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03/28/2016 | Kingman Reef (KH5) Deleted from DXCC List
The ARRL Awards Committee has voted to delete Kingman Reef (KH5) from the DXCC List, effective March 29, 2016.
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12/07/2015 | Scouting’s Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) Participation Dips for Third Year
Despite what the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) called “solid results from an exciting JOTA weekend,” Scout participation for the October 2015 event was reported down by 8 percent from 2014, although the number of registered stations and station reports r...
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10/01/2015 | Jamboree On The Air 2015 Stations Urged to Register
As of October 1, more than 350 US stations had signed up to take part in the 2015 Jamboree On The Air (JOTA).
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09/02/2015 | Jamboree On The Air 2015 Station Registration is Open
Worldwide station registration is open for the 2015 Boy Scouts Jamboree On The Air/Jamboree On The Internet (JOTA/JOTI), which will take place over the October 16-18 weekend.
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01/08/2014 | Amateur Radio Showing Steady Growth in the US
Ham radio numbers continue to grow in the US.
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01/15/2013 | 2012 Marks All-Time High for Amateur Radio Licenses
As 2012 came to a close, ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, had a good reason to cheer: The number of radio amateurs in the US reached an all-time high of almost 710,000.
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04/11/2012 | 2012 Continues to Show Growth in Amateur Radio Licensing
The first quarter of 2012 (January-March) saw a high level of Amateur Radio license exam sessions, producing an elevated influx of applications for new licensees. According to ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, these numbers outpaced the 2011 first quar
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10/12/2011 | US Amateurs Now 700,000 Strong!
As the third quarter of 2011 came to a close, ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, began calculating the number of licensed Amateur Radio operators in the US, as well as the number of new licensees. “At the end of September, I saw that the number of hams
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