Recent News
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07/13/2009 | Oregon Congressman Pledges Support for HR 2160
On July 10, Representative David Wu (OR-1) signed on as a co-sponsor to HR 2160 -- The Amateur Radio Emergency Communica
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07/12/2009 | IARU Member Societies On-The-Air for IARU HF World Championship
In this weekend's IARU HF World Championship Contest, IARU Member-Societies from all around the globe will be active and operating with special call signs. According to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, many of these call signs end in HQ, des
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07/10/2009 | ARRL Board of Directors, Standing Committees to Meet in Connecticut Next Week
The ARRL Board of Directors holds their second meeting of 2009 July 17-18 in Windsor, Connecticut, with Directors, Vice Directors and ARRL Board officers in attendance. The meeting will be preceded on Thursday, July 16 with meetings of the Administration
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07/10/2009 | ARRL Teachers Institute: "It Is Elementary, It Is Advanced, It Is Something for Everyone"
Four sessions of the ARRL's Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology wrapped up in June. These sessions -- in Tucson, Arizona; Rocklin, California; Viera, Florida, and Berrien Springs, Michigan -- saw 52 educators complete the four day course. The Califo
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07/10/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
Finally, some sunspot activity to report -- and not one of those phantom spots that appear one day and vanish the next. Sunspot group 1024 first emerged a week ago on July 3 with a daily sunspot number of 17 and the magnetic signature of a new Solar Cycle
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07/09/2009 | NTS Official Jim Leist, KB5W (SK)
Jim Leist, KB5W, a longtime leader of the ARRL National Traffic System (NTS), passed away after a long illness on June 22. He was 74. Leist, who lived in Gautier, Mississippi, was C
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07/09/2009 | Surfin': Makin' Radio at a Higher LevelThis week, Surfin' takes you out the door and up the hill to make contacts for awards.
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07/08/2009 | 500 kHz Experimenters in North America, Europe Get Active
In the 500 kHz Experiment quarterly report for the period ending May 2009, Experiment Coordinator Fritz Raab, W1FR, reported that since the experiment began in late 2006, 21 participating stations are currently active. The FCC's Office of Engineering and
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