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09/29/2008 | It Seems to Us: The Next Time Could Be DifferentLabor Day Weekend 2008 and the two that followed will be long remembered at ARRL Headquarters. On three successive weekends major tropical events made landfall in the United States: Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana on September 1, Tropical Storm Hanna in Sou
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09/28/2008 | Hurricane Watch Net, VoIP Hurricane Net and WX4NHC to Activate for Kyle
As Hurricane Kyle, a Category 1 hurricane, makes its way up the Eastern Seaboard, WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) and the VoIP Hurricane Net (VoIPWXNet) plan to activate. According to the N
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09/26/2008 | Walt Ireland, WB7CSL, Retires from ARRL
Technical Relations Specialist Walt Ireland, WB7CSL, part of the ARRL's Technical Relations Office (TRO) in Washington, DC, retired from the League this past summer. Ireland came to ARRL in April 1997 from the Voice of America (VOA) where he was responsib
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09/26/2008 | North American Missions Board Stands Down after Gustav, Ike
On Wednesday, September 24, the hams with the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, a program sponsored by the North American Missions Board, NA4MB, stood down after assisting with Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The group had been helping providing backup communi
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09/26/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
This week saw the appearance of another sunspot -- a new Solar Cycle 24 spot -- larger and lasting a little longer than last week's Solar Cycle 23 sunspot. It appeared for two days, September 22 and 23, with sunspot numbers of 18 and 16.
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09/25/2008 | FCC Assigns Contested Vanity Call Sign to Wisconsin Amateur Radio Club
In an Order on Reconsideration and Order Proposing Modification released on Wednesday, September 24, the FCC decided that Falls Amateur Radio Club (FARC) was the rightful recipient of call sign W9CQ. FARC and the QRQ CW and Contest Group (QRQ) ha
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09/25/2008 | Surfin': Playing SafeThis week's Surfin' visits Web sites that address the safety issues in Amateur Radio.
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09/25/2008 | Hams in Space -- For the Young and Young at Heart
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, a well-known programmer and designer in the video game world, will soon be a household name those who follow space flights. He's the next private citizen to be flown to the International Space Station (ISS) by the Russian Federal
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