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10/08/2012 | The ARRL Offers Five New Books for Fall
The ARRL has just released five new books that you are going to want to have in your shack. This fall, two favorites have been re-released and are chock-full of new information, while three new titles are also available.
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07/26/2010 | The Amateur Amateur Fills-InMy efforts to set up an APRS station (Automatic Packet Reporting System) had come to a standstill. I had installed a program called UI-View32. It was pretty slick, with volumes of data in its Help file, but there were still plenty of parts Learn More
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07/10/2010 | Surfin’: What’s on the Horizon?This week, Surfin’ discovers what is really on the horizon.
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06/10/2010 | The Amateur Amateur: APRS, the BeginningI became interested in APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) after watching a presentation on it a few years ago. The presenter described some of the interesting things that could be done with APRS, which, I think, sold many of us right then and there.
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05/17/2010 | Maker Faire to Feature Amateur Radio Again in 2010
Ham radio demonstrations and displays are in the works for Maker Faire the world’s largest do-it-yourself (DIY) festival. As in 2009, the festival will once again take place at the San Mateo County Expo Center in California on May 22-23. According to ARR
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03/04/2010 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Workbench Wisdom
Even though you might be an inveterate tinkerer and builder, it's occasionally a good idea to put down those hot irons, sweep off the workbench and turn off the test equipment. This quiz is for you!
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03/01/2010 | TAPR President Emeritus Dr David Toth, VE3GYQ (SK)
Dr David Toth, VE3GYQ -- President Emeritus of Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) -- passed away Friday, February 26after a long battle with cancer. He was 55. A resident of Spencerville, Ohio, Toth served as a Director and Executive Vice President of TAP
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01/04/2010 | Amateur Radio Quiz: The Transistor, Our Three-Legged FriendWhat piece of active equipment in the ham shack doesn't have a transistor in it somewhere? Could you troubleshoot that equipment? While transistors are nearly ubiquitous, we often don't understand their inner workings as well as we might like. Here are so
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