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09/26/2012 | Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society Chairman Sid T. May, ET3SID (SK)
Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society (EARS) Chairman Sid T. May, ET3SID/G4CTQ/AB3OZ, passed away September 25. In 1993, May established ET3AA, the first Amateur Radio club in Ethiopia.
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09/24/2012 | IARU Region 3 Chairman Michael Owen, VK3KI (SK)
IARU Region 3 Chairman Michael Owen, VK3KI, passed away September 22. He was 75. Owen, who was also President of the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) -- that country’s IARU Member-Society -- participated in many IARU committees and was a member of th
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08/01/2012 | Ivica Dačić, YU1YU, Elected Prime Minister of Serbia
Former Serbian Internal Affairs Minister Ivica Dačić, YU1YU, was elected as that country’s newest Prime Minister on July 27.
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05/18/2012 | CQ Announces 2012 Hall of Fame Inductees
CQ magazine announced its 2012 Hall of Fame inductees on May 18, welcoming 16 new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, three new members of the CQ DX Hall of Fame and two new members of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.
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03/27/2012 | Luxembourg Issues Stamp to Celebrate 75 Years of Amateur Radio
Founded in 1937, the Réseau Luxembourgeois des Amateurs d’Ondes Courtes (RL) -- that country’s IARU Member-Society -- is celebrating its 75th anniversary. In honor of this milestone, Luxembourg’s Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications (P&TLuxembourg)
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03/21/2012 | Special Event Stations Planned for London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Some special event call signs will be activated to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: 2O12L from London, England and 2O12W from Barry, Wales. The London 2012 Inspire program has granted the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) -- Gre
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01/26/2012 | Federación Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores Marks 80 Years
The Federación Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores (FMRE) -- Mexico’s IARU Member-Society -- celebrated its 80th anniversary on January 14. FMRE board members, director and hams from throughout Mexico attended the celebration at FMRE Headquarters in Mexico
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02/25/2011 | No HF Frequencies Being Used in New Zealand Earthquake Operations
The ARRL has just received word from the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) -- that country’s IARU Member-Society -- that amateurs there providing communications support in the aftermath of the 6.3 earthquake are using 2 meters (144 MHz
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