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03/08/2009 | Julius Genachowski Nominated as Next FCC Chairman
On Tuesday, March 3, President Barack Obama nominated Julius Genachowski as FCC Chairman. Genachowski, 46, is a technology executive and a former classmate of Obama's from Harvard Law School. Upon Senate confirmation, Genachowski will replace Acting FCC C
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03/06/2009 | Rick Campbell, KK7B, Wins February QST Cover Plaque Award
The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for February is Rick Campbell, KK7B, for his article "Designing and Building Transistor Linear Power Amplifiers." Congratulations, Rick! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award
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03/06/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
There have been no new sunspots since the recent brief three-day appearance of quickly fading sunspot 1013 on February 24-26. It was another Solar Cycle 24 sunspot, but this is not too encouraging, considering how brief and weak it appeared. There are no
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03/05/2009 | ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration
Registration remains open through Sunday March 8, 2009 for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, March 20, 2009: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 2, Antenna Modeling, and Radio Frequency Propagatio
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03/04/2009 | Surfin': Calling All Space CadetsThis week's Surfin' recalls an era when we were all space cadets one way or another.
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03/04/2009 | FCC Has Done "Literally Nothing" to Comply with Court Ruling
On February 25 -- 10 months to the day that the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit released its decision on the ARRL's Petition for Review of the FCC's Orders adopting rules governing broadband over power line (BPL) systems -- ARRL G
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03/03/2009 | ARRL Invites Nominations for 2008 Hiram Percy Maxim Award
The ARRL invites nominations for the 2008 Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award. The League's premier youth recognition, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award is awarded annually to a radio amateur under age 21 in recognition of the recipient's accomplishments
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03/02/2009 | US ARDF Championships Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the next USA Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships, June 5-7, 2009, in Boston, Massachusetts. Radio-orienteers of all skill levels will gather for a practice day
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