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03/30/2009 | FCC Denies New York Ham's Request for PRB-1 Ruling
On March 27, the FCC notified Thomas Morrison, AB2PP, of Yonkers, New York, that it was denying his petition concerning an Amateur Radio antenna support structure Morrison had installed at his home. In his December 2008, petition, Morrison requested the C
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03/30/2009 | 2009 National Hurricane Conference Has Amateur Radio Focus
The 31st Annual National Hurricane Conference will take place April 6-10 in Austin, Texas. This annual event brings together many disciplines in the Emergency Management field to address tropical events that impact the United States. According to ARRL Eme
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03/30/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: Packet, Part 1I never had much interest in packet radio. It was just one of those "other" modes that was fine for other people, but held no relevance for me. And then one day I looked around my shack and realized that packet had crept in and taken over. There
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03/30/2009 | ARRL Comments on FCC's Proposed Establishment of Rural Broadband Plan
On March 10, 2009, the FCC invited comments via a Public Notice concerning the establishment of a comprehensive rural broadband strategy as part of the Department of Agriculture's Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, commonly known as the 200
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03/27/2009 | North Dakota Hams Help to Head Off River Flooding
Early on Friday, March 27, the Red River -- the natural boundary separating North Dakota and Minnesota -- rose to 40.32 feet, more than 22 feet above flood stage and inches more than the previous high water mark of 40.10 feet set April 7, 1897. According
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03/27/2009 | New Videos Promoting Field Day, Amateur Radio Technology, Available from ARRL
Two new video Public Service Announcements (PSAs) -- one promoting ARRL Field Day and another showing the technical side of Amateur Radio -- are now available from the ARRL Web site. "These videos are great for PIOs, clubs and hams in general to use
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03/27/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
Every day I check the 45 day forecast of planetary A index and solar flux from NOAA and the US Air Force. For quite some time now, the solar flux forecast has been the same: The projection shows 45 days of solar flux at 70, with no variation. I look at th
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03/26/2009 | Surfin': Getting SmallThis week's Surfin' examines a radio that is so small, you need an electron microscope to see it.
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