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01/11/2011 | ARRL Foundation Scholarship Applications and Transcripts Due February 1
Students planning to apply for the more than 60 scholarships administered by the ARRL Foundation should be aware that the deadline is fast approaching. All materials -- including transcripts -- are due February 1. Beginning this year, applicants must subm
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01/10/2011 | New Amateur Radio Bill Introduced in Congress
The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act, which died at the end of the 111th Congress, has been reintroduced in the 112th Congress as HR 81. The sponsor is Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18). The new bill -- which was introduced
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01/10/2011 | Former Western Massachusetts Section Manager Bill Voedisch, W1UD (SK)
William Voedisch, W1UD, of Leominster, Massachusetts, became a Silent Key on January 1. He was 78. Voedisch was an avid CW operator who especially enjoyed operating in the CW National Traffic System nets. In recent years, he was the Manager of the NTS Fir
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01/10/2011 | ARRL Outgoing QSL Service Announces New Rate Structure
Effective January 17, 2011, a new pricing structure will go into effect for the ARRL Outgoing QSL Service. With the new rate structure, amateurs will no longer need to count outgoing cards and then guess as to what to pay based upon a half-pound rate; a s
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01/07/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
The average daily sunspot numbers were up nearly 24 points this week to 50, while the average daily solar flux rose more than 9 points to 89.5. The lagging three month average of daily sunspot numbers was down 3.5 points from last month’s average of the p
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01/07/2011 | Surfin’: Looking for Channel 1, But Finding WNBCThis week, Surfin’ discovers that call letters can have an interesting -- and unexpected -- history.
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01/06/2011 | FCC Cites Retailer for Marketing Amateur Radios as CB Radios
In October 2010, an agent from the FCC’s Enforcement Office visited Monroe, Michigan-based Doctor Radio’s CB Shop to find that the store was selling, among other items, a radio that was described as “an Amateur Radio that could operate on CB frequencies”
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01/06/2011 | ARRL Audio News Once Again Available from iTunes
The ARRL Audio News is once again available through iTunes, beginning today. You can find the URL for the Audio News’ RSS feed here. To download and subscribe to the Audio News at iTunes, log into your iTunes account and go to the “Advanced” pull-down men
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