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12/17/2008 | Hams Respond to Calls for Assistance as Ice Storms Pummel New England
As a major ice storm -- accompanied by freezing rains, flooding and strong winds -- severely impacted New England on Thursday evening into Friday morning, ARES®, RACES, SKYWARN and MARS operators worked together to respond to calls for assistance from
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12/15/2008 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: 'Tis the Season, Ham Style!Christmas break is only a few weeks away and is a prime time for our favorite hobby of Amateur Radio. Spending days and nights tuning the bands, listening to conversations, starting our own and adding another country to our list, we have time for all of o
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12/12/2008 | Congressional Committee Members Release Report Lambasting FCC Chairman Kevin Martin
On Tuesday, December 9, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce -- the congressional committee that oversees the Federal Communications Commission -- released its majority staff report "on the bipartisan investigation of the FCC's regulatory proce
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12/12/2008 | Former Eastern Pennsylvania Section Manager Allen Breiner Sr, W3TI (SK)
Former Section Manager in the ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section Allen R. Breiner Sr, W3TI, passed away on November 19, 2008. He was 88. Breiner was first elected as Section Communications Manager -- as the SM job used to be known -- in 1959 and held that
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12/12/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
Finally! A sunspot group appeared this week, about three weeks since the last group disappeared. The first spotless day after sunspot group 1008's last appearance was Tuesday, November 18; the last spotless day before group 1009 emerged was Tuesday, Decem
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12/11/2008 | Surfin': Going VerticalThis week's Surfin' reflects on vertical polarization of the antenna variety.
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12/11/2008 | ARRL Thanks Donors with Publication Gift Certificates
It's that time of year when we remember those people and organizations that are important to us all year long. "The generosity of members who support the ARRL with contributions to fund programs not covered by member dues are vital to the financial s
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12/10/2008 | FlexRadio Donates Software Defined Radio to W1AW
Thanks to the generosity to the crew at FlexRadio Systems, W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, now boasts the newest in software-defined radio (SDR) -- a FLEX 5000A. FlexRadio Vice President John Basilotto, W5GI, visited ARRL Headquarters on Dec
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