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09/07/2011 | Stanford University Researchers Announce Sunspot Breakthrough
Imagine forecasting a hurricane in Miami weeks before the storm was even a swirl of clouds off the coast of Africa -- or predicting a tornado in Kansas from the flutter of a butterfly’s wing in Texas. These are the kind of forecasts meteorologists can onl
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09/06/2011 | Get SET for the 2011 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test
ARRL’s Simulated Emergency Test (SET) is October 1-2, 2011. This nationwide exercise is the chance to test your emergency operating skills and the readiness of your communications equipment and accessories in an emergency-like deployment. ARRL Field O
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09/03/2011 | Lurching Toward GeneralIn 1955 taking the General exam was a real stress test.
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09/03/2011 | Amateur Radio Quiz: The “Well-Connected” AmateurEvery station is home to hordes of connectors -- at the wall socket, the computer, the test equipment and…oh, yes…the radio! If you are just getting started, be prepared to learn a lot more about connectors and connections than you ever expected. Here are
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09/02/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
Sunspot activity rose again this week, with the average daily sunspot number up nearly 18 points to 83, but the geomagnetic indices -- both planetary and mid-latitude -- were each down slightly. The high sunspot number for the week was 121, recorded on We
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09/02/2011 | Surfin’: Got Heathkits?This week, Surfin’ celebrates Heathkit’s reentry into the kit business.
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09/01/2011 | ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of August.
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09/01/2011 | Doug Hall, K4DSP, Wins August QST Cover Plaque Award
The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for August is Doug Hall, K4DSP, for his article “The FSKit -- A Simple Sound Card Interface for Generating Radioteletype Frequency Shift Keying.” Congratulations Doug! The QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the aut
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