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02/10/2012 | Surfin’: Chasing Aurora (But Don’t Tell My Wife)This week, Surfin’ chases aurora on the air and on the tube.
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02/07/2012 | Former ITU-R Director Dick Kirby, W0LCT/HB9BOA (SK)
Richard “Dick” Kirby, W0LCT/HB9BOA, passed away on January 26. He was 89. In 1974, Kirby -- an ARRL Life Member -- was elected Director of the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) International Radio Consultative Committee; he served as Director
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02/06/2012 | Nobel Laureate Joe Taylor, K1JT, Addresses Plenary Session at WRC-12, Receives ITU Gold Medal
On Friday, February 3, delegates and attendees at the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) had the pleasure of listening Joe Taylor, K1JT, share his vision of the future of radiocommunication. Taylor -- an ARRL Member -- won the Nobel Prize
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02/03/2012 | WorldRadio Founder Armond Noble, N6WR (SK)
Armond Noble, N6WR -- the founder of WorldRadio magazine and its publisher for 37 years -- passed away February 1 in Sacramento, California after a short illness. He was 77. WorldRadio was published monthly from July 1971 until the end of 2008, when Noble
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01/26/2012 | Federación Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores Marks 80 Years
The Federación Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores (FMRE) -- Mexico’s IARU Member-Society -- celebrated its 80th anniversary on January 14. FMRE board members, director and hams from throughout Mexico attended the celebration at FMRE Headquarters in Mexico
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01/03/2012 | Ham Radio in Hollywood: Amateur Radio a Plot Point in Major Motion Picture
According to previews, the plot of the movie Journey 2: The Mysterious Island -- set to be released February 10 -- hinges on Amateur Radio. The movie’s hero Sean Anderson (played by Josh Hutcherson) receives a coded distress signal that comes from a myste
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12/23/2011 | Surfin’: Going LongThis week, Surfin’ goes long without stepping on the gridiron.
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12/12/2011 | Ham Radio in Hollywood: Comedian Tim Allen Stars as Radio Amateur on New TV Show
Tim Allen -- star of Home Improvement, Toy Story, The Santa Clause and Galaxy Quest, just to name a few -- stars in Last Man Standing, an ABC comedy airing at 8 PM (EST) on Tuesday nights. Allen plays Mike Baxter, KA0XTT, a married father of three and the
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