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05/22/2008 | New Amateur Radio Satellite Receives OSCAR Designation
Earlier this week, Bill Tynan, W3XO, announced that Amateur Radio satellite Delfi C-3 has been issued an OSCAR number: Delfi-C3 OSCAR-64 or Dutch OSCAR-64. The shortened version of either of these two designations is DO-64.
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05/21/2008 | 2008 Dayton Hamvention: ARRL Hits the Ground Running
As the 2008 Dayton Hamvention® nears the half-way point in its three-day run, there are tired feet and happy faces. Like small migrating herds, groups of hams roam Hara Arena in search of the bargain, be it a new antenna, a radio or the small
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05/20/2008 | New Section Managers to Take Office July 1
In the only contested Section Manager race this spring, Paul Eakin, KJ4G, was elected as the ARRL Northern Florida Section Manager with 430 votes. Dale Sewell, W4NBF, received 385 votes, and Carl Zelich, AA4MI, received 370 votes. Ballots were counted Tue
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05/20/2008 | FCC's Hollingsworth Set to Retire in July
Special Counsel in the FCC Spectrum Enforcement Division Riley Hollingsworth has announced plans to retire from the FCC later this year. "My intention," Hollingsworth told the ARRL, "is to head out in July, assuming the results of the secon
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05/20/2008 | Morse Code at 140 WPMMr Spock meets Samuel Morse.
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05/16/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
We've had another week with no sunspots. Our reporting week for this bulletin runs from Thursday through Wednesday, and this is the fifth bulletin of the year reporting zero sunspots for the week. The rest of the 16 bulletins had at least one day with sun
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05/14/2008 | Surfin': Locating a Radio DestinationThis week, visit a Web site that provides a tool for finding a location for your next hilltop radio operation.
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05/14/2008 | Hams Called to Action in Aftermath of China Quake
On Monday, May 12 at 0628 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Sichuan, China. The Chinese Radio Sports Association, the Chinese IARU Member-Society, has designated the following frequencies for emergency services involved in the rescue: 14.270, 7.050 and
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