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12/15/2009 | Amateur Radio Bill Passes Senate, Moves to the House
On Monday, December 14, S 1755 -- The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2009 -- passed the Senate by unanimous consent; the bill now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration. Sponsored by Senator Joe Lieb
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12/15/2009 | First Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Now in Space
AMSAT China (CAMSAT) reports that at around 0230 UTC on December 15, China launched its first Amateur Radio satellite -- named Learn More
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12/15/2009 | Students and Teachers Invited to "Fly a File" on ARISSat-1
On February 3, 2006, cosmonaut Valery Ivanovich Tokarev hand-launched the Amateur Radio satellite SuitSat-1 from the International Space Station during an extra vehicular activity (EVA), NASA's term for a spacewalk. A discarded Russian ORLAN spacesuit, Su
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12/14/2009 | The 2009 ARRL Spectrum Defense Campaign Needs Your Support
ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH reports that the ARRL has raised $221,658 toward the goal $310,000 for the 2009 Spectrum Defense Fund. "The messages I receive from the ARRL members and hams who contribute
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12/14/2009 | A Ham Without a CountryThe true story of a shanghaied ham and his radio rescue.
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12/11/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
Finally! A sunspot appeared on Wednesday, December 9, giving us a daily sunspot number of 13, following 16 days of no sunspots. And on December 10, the sunspot number was 13. The new group is number 1034, and it is a Solar Cycle 24 spot, as all sunspots h
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12/10/2009 | Surfin': Do-It-Yourself RetroThis week, Surfin' visits a very unusual Web site featuring do-it-yourself projects with a nostalgic flavor.
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12/09/2009 | ARRL Licensing Study Guides Coming to an eBook Reader Near You
ARRL is pleased to announce that owners of Kindle -- an electronic book reader sold by Amazon.com -- can now download Learn More
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