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01/16/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
A nice sunspot group -- number 1010 -- appeared for five days from January 9-13. Daily sunspot numbers ranged from 11 to 20, and this one was another Solar Cycle 24 appearance. The Cycle 23 sunspots seem to be gone, while the new Solar Cycle 24 isn't pick
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01/15/2009 | Surfin': Inauguration's CommunicationsThis week's Surfin' finds Amateur Radio on the air for the inauguration of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
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01/15/2009 | New Section Manager Appointed in Wyoming
Garth Crowe Sr, N7XKT, of Gillette, will assume the position of Section Manager in Wyoming as he takes over the reins from LeeAnne Sachau, WY7DTW, of Devils Tower; Sachau, who has served as Wyoming Section Manager since August 2008, has decided to step do
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01/14/2009 | Delta Division Leadership Attends Orientation Workshop at ARRL HQ
Just prior to the ARRL Board of Directors 2009 Annual Meeting, the newly elected leadership team in the ARRL's Delta Division -- Director Mickey Cox, K5MC, and Vice Director David Norris, K5UZ -- made their way to Newington for a day of orientation to lea
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01/14/2009 | W1AW Adds Yaesu's "Top-of-the-Line" Rig to Station
Thanks to the generosity of Yaesu, W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, now boasts the Yaesu's premier transceiver -- a FTDX9000D. Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, Executive Vice President for Yaesu's Amateur Radio Sales Division, visited ARRL Headqu
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01/13/2009 | ARRL 500 kHz Experiment Shows Increased Activity
In the 500 kHz Experiment quarterly report for the period ending November 2008, Experiment Coordinator Fritz Raab, W1FR, reported that 21 participating stations are currently active since the experiment began in late 2006. The FCC's Office of Engineering
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01/12/2009 | Everett "Curly" Silva, K7HRW (SK)
Former ARRL Nevada Section Manager Everett "Curly" Silva, K7HRW, passed away December 29, 2008 of cancer. He was 81. A retired captain with the Nevada Highway Patrol, Silva served as Section Manager from January 1994-June 1995. He was affiliated
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01/12/2009 | As Storms Pummeled Northwestern States, Hams Responded to Local Needs
After another week of wild weather in Oregon and Washington, residents in those states are just beginning to see the Sun. With an onslaught of wind, snow and rain this winter season, hams in the affected areas have been called upon by local served agencie
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