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02/24/2012 | Surfin’: Hunting Broadcast Radio TransmittersThis week, Surfin’ wonders where the transmitter went -- and finds it on the Internet.
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02/24/2012 | ARRL Publishes New Guidelines for 60 Meters
The ARRL has published a set of guidelines for new 60 meter privileges going into effect March 5.
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02/23/2012 | Malyj Vysotskij Island Added to DXCC Deleted Entities List
According to the Finnish Ministry of Transportation and Communication, the Saimaa Canal Treaty between Finland and Russia has been finalized by relevant Finnish and Russian authorities through ratification.
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02/23/2012 | Hollywood Movie Features Morse Code, Homebrew Equipment -- and Sea Monsters!
In the movie Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Sean Anderson (played by Josh Hutcherson) receives a coded distress signal that comes from a mysterious island where no island should exist. Sean decides to follow the signal with the unwilling assistance fro
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02/22/2012 | One Down, One to Go: The ARRL International DX Contest Gears Up for SSB
With the CW portion of the ARRL International DX Contest now a series of fading dits and dahs in the memories of participants, preparations for the SSB portion of the DX Contest -- the weekend of March 3-4 -- are already underway.
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02/21/2012 | Section Managers Winter Election Results
Two ARRL Sections -- Eastern Pennsylvania and Louisiana -- will get new Section Managers, as of April 1, 2012. Two other Sections -- San Diego and Virginia -- will keep their incumbent Section Managers. Ballots for these races were counted Tuesday, Februa
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02/21/2012 | Republic of South Sudan Assigned Prefix
After a wait of more than seven months after being accepted as a member of the United Nations, the Republic of South Sudan received its prefix block from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU): Z8. On July 14, 2011 -- after South Sudan’s admittan
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02/21/2012 | March Qualifying Runs
The W1AW and West Coast Qualifying Runs were inadvertently left out of the March 2012 issue of QST.
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