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09/08/2011 | DX0DX Spratly DXpedition “Permanently Cancelled”
After numerous setbacks, Chris Dimitrijevic, VK3FY, announced on the DX0DX website that the planned 2012 DX0DX DXpedition to the Spratly Islands has been “permanently cancelled.” No explanation was given for the cancellation and Dimitrijevic did not respo
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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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