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03/22/2013 | Surfin’: Microcontrollers -- Small But MightyMicrocontrollers are gaining a foothold in the ham radio world. Here are some resources to help begin your explorations.
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04/30/2012 | 7O6T Yemen DXpedition to Get Underway Today
The Daily DX is reporting that the 7O6T Yemen DXpedition will start 2100 UTC Monday, April 30 and will continue through 2100 UTC May 15. Yemen currently sits at #5 on DX Magazine’s most wanted list, behind North Korea, Navassa, Bouvet and Heard Island. Th
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04/17/2012 | ARRL Card Checkers Can Now Check Cards for 160 Meters, Deleted Entities
Acting on a recommendation by ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, the ARRL’s Programs and Services Committee (PSC) adopted new rules for ARRL field card checkers. ARRL card checkers now may check QSL cards for those entities
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02/23/2012 | Malyj Vysotskij Island Added to DXCC Deleted Entities List
According to the Finnish Ministry of Transportation and Communication, the Saimaa Canal Treaty between Finland and Russia has been finalized by relevant Finnish and Russian authorities through ratification.
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12/30/2011 | ARRL Diamond DXCC Challenge
The new Diamond DXCC Challenge commemorates the 75th anniversary of the ARRL DXCC program.
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07/12/2011 | US Recognizes World’s Newest Country: The Republic of South Sudan
During the second week of January 2011, the people of the autonomous region of Southern Sudan voted overwhelmingly in favor for independence. This vote was the result of the 2005 peace agreement between the north and south, with the northern portion grant
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10/22/2010 | Surfin’: Missing the Netherlands AntillesThis week, Surfin’ waxes nostalgically about Bonaire and the dissolved Netherlands Antilles.
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10/13/2010 | Dissolution of Netherlands Antilles Creates Four New DXCC Entities
The dissolution of the Netherland Antilles has caused changes to the DXCC List. As per the DXCC rules, the two Netherland Antilles DXCC entities will be deleted and moved to the Deleted Entities List. Four new entities will be added to the DXCC List: (1)
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