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04/02/2009 | ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of March.
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04/02/2009 | Byron Black, W4SSY, Wins March QST Cover Plaque Award
The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for March is Byron Black, W4SSY, for his article "The W4SSY Spudgun." Congratulations, Byron! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or authors of the best artic
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04/02/2009 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Stating the ObviousKnowing little things about the geography US states and Canadian provinces can be of great use on the air or just plain fun. This quiz leads into some quiet corners of the North American continent that you know so well -- or maybe you don't. No multiple g
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04/01/2009 | Dayton Amateur Radio Association Announces 2009 Award Winners
The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA), host of the Dayton Hamvention®, has announced the winners of their three 2009 annual receive awards -- 2009 Amateur of the Year, the Technical Excellence Award and the Special Achievement Award -- at the an
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04/01/2009 | Australian, British RTTY Contests to Merge
John Barber, GW4SKA, of the British Amateur Radio Teledata Group (BARTG), announced that 2009 will be the last running of the Australian National Amateur Radio Teleprinter Society (ANARTS) RTTY Contest. Citing the failing health of ANARTS Secretary and Co
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03/31/2009 | German AMSAT Team Transmits, Receives Signals from Venus
On March 25, a group from AMSAT-DL bounced radio signals off the surface of Venus, marking the first time Amateur Radio operators have bounced radio signals off another planet. According to AMSAT-DL President Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, the Earth-Venus-Earth (E
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03/30/2009 | ARRL Releases 2009-2010 Repeater Directory
With more than 20,000 listings for VHF/UHF repeaters across the US and Canada, The ARRL Repeater Directory 2009-2010 is a must have. Once again, the ARRL is offering two sizes of the Repeater Directory --poc
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03/30/2009 | FCC Denies New York Ham's Request for PRB-1 Ruling
On March 27, the FCC notified Thomas Morrison, AB2PP, of Yonkers, New York, that it was denying his petition concerning an Amateur Radio antenna support structure Morrison had installed at his home. In his December 2008, petition, Morrison requested the C
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