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10/27/2008 | The Amateur Amateur: Meet the ZombiesSteve, the Emergency Coordinator of St. Louis County ARES® called me up and said, "The Zombie Squad wants us to set up a display in Disaster Alley. I have a prior commitment. Can you take care of it?" Now, it may sound as if Steve was lookin
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10/25/2008 | Next Round of PAVE PAWS Mitigation Contacts Begins
On Wednesday, October 22, the FCC notified the ARRL that they would immediately begin making direct contact with owners or trustees of approximately 40 repeaters. The US Air Force identified these repeaters earlier this year as contributors to the harmful
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10/24/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
Visible sunspots continued last week for eight days straight, the longest continuous period of sunspot visibility since the 12 days of March 23April 3 last year. Sunspot numbers for October 16-22 were 24, 11, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 with a mean of 5. The 10.7 cm
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10/24/2008 | The Perfect Union: Medicine and CommunicationsSolar powered radios provide a vital medical link for the people of Zambia.
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10/23/2008 | Get Ready for the ARRL November CW Sweepstakes
This year marks the 75th running of the premier domestic contest, the ARRL CW Sweepstakes. According to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, the event started back in 1929 as a competition for handling formal traffic messages and is one of the o
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10/23/2008 | Surfin': Clandestine Radio in Uncle Tom's CornerThis week's Surfin' wonders who were the men behind the curtain at Radio Swan (aka Radio Americas).
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10/23/2008 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Scouts and Amateur Radio Is a Game of "Follow the Leader"Any family involved with Scouting who is reading this will agree that wherever Scouting goes, ham radio follows close behind. There is always a radio station surrounded by curious faces listening to a QSO or a group of Cub Scouts running around with a bea
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10/23/2008 | Pension Protection Act Charitable Contribution Provision Extended Through December 31, 2009
The ARRL Development Office notes that legislation was signed on October 3, 2008 in conjunction with the Economic Stimulus Bill of 2008 to include the immediate and retroactive extension of the popular charitable contribution provision of the Pension Prot
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