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03/11/2013 | W1AW Announces 2013 Spring Operating Schedule
With the switch from Standard Time to Daylight Saving Time this past weekend, W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, has updated the W1AW operating schedule to reflect the change. Your local standard times have not changed, but the UTC times they referenc
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03/01/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update
This past week, there was a decline in the solar and geomagnetic indices: The average daily sunspot number dropped nearly 21 points to 57.7, while the average daily solar flux softened by 4.7 points to 100.9 and the average daily planetary A index declin
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01/04/2013 | Former QST Technical Editor Stu Cohen, N1SC (SK)
Former QST Technical Editor Stu Cohen, N1SC, of Colbert, Washington, passed away January 3 after a long battle with cancer.
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12/22/2012 | ARRL@HamRadio.Fun: November Sweepstakes For the Win!November plays host to my favorite contest -- the ARRL November Sweepstakes. “Sweeps” is divided into two separate contests, CW and Phone. Ironically, the first contest I ever participated in was the 2007 CW Sweeps, using a decoder and an automatic CW key
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12/21/2012 | The K7RA Solar UpdateIt is Friday, and the world did not end. To herald this non-event, NASA even produced a wonderful video that explained how the whole thing was a misconception. The Mayan calendar is like an odometer, and when it gets to 999,999, it just roles over to 0 an
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12/05/2012 | Rookies Ride the Wave in the ARRL CW Rookie Roundup
Newly licensed CW buffs can get their copying skills in shape on Sunday, December 16 as the CW edition of the ARRL Rookie Roundup takes to the airwaves! The Rookie Roundup combines a competitive event with some on-the-air training, with the goal of bringi
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05/18/2011 | Venus Comes to Earth at DaytonHamvention flea market prospector strikes Vibroplex gold.
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04/21/2011 | History of Curtis KeyersModern transceivers incorporate many features that not long ago were considered accessories: CW keyers and SWR meters come to mind. John Curtis, K6KU, created an electronic iambic-keyer circuit and subsequently offered an IC chip to do the job. He r...
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