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08/02/2016 | NPOTA Activation Set at President’s Park — The White House — August 5 and 6
Members of the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club (GSBARC), headed by Mike Sartoretti, KC2SYF, have obtained a permit from the National Park Service to operate from President’s Park — The White House (DZ10) — for the ARRL National Parks on the Air (NPOTA)
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06/14/2016 | White House Honors Limor Fried, AC2SN, Among “Champions of Change for Making”
The White House will honor Adafruit founder Limor “Ladyada” Fried, AC2SN, on June 17 as one of 10 “Champions of Change for Making.”
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02/15/2016 | Presidential Signing Creates a New National Parks on the Air Unit
President Barack Obama has designated three new national monuments -- all of them in the California desert -- through the Antiquities Act. The National Park Service will administer one of them, Castle Mountains National Monument (MN82), making it elig...
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09/24/2013 | White House Recognizes California Radio Amateur as “Champion of Change”
A California ham has been honored for his Community Emergency Response Team efforts.
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05/02/2013 | President Obama Nominates Financier and Former Telecom Executive Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman
On Wednesday, May 1, President Barack Obama announced that he has nominated Tom Wheeler to be the new Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. If the Senate confirms the nomination, Wheeler will replace Julius Genachowski who announced his resig
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07/11/2012 | Executive Order Poses No Threat to the Amateur Radio Service
On July 6, 2012, the White House released an Executive Order that addresses National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) communications functions of the federal government. Contrary to some concerns raised in a few Amateur Radio circles, the Order
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09/29/2011 | ARRL Briefs White House Staff on Amateur Radio’s Capabilities During Emergencies
On September 12, at the invitation of White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard A. Schmidt, W7HAS, the ARRL briefed several members of the National Security Staff on the capabilities of the Amateur Radio Service to communicate in emergencies. “The Whit
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06/10/2011 | Surfin’: Hammin’ North to AlaskaThis week, Surfin’ counts backwards and visits our 49th state ham radio-wise.
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