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02/01/2013 | Robert Nickels, W9RAN, Wins January QST Cover Plaque Award
The winner of the January QST Cover Plaque award is Robert Nickels, W9RAN, for his article “Cheap and Easy SDR.” Congratulations Robert! The QST Cover Plaque Award -- given to the author or authors of the best article in each issue -- is determined by a v
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02/01/2013 | Surfin’: Finding the Good StuffThis week, Surfin’ reveals where to find the websites and software that comprise “the good stuff.”
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01/31/2013 | ARRL Board of Directors Convenes in New Orleans for 2013 Annual Meeting
The ARRL Board of Directors held its 2013 Annual Meeting January 18-19, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana, under the chairmanship of President Kay Craigie, N3KN.
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01/31/2013 | FCC Denies Missouri Ham’s Petition Regarding CC&Rs
On January 28, the FCC denied a Petition for Reconsideration (PFR) filed by James E. Whedbee, N0ECN, of Gladstone, Missouri. Whedbee filed the PFR in May 2012 in response to the FCC denying his Petition for Declaratory Ruling (PDR) filed in April 2012 tha
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01/30/2013 | NASA to Honor Fallen Astronauts this Friday
On Friday, February 1 -- the 10th anniversary of the Columbia accident -- NASA will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia with a Day of Remembrance. Flags across the agency will be flown at half-staff in their mem
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01/29/2013 | Former ARRL New England Division Director John Sullivan, W1HHR (SK)
John “Sully” Sullivan, W1HHR, of Columbia, Connecticut, passed away November 12, 2012. He was 83. An ARRL Life Member, Sullivan served as ARRL New England Division Director from 1975-1985. He was a veteran of the US Navy. A private service was held Novemb
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01/29/2013 | Amateur Radio Quiz: A Log of dBsIf there is a single unit of measurement beyond volts and amps that can be considered nearly ubiquitous in ham radio, it would have to be our friend, the dee-bee or dB. Key to computing values in dB is the logarithm, so this quiz also combines the two --
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01/26/2013 | The Amateur Amateur: Talking to MyselfKerchunk, kerchunk. You know what that noise means, right? That was the sound of me “testing my radio” when I first got my license. Bet you did it, too. Oh? You claim you never did anything so impertinent as to key up and unkey, just to convince yourself
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