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02/05/2009 | Surfin': Finding a Home for Serving the PublicThis week's Surfin' relates the story about hams finding a new venue for a public service ham station.
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02/05/2009 | Swedish Amateurs Granted New Privileges
On January 29, the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) announced that Amateur Radio operators in that country will now have access t
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02/04/2009 | ARRL Announces Second Homebrew Challenge
The first ARRL Homebrew Challenge, announced in the August 2006 issue of QST, offered a prize for the best 5 W, 40 meter CW and voice transceiver our readers could build. The only requirement was that the rig had to be built for less than $50 of new, read
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02/04/2009 | Awards Conferred at 2009 ARRL Board of Directors Annual Meeting
At the 2009 Annual Meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors voted to convey two awards for 2008: The Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award and the ARRL Humanitarian Award.
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02/03/2009 | Donald G. Lemley Sr, W8DL (SK)
Don Lemley, W8DL, of South Charleston, West Virginia, passed away January 22 after a long illness. He was 74. A former Official Observer Coordinator for the ARRL West Virginia Section and an ARRL Technical Coordinator, Lemley was an active QRPer and taugh
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02/03/2009 | 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 January.
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02/03/2009 | William E. Packard, NN9U, Wins January QST Cover Plaque Award
The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for January is William E. Packard, NN9U, for his article "Morse Code: Efficient or Over the Hill?" Congratulations, William! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award -- given to
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02/03/2009 | Distress Beacons at 121.5 and 243 MHz Phased Out
As of February 1, the Cospas-Sarsat (Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking) satellites are no longer monitoring distress beacons at 121.5 and 243 MHz. All mariners, aviators and individuals who use emergency beacons on those frequencies will need to
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