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11/23/2009 | Adventure in the Arctic: VO2A Expedition to Labrador

I have been interested in island chasing ever since I can remember. After moving to Canada, I operated as VE3LYC and contacted 947 IOTA stations from the 1021 on the air. Why chase islands? Some of them are located so remotely, and are so difficult to acc
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06/12/2009 | Build Your Dream

One cold winter evening, late at night, I found myself in my easy chair, shoes off, TV off, a cup of hot coffee in one hand, listening to the icy wind blow past the window. It reminded me of a time many years before in southern Germany when I first got my
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06/05/2009 | Rufz CW Trainer: A Big Hit in Dayton

If you walked past the IARU booth in the ARRL EXPO at the Dayton Hamvention this year, you might have noticed a few amateurs sitting in front of PCs with headphones on typing intently, a serious look on their faces. They were in the middle of a session wi
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05/27/2009 | ARRL Field Day Tips and Techniques that Everyone Can Use

Many amateurs treat ARRL Field Day (June 27-28) as a contest, even though it isn't one. But if your idea of Field Day fun is to go for the highest score possible, ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, offered the following suggestions at the ARRL
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07/02/2008 | Vacation, Contesting and Friends -- Perfect Together!

Bright sun, good friends and a clean sweep.
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