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12/05/2008 | Get Ready for the ARRL Triple Play WAS Award
As of January 1, 2009, the ARRL will offer another award: The Triple Play Worked All States Award. This new, exciting award is available to all amateurs who confirm contacts with each of the 50 states using three modes for each state: CW, phone and RTTY/d
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10/15/2008 | Book on Amateur Radio's "Golden Age" Now Available from ARRL
Many consider 1930 to 1980 as the "golden age" of American radio technology. A time of extraordinary innovation driven by pioneering engineers and entrepreneurs, this 50 year span saw the introduction of rigs that would become famous throughout
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10/14/2008 | Contester/DXer Paolo Cortese, I2UIY (SK)
Well-known contester, DXer, and QST and NCJ author Paolo Cortese, I2UIY, passed away from a brain aneurysm the weekend of October 11. He was 48. According to fellow contester Doug Grant, K1DG, Cortese was the "most popular competito
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08/20/2008 | Antenna Go-kitsAre your portable antennas ready to go?
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08/01/2008 | The Fifth PillarAt the 2005 ARRL National Convention held in conjunction with the annual Dayton Hamvention® we unveiled ARRL EXPO, a greatly expanded exhibit area in which we highlighted the many facets of the ARRL diamond. ARRL EXPO was such a hit that it has become
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07/11/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
Another week and still no sunspots. The 3-month moving average for daily sunspot numbers that we began reporting toward the end of Solar Cycle 23 seemed to retrospectively suggest that solar minimum occurred last fall. The daily average for the 3-month pe
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06/05/2008 | Surfin': Relive the Lives of Dead Electrical DudesThis week, Surfin' visits a Web site to learn about the pioneers responsible for breakthroughs in radio and electronics.
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06/05/2008 | ARRL Announces New DeSoto Cup Winner
The ARRL's DXCC Desk announced June 3 that Fausto Minardi, I4EAT, is the winner of the 2007 DXCC Challenge DeSoto Cup. According to ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, Minardi achieved this honor with 3129 band points. Bob Eshleman, W4DR, placed second wi
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