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03/01/2012 | 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 February.
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03/01/2012 | Phil Salas, AD5X, Wins February QST Cover Plaque Award
The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for February is Phil Salas, AD5X, for his article “A Relay-Based Full Break-In TR Switch for Your Vintage System.” Congratulations Phil! The QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or authors of the best arti
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02/29/2012 | The Amateur Amateur: It’s a Jungle Down ThereIt’s Wednesday. The evening meal has been cooked and consumed. The dishes have been washed. My wife Nancy has curled up with a murder mystery and our dog Ariel is busy dismantling a rawhide bone. Checking my watch, I see that it’s time to go down to my sh
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02/28/2012 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Hamfesting Like CrazyThe last few weekends of January was all about burning gas and traveling across Missouri to visit two of the state’s great hamfests: the NKC Hamfest in Kansas City, and Winterfest in St Louis. Thankfully they were separated by a week, so this allowed me t
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02/28/2012 | Nominations for ARRL Awards Now Open
Each year, the ARRL Board of Directors has the opportunity to select recipients for a number of awards in various categories that honor Amateur Radio operators. The nomination period is now open for the ARRL awards that are designed to recognize education
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02/27/2012 | W1AW Video Tour Available on ARRL Website
In case you missed the live web tour of W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Station at ARRL Headquarters, you can now watch the 18 minute video on the ARRL website. On February 12, W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, led Geoff Fox, N1GF, on a tour of the famed
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02/27/2012 | Former RAC President Earle Smith, VE6NM (SK)
Earle Smith, VE6NM, of Grand Prairie, Alberta -- who served as President of the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) from 2004-2007 -- passed away Friday, February 24. He was 81. An active radio amateur since 1948, first licensed as VE1SA, Smith enjoyed meeting
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02/24/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update
We don’t know if this is a significant trend, but solar activity has really leveled off recently. But not everyone is unhappy about this. During the recent long minimum, 160 and 80 meter operators sang the praises of great conditions. In response to my “w
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