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07/24/2009 | Summary of Board Actions from the 2009 Second Meeting
The ARRL Board of Directors held its Second Meeting of 2009 July 17-18 in Windsor, Connecticut, under the chairmanship of President Joel Harrison, W5ZN. The Board considered and acted on a number of
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07/24/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
No new sunspots yet, but a big surprise this week with aurora and a geomagnetic storm: Sunspot activity peaked around 0300-0900 UTC on Wednesday July 22, with K index as high as 6. The planetary A index for the day was 24. You can see the K index variatio
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07/23/2009 | Surfin': Getting Off The GridThis week, Surfin' explores the possibilities of getting electricity from your own resources.
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07/21/2009 | Ham Radio Helps Out with Mountain Rescue
It was a quiet afternoon on July 11 and Rich Lippucci, KI6RRQ, of Vista, California, was monitoring the Catalina Amateur Radio Association (CARA) repeater on his base station. "I heard someone come over the repeater, calling, 'Is there anybody listen
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07/21/2009 | Passport to World Band Radio: In "Limbo"
The publisher of Passport to World Band Radio told readers that the future of the seminal SWL guide is in "limbo." Acknowledging on the Learn More
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07/21/2009 | Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD (SK)
Legendary CBS newsman Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD, who held the title of "Most Trusted Man in America," passed away Friday, July 17 after a long illness. He was 92. The avuncular Cronkite anchored CBS Evening News for 19 years until 1981 when
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07/20/2009 | Jim Mullin, W8KKK (SK)
Jim Mullin, W8KKK, of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, fell to his death from atop a 100 foot tower on June 6, reports Frank "Fritz" Hemrich, K8WLF. According to a post Hemr
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07/17/2009 | Space Shuttle Endeavour Set to Launch; Ham to be Delivered to ISS
After lightning strikes and thunderstorms delayed the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour (STS 127) this past weekend, the spacecraft is set to launch at 6:03 PM on Wednesday, July 15. Endeavour's 16 day mission to the International Space
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