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04/22/2012 | The Amateur Amateur: ManicI cleaned my shack this morning. Okay, that might not even be physically possible, but I certainly made a serious dent in the clutter. I removed everything that was keeping me from opening my file cabinets. I extracted a bunch of junk from behind them and
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02/29/2012 | The Amateur Amateur: It’s a Jungle Down ThereIt’s Wednesday. The evening meal has been cooked and consumed. The dishes have been washed. My wife Nancy has curled up with a murder mystery and our dog Ariel is busy dismantling a rawhide bone. Checking my watch, I see that it’s time to go down to my sh
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02/15/2012 | A Tale of Two TowersThe St John ARES®, Rescue and Park Service band together to keep emergency repeaters on the air.
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02/22/2011 | The Amateur Amateur: The Net Controller’s SpeechYou’ve probably heard something surprising on the air. It may have been something unpleasant, like cursing or an off-color joke. It may have been an unexpected opportunity, such as a close-out sale at a local electronic store. Or it may have been somethin
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02/01/2011 | Massive Winter Storm Brings Emergency Activations
Emergency net activations in several states as another massive winter storm threatens most of the US
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09/03/2010 | Massachusetts ARES Prepares as a Now-Weakened Hurricane Earl Approaches
Massachusetts ARES Prepares as a Now-Weakened Hurricane Earl Approaches
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02/02/2010 | 300 Feet of CooperationA positive approach earns Georgia hams some state owned tower space.
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07/29/2009 | Local Hams Aid Rescue Squad to Solve Public Safety Interference Issue
When you live on a remote island with numerous mountains and valleys, communications can be tricky. Add interference that blocks the main communications frequency used by the local emergency rescue squad and you've got a disaster waiting to happen. That's
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