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01/12/2009 | As Storms Pummeled Northwestern States, Hams Responded to Local Needs
After another week of wild weather in Oregon and Washington, residents in those states are just beginning to see the Sun. With an onslaught of wind, snow and rain this winter season, hams in the affected areas have been called upon by local served agencie
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01/12/2009 | Earthquake Strikes Costa Rica, Emergency Ham Frequency Declared
On Thursday, January 8 at 1921 UTC, an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck the Central American country of Costa Rica. The earthquake, with an epicenter located about 22 miles northeast of San Jose, comes after a series of almost 60 seism
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01/09/2009 | Classic Exchange -- A Vintage Radio ContestWarm-up those filaments for the Classic Exchange contest, January 25/26 and February 15/16.
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01/09/2009 | ARRL Board of Directors, Standing Committees to Meet in Connecticut Next Week
The ARRL Board of Directors holds their annual meeting of 2009 January 16-17 in Windsor, Connecticut, with Directors, Vice Directors and ARRL Board officers in attendance. The meeting will be preceded on Thursday, January 15, with meetings of the Administ
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01/09/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
On Wednesday, January 7, a sunspot appeared very briefly in the lower right portion of the Sun's image. It was so brief that NOAA did not record it on the Space Weather Prediction Center's daily solar data chart for that day. Spaceweather.com reported a s
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01/09/2009 | Surfin': Getting Heathkit Manuals and Getting SmartThis week's Surfin' looks for old Amateur Radio manuals online and finds a ham radio in a recent flick.
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01/08/2009 | Nominations Sought For 2009 Dayton Hamvention® Awards
The Dayton Hamvention® is accepting nominations for its 2009 awards. Do you know an outstanding amateur in your club, community or from on-the-air contacts? Does this person excel in some phase of Amateur Radio? Do you feel this person deserves worldw
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01/08/2009 | ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration
Registration remains open through Sunday, January 25, 2009, for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, February 6, 2009: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1; Radio Frequency Interference; Antenna Des
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