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11/11/2011 | Let’s Play Two! The 2011 ARRL Phone Sweepstakes Is Right Around the Corner
The ARRL Sweepstakes celebrates its 78th anniversary in 2011 and the SSB weekend is coming up on November 19-21. As last weekend’s CW weekend demonstrated, the recent re-awakening of the sunspot cycle promises a generous dose of competition and fun for op
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11/11/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
Another sunspot number record for Solar Cycle 24 has been shattered: On Wednesday, November 9, the daily sunspot number reached 220, the highest it has been in more than eight years. The last time the sunspot number was higher than 220 was November 1, 200
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11/11/2011 | Surfin’: Going GalenaThis week, your Surfin’ Contributing Editor did not have the remotest idea that he'd be building a do-it-yourself radio next week.
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11/10/2011 | ARRL Committee Seeks Microwave Band Plan Input
Attention microwavers! An ARRL Ad Hoc Committee has been tasked by the Board of Directors with recommending updates to the ARRL band plans for the amateur bands between 902 MHz and 3.5 GHz. If you are now active on any of these bands or are developing pla
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11/09/2011 | LoTW Processing Update
Logbook of The World has been managing to hold its own against the current high volume of incoming logs. An approximate 60 hour processing delay has been maintained for about a week. As of November 9, there are approximately 2.8 million QSOs in the LoTW q
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11/09/2011 | California University Sees Record Number of Freshmen Take Tech Exam
When 114 freshmen electrical engineering students at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, gathered on Friday, November 4 to take their Technician exam, they made history. Not only was the session one of the largest exam
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11/09/2011 | David Kaplan, WA1OUI, Takes Over Administration of ARRL A-1 Operator Club
The ARRL relies on a number of volunteers who give their time to help make the organization run smoothly. From Division Directors to Section Managers to Emergency Coordinators to tour guides at Headquarters and everyone in between, volunteers play an impo
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11/09/2011 | The Sixth Annual ARRL On-Line Auction Comes to a Close
After a week of frenzied bidding, the Sixth Annual ARRL On-Line Auction ended with a bang on October 26. The 2011 running of the auction featured almost 200 items, ranging from high-end Product Review equipment to a great assortment of antique books. In a
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