Recent News
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11/14/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
We soon may be talking about a day or two without sunspots as the norm, perhaps when looking at a preceding month -- quite the opposite of noting the few days with sunspots. It seems like a long time ago because of the long strings of spotless days. We sa
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11/13/2008 | Surfin': Tying Ham Radio Together with TwineThis week's Surfin' visits a Web site using semantic Web design to organize your Amateur Radio information.
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11/13/2008 | ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration
Registration remains open through Sunday, November 23, 2008, for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, December 5, 2008: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1 (EC-001), Radio Frequency Interference (E
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11/13/2008 | ARRL to Offer Self-Study Course on Digital Technology for Emergency Communications
With digital technology becoming an integral part of Amateur Radio, hams interested in Emergency Communications now have a new tool to help them take advantage of emerging modes such as Packet Radio APRS, Winlink 2000, IRLP, EchoLink and WIRES-II
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11/13/2008 | IBM Teams up with BPL Provider to Offer Services in Seven States
On Wednesday, November 12, IBM announced that it has signed a $9.6 million deal with International Broadband Electric Communications (IBEC) to install equipment and provide BPL service to almost 350,000 homes in Alabama, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, T
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11/12/2008 | Satellite Serving as Voice Repeater Expected to Go QRT by End of Year
Launched in January 1990, AMSAT-OSCAR 16 (AO-16) -- a digital satellite -- has been operating as a voice repeater since January 2008, using FM voice on the uplink and transmitting DSB voice on the downlink (best received on SSB). But according to the sate
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11/10/2008 | Hurricane Nets, WX4NHC Activate as Hurricane Paloma Batters Cayman Islands and Cuba
As Hurricane Paloma threatened the Cayman Islands and Cuba over the past weekend, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN), the VoIP Hurricane Net (VOIPWX) and WX4NHC -- the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) -- were active and standing by
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11/10/2008 | Mark Your Calendar for the November 2008 Frequency Measuring Test
On Wednesday, November 12 at 9:45 PM EST (Thursday, November 13 at 0245 UTC), W1AW will once again host the ARRL Fall Frequency Measuring Test (FMT), replacing the W1AW phone bulletin scheduled at that time. "These tests will exercise the capabilitie
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