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11/06/2008 | Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, Back on Terra Firma
After 10 days on the International Space Station (ISS), Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, returned to Earth October 23 on Soyuz TMA-12. Garriott is the son of Owen Garriott, W5LFL, who in 1983 was the first ham to make QSOs from space. While Richard was o
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11/05/2008 | W1AW to Participate in Global Simulated Emergency Test
On November 8, W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, will be participating in the 2008 Global Simulated Emergency Test (GlobalSET), sp
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11/03/2008 | 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 October.
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11/03/2008 | Amateur Radio Quiz: A Spare Hour's EntertainmentAs Daylight Savings Time falls back, what would you do with that recovered hour? Sleep!?! No way! Here’s a pencil-consuming quiz about the characteristics of linear amplifiers. They’re easy to buy, but they have their own requirements for care
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11/03/2008 | ARRL NTS Second Region Net Expands to Include Eastern Canada
As of November 1, 2008, the Second Region Net (2RN) of the ARRL National Traffic System (NTS) expanded its reach, providing regular network nodes for Canadian provinces in Eastern Canada.
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10/31/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar Cycle 24 is slowly building momentum. We saw sunspots for eight days in a row -- October 10-17 -- then 12 days of no spots. Another sunspot -- number 1007 -- appeared on October 30 from Solar Cycle 24. It is a high latitude sunspot and may provide s
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10/31/2008 | The Canaries in the MineAmateur Radio is more than 100 years old. At one time, hams were virtually the only people in the world exposed to RF signals. As time progressed and radio communications technology has been developed and proven -- largely by radio amateurs -- its use was
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10/31/2008 | Anything for a BuckAfter writing my last column I was amazed by the number of people who wrote to tell me that cell phones are dangerous, and they have proof! I was directed to one of a number of videos that were available on YouTube, showing kernels of popcorn on a table t
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