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07/24/2012 | 2011 DXCC Yearbook Now Available
The 2011 DXCC Yearbook is now available to all ARRL members in the August digital QST
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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07/20/2012 | Surfin’: How’s DXCC?This week, Surfin’ searches the Internet for the history of the DX Century Club.
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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
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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.
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