Recent News
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07/10/2009 | ARRL Board of Directors, Standing Committees to Meet in Connecticut Next Week
The ARRL Board of Directors holds their second meeting of 2009 July 17-18 in Windsor, Connecticut, with Directors, Vice Directors and ARRL Board officers in attendance. The meeting will be preceded on Thursday, July 16 with meetings of the Administration
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07/10/2009 | ARRL Teachers Institute: "It Is Elementary, It Is Advanced, It Is Something for Everyone"
Four sessions of the ARRL's Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology wrapped up in June. These sessions -- in Tucson, Arizona; Rocklin, California; Viera, Florida, and Berrien Springs, Michigan -- saw 52 educators complete the four day course. The Califo
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07/10/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
Finally, some sunspot activity to report -- and not one of those phantom spots that appear one day and vanish the next. Sunspot group 1024 first emerged a week ago on July 3 with a daily sunspot number of 17 and the magnetic signature of a new Solar Cycle
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07/09/2009 | NTS Official Jim Leist, KB5W (SK)
Jim Leist, KB5W, a longtime leader of the ARRL National Traffic System (NTS), passed away after a long illness on June 22. He was 74. Leist, who lived in Gautier, Mississippi, was C
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07/09/2009 | Surfin': Makin' Radio at a Higher LevelThis week, Surfin' takes you out the door and up the hill to make contacts for awards.
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07/08/2009 | 500 kHz Experimenters in North America, Europe Get Active
In the 500 kHz Experiment quarterly report for the period ending May 2009, Experiment Coordinator Fritz Raab, W1FR, reported that since the experiment began in late 2006, 21 participating stations are currently active. The FCC's Office of Engineering and
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07/08/2009 | Six New Co-sponsors Pledge Support for HR 2160
Earlier this week, HR 2160 -- The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2009 -- gained six n
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07/07/2009 | New Section Manager Appointed in Ohio
Frank Piper, KI8GW, of Pickerington, has been appointed Section Manager of the ARRL Ohio Section. He will serve the balance of the term of Joe Phillips, K8QOE; Phillips passed away on June 20. Accord
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