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11/29/2012 | The ARRL 10 Meter Contest: The Band Is Hot!

Will it be possible to beat the 2011 running of the ARRL 10 Meter Contest? With more than 5300 logs received and worldwide openings last year, that may be a tall order.
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09/14/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update

Solar activity retreated this week, with the average daily sunspot numbers off nearly 46 points -- about 35 percent -- to 83.1, while the average daily solar flux declined 18 points to 118.9.
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09/02/2012 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Contest Season Refresher

The fall and winter months are packed with contests for every taste: DX, domestic, single-band and specialty events of every stripe. Shake off a little rust with this quiz and get ready to put some QSOs in the log. Remember, too, if you’re not a contest a
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08/08/2012 | RAC Announces New Ontario Section Boundaries, Abbreviations

RAC Chief Field Services Officer Doug Mercer, VO1DTM/VO1DM, announced the Section boundaries, names and abbreviations for the four new Ontario sections that go into effect on September 1.
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02/14/2012 | RAC to Split Ontario into Four Sections

On February 6, Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) issued a statement on their website that the Ontario Section would be split into four new RAC Administrative Sections, effective September 1, 2012. The reason given for the restructure was “...to create a mana
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01/02/2012 | ARRL in Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?

This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of December.
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12/27/2011 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Contesting Like Crazy

The last stretch of the year yields cold temperatures, snow and, if you live in Missouri, 60 degrees and rain. But most importantly, there’s a calendar full of contests -- just look at November and December’s ARRL Contest Calendars or Bruce Horn’s Contest
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12/23/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update

The average daily sunspot numbers this week were about the same as last week, while the average daily solar flux declined a little more than eight points to 128.9. Geomagnetic indicators were quiet. The average daily sunspot numbers of 95.3 for the week i
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