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06/25/2009 | Surfin': Finding Missing SunspotsThis week's Surfin' discovers why the Sun's spots are in hiding.
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06/25/2009 | Possible International Space Station Contacts for Field Day 2009
According to NASA ISS Ham Radio Project Engineer Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, there is a good possibility that groups participating in ARRL Field Day may be able to make a contact with one of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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06/24/2009 | ARDF Update: Foxhunting Fun in the Blue Hills of BostonDozens of beginners and experts discover that New England's forests are ideal for hidden transmitter hunting.
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06/23/2009 | ARRL Field Day in the National Spotlight
Each year, the ARRL's Media and Public Relations Department makes materials available to Public Affairs Officers (PIOs) for use in promoting Field Day events. Most of these are in forms that local groups can easily modify to include their own information,
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06/23/2009 | W1AW Announces 2009 Field Day Bulletin Schedule
Stations active during ARRL Field Day -- June 27-28 -- are eligible to receive 100 bonus points for copying the special Field Day bulletin transmitted by W1AW (or K6KPH on the West Coast) according to the schedule below. You must include an accurate copy
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06/22/2009 | Ohio Section Manager Joe Phillips, K8QOE (SK)
Joe Phillips, K8QOE, who served as ARRL Ohio Section Manager since 1998, passed away suddenly at his home on Saturday, June 20. He was 68. Licensed in 1959 as KN9SYL, Phillips first joined the ARRL Field Organization as an Official Emergency Station (OES)
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06/22/2009 | W1AW, WA6ZTY to Conduct Dual-Tone Frequency Measuring Test in July
The Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, W1AW, and WA6ZTY on the West Coast will conduct a summer Frequency Measuring Test (FMT) on July 1 at 9:45 PM EDT (0145 UTC on July 2). According to FMT Coordinator H. Ward Silver, N0AX, the format will be a "do
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06/19/2009 | Mystery TransmissionWhen I tell this story to friends who are not hams all I get is a blank look, but I know you will understand why the event left me feeling amazed and disoriented. It started out mundanely enough. I was cruising the neighborhood of Oakland, California&rsqu
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