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02/18/2009 | World Amateur Radio Day to Recognize Amateur Radio's Role in Disaster Communications
Each year on April 18, radio amateurs celebrate World Amateur Radio Day. On that day in 1925, 84 years ago, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was founded. In 2009, the theme of the event is Amateur Radio: Your Resource in Disaster and Emergency
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02/17/2009 | ARRL Headquarters Closed in Observance of Presidents' Day
ARRL Headquarters will be closed in observance of Presidents' Day on Monday, February 16. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Tuesday, February 17 at 8 AM Eastern Standard Time. We wish eve
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02/17/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: One Man's TrashThey say that one man's trash is another man's treasure. In fact, that seems to be the whole premise of many hamfests. But just how true is the expression?
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02/13/2009 | IEEE to Form Balloting Group on BPL EMC Standard
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has been developing standards for Broadband over Power Line (BPL) use and deployment. According to ARRL Lab Manager and IEEE member Ed Hare, W1RFI, there are three IEEE standards in progress at
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02/13/2009 | Get Ready for the 2009 ARRL International CW DX Contest
The weekend of February 21-22 will be a busy one for CW operators as the 2009 ARRL International CW DX Contest takes center stage. First started in 1929 as the ARRL International Relay Party, the ARRL DX CW Contest is the longest running contest in Amateu
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02/13/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
Sunspots returned this week, or rather, one did, but it is an old Solar Cycle 23 spot. Sunspot 1012 has been visible the last couple of days, February 11-12. It is down near the Sun's equator, typical for spots from a previous cycle. It's nice to have a s
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02/12/2009 | Dieter Schliemann, KX4Y (SK)
Dieter Schliemann, KX4Y, of Scottsboro, Alabama, passed February 9 after a battle with cancer. He was 68. According to Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Chairman Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, Schliemann was instrumental in l
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02/12/2009 | IARU Member-Societies Ratify New Officers, Vote to Admit New Members
On February 10, IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ, counted ballots submitted by IARU Member-Societies. Proposals submitted to the Member-Societies in September 2008 (IARU Calendar 187) included the election of a new IARU President and Vice Presiden
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