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03/26/2013 | Former ARRL Northwestern Division Director Mary Lewis, W7QGP (SK)
Mary Lewis, W7QGP, of Seattle, Washington, passed away March 12. She was 85. An ARRL Life Member, Lewis served as ARRL Northwestern Division Director from 1981-1987 and 1991-1995.
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03/26/2013 | Former ARRL Pacific Division Vice Director Robert Smithwick, W6CS (ex-W6JZU) (SK)
Robert “Smitty” Smithwick, W6CS (ex-W6JZU), of Los Altos Hills, California, passed away March 22. He was 92. An ARRL Life Member, Smithwick served as ARRL Pacific Division Vice Director from 1978-1981.
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03/25/2013 | Amateur Radio at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention
The ARRL will be promoting Amateur Radio at the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) -- NAB Show -- scheduled for April 6-11 in at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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03/22/2013 | Noted Contester and DXer Luis Chartarifsky, XE1L (SK)
Noted DXer Luis Chartarifsky, XE1L, of Mexico City, passed away Monday, March 18 after a heart attack. He was 69.
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03/22/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update
This past week, the average daily sunspot numbers were up 16.2 points to 101.1, while the average daily solar flux remained about the same, rising from 118.5 to 119. An eruption on March 15 caused a coronal mass ejection (CME) that hit Earth on March 17,
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03/22/2013 | Surfin’: Microcontrollers -- Small But MightyMicrocontrollers are gaining a foothold in the ham radio world. Here are some resources to help begin your explorations.
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03/21/2013 | VOA Radiogram Officially Launches this Weekend
VOA Radiogram officially launches this weekend
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03/21/2013 | FCC Reduces Pennsylvania Ham’s Fine
After affirming it was going to uphold a forfeiture in the amount of $4000 to Jose Torres, N3TX, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the FCC decided to lower the fine to $3500. The FCC issued the fine in May 2011, saying that Torres’ willful and repeated opera
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