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08/23/2011 | Incumbent Section Managers in Western Washington, Georgia Re-elected
Two Section Manager elections this summer were decided by member balloting. In Georgia, incumbent Gene Clark, W4AYK, of Albany, was re-elected to a third term with 820 votes. His opponent Verne Fowler, W8BLA, of Cumming, received 365 votes. In Western Was
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08/22/2011 | Peter Dahl, K0BIT (SK)
Peter Dahl, K0BIT, of El Paso, Texas, passed away August 15 of Parkinson’s disease. He was 71. In 2007 after more than 40 years, he closed his company -- the Peter W. Dahl Company -- citing health reasons. “I want to thank everyone for their business thro
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08/19/2011 | ARRL Files Comments in Response to Anchorage VEC’s Waiver Request
In April 2011, the Anchorage VEC -- one of 14 Volunteer Examiner Coordinators -- filed a Petition for Rule Making (RM-11629) that asked the FCC to give permanent credit to radio amateurs for examination elements they have successfully passed. This would,
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08/19/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity was down again this week. The sunspot number on Sunday, August 14 went all the way to 0 for the first time since January 27, which was 29 weeks ago. The average daily sunspot numbers declined nearly 50 points, to 25.6, while the average dai
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08/19/2011 | Surfin’: How’s TV DX?This week, Surfin’ recalls the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summertime TV DX.
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08/18/2011 | America’s Top Mobile — A Ham Radio Cruise-InMobiles are on the move to a rolling-rig competition.
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08/17/2011 | Heathkit Returns to the Kit Business
In late August, Heathkit will resume selling kits.
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08/16/2011 | Tom Hammond, N0SS (SK)
Tom Hammond, N0SS, of Lohman, Missouri, passed away August 4 from cancer. He was 67. Hammond was the first and only Life Member of the Kansas City DX Club (KCDXC), playing an invaluable role in the club for more than three decades, creating his world famo
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