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04/08/2010 | The First Rookie Roundup -- Coming April 18!
The ARRL's newest contest -- the Rookie Roundup -- is getting a lot of buzz among newly-licensed amateurs. Designed as a modern equivalent to the ARRL Novice Roundup from a few decades ago, this new incarnation combines a competitive event with some on-th
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04/07/2010 | ARRL Responds to FCC's NPRM Calling for New Rules on Vanity and Club Call Signs
In November 2009, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) -- WT Docket No 09-209 -- seeking to amend the Commission's Amateur Radio Service rules in an attempt to clarify certain rules and codify existing procedures governing the vanity cal
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04/07/2010 | ARRL Files Comments in Response to Hospital Association Seeking Blanket Waiver Request for Amateur Radio Drills
In February 2010, the American Hospital Association (AHA) filed a request with the FCC for a blanket waiver of Section 97.113(a)(3) of the Commission's Rules "to permit hospitals seeking accreditation to use Amateur Radio operators who are hospital employ
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04/07/2010 | Moonbounce for Everyone -- Courtesy of the Arecibo Radio Telescope!
Sending Amateur Radio signals to the Moon and back has never been easy. After roundtrip journeys of nearly half a million miles, even the most powerful signals generated by hams are exquisitely weak on arrival. Because of the equipment and expertise neces
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04/06/2010 | ARRL Files Petition for Reconsideration over Waiver for Non-Amateur Device in 70 cm Band
The ARRL has filed a Petition for Reconsideration with the FCC concerning a waiver granted to the ReconRobotics Corporation for a device known as the ReconScout – a remote-controlled surveillance robot designed for use in hazardous areas.
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04/05/2010 | New Editions of ARRL Ham Radio License Manual, Tech Q&A Now Available
Discover all the excitement of Amateur Radio when you get your Technician license -- your ticket to the unique mix of fun, public service, technology and experimenting with electronics. The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual and ARRL's Tech Q&A will guide you
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04/05/2010 | Telephone Outage in Nebraska -- No April Fool's Joke
Early on the morning of Thursday, April 1, almost 40,000 people -- including Lincoln's government, business and emergency centers -- in Southeastern Nebraska found out that they had no landline telephone service, as well as spotty cell phone coverage, tha
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04/02/2010 | Surfin': A New Twist on the Social NetThis week, Surfin' checks into a ham radio multimedia social net.
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