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07/31/2012 | W1AW’s EchoLink and IRLP Nodes Back in Service
With the recent upgrades to the ARRL’s Internet system completed, the W1AW EchoLink Conference Server W1AWBDCT and W1AW’s IRLP Node 4292 are now back in service. Amateurs are able to once again listen to code practice transmissions and digital bulletins v
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07/31/2012 | FCC Denies Petition Seeking to Designate Nationwide Emergency Calling Frequency
Saying that it believes that the Amateur Service “allows flexibility to provide emergency communications in a way that takes into account channel availability and other local conditions,” the FCC denied a Petition for Rulemaking to create a nationwide eme
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07/31/2012 | Minutes of 2012 Second Meeting Now Available
The ARRL Board of Directors met July 20-21 in Windsor, Connecticut for its 2012 Second Meeting. The Minutes from that meeting have now been posted on the ARRL website.
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07/30/2012 | Noted QST Author Steve Powlishen, K1FO (SK)
Steve Powlishen, K1FO, of Madison, Connecticut, passed away July 28 due to complications from cancer. He was 60. An ARRL Life Member, Powlishen was best known for his antenna designs for weak signal work.
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07/30/2012 | FCC Upholds $7000 Forfeiture Order to California CB Operator
After a Merced, California man refused to let FCC investigators inspect his Citizens Band (CB) radio station, the FCC issued -- and upheld -- a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for $7000 for not allowing the inspection.
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07/27/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update
There are new sunspot groups coming over our Sun’s eastern horizon, but this week has been a quiet one, both in terms of sunspot and geomagnetic activity. The average daily sunspot numbers declined by 50 percent -- from 104.7 to 52.1 -- while the average
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07/27/2012 | Surfin’: How About DXCC Entities?This week, Surfin’ considers another replacement for HyperTerminal and a new blog that digs up the low-down on DXCC entities.
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07/26/2012 | ARRL Board Plans for 2014 Centennial Celebration at 2012 Second Meeting
When the ARRL Board of Directors met for its 2012 Second Meeting July 20-21 in Windsor, Connecticut, it did so with a full agenda. Besides hearing and approving recommendations from its two standing committees -- the Administration and Finance Committee a
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