Recent News
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04/20/2011 | Transatlantic Amateur Radio Balloon Flight Postponed
Transatlantic balloon flight postponed to next week.
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04/19/2011 | Postage Price Increase Now in Effect
On Sunday, April 17, the US Postal Service increased the price to mail certain items within the US and abroad. While the cost to mail a 1 ounce piece of first class mail within the US stays at 44 cents, the cost of mailing a postcard increased one penny,
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04/19/2011 | “Eternal Vigilance” Is the Price We Pay for Our Spectrum
The first edition for 2011 of Spectrum Defense Matters -- a newsletter aimed at keeping ARRL members updated on issues related to the protection of Amateur Radio frequencies -- was recently released on the ARRL website. This newsletter covers both domesti
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04/19/2011 | Voting Now Open for May QST Cover Plaque Award
Now that you’ve thumbed through and read the May 2011 issue of QST cover-to-cover, we’re sure that an article -- or three sticks -- in your mind. So go ahead and cast your vote for your favorite article in the issue. The article with the most votes will r
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04/19/2011 | ARRL Scores Partial Victory in ReconRobotics Proceeding
The FCC has given radio amateurs a partial victory in response to the ARRL’s challenge, in a Petition for Reconsideration, of a rules waiver that permits the certification and licensing of the Recon Scout -- a remote-controlled, maneuverable surveillance
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04/18/2011 | DXCC Approves Two Tristan Da Cunha and Gough Operations
ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that two operations on Tristan Da Cunha and Gough -- the 2010 ZD9AH operation and the 2010-2011 ZD9T operation -- have been approved for DXCC credit. “If you these operations rejected in a recent application, pl
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04/18/2011 | ARRL to Close in Observance of Good Friday
ARRL Headquarters will be closed in observance of Good Friday on Friday, April 22. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Monday, April 25 at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. We wish everyone a saf
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04/15/2011 | World Radio Labs Founder Leo Meyerson, W0GFQ (SK)
Leo Meyerson, W0GFQ, of Omaha, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, April 13. He was 100. In 1935, Meyerson, an ARRL Life Member, founded Wholesale Radio Laboratories -- the forerunner to World Radio Labs -- in Council Bluffs, Iowa. For his contributions t
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