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06/01/2010 | Texas Group to Host International Earth-Moon-Earth Conference in August
The North Texas Microwave Society (NTMS) will host the 14th International EME Conference in Dallas, Texas on August 12-14. This is the first time the conference has been held in the US since 2004. Whether you are an experienced EMEer or new to EME, the co Read More
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06/01/2010 | 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins Today
The Atlantic hurricane season could be the busiest since 2005, when Katrina and Rita caused massive destruction along the same part of the Gulf Coast now struggling with the largest offshore oil spill in US history, government scientists with the National Read More
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05/29/2010 | Burt Amero VE1AMA (SK)
Bernard Joseph “Burt” Amero, VE1AMA of Auburn, Nova Scotia, Canada, passed away Tuesday, May 25, after a long battle with cancer. He was 67. Burt was known worldwide as the founder of “Network 105”. Established in 1986, Network 105 is a global packet... Read More
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05/28/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update
This weekend is the CQ WPX CW Contest and conditions may be a little rough. Our current sunspot group 1072 has reached the Sun’s western horizon and is shrinking, and to top it all off, what looked like a possible emerging spot on Wednesday was not to be. Read More
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05/28/2010 | Surfin’: Online HF Propagation Application
This week, Surfin’ kicks the tires on a cool new online HF propagation tool. Read More
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05/27/2010 | New Zealand’s Radio Spectrum Management Cites Ham for Transmitting 3100 W
Last month, New Zealand’s Radio Spectrum Management (RSM) -- that country’s equivalent of the FCC -- charged and fined Alan Potter, ZL3II, of Christchurch, for transmitting outside the terms and conditions of the General User Radio License for Amateur Rad Read More
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05/26/2010 | Robert Brown PhD, NM7M (SK)
Bob Brown, NM7M, of Anacortes, Washington, passed away Sunday, May 23, from cardiac arrest. He was 87. Brown, the husband of former ARRL Northwestern Division Director Mary Lou Brown, NM7N (SK), was known worldwide for his contributions to the propagation Read More
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05/26/2010 | FCC Upholds Decision to Revoke Amateur License of Convicted Indiana Ham
Lonnie L. Keeney, KB9RFO, of Greencastle, Indiana, filed a Petition for Reconsideration in March 2010, asking that the FCC re-evaluate the revocation of his Amateur Radio license. Keeney -- who in 2002 was convicted of child molestation, a Class C felony Read More
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05/25/2010 | Bill Cross, W3TN, Presents FCC Forum at 2010 Dayton Hamvention®
Bill Cross, W3TN, a staff member in the FCC’s Mobility Division -- part of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau -- spoke at the FCC Forum on Saturday morning at the 2010 Dayton Hamvention®. Billed by the Hamvention’s Forum Committee as more of an emerge Read More
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05/25/2010 | DXpedition Island
Battle Harbour, a DX destination with two Marconi towers. Read More
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05/25/2010 | Amateur Community Needed to Assist Japanese Amateur Interplanetary Satellite
An informal network of ham radio experimenters, scientists and CW enthusiasts called FlyVenusCom -- a nonprofit, cross-cultural effort -- has been created to support communication efforts by Japanese scientists with its CubeSat Venus probe, UNITEC-1. Read More
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05/24/2010 | Two New Books Available from ARRL
Just as many vendors release new products at the Dayton Hamvention, the ARRL will debut much-anticipated publications. This year was no exception. Two new books -- Remote Operating for Amateur Radio and the third edition of The ARRL RFI BoRead More
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05/24/2010 | ARRL Audio News to Return May 27
After a hiatus of nearly four months, the ARRL Audio News is scheduled to return Thursday, May 27. With the advent of the new ARRL Web site, we have had to make some changes in the way the Audio News is presented. For the time being, it will only be avail Read More
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05/24/2010 | NCVEC Question Pool Committee Withdraws Four Questions
The Question Pool Committee (QPC) of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) announced the withdrawal of two questions from the Technician class pool and two questions from the Extra class pool. Volunteer Examiner Coordinators ( Read More
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05/24/2010 | Ham Visitors to South Africa Able to Operate, Use Special Call Sign Prefix During World Cup
Through an agreement between the South African Radio League (SARL) and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, those radio amateurs who will be attending the FIFA World Cup in South Africa may use a special ZS call sign during the event. Read More
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05/23/2010 | UNITEC-1 On the Way to Venus
Amateurs in Japan are already receving data from UNITEC-1. Read More










