Recent News
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12/01/2010 | Joe Taylor, K1JT, and Bruce Walker, W1BW, Win November QST Cover Plaque Award
The winners of the QST Cover Plaque Award for November are Joe Taylor, K1JT, and Bruce Walker, W1BW, for their article “WSPRing Around the World.” Congratulations Joe and Bruce! The QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or authors of the best arti
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12/01/2010 | Soar High in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest
The highest of the HF bands will be the central operating focus of many amateurs in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest, December 11-12. During the event, many propagation modes will be available: Sporadic-E will help you work stateside stations, a touch of meteor
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11/30/2010 | The Spratly Islands DXpedition Gets Wings
The 37 operators from 15 countries who make up the DX0DX DXpedition Team that will go to the Spratly Islands are finalizing preparations for the almost month-long DXpedition that begins January 6, 2011. Instead of going by boat, the team will instead fly
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11/30/2010 | ISS Expedition 24/25 Crew Back on Terra Firma
After more than 160 days in space, ISS Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC -- along with Flight Engineers Shannon Walker, KD5DXB, and Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI -- has returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS), landing in Kazakh
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11/29/2010 | British Man Convicted for Deliberate Interference, Operating Without a License
Clive McMurray of the British town of Hull (located about 45 miles southwest of York) was convicted and sentenced on November 22 for causing deliberate interference to Amateur Radio users and unlawfully using radio equipment without a license. According t
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11/26/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update
The average daily solar flux declined this week more than 36 points compared to last week, to 24.6. Our reporting week -- which ran until November 24 -- showed the daily sunspot number declining from 40 to 11, but on November 25 the sunspot number rose to
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11/26/2010 | Surfin’: Indexing Ham RadioThis week, Surfin’ unearths online indices and archives for the “Big Four” in ham radio periodicals.
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11/24/2010 | FCC Issues Retailer Second Citation in 18 Months for Marketing Non-Compliant RF Devices
On November 23, the FCC issued a Citation to Hobby Lobby International (HLI) for marketing non-compliant radio frequency devices. According to the Commission, these devices were in violation of Section 302(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended
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