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01/07/2012 | FCC Grants Special Temporary Authority for Amateur Spread Spectrum Experiments
FCC grants Special Temporary Authority for amateur Spread Spectrum experiments on HF and VHF
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01/06/2012 | Radio Amateurs Not Affected by Narrowbanding Requirements
The FCC released a Public Notice on January 6, reminding land mobile licensees, frequency coordinators and equipment manufacturers that they have less than one year to transition to narrowband operations in the 150-174 and 421-512 MHz bands. While the lat
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01/06/2012 | 2012 Annual Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors Set for January 13-14, Agenda Announced
ARRL policy is made by its Board of Directors. The 15 voting members of the Board are the Directors who are elected by the ARRL members in their respective divisions. The Board meets in January and July, usually in the Hartford area. ARRL members also ele
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01/06/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update
We’re continuing to see good conditions, although sunspot activity has declined a bit. The average daily sunspot numbers for December 29-January 4 declined nearly 20 points (when compared to the previous seven days) to 88.1; this is the lowest reported we
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01/06/2012 | Surfin’: Going TechnoThis week, Surfin’ discovers a techie surprise under the Christmas tree.
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01/05/2012 | Videos of 2011 DCC Now Available Online
Amateur Radio Video News (ARVN) has released high-definition videos of all the talks presented at the 2011 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC), held September 16-18. The programs are now available online on the ARVN website. The DCC is a th
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01/04/2012 | ARISSat-1 Re-enters Earth's Atmosphere
The ARISSat-1 satellite re-entered Earth's atmosphere early this morning.
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01/04/2012 | Ham Radio in Hollywood: Amateur Radio Makes Its Debut on Last Man Standing
If you watched the January 3 episode of Last Man Standing -- the ABC hit situation comedy starring Tim Allen as Mike Baxter, KA0XTT -- you were in for a treat. While this episode didn’t feature Amateur Radio per se, it did show Mike’s shack in the backgro
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