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09/25/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
This week we had a double-dose of good news: Right at the time of the autumnal equinox on Tuesday, September 22, sunspot 1026 -- a new Solar Cycle 24 sunspot -- came into view over the Sun's eastern horizon. We watched this emerge a week ago on the Sun's Read More
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09/25/2009 | The ARRL Letter, ARRL Audio News to Move to Thursdays
ARRL members who subscribe to The ARRL Letter will be getting their issues a day early. Beginning Thursday, September 24, The ARRL Letter and the ARRL Audio News wi Read More
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09/25/2009 | Surfin': Antennas in High Places
This week, Surfin' explores the Internet looking for the highest radio antennas on Earth. Read More
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09/25/2009 | ARRL to Welcome USTTI Students
Next month -- October 12-16 -- the ARRL will welcome students from various countries from all over the world who want to learn how to administer and regulate Amateur Radio programs in their home countries. This course, offered by the United States Telecom Read More
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09/24/2009 | Force 12, C-3S — Adding the Fifth Band
As mentioned in a previous article, the Force C-3S is a very robust Yagi and its design is ideal for extending coverage up to five bands by application of linear resonator techniques. One of the attractive design features is that the Force 12 antenna uses Read More
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09/23/2009 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Way-back Wireless
Stepping into a time machine set on "just out of sight" is always an adventure. It's important that we have a sense of our technological history if for no other reason than to enjoy the fun as old becomes new again. This month, see if some of th Read More
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09/23/2009 | More CubeSats Reach Orbit
Early this morning (UTC), an Indian PSLV-C14 rocket carried the Oceansat-2 satellite to orbit, along with four CubeSats and two RubinSats. The RubinSats are 8 kg research modules that will remain attached to the PSLV-C14 booster. Read More
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09/23/2009 | Special Bonus Section Added to ARRL Ham Radio Licensing Manual
The most common question asked by new radio amateurs is "Now that I have my license, what kind of radio should I get?" The ARRL, in an attempt to help newcomers to Amateur Radio answer that very question, has added a bonus supplement to the A Read More
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09/23/2009 | Newly Elected Section Managers Converge on Newington
This weekend, 12 Section Managers who are new -- or returning after a long absence -- to their post are in Newington for an orientation. The primary purposes of the Workshop sessions are to share ideas and to provide basic administrative, management, lead Read More
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09/22/2009 | Preparations Underway for WRC-12
Approximately 200 participants came together in an ITU preliminary meeting that ended September 16 in Geneva, Switzerland in preparation for the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12). The six regional telecommunications organizations -- APT (A Read More
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09/21/2009 | Reflections on My First Dayton Hamvention
I arrived on Friday afternoon and was amazed at how big the Hamvention was. There were hundreds of commercial vendors in the several indoor arenas and even more private vendors in the outdoor flea market. In addition, there were numerous seminars covering Read More
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09/18/2009 | South African Amateur Radio Payload Reaches Orbit
After several delays, South Africa's SumbandilaSat satellite finally blasted to orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Read More
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09/18/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
The STEREO mission (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) Web site shows a new display, where the Sun is visible via an animated image that rotates to show the whole Sun. The small portion on the Sun's far side -- which is not yet visible to the spacec Read More
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09/17/2009 | ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Next Weekend
ARRL and the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Group (TAPR) will jointly host the 28th Annual Digital Communications Conference (DCC) September 25-27 i Read More
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09/16/2009 | Alpha Radio Products Now RF Concepts
On September 15, Michael Seedman, AA6DY, announced that his company, RF Concepts, had purchased Boulder, Colorado-based Alpha R Read More
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09/15/2009 | National Safety Council Responds to ARRL: No Evidence of "Significant Crash Risks" While Operating Mobile
ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, wrote a letter to National Safety Council (NSC) President Janet Froetscher in July expressing the ARRL's concerns that Amateur Radio not become an unintended victim of the growing public debate over what to do about dis Read More
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