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04/13/2016 | World ARDF Championships Participation Expected to Break Record
According to a post on the IARU Region 1 website from Don Beattie, G3BJ, the 2016 World Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships are expected to attract a record-breaking number of participants.
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04/08/2013 | Dayton Hamvention® Awards Committee Withdraws 2013 Amateur of the Year Award
The Dayton Hamvention Awards Committee announced on April 7 that it would be withdrawing its Amateur of the Year Award for 2013. According to Dayton Hamvention General Chairman Charles Kaiser, KD8JZR, the committee had received “conflicting information fr
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11/21/2012 | FCC Seeks to Assign Entire Amateur Portion of 160 Meter Band to Primary Status to Amateur Radio Service, Proposes New LF Amateur Band at 135.7-137.8 kHz
On Tuesday, November 20, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to amend Part 97 (among others) of the Commission’s rules. These changes include changing the allocation to the amateur portion of the 160 meter band, allocating a new
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11/05/2012 | 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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11/05/2012 | W1AW Announces 2012-2013 Winter Operating Schedule
With the switch from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time, W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, has updated the W1AW operating schedule to reflect the change. The local standard times have not changed, but the UTC times they reference have.
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11/01/2012 | As Hurricane Sandy Wreaks Havoc on East Coast, Hams Heed Call to Help
Even though Hurricane Sandy was declared a post-tropical cyclone by the time it made its final landfall -- just 5 miles southwest of Atlantic City, New Jersey at about 8 PM EDT on Monday, October 29 -- the storm still had winds in excess of 80 miles per h
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10/29/2012 | Hurricane Sandy: Guidelines for Providing Assistance
The ARRL is recommending two websites to those radio amateurs who want to volunteer for response-and-relief efforts for Hurricane Sandy.
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10/08/2012 | FCC Seeks to Change Amateur Radio Licensing Rules, Allow Additional Emission Types
On October 2, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in WT Docket No. 12-121 that seeks to change the Amateur Radio licensing rules, especially as they concern former licensees.
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