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07/24/2012 | Heathkit Declares Bankruptcy, Closes for Good (Again)

The July 19 edition of The Herald-Palladium -- a newspaper serving the communities of Benton Harbor and St Joseph, Michigan -- is reporting that Heathkit Education Company has declared bankruptcy and has officially closed its doors after defaulting on its Read More
07/24/2012 | ARRL Board of Directors Names Award Recipients at 2012 Second Meeting

The ARRL Board of Directors named four ARRL award recipients at their 2012 Second Meeting, held July 20-21 in Windsor, Connecticut. In addition, the Board named Former ARRL West Gulf Division Director Thomas W. Comstock, N5TC, as ARRL Director Emeritus. Read More
07/21/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update

In last week’s Solar Update, we reported a blast of energy from a solar flare headed our way, predicted to arrive on Saturday, July 14. The CME hit at 1800 UTC, and it had a huge effect on propagation and geomagnetic indices. Read More
07/20/2012 | Vanity Call Sign Fee to Go Up 80 Cents

On July 20, the FCC announced that the cost of an Amateur Radio vanity call sign will increase 80 cents, from $14.20 to $15. The fee will increase 30 days after notice of the increase is published in the Federal Register; no date has yet been set for publ Read More
07/20/2012 | Surfin’: How’s DXCC?

This week, Surfin’ searches the Internet for the history of the DX Century Club. Read More
07/18/2012 | FCC Fines Alaska Man for Interfering with Air Traffic Using CB Radio

On July 17, the FCC announced that it had issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and Order (NAL) in the amount of $12,500 to Glenn S. Yamada, of Kenai, Alaska. Yamada is accused of “apparently willfully and repeatedly violat[ing] Section 301 Read More
07/17/2012 | FCC Denies Arizona Ham’s Petition to Extend PRB-1 to Private Contracts, Such as CC&Rs

The FCC denied a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Leonard Umina, W7CCC, that sought to expand PRB-1 protection to those covered by CC&Rs and other restrictions. Read More
07/17/2012 | 2012 Second Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors Set for July 20-21, Agenda Announced

ARRL policy is made by its Board of Directors. The 15 voting members of the Board are the Directors who are elected by the ARRL members in their respective divisions. The 2012 Second Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors will begin Friday morning, July 2 Read More
07/17/2012 | TAPR Accepting Orders for Hermes SDR Transceiver

TAPR is now accepting orders for the new Hermes software-defined transceiver Read More
07/16/2012 | Digital Edition of August QST Now Available

The digital version of the August QST is now available to ARRL members. The digital version includes many features not available in the print version. Read More
07/13/2012 | Astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT, Chats with ARRL

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT, sat down with ARRL News Editor S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA, on Thursday, July 12, for an exclusive interview about ham radio and life on the International Space Station (ISS). Read More
07/13/2012 | Generating More Than a Signal

There’s nothing like a hot iron to fire up your enthusiasm. Read More
07/13/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update

Solar activity rose moderately this week, with the average daily sunspot numbers up nearly 3 points to 120.9, and the average daily solar flux rising more than 28 points to 166.8. There was quite a bit of geomagnetic activity -- the most happening on July Read More
07/13/2012 | Surfin’: Numbering 600

This week, Surfin’ reaches the 600 mark and commemorates the event numerically. Read More
07/12/2012 | WRTC 2014 to Conduct Station Tests During IARU HF World Championship

WRTC 2014, Inc -- host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) competition -- will be conducting station tests during the 2012 IARU HF World Championship this weekend (1200 UTC Saturday, July 14 through 1200 UTC Sunday, July 15). Read More
07/11/2012 | Executive Order Poses No Threat to the Amateur Radio Service

On July 6, 2012, the White House released an Executive Order that addresses National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) communications functions of the federal government. Contrary to some concerns raised in a few Amateur Radio circles, the Order Read More