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05/02/2008 | Veteran Wireless Operators Association Honors Two Hams
At their annual awards banquet on April 26 in New York City, the Veteran Wireless Operators Association (VWOA) honored two Amateur Radio operators with two of the association's top awards: Fritz Raab, W1FR, and John Curtis, K6KU. Raab gave the keynote add
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05/02/2008 | 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 April.
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05/02/2008 | Surfin': Google Earth's IonosphereThis week, a brand new application for Google Earth finds us flying through the ionosphere.
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05/01/2008 | ARRL Card Checking at Dayton Hamvention
DXCC staff and volunteers will be checking cards at the 2008 Dayton Hamvention® during all hours of operation on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, said, "Many hams travel from all over the world to attend Hamvention
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04/30/2008 | Spring 2008 W1AW Frequency Measuring Test Scheduled for May
Capitalizing on the popular and effective automated online results reporting system developed by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, for the Frequency Measuring Test (FMT) in November 2007, W1AW will conduct a spring FMT. This FMT will begin on Wednesday, May 21 at 9:45
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04/29/2008 | FCC Denies Utah Motorsport Park Use of Amateur Radio Frequencies
On Thursday, April 24, ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, filed an Informal Objection with the FCC regarding a pending application for a Special Temporary Authority (STA) filed by Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. One day after filing
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04/28/2008 | Japanese Amateurs Receive More Privileges on 75/80 Meters
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) announced that Japan's Table of Frequency Allocations and the Japanese Amateur Bandplan have been amended, giving amateurs in that country more privileges on certain frequency blocks in the 75/
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04/28/2008 | Ten New Satellites in Orbit
Ten satellites reached orbit April 28 aboard an Indian PSLV-C9 rocket launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center. The primary payloads were India's CARTOSAT-2A and IMS-1 satellites. In addition to the NLS-5 and RUBIN-8 satellites, the rocket carried six
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