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01/12/2017 | “Hamvention® — Same Friends, New Home” is Theme for 2017 Event
“Hamvention® — Same Friends, New Home” will be the theme when the event opens on May 19 at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Exposition Center in Xenia, Ohio.
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01/11/2017 | Apparent Pirate Station Transmitting SSTV on 10 Meters
In what might be a “first,” the December edition of the IARU Region 1 (IARU-R1) Monitoring System newsletter includes a report of an apparent pirate station transmitting Slow Scan TV (SSTV) on 28.001.5 MHz.
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01/11/2017 | QRP ARCI Four Days in May Event Registration Open
Registration is open for Four Days in May (FDIM), the QRP Amateur Radio Club International (QRP ARCI) annual convention.
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01/11/2017 | Nevada ARES Standing Down as Flood Threat Abates
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) volunteers and emergency operations centers (EOCs) are now standing down as the threat of additional widespread flooding damage diminishes.
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01/11/2017 | ARRL Foundation 2017-2018 Scholarship Application Deadline Looms
The deadline is January 31 (at 11:59 PM ET) to receive completed ARRL Foundation scholarship applications from eligible radio amateurs pursuing post-secondary education in the 2017-2018 academic year.
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01/10/2017 | UK Regulator Ofcom No Longer Listing Unassigned Amateur Radio Call Signs
UK Telecommunications regulator Ofcom no longer issues lists of unassigned — or unallocated — Amateur Radio call signs.
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01/10/2017 | CWops Seeks Nominees for its Advancing the Art of CW Award
CWops is seeking candidates for its annual Advancing the Art of CW Award, which recognizes individuals, groups, or organizations that have made the greatest contributions toward advancing the art or practice of radio communication by Morse code.
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01/10/2017 | New Digital Modes Gain Traction for Moonbounce, but Occasionally Show Up on HF
MSK144 and QRA64 (and QRA64A) are finding a home within the VHF Earth-Moon-Earth (EME, or moonbounce) and meteor-scatter communities, but QRA64A signals also have turned up on 160 meters, which poses its own challenges to weak signals.
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