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01/31/2013 | FCC Denies Missouri Ham’s Petition Regarding CC&Rs
On January 28, the FCC denied a Petition for Reconsideration (PFR) filed by James E. Whedbee, N0ECN, of Gladstone, Missouri. Whedbee filed the PFR in May 2012 in response to the FCC denying his Petition for Declaratory Ruling (PDR) filed in April 2012 tha
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01/30/2013 | NASA to Honor Fallen Astronauts this Friday
On Friday, February 1 -- the 10th anniversary of the Columbia accident -- NASA will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia with a Day of Remembrance. Flags across the agency will be flown at half-staff in their mem
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01/29/2013 | Former ARRL New England Division Director John Sullivan, W1HHR (SK)
John “Sully” Sullivan, W1HHR, of Columbia, Connecticut, passed away November 12, 2012. He was 83. An ARRL Life Member, Sullivan served as ARRL New England Division Director from 1975-1985. He was a veteran of the US Navy. A private service was held Novemb
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01/29/2013 | Amateur Radio Quiz: A Log of dBsIf there is a single unit of measurement beyond volts and amps that can be considered nearly ubiquitous in ham radio, it would have to be our friend, the dee-bee or dB. Key to computing values in dB is the logarithm, so this quiz also combines the two --
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01/26/2013 | The Amateur Amateur: Talking to MyselfKerchunk, kerchunk. You know what that noise means, right? That was the sound of me “testing my radio” when I first got my license. Bet you did it, too. Oh? You claim you never did anything so impertinent as to key up and unkey, just to convince yourself
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01/25/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update
The average daily sunspot numbers this past week dropped nearly 73 points to 56.4, while the average daily solar flux declined nearly 47 points to 110.7. The average geomagnetic indices were up about 50 percent, but it was still very quiet.
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01/25/2013 | Surfin’: A View of Our EvolutionThis week, Surfin’ visits the ARRL’s Evolution of Amateur Radio Exhibit -- virtually and in person.
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01/23/2013 | DXCC Desk Approves Two Laotian Operations
ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that the 2010-2011 XWPA operation and the current XW4XR operation in Laos have been approved for DXCC credit.
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