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10/01/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update
HF radio conditions were good over this past week, with the average daily sunspot numbers up more than 5 points to 45.3, and the average solar flux rising 1.5 points to 84.4. On Wednesday, September 29, the solar flux was 90.7; the last time flux values w
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10/01/2010 | Surfin’: Finding Where the Hams AreThis week, Surfin’ checks out a cool Google Maps application that reveals where the hams are in your burg.
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10/01/2010 | Dave Leavenworth, WV6JPL, and Pete Tiffany, KT4BW, Win September QST Cover Plaque Award
The winners of the QST Cover Plaque Award for August are Dave Leavenworth, WV6JPL, and Pete Tiffany, KT4BW, for their article “A Solar Powered Repeater for EmComm.” Congratulations Dave and Pete! The the QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or au
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09/29/2010 | First 2200 Meter VE-JA QSO Claimed
Kunikazu Togashi, JA7NI, and Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, completed a transpacific QSO on 2200 m (137 kHz) on September 28.
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09/29/2010 | Frank Clement, W6KPC (SK)
HF antenna pioneer A. J. F. (Frank) Clement, W6KPC, of Bakersfield, California, died September 23 as a result of an highway accident. He was 93 and an ARRL Life Member.
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09/28/2010 | Indian State to Use Amateur Radio to Assist in Local Elections
In one of the remotest parts of India, there are virtually no communication sources -- no cell phone towers, no landlines, no Internet access. But in democracies, elections are the key, even in the most isolated parts of the world. The Indian state of Ker
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09/28/2010 | ARISSat-1 in Satellite Final Preparation
ARISSat-1 in final preparations for launch
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09/27/2010 | SDR Dominates the 2010 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference
Software Defined Radio was in the spotlight at the Digital Communications Conference
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