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09/02/2009 | W1AW Earns TPA #306
On September 1 -- after W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, made contact #149 (CW) and #150 (RTTY) with Mark Stull, AB8WV, of Parkersburg, West Virginia -- W1AW received Tripl
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07/06/2009 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Another Field Day in the BooksContest or drill -- call it what you like, but we can all agree that ARRL Field Day 2009 was another big success! The fourth weekend in June is probably the most famous operating weekend in the United States and Canada. Whether you're doing 20A or 1D, Fie
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07/02/2009 | IARU HF World Championships: Coming to a Radio Near You
Radiosport fans are gearing up for the summer's biggest competition: The IARU HF World Championships. Calling the 24 hour long contest "an HF operator's delight," ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, explained that the contest will all
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06/15/2009 | WX4NHC Announces On-the-Air Station Test Results
WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center conducted its annual On-The-Air Station Test on Saturday, May 30, 2009. According to Assistant WX4NHC Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R, the station conducted the test to promote awareness of
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06/11/2009 | Join the Fun in the ARRL VHF QSO Party This Weekend
VHF enthusiasts will be generating lots of RF on 6 meters and up this weekend (June 13-15 UTC) during the 2009 ARRL VHF QSO Party. While many amateurs think of the VHF+ bands as a "local" band used primarily for public service, emergency communi
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04/24/2009 | It Seems to Us: CoexistenceRadio spectrum management is a difficult business. The most useful part of the spectrum has been fully allocated for decades, yet new uses continue to be developed. Where can they go? It's a question that requires ever more imaginative answers.
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02/26/2009 | ARRL Sweepstakes and RTTY Roundup Set New Records
The lack of good HF propagation didn't seem to affect participation in the 2008 Sweepstakes or the 2009 RTTY Roundup contests. According to ARRL Contest Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, both contests were record-breaking events. "We have received 3298 logs
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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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