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01/23/2012 | ARRL Foundation Scholarship Application Deadline Fast Approaching
Calling all college students and high school seniors! The ARRL Foundation Scholarship Application Deadline is February 1. Will you be nominated to receive one of the prestigious ARRL Foundation Scholarships? Only one week remains until the application per
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12/07/2011 | New Rules for 60 Meters Have Yet to Take Effect
Last month, the FCC released a Report & Order (R&O), detailing new rules for the 5 MHz (60 meters) Amateur Radio band. These rules have not been published in the Federal Register. In order to be official, the rules must be published in the Federal Registe
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10/12/2011 | US Amateurs Now 700,000 Strong!
As the third quarter of 2011 came to a close, ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, began calculating the number of licensed Amateur Radio operators in the US, as well as the number of new licensees. “At the end of September, I saw that the number of hams
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09/06/2011 | Get SET for the 2011 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test
ARRL’s Simulated Emergency Test (SET) is October 1-2, 2011. This nationwide exercise is the chance to test your emergency operating skills and the readiness of your communications equipment and accessories in an emergency-like deployment. ARRL Field O
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08/15/2011 | ARRL and California Researchers Team Up to End 12 Meter Interference
After the resolution of the recent 60 meter CODAR situation on the East Coast, the ARRL noted an earlier report by John Terrell, N6LN, of Palos Verdes, California. Terrell described CODAR activity on the 12 meter band, from 24.93 to 25.058 MHz. Since it a
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07/28/2011 | ARRL Board of Directors Gathers in Connecticut for 2011 Second Meeting
The ARRL Board of Directors held its Second Meeting of 2011 July 15-16 in Windsor, Connecticut, under the chairmanship of President Kay Craigie, N3KN. At the two-day meeting, the Board considered a number of reports and acted on several recommendations --
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07/26/2011 | ARRL Official Observers Team with FCC to Solve Rogue Keyer Problem on 17 Meters
On July 15, Walt Bilous, K3DQB -- an Official Observer (OO) in ARRL’s Eastern Pennsylvania Section -- notified ARRL Headquarters of a keyer continuously sending a series of dits on 18.0855 MHz. According to ARRL Field Regulatory Correspondent Chuck Skolau
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06/14/2011 | The ARRL National Convention Ventures Deep in the Heart of Texas
The ARRL National Convention -- held in conjunction with the ARRL West Gulf Division Convention and Ham-Com in Plano, Texas June 10-11 -- featured the ARRL EXPO, a large exhibition area within the main exhibit hall. The ARRL EXPO featured a project buildi
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