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07/21/2011 | ARRL Soliciting Stations to Become Emergency Liaison Stations
During the 2008 hurricane season, ARRL Headquarters instituted a Command-Control-Coordination (C3) operation to support operations taking place in the affected ARRL Sections. One requirement was the need for Headquarters to establish radio links into the
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05/02/2011 | Kenwood Donates HF/6 Meter Transceiver to W1AW
Thanks to the generosity of Kenwood USA, W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, now boasts a new HF plus 6 meter transceiver -- the TS-590S. “Hams from all over the world come to operate at W1AW, the flagship station of Amateur Radio,” said ARRL Bu
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04/08/2011 | New QuickStats Poll Now Available on ARRL Website
Four new poll questions have just been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website. Let your voice be heard!
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02/04/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
The past week had one 0 sunspot day -- Thursday, January 27. Even though the activity came right back, the average daily sunspot number for the week fell more than 12 points to 20.1, and the average daily solar flux declined 2.7 points to 80.8. After the
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12/22/2010 | ARRL Headquarters Closed for Christmas, New Year’s Holidays
ARRL Headquarters will be closed Friday, December 24 and Friday, December 31 in observance of Christmas and New Year’s Day. There will be no W1AW bulletins or code practice transmissions those days. There will be no ARRL Letter or ARRL Audio News on Thurs
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12/06/2010 | Amateur Radio Quiz: For Auld AcquaintanceHere at the end of the year, it’s customary to remember those who have gone before us. This quiz acknowledges events and individuals that shaped ham radio. For those of you who are new to the hobby, here are some great topics to research online and find o
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04/14/2010 | Help Keep the W1AW Dream Alive
W1AW. It is the most famous call sign in the century-long history of Amateur Radio. To hundreds of thousands of radio amateurs, W1AW is synonymous with Hiram Percy Maxim --the visionary who first recognized a need for a national network of Amateur Radio o
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12/21/2009 | Chinese Satellite XW-1 Receives OSCAR Designation
Less than one week after China’s first Amateur Radio satellite -- XW-1 -- was successfully launched, AMSAT has designated it Hope-OSCAR 68, or HO-68. “Amateur Radio Operators around the world have received beacon sig
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