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01/19/2016 | VHF Groups Join Forces to Sponsor “Super Conference”
The Southeastern VHF Society (SVHFS), North East Weak Signal Group (NEWS) and Mount Airy VHF Radio Club (Pack Rats) are cosponsoring a VHF Super Conference, hosted by the Grid Pirates Contest Group (K8GP) and Directive Systems and Engineering. The conf...
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01/18/2016 | Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, Named as ARRL Contest Branch Manager
Former ARRL staffer Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, is the League’s new ARRL Contest Branch manager. Jahnke returned to ARRL Headquarters on January 4 after a decade away, which he spent working in the customer service, manufacturing sales and support, and informat...
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01/18/2016 | VP8STI is Battling the Elements and the Pileups on South Sandwich Islands
VP8 DXpedition Co-Leader Paul Ewing, N6PSE, said the VP8STI team is been on the air from Southern Thule Island with three stations, and he expects more to be ready soon. The DXpeditioners arrived on January 17, not without complications. As expected, t...
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01/16/2016 | Outgoing ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, Honored with ARRL President’s Award
As both are on the threshold of departing their official positions with the League, ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, presented ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, with the ARRL President’s Award. The presentation came during the ARRL Board of Directors’ 201...
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01/15/2016 | Changing of the Guard: Rick Roderick, K5UR, Elected as ARRL’s 16th President
The ARRL Board of Directors has elected ARRL First Vice President Rick Roderick, K5UR, of Little Rock, Arkansas, as the ARRL’s next president.
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01/15/2016 | NASA Control Terminates Spacewalk by Two-Ham Astronaut Team
NASA has prematurely terminated the extra-vehicular excursion (EVA) – or spacewalk – that Astronauts Time Peake, KG5BVI, and Tim Kopra, KE5UDN, had been undertaking.
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01/15/2016 | The K7RA Solar Update
Average daily sunspot numbers and solar flux have been increasing lately.
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01/14/2016 | ARRL President Bestows President’s Award on AMSAT’s Tom Clark, K3IO
The ARRL has honored veteran AMSAT personality and Amateur Radio digital pioneer Tom Clark, K3IO (ex-W3IWI), with its President’s Award. ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, presented the award plaque to Clark at a January 10 meeting of the Potomac Valley...
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