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07/13/2012 | Generating More Than a SignalThere’s nothing like a hot iron to fire up your enthusiasm.
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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
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07/13/2012 | Surfin’: Numbering 600This week, Surfin’ reaches the 600 mark and commemorates the event numerically.
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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).
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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
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07/11/2012 | Two Operations Approved for DXCC Credit
Two operations -- the 9X0PY (Rwanda) operation (December 24, 2011-January 7, 2012) and the S21YD (Bangladesh) operation (1994, 1995, 1998 and 1999) -- have been approved for DXCC credit.
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07/10/2012 | Three Hams Scheduled to Head to ISS This Weekend
NASA will televise the launch and docking of the next mission to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for 8:40 PM (CDT) Saturday, July 14 (0140 UTC, Sunday, July 15). NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, along with Russian cosmonaut Y
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07/09/2012 | State-Level PRB-1 Law Now on the Books in Illinois
Following in the footsteps of various other states, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed HB 1390 -- a state-level PRB-1 law -- on June 30, effective immediately.
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