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02/06/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
We still have had no hint of sunspots or sunspots to come, though there was some geomagnetic activity on February 4 from a possible coronal mass ejection, raising the planetary A index to 16 that day. Sunspot numbers for January 29-February 4 were 0, 0, 0
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01/26/2009 | Deadline to Order 75th Sweepstakes Mugs and Pins Is Fast Approaching
Time is running out to order your 2008 ARRL November Sweepstakes mugs and pins. If you submitted a log with more than 100 QSOs, you qualify for a Sweepstakes Participation pin. If you submitted a log with a Clean Sweep -- working all 80 ARRL/RAC sections
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12/17/2008 | 75th Sweepstakes Mug, Pin Orders Accepted Through January 31, 2009
The dust has settled from the 2008 ARRL November Sweepstakes and the log submission deadline has passed. How did you do? If you submitted a log with more than 100 QSOs, you qualify for a Sweepstakes Participation pin! If you submitted a log with a Clean S
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10/29/2008 | Spanish Hams Receive New Frequency Privileges
The Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles (URE), Spain’s IARU Member-Society, reported that as of October 24,2008, that country’s Secretarí
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09/25/2008 | FCC Assigns Contested Vanity Call Sign to Wisconsin Amateur Radio Club
In an Order on Reconsideration and Order Proposing Modification released on Wednesday, September 24, the FCC decided that Falls Amateur Radio Club (FARC) was the rightful recipient of call sign W9CQ. FARC and the QRQ CW and Contest Group (QRQ) ha
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09/09/2008 | Surfin': Skimming the CodeThis week, Surfin’ skims the Internet for information about CW Skimmer, an impressive Morse code decoder application.
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06/21/2008 | German Ham Claims First DXCC on 432 MHz
The world of Amateur Radio DXing has passed a new milestone: On Friday, June 6, Jan Bruinier, DL9KR, of Niedernhausen, Germany, worked his 100th country on 432 MHz (70 cm). via moonbounce (EME) and CW.
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04/28/2008 | Japanese Amateurs Receive More Privileges on 75/80 Meters
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) announced that Japan's Table of Frequency Allocations and the Japanese Amateur Bandplan have been amended, giving amateurs in that country more privileges on certain frequency blocks in the 75/
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