Recent News
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08/08/2011 | RTTY DXCC Award Now Known as Digital DXCC Award
At the 2011 Second Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors, the Board voted to change the name of the RTTY DXCC Award to the Digital DXCC Award. In changing the name, the Board took into account that Amateur Radio technology has advanced to include many va
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08/08/2011 | Former “World Above 50 MHz” Conductor Receives CSVHFS’s President’s Award
At the recent Central States VHF Society (CSVHFS) Convention -- held July 29-30 in Irving, Texas -- CSVHFS President Chuck Clark, AF8Z, presented the President’s Award to Gene Zimmerman W3ZZ. “I truly appreciate this award,” Zimmerman told the ARRL. “Cent
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08/08/2011 | General Class Q&A Now Available for Kindle
The fourth edition of ARRL’s General Q&A is now available from Amazon.com for the Kindle. This e-book is your authoritative guide to every question in the General (Element 3) question pool -- everything you need to pass your General class license exam. Wh
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08/05/2011 | Malpelo DXpedition to Get Underway in January 2012
The HK0NA DXpedition to Malpelo -- an island located approximately 235 miles from Columbia’s Pacific coast -- is scheduled for January 22-February 6, 2012. Organized by the DX Radio Amateur Club (DXARC) out of Columbia, the DXpedition boasts an internatio
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08/05/2011 | New QuickStats Poll Now Available on ARRL Website
Four new poll questions have just been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website. Let your voice be heard!
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08/05/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity markedly increased this week, with the sunspot number rising to 130 on Monday, August 1 -- the highest since a reading of 131 on April 14, 2011. The average daily sunspot numbers more than doubled this week compared to last, rising nearly 5
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08/05/2011 | Surfin’: Got Good Ground? Not So MuchThis week, Surfin’ readers share war stories that are grounded in reality.
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08/04/2011 | Hams Report ARISSat-1’s Linear Transponder Is Working
After its eventful deployment yesterday, ARISSsat-1 is definitely working. Hams from all over the world have reported hearing the voice, CW and SSTV transmissions. Despite concerns that the UHF antenna was either missing or damaged, the linear transponder
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