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  • 10/30/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

    Well, what a week it has been. The solar flux hit 82.3 on Tuesday, the highest recording yet since the first-observed "new cycle sunspot" in January 2008, the "official" visual start of Solar Cycle 24. Even as I write this, the flux is Read More

  • 10/30/2009 | Surfin': Mapping Up

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    This week, Surfin' gets geographical with new online mapping features and applications. Read More

  • 10/29/2009 | Changes for the 2009 November Sweepstakes

    Next month, amateurs throughout the US and Canada will take part in the longest-running domestic contest, the 76th ARRL November Sweepstakes. Since 1930, this tradition in Amateur Radio has brought out all kinds of amateurs -- from seasoned contest vetera Read More

  • 10/28/2009 | Four Radio Amateurs Killed in Plane Crash En Route to CQWW Phone Contest

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    Just after take-off -- around 6:30 AM on Wednesday, October 21 -- a twin-engine plane carrying four Amateur Radio operators crashed into the woods, only 250 yards off the end of the runway in Jedburg, South Carolina, about 20 miles northwest of Charleston Read More

  • 10/28/2009 | Santa Cruz County Hams Called to Assist During Wildfires

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    Almost 20 years to the day since the Loma Prieta Earthquake shook California's Bay Area, a wildfire was burning through Santa Cruz County (approximately 75 miles south of San Francisco) just miles from the epicenter of the quake that delayed the 1989 Worl Read More

  • 10/28/2009 | ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration

    Registration remains open through Sunday, November 22, 2009, for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, December 4, 2009: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1; Antenna Modeling; Radio Frequency Interference; Antenna Desi Read More

  • 10/28/2009 | FCC Issues First Waiver for Government-Sponsored Disaster Drill

    On Tuesday October 27, the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) granted the first waiver that allows amateurs who participate in a government-sponsored emergency preparedness and disaster drill to communicate on behalf of their employers during Read More

  • 10/28/2009 | Former Hudson Division Director Paul Vydareny, WB2VUK (SK)

    Paul Vydareny, WB2VUK, of Tarrytown, New York, passed away Thursday, October 22, from a brain aneurism. He was 65. An ARRL Life Member and member of the ARRL's A-1 Operator Club, Vydareny served as Director of the ARRL’s Read More

  • 10/28/2009 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Assault'n Batteries

    Solar cells -- can't top 'em. Ultracapacitors -- can't top 'em. They produce an unstoppable electromotive force! Powering everything from power amplifiers to personal phones, no other practical product packs the punch of electrochemical cells, the first t Read More

  • 10/28/2009 | Changes Coming for ARRL November Sweepstakes Contest Log Submissions

    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest Manager Ken Adams, K5KA, said he and the ARRL Contest Branch intend to "dramatically reduce the timeframe for producing results that are available to all ARRL Sweepstakes participants." According to Adams, the contesting Read More

  • 10/27/2009 | FCC Issues Public Notice on Amateur Service Communication During Government Disaster Drills

    On Tuesday October 20, 2009 the FCC released a Public Notice clarifying the Commission's rules relating to the use of Amateur Radio by licensed amateurs participating in drills and exercises on behalf of their employers. Entitled Amateur Service Read More

  • 10/23/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

    A tiny Solar Cycle 24 sunspot group -- numbered 1028 -- emerged briefly on Tuesday, October 20, and then was gone. This is another brief phantom sunspot, teasing us with hints of the expected increase in activity that never seems to manifest. Of course, t Read More

  • 10/23/2009 | Surfin': Remembering the Woodpecker

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    This week, Surfin' recalls a formidable ham radio nemesis from the 20th century. Read More

  • 10/22/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: A Soggy, Foggy, Doggy Demo in the Park

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    Our ARES® group's Field Station Demonstration and Simulated Emergency Test (FSD&SET?) was supposed to start at 8AM, but I was still sitting at home, staring out the window at the fog. I'd hoped that some of the pea soup would have dissipated by th Read More

  • 10/22/2009 | SumbandilaSat Now OSCAR 67

    The South African Amateur Radio satellite SumbandilaSat has been officially designated SumbandilaSat-OSCAR 67, or simply OSCAR 67. Last weekend, the satellite was successfully activated and tested with a number of contacts Read More

  • 10/22/2009 | ARRL HQ Hosts Amateur Radio Course for USTTI Participants

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    Students from Ghana, Mauritius, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Zambia attended the United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) Amateur Radio Administration Course (ARAC) at ARRL Headquarters October 12-16. ARRL Technical Relations Manager Read More

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