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05/11/2012 | ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, Invites Input for 2014 ARRL Centennial
The ARRL will celebrate its centennial in 2014, and is already making plans to commemorate the highlights of the League’s first century and looking forward to what the second century may bring. This is your League and your centennial, and ARRL President K
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05/09/2012 | Heathkit Educational Systems Closes Up Shop
For the second time since 1992, Heathkit Educational Services (HES) has shuttered its doors. Rumors of the legendary kit-building company’s demise were posted on QRZ.com, with several readers bringing the news to the attention of the ARRL. In August 2011,
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05/07/2012 | FCC Seeks Higher Vanity Call Sign Fee
The FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on May 4, seeking to raise the fee for Amateur Radio vanity call signs. Currently, a vanity call sign costs $14.20 and is good for 10 years; the new fee, if the FCC plan goes through, will go up to $
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05/02/2012 | Logbook of The World Marks 50,000 Users
On May 1, Dragan Pavlovic, YT3PDT, completed his registration process for Logbook of The World (LoTW), becoming the 50,000th person to take advantage of the ARRL’s online QSL confirmation system. According to ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager
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05/01/2012 | ARRL in Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of April.
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04/26/2012 | Attention Federal Employees: ARRL Approved for 2012 Combined Federal Campaign!
For the past 11 years, the US Office of Personnel Management has designated the ARRL to participate in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the annual giving campaign for federal employees. In that time, this campaign for federal government civilian emplo
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04/25/2012 | WPX Awards via LoTW Enters Beta Testing
Earlier this year, the ARRL and CQ Communications announced that the ARRL will provide support for CQ-sponsored operating awards by the ARRL’s Logbook of the World (LoTW) electronic confirmation system. The WPX Award is the first of the CQ-sponsored award
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04/24/2012 | ARRL EXPO at the Dayton Hamvention®: Where the DX Comes to You!
As part of the ARRL EXPO -- part of the 2012 Dayton Hamvention® -- the ARRL is pleased to present a plethora of DX activities. Visitors to the ARRL EXPO will see a lot of activities relating to DX, including DXCC card checking and a chance to drop off QSL
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