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FCC Turns Down Petition to Amend Amateur Radio Identification Rules
Published: 23/10/2019The FCC has denied a Petition for Rule Making to amend Part 97 station identification rules to better accommodate and simplify station identification during emergency nets, drills, or activations. AR ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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Pitcairn Island VP6R DXpedition on the Air; Injured Operator Evacuated
Published: 21/10/2019Pitcairn Island DXpedition leader Glen Johnson, W0GJ, reports the VP6R team arrived at the South Pacific island on October 17, after the m/v Braveheart anchored offshore. After clearing customs and im ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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SAQ Transmission Set for UN Day on October 24
Published: 21/10/2019A transmission from the vintage Alexanderson alternator in Grimeton, Sweden, will complement activities marking United Nations Day on October 24. Transmitter startup for the 17.2 kHz transmission will ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org
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Michigan State University Amateur Radio Club Celebrates Centennial with Second-Century Special Event
Published: 21/10/2019The Michigan State University Amateur Radio Club (MSUARC) turns 100 this month. The club, which holds the call signs W8MSU and W8SH, celebrated its centennial with a special event station on October 1 ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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Scouts send their name in Morse Code during JOTA
Published: 21/10/2019Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) was this last weekend. According to the Scouting website, “Jamboree-on-the-Air, or JOTA, is the largest Scouting event in the world. It is held annually the third full ... Read moreSource: www.kb6nu.com -
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Operating Notes: Playing down to your competition, DX QSOs,
Published: 21/10/2019In sports, when a team is “playing down to its competition” it means that they they don’t play as well as they could when they are playing poor competition. This can sometimes result ... Read moreSource: www.kb6nu.com
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ARRL to implement yet another Wayne Green idea
Published: 20/10/2019I got a little bit of a chuckle when I read the article about the ARRL’s newest publication, On the Air. According to the article, ARRL is launching a new magazine, On the Air, in January 2020. ... Read moreSource: www.kb6nu.com -
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20th International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 General Assembly Held in Peru
Published: 17/10/2019Twenty International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 (the Americas) member-societies took part in the 20th IARU Region 2 General Assembly, which wrapped up on October 3 in Peru, hosted by Radio Cl ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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5 minutes, 20 slides. What would you say about amateur radio?
Published: 17/10/2019Ignite talks are fast, fun talks about just about any topic you can think of. You get 20 slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds. I’ve just volunteered to give an Ignite talk here in ... Read moreSource: www.kb6nu.com
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ARRL to Launch New On the Air Magazine in January
Published: 17/10/2019ARRL is launching a new magazine, On the Air, in January 2020. To be published on a bimonthly basis, On the Air will offer new and beginner-to-intermediate-level radio amateurs a fresh approach to exp ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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Bidding Begins Today in the Annual ARRL Online Auction
Published: 17/10/2019Bidding gets under way today, October 17, on more than 230 items on the block in the 14th annual ARRL Online Auction . Bidding begins at 10 AM EST (1400 UTC). The auction will continue through Thursda ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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Mail Delivery Problem Affecting Delivery of Board Election Ballots in West Gulf Division
Published: 16/10/2019ARRL has become aware of a mail delivery problem affecting the ARRL Board of Director election ballots sent to members in part of the West Gulf Division. Recent flooding has affected some US Postal Se ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org
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WSPR monitoring with RTL-SDR and Raspberry Pi
Published: 16/10/2019Technical Reference/Raspberry Pi The goal of this interesting project is to monitor a particular set of frequencies for a set period of time. In this article your will find instructions to build and o ... Read moreSource: www.dxzone.com -
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Pitcairn Island DXpedition Set to Get Under Way this Week
Published: 16/10/2019The long-planned Pitcairn Island VP6R DXpedition is set to get under way by October 18. Thirteen team members will be arriving by ship on the South Pacific island on October 17. All of the team’s carg ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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ARRL Puerto Rico Section and Red Cross Renew Memorandum of Understanding
Published: 16/10/2019The American Red Cross Puerto Rico Chapter renewed its Memorandum of Understanding with the ARRL Puerto Rico Section on October 10, citing mutually beneficial experiences during recent emergency and d ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org
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Report Causes Concern and Confusion in California’s Amateur Radio Ranks
Published: 16/10/2019By all credible and reliable accounts, the State of California has not turned its back on Amateur Radio as an emergency communication resource nor have established repeater owners been asked to remove ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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PACTOR Developer SCS Announces Monitoring Software
Published: 15/10/2019SCS, the company that created PACTOR, has unveiled software that offers the ability to monitor the content of PACTOR 1, 2, and 3 transmissions over the air. The free PMON software runs under the Linux ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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Homebrew Heroes Award for 2019 in Amateur Radio Announced
Published: 15/10/2019The Homebrew Heroes Award Program has announced its first annual recipient. He is Hans Summers, G0UPL, of East Sussex in the UK. The annual award recognizes individuals, groups, or organizations who h ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org
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Amateur radio in the news: Hamfest edition
Published: 14/10/2019The first two stories in this post are stories about upcoming hamfests. The point being, send out a press release before the event to get more people to come…..Dan Hamfest kicks off at fa ... Read moreSource: www.kb6nu.com -
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Preview Now Open for ARRL 2019 Online Auction
Published: 14/10/2019A preview of the more than 230 items going on the block this week in the 14th annual ARRL Online Auction is now open. Bidding begins on Thursday , October 1 7, at 10 AM EST (1400 UTC), and the auction ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org