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09/26/2009 | Ham Appointed Chief of Army MARS
On Friday, September 25, veteran Army communicator Jim Griffin, KE7LJA, became Chief of the Army Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS). Major General Susan Lawrence, Commanding General of the 9th Signal Command (Army), named Griffin to succeed Stuart Car
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09/25/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
This week we had a double-dose of good news: Right at the time of the autumnal equinox on Tuesday, September 22, sunspot 1026 -- a new Solar Cycle 24 sunspot -- came into view over the Sun's eastern horizon. We watched this emerge a week ago on the Sun's
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09/25/2009 | The ARRL Letter, ARRL Audio News to Move to Thursdays
ARRL members who subscribe to The ARRL Letter will be getting their issues a day early. Beginning Thursday, September 24, The ARRL Letter and the ARRL Audio News wi
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09/25/2009 | Surfin': Antennas in High PlacesThis week, Surfin' explores the Internet looking for the highest radio antennas on Earth.
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09/25/2009 | ARRL to Welcome USTTI Students
Next month -- October 12-16 -- the ARRL will welcome students from various countries from all over the world who want to learn how to administer and regulate Amateur Radio programs in their home countries. This course, offered by the United States Telecom
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09/24/2009 | Force 12, C-3S — Adding the Fifth BandAs mentioned in a previous article, the Force C-3S is a very robust Yagi and its design is ideal for extending coverage up to five bands by application of linear resonator techniques. One of the attractive design features is that the Force 12 antenna uses
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09/23/2009 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Way-back WirelessStepping into a time machine set on "just out of sight" is always an adventure. It's important that we have a sense of our technological history if for no other reason than to enjoy the fun as old becomes new again. This month, see if some of th
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09/23/2009 | More CubeSats Reach Orbit
Early this morning (UTC), an Indian PSLV-C14 rocket carried the Oceansat-2 satellite to orbit, along with four CubeSats and two RubinSats. The RubinSats are 8 kg research modules that will remain attached to the PSLV-C14 booster.
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