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05/30/2013 | June VHF Contest Coming June 8-10
As summer starts to warm up, the VHF bands will be hot for the 2013 ARRL June VHF Contest, June 8-10. Even with a modest station, it’s possible to work hundreds of miles on the VHF bands during a good opening.
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10/22/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: A Soggy, Foggy, Doggy Demo in the ParkOur ARES® group's Field Station Demonstration and Simulated Emergency Test (FSD&SET?) was supposed to start at 8AM, but I was still sitting at home, staring out the window at the fog. I'd hoped that some of the pea soup would have dissipated by th
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10/16/2009 | Pizza, Macaroni and a CheeseburgerOne of the great things about Amateur Radio is that it is a key that can open many doors to opportunity. It can help you meet people, make friends and sometimes take you to another country for a contact. This is what happened to me thanks to the common li
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09/28/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: Slippery-Slope TelevisionIt all started because Chuck, N0EIS, told me to set up a SSTV (slow scan television) station.
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07/02/2009 | What's New at Dayton 2009: The Unabridged Version
The July 2009 issue of QST had a one page overview of some of the major pieces of equipment introduced at the Dayton Hamvention®. There is no way a single person can track down everyt
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09/13/2008 | W1AW Supports EchoLink Operations During Ike
Throughout the course of Hurricane -- now Tropical Storm -- Ike, operators at W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Station, hooked into the HF radio of ARRL West Gulf Vice Director David Woolweaver, K5RAV, via EchoLink. According to W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia
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08/15/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
Our Sun is still not producing any sunspots. As mentioned in previous bulletins, the peak of the last Solar Cycle was a double peak, so perhaps we are in the midst of an extended bottom. Sunspot numbers for August 7-13 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 with a m
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04/28/2008 | Counting Down to Dayton Hamvention
With less than one month to go, everyone wants to know what's new in the ARRL EXPO at the 2008 Dayton Hamvention®. Who's going to be there? What's happening and when? We here at HQ are gearing up for an exciting time in the ARRL EXPO in Ballarena Hall
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