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07/17/2009 | Companion Bill to Senate Radio Spectrum Inventory Act Introduced in House
In March, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) introduced the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act (S 649) in the Senate. Earlier this month, that bill passed the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Last week, Representative Henry Waxman (CA-30) in
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07/17/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
We saw a nice run of eight days with a large sunspot, but none have emerged in the six days since. Unlike other recent spots, this one did not appear just for one or two days and then vanish. Sunspot numbers for July 9-15 were 15, 13, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 wit
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07/16/2009 | FCC Chairman Genachowski Announces Wireless Bureau Senior Staff
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced four members of the senior leadership of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) on July 16. Bureau Chief Ruth Milkman, Senior Deputy Chief James Schlichting, Deputy Chief Renee Roland Crittendon and Deputy C
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07/16/2009 | New Vice Directors Visit HQ in Advance of Board Meeting
Just prior to the ARRL Board of Directors 2009 Second Meeting, three newly appointed Vice Directors made their way to Newington for a day of orientation. Pacific Division Vice Director Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT, Southeastern Division Vice Director Jeff Beals, W
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07/16/2009 | Surfin': Hammin' With the SunThis week, Surfin' travels to a ham radio station in The Bush of Australia where the Sun is everything.
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07/15/2009 | Three More Representatives Sign On for HR 2160
On July 13, three more Congressmen -- John Boozman (AR-3), Bob Filner (CA-51) and Dennis Moore (KS-3) -- pledged their support for Learn More
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07/14/2009 | W1AW to Add New Digital Modes to Transmission Schedule
On August 17, W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, will replace its AMTOR and ASCII transmissions with PSK31 and MFSK16, respectively. RTTY (Baudot) will continue to be the first digital mode used in the transmission sche
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07/13/2009 | WRC-11 Is Now WRC-12
The ITU Council, the 46-nation administrative oversight body of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), has Learn More
