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06/22/2009 | Ohio Section Manager Joe Phillips, K8QOE (SK)
Joe Phillips, K8QOE, who served as ARRL Ohio Section Manager since 1998, passed away suddenly at his home on Saturday, June 20. He was 68. Licensed in 1959 as KN9SYL, Phillips first joined the ARRL Field Organization as an Official Emergency Station (OES)
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06/22/2009 | W1AW, WA6ZTY to Conduct Dual-Tone Frequency Measuring Test in July
The Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, W1AW, and WA6ZTY on the West Coast will conduct a summer Frequency Measuring Test (FMT) on July 1 at 9:45 PM EDT (0145 UTC on July 2). According to FMT Coordinator H. Ward Silver, N0AX, the format will be a "do
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06/19/2009 | Mystery TransmissionWhen I tell this story to friends who are not hams all I get is a blank look, but I know you will understand why the event left me feeling amazed and disoriented. It started out mundanely enough. I was cruising the neighborhood of Oakland, California&rsqu
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06/19/2009 | FCC Chairman Nominee Genachowski, Current Commissioner McDowell Face Confirmation Hearings
On June 16, Julius Genachowski -- the man President Barack Obama picked to head the Federal Communications Commission -- and current FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell appeared before the Senate's Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee for their con
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06/19/2009 | ARRL Introduces Second Edition of VoIP: Internet Linking for Radio Amateurs
Through a technique called Internet linking, ham radio operators are harnessing the immediacy and portability of radio communication to the global reach of the Internet. Today's radio amateurs are using the Internet as the relay between their radio base s
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06/19/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
I bet you have this memorized: "Solar activity was very low throughout the reporting period, and geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels during most of the reporting period." Enough said? The first sunspot region of Solar Cycle 24 occurre
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06/19/2009 | Pacific Division Vice Director Steps Down; Appointment Fills Vacancy
Citing family and business reasons, ARRL Pacific Division Vice Director Andy Oppel, N6AJO has submitted his resignation. President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, has appointed Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT, of Oakland, California, to serve the remainder of the current term t
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06/18/2009 | FCC Turns 75 Today
On June 19, 1934, 75 years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- replacing the Federal Radio Commission -- by signing Public Law 73-416, the <
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