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04/10/2008 | Surfin': Upgrading Computers
This week, I find Web sites to load my new computer with Amateur Radio software. Read More
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04/10/2008 | ARRL EXPO at Dayton Hamvention -- the Countdown Is On!
With just over a month to go, the final details for the ARRL EXPO at the 2008 Dayton Hamvention® are wrapping up and the secrets are being let out! This year's EXPO is meant to not only share in, but to embrace the Dayton Amateur Radio Association's ( Read More
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04/09/2008 | Special Events to Commemorate 96th Anniversary of Titanic Tragedy
Several Amateur Radio special event operations are scheduled to mark the 96th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The "unsinkable" White Star Line passenger vessel was on its maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York Read More
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04/07/2008 | It Takes a Club
Looking at variations in Amateur Radio licensing activity and new ARRL membership around the country, it's apparent that there are "hot spots" where newcomers are joining our ranks in relatively large numbers compared to other areas. Read More
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04/04/2008 | Surfin': Whispering on 30 Meters
This week, we surf to a Web site that offers a new soundcard-based digital mode that will have you whispering. Read More
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04/04/2008 | AES Superfest a Super Success
ARRL Sales and Marketing Manager Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, attended the 14th Annual AES Superfest at the headquarters store of Amateur Electronic Supply in Milwaukee, Wisconsin March 28-29. This event is an ARRL sanctioned hamfest that included forums, VE te Read More
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04/04/2008 | "Celebrate Life" Runner and Chicago Ham Bring Music To Armenia
In 2003, I celebrated my 60th birthday and recovery from cancer by running some 880 miles -- and giving concerts along the way across the American Midwest. Celebrate Life Run was documented extensively both on my Web site and on the ARRLWeb. Read More
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04/04/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
The past few days have had very stable geomagnetic conditions. After unsettled to active geomagnetic indicators on March 26-28, conditions quieted down dramatically. Combined with the nearly two-week run of sunspots and the spring season, this makes good Read More
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04/03/2008 | W1AW to Celebrate World Amateur Radio Day as NU1AW
Each year on the anniversary of its founding, April 18, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) marks World Amateur Radio Day. On this, the 83rd anniversary of its inaugural meeting in Paris, the IARU dedicates World Amateur Radio Day to the radio am Read More
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04/02/2008 | ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up To Lately?
This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of March. Read More
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03/31/2008 | Two New Instructors Join the Teachers Institute Team
The ARRL is pleased to announce the addition of two new instructors to the ARRL Teachers Institute staff this year. "For the first time this year, the ARRL Teachers Institute will offer 72 teachers the opportunity to explore and experience wireless t Read More
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03/28/2008 | Remote Control Your HF Rig via the Internet
No matter where you roam, connect to your radio at home. Read More
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03/28/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
It is exciting to see heightened solar activity one week into spring. Currently, three sunspots are visible: 987, 988 and 989. The consensus says that all seem to be old Solar Cycle 23 spots. But with the three sunspot groups so close to the Sun's equator Read More
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03/28/2008 | Surfin': Having a Ham Radio Cow
As spring breaks out across the land, ham radio operators become anxious to move their radio shacks on wheels. Read More
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03/26/2008 | ARRL EXPO Getting in Gear for 2008 Dayton Hamvention®
ARRL EXPO Coordinator Katie Breen, W1KRB, relays that plans for the ARRL EXPO at this year's Dayton Hamvention® are coming together nicely: "Our current focus is on the new look and feel of our space. In past Hamventions, Forum Room 5 was located Read More
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03/26/2008 | FCC Fines Colorado Company for Selling "Non-Certified Citizens Band (CB) Transceivers"
On Friday, March 21, the FCC released a Forfeiture Order in the amount of $7000 to CB Shop and More in Loveland, Colorado for "willful and repeated violations of Section 302(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act< Read More








