the PublicThis week's Surfin' relates the story about hams finding a new venue for a public service ham station.
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02/05/2009 | Swedish Amateurs Granted New Privileges
On January 29, the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) announced that Amateur Radio operators in that country will now have access t
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