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05/15/2018 | John Dorr, K1AR, Named CQ World Wide DX Contest Director
Former CQ magazine Contesting Editor, CQ Contest Hall of Famer, and longtime CQ World Wide DX Contest Committee member John Dorr, K1AR, has been appointed as director of the CQ World Wide DX Contest.
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05/14/2018 | JK Antennas Donates New Multiband Yagi to W1HQ ARRL Club Station
JK Antennas, which recently donated a new two-element, 40-meter Yagi to Maxim Memorial Station W1AW at ARRL Headquarters, has followed up with a XR5-JK antenna for use by the Laird Campbell Memorial HQ Operators Club station W1HQ.
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05/14/2018 | “Last Man Standing” Moving to Fox Network
There will be a season 7 of the TV show “Last Man Standing” in which Tim Allen — a real radio amateur — plays Mike Baxter, KA0XTT.
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05/14/2018 | AMSAT Names Alan Johnston, KU2Y, as AMSAT Vice-President, Educational Relations
Alan Johnston, KU2Y, will become AMSAT’s Vice-President, Educational Relations, AMSAT President, Joe Spier, K6WAO, has announced.
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05/12/2018 | Informal Amateur Radio Nets Being Maintained in Wake of Volcanic Eruptions in Hawai’i
Two informal informational nets remain open on the island of Hawai’i (“The Big Island”) in the wake of recent and ongoing volcanic eruptions and seismic activity.
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05/11/2018 | Norway Introduces 2 × 1 Contest Call Signs
In response to calls from Norway’s contesting community, the Norwegian Communication Authority (NCA) recently announced that it would permit the use of 2 × 1 contest call signs for individual radio amateurs.
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05/11/2018 | Three CubeSats with Amateur Radio Payloads Deployed from ISS
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced that three CubeSats carrying Amateur Radio payloads, including one with a V/U linear transponder, were deployed from the International Space Station (ISS).
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05/11/2018 | Amateur Radio Parity Act Language Inserted in National Defense Authorization Act
ARRL is praising the work of House lawmakers in getting Amateur Radio Parity Act language into the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2019.
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