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01/20/2009 | Virginia Hams Invited to Help with Inauguration
Late last year, ARRL Virginia Section Manager Carl Clements, W4CAC, and ARES®-RACES Section Emergency Coordinator Ron Sokol, K4KHZ, received an invitation to participate in the inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009.
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01/19/2009 | Amateur Radio Special Events Celebrate Obama's Inauguration
To celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, Amateur Radio clubs in the Washington, DC, area and across the country have planned special operating events. From January 14-24, the District of Columbia Amateur Ra
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01/19/2009 | Julius Genachowski Reportedly Picked to Head FCC
Democratic sources are reporting that President-elect Barack Obama has selected Julius Genachowski, 45, a technology executive and former classmate from Harvard Law School, to lead the Federal Communications Commission. If confirmed by the Senate, Genacho
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01/19/2009 | FCC Reports Decline in BPL Customers
On January 16, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission released data, as of December 31, 2007, on the services used for high-speed Internet access in the United States. According to the data collected by the FCC, as of that date there were 121.2 milli
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01/19/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: One Medium Counterpoise, Hold the AnchoviesLiving in the suburbs and operating on the HF bands are not two mutually exclusive activities, but it often seems that way. For years now, I have been searching for an acceptable antenna solution, and it has been eluding me.
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01/16/2009 | Joint ARRL-RAC EmComm Event Canceled
The Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) have cancelled their joint special event with the ARRL, scheduled for March 16-17 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This was to be a follow-up to an Learn More
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01/16/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
A nice sunspot group -- number 1010 -- appeared for five days from January 9-13. Daily sunspot numbers ranged from 11 to 20, and this one was another Solar Cycle 24 appearance. The Cycle 23 sunspots seem to be gone, while the new Solar Cycle 24 isn't pick
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01/15/2009 | Surfin': Inauguration's CommunicationsThis week's Surfin' finds Amateur Radio on the air for the inauguration of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
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