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11/25/2009 | New Vice Directors in Central, Roanoke Divisions
On Friday, November 20, ARRL staff members started opening ballots for the Vice Director races in the Central and Roanoke Divisions. Southeastern Division Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK; Rocky Mountain Division Director Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, and ARRL Chi
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11/25/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
This edition of the Solar Update will be brief. Since ARRL Headquarters is closed on Thanksgiving Day and the day after, I hope to have another bulletin out Monday morning to catch up with the sunspot, solar flux and geomagnetic data information.
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11/24/2009 | Incumbent Section Managers Win New Term of Office
Three incumbent Section Managers were re-elected in races that concluded on Tuesday, November 24. In Alabama, Jay Isbell, KA4KUN, received 513 votes; challenger Les Rayburn, N1LF, received 167 votes. Isbell, of Bessemer, will begin his second term as Sect
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11/24/2009 | ARRL, McSnyder Software Team Up to Provide iTunes Apps
ARRL is pleased to announce the availability of a new suite of Amateur Radio mobile software -- designed specifically for use with the Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. The applications -- or "apps" -- are named ARRL Technician, ARRL General and AR
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11/24/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: Hammy-GramsSome years ago when I took the ARECC (Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course), I discovered an aspect of the hobby of which I'd been unaware: Formal traffic. One of the exercises in the course said that I should compose a formal message and then se
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11/24/2009 | Surfin': A Wireless DilemmaThis week, Surfin' wonders what to do when ham radio transmissions interfere with the wireless equipment.
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11/23/2009 | ARRL Sweepstakes Manager Ken Adams, K5KA (SK)
Ken Adams, K5KA, succumbed to cancer and passed away on Sunday, November 22. He was 64. Adams, an ARRL Life Member, served as the first-ever Contest Manager for the ARRL Sweepstakes, coming on board in 2005. "Ken was a 'get it done' kinda guy,"
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11/23/2009 | End in Sight for "Third Battle of Bull Run"?
ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, once termed the battle of Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) in Manassas, Virginia as the "Third Battle of Bull Run." While the war against harmful interference to Amateur Radio via BPL is not yet o
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