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REQUIREMENTS, BOURQUE SAID.  THE PREFERRED METHOD OF SUBMITTING ENTRIES
AFTER FIELD DAY IS VIA THE WEB APPLET.  THE ARRL FIELD DAY RULES, FOUND
ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE, INCLUDE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT ENTRIES,
WHICH MUST BE SUBMITTED OR POST MARKED BY TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2021.
INNOVATOR ULRICH ROHDE, N1UL, DONATES SOPHISTICATED VECTOR SIGNAL GENERATOR
TO ARRL ARRL LIFE MEMBER ULRICH ROHDE, N1UL, HAS DONATED A ROHDE SCHWARZ
SMBV100A VECTOR SIGNAL GENERATOR TO THE ARRL LABORATORY.  THE DEVICE OFFERS
INTERNAL SIGNAL GENERATION FOR ALL MAJOR DIGITAL RADIO STANDARDS.  THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS NEWS AND EXTREMELY GENEROUS, ARRL CEO DAVID MINSTER,
NA2AA, TOLD ROHDE.  ARRL LABORATORY MANAGER ED HARE, W1RFI, SAID THE
INSTRUMENT WILL BE A VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE LABS TESTING CAPABILITIES.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO MORE COMPREHENSIVE TESTS ON MODERN RADIOS, ALMOST ALL
OF WHICH USE SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO TECHNOLOGY, HARE SAID.  WE WILL ALSO BE
ABLE TO ADD TESTING OF RECEIVERS DIGITAL CAPABILITY.  THE FLEXIBILITY OF
THIS GENERATOR WILL SERVE THE LABORATORY FOR YEARS TO COME.  HARE SAID HE
WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE SMBV100A ONCE ITS INSTALLED
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