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12/22/2011 | ARRL Straight Key Night: A Time to Celebrate the Beginnings of Amateur Radio
From the very beginnings of Amateur Radio, there was Morse code. To celebrate and remember this heritage, the ARRL sponsors Straight Key Night each year on New Year’s Eve. Straight Key Night is a special time to break out that old straight key or bug, may
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12/21/2011 | Can I Have “Amateur Radio” for $800, Alex?
If you were watching the popular television game show Jeopardy! -- where contestants have to answer in the form of a question -- on December 15, you might have noticed there was a question featuring Amateur Radio. In the first round, returning champ Boomi
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12/21/2011 | Radio in the ParkMiddle school kids learn about radio with an open-air, on-the-air net.
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12/21/2011 | Welcome Back, Old Sol: ARRL 10 Meter Contest Sets Record
New record number of entries for the 2011 ARRL 10 Meter Contest
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12/20/2011 | ARRL Requests Feedback for 60 Meter Band Plan
In anticipation of the effective date of the 60-meter Report and Order, the ARRL is asking for input concerning a 60-meter band plan
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12/19/2011 | Voting Now Open for January QST Cover Plaque Award
Now that you’ve thumbed through and read the January 2012 issue of QST cover-to-cover, we’re sure that an article sticks in your mind. So go ahead and cast your vote for your favorite article in the issue. The article with the most votes will receive the
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12/16/2011 | ARRL Headquarters to Close for Christmas, New Year’s Holidays
ARRL Headquarters will be closed Monday, December 26 and Monday, January 2 in observance of Christmas and New Year’s Day. There will be no W1AW bulletins or code practice transmissions those days. There will be no ARRL Letter or ARRL Audio News on Thursda
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12/16/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity dropped this week, with the average daily sunspot numbers declining more than 39 points to 94.7. It’s been 13 weeks since the average daily sunspot number for the week was that low or lower, when we reported an average of 91.7 in the Septem
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