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05/26/2013 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Hams on Mars (Almost)Eight Missouri S&T students took their Amateur Radio license exams last week -- and passed! Most of the examinees wanted to get a license so they could legally operate high power wireless equipment for the Mars Rover Design Team, or MRDT.
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05/24/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity remains quiet, but on May 16 the daily sunspot number reached 212. I had to keep searching further and further back in the records to find a higher sunspot number. One year, six months and one week earlier -- November 9, 2011 -- the sunspot
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05/24/2013 | No ARRL Audio News on May 30
There will be no ARRL Audio News on Thursday, May 30. The ARRL Letter will be distributed on its usual schedule. The Audio News will return on Thursday, June 6.
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05/24/2013 | Surfin’: Combining Software Defined Radios and SmartphonesThis week, Surfin’ checks out a ham who is developing a handheld radio that’s a cross between a smart phone and an SDR.
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05/23/2013 | Technician Class Survivor ChallengeTechnicians licensed before March 21, 1987 are grandfather Generals.
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05/23/2013 | Logbook of The World Reaches 500 Million QSOs
On May 21 at approximately 9:40 PM EDT (0140 UTC on May 22), Logbook of The World -- the ARRL’s online QSO confirmation system – reached a new record: 500 million QSOs.
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05/23/2013 | Amateurs in Oklahoma Respond to Storm Aftermath
After an EF5 tornado swept through Oklahoma on May 20, radio amateurs in that state assisted the American Red Cross with its communications efforts.
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05/22/2013 | Section Manager Election Results Announced
This spring, the ARRL held two balloted elections for Section Manager. ARRL members in Nebraska elected a new Section Manager, while members in Utah -- faced with a three-way race -- voted to keep their Section Manager.
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