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06/11/2010 | Surfin’: iPhone Gets Software Defined RadioThis week, Surfin’ discovers a software defined radio (SDR) in an iPhone.
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06/10/2010 | In FCC Rule Making Proceeding, ARRL Supports Employee Participation in Drills
In March 2010, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) (WT Docket No 10-72) that proposed to amend the Part 97 rules -- specifically 97.113(a)(3) -- governing the Amateur Radio Service. The new rules would provide that, under certain limi
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06/10/2010 | The Amateur Amateur: APRS, the BeginningI became interested in APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) after watching a presentation on it a few years ago. The presenter described some of the interesting things that could be done with APRS, which, I think, sold many of us right then and there.
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06/09/2010 | Field Day Station Locator Service Returns for 2010
First introduced in 2008, the ARRL’s Field Day Station Locator Service has proved a popular addition to the Field Day toolbox. This service -- an interactive map that helps amateurs or those interested in Amateur Radio find a Field Day site near them -- i
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06/09/2010 | Amateur Radio Operators Active during Severe Tornado Breakout in Northwestern Ohio
During the early overnight hours of Saturday, June 5 through Sunday, June 6, severe weather and tornadoes ripped across an area of Northwestern Ohio, laying a large path of destruction. ARES® and SKYWARN groups in Erie, Huron, Sandusky and Wood Counties a
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06/09/2010 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Game, Set, Match!Impedance matching is a function performed many times in every radio and every radio shack. Sometimes it’s done inside a circuit and out of sight. Sometimes an automatic tuning unit clicks its way to unity SWR. And sometimes we just twiddle knobs or futz
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06/09/2010 | ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration
Registration remains open through Sunday, June 20, 2010, for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, July 2, 2010: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1; Antenna Design and Construction; Propagation; Analog Electronics, and Digital Elec
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06/08/2010 | FCC Dismisses California Ham’s Petition to Amend Section 97.1
In September 2009, Gordon Schlesinger, W6LBV, of San Diego, California, filed a Petition for Rule Making with the FCC, seeking to amend Section 97.1 of the Commission’s rules to account for changes in technology and amateur practice since the
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