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  • 06/23/2009 | W1AW Announces 2009 Field Day Bulletin Schedule

    Stations active during ARRL Field Day -- June 27-28 -- are eligible to receive 100 bonus points for copying the special Field Day bulletin transmitted by W1AW (or K6KPH on the West Coast) according to the schedule below. You must include an accurate copy Read More

  • 06/22/2009 | Ohio Section Manager Joe Phillips, K8QOE (SK)

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    Joe Phillips, K8QOE, who served as ARRL Ohio Section Manager since 1998, passed away suddenly at his home on Saturday, June 20. He was 68. Licensed in 1959 as KN9SYL, Phillips first joined the ARRL Field Organization as an Official Emergency Station (OES) Read More

  • 06/22/2009 | W1AW, WA6ZTY to Conduct Dual-Tone Frequency Measuring Test in July

    The Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, W1AW, and WA6ZTY on the West Coast will conduct a summer Frequency Measuring Test (FMT) on July 1 at 9:45 PM EDT (0145 UTC on July 2). According to FMT Coordinator H. Ward Silver, N0AX, the format will be a "do Read More

  • 06/19/2009 | Mystery Transmission

    Vibroplex Key

    When I tell this story to friends who are not hams all I get is a blank look, but I know you will understand why the event left me feeling amazed and disoriented. It started out mundanely enough. I was cruising the neighborhood of Oakland, California&rsqu Read More

  • 06/19/2009 | FCC Chairman Nominee Genachowski, Current Commissioner McDowell Face Confirmation Hearings

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    On June 16, Julius Genachowski -- the man President Barack Obama picked to head the Federal Communications Commission -- and current FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell appeared before the Senate's Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee for their con Read More

  • 06/19/2009 | ARRL Introduces Second Edition of VoIP: Internet Linking for Radio Amateurs

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    Through a technique called Internet linking, ham radio operators are harnessing the immediacy and portability of radio communication to the global reach of the Internet. Today's radio amateurs are using the Internet as the relay between their radio base s Read More

  • 06/19/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

    I bet you have this memorized: "Solar activity was very low throughout the reporting period, and geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels during most of the reporting period." Enough said? The first sunspot region of Solar Cycle 24 occurre Read More

  • 06/19/2009 | Pacific Division Vice Director Steps Down; Appointment Fills Vacancy

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    Citing family and business reasons, ARRL Pacific Division Vice Director Andy Oppel, N6AJO has submitted his resignation. President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, has appointed Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT, of Oakland, California, to serve the remainder of the current term t Read More

  • 06/18/2009 | FCC Turns 75 Today

    On June 19, 1934, 75 years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- replacing the Federal Radio Commission -- by signing Public Law 73-416, the < Read More

  • 06/18/2009 | ARRL Teachers Institutes Continue through Summer

    TI_Cali2009

    The second and third sessions of the ARRL's Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology of 2009 are just about complete in Rocklin, California and Tucson, Arizona. These two TIs mark the first time that the ARRL has offered simultaneous sessions of the popu Read More

  • 06/18/2009 | Check Out the July/August NCJ

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    The July/August issue of NCJ, The National Contest Journal, is filled with the latest news from the contesting world. Whether you are new to contesting or are a seasoned pro -- or somewhere in the middle -- you will find something in NCJ< Read More

  • 06/18/2009 | Surfin': Radio Lover

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    This week's Surfin' seeks and discovers a better definition for the word "amateur." Read More

  • 06/18/2009 | Fun, Fresh Air, Friends and Food: It Must Be Time for ARRL Field Day!

    2009FDShirt

    The 2009 ARRL Field Day will be here before you know it, so now is the time to grab your rig, grab your friends, grab some grub and get ready to get outside June 27-28. If you haven't yet started planning for this year's Field Day, it's not too late -- Fi Read More

  • 06/17/2009 | Bill Introduced in Senate Recommending US Coast Guard Maintain LORAN-C Navigation System

    Members of the Senate's Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee have introduced a bill, S 1194 -- Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 -- that, if passed, would require that the US Coast Guard "maintain the LORAN Read More

  • 06/17/2009 | ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration

    Registration remains open through Sunday, June 28, 2009 for these online course sessions that begin on Friday, July 10, 2009: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1; Antenna Modeling; Radio Frequency Interference; Read More

  • 06/17/2009 | Jim Tabor, KU5S (SK)

    Jim Tabor, KU5S, passed away at his home in Greenwood, Arkansas on May 27; he was 54. A longtime ARRL member, Tabor was head of Kangaroo Tabor Software, which published various programs for radi Read More

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