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02/06/2009 | North Dakota to Offer State QSO Party in March
Stations working on their Triple Play Award or Year of the State QSO Party Award will want to be on the air on Saturday, March 21 as North Dakota -- always a rare state -- will hold their first QSO Party in 14 years.
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02/04/2009 | ARRL Announces Second Homebrew Challenge
The first ARRL Homebrew Challenge, announced in the August 2006 issue of QST, offered a prize for the best 5 W, 40 meter CW and voice transceiver our readers could build. The only requirement was that the rig had to be built for less than $50 of new, read
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02/03/2009 | Donald G. Lemley Sr, W8DL (SK)
Don Lemley, W8DL, of South Charleston, West Virginia, passed away January 22 after a long illness. He was 74. A former Official Observer Coordinator for the ARRL West Virginia Section and an ARRL Technical Coordinator, Lemley was an active QRPer and taugh
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01/26/2009 | Deadline to Order 75th Sweepstakes Mugs and Pins Is Fast Approaching
Time is running out to order your 2008 ARRL November Sweepstakes mugs and pins. If you submitted a log with more than 100 QSOs, you qualify for a Sweepstakes Participation pin. If you submitted a log with a Clean Sweep -- working all 80 ARRL/RAC sections
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01/26/2009 | Desecheo Island DXpedition Granted Call Sign
The DXpedition to Desecheo Island -- February 12-26 --will use call sign K5D. "As soon as we land on Desecheo, two stations will be immediately activated," said DXpedition co-leader Bob Allphin, K4UEE. Stations will continue to operate until the
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01/22/2009 | ARRL Executive Committee Approves 21 Education & Technology Program Grants
In December 2008, the ARRL Executive Committee reviewed grant applications for the ARRL's Education & Technology Program (ETP), awarding nearly $22,000 to 21 schools. More than 350 schools across the country have received support from the ETP in the f
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01/22/2009 | ARRL to Unveil New Course for Public Information Officers
With the many weather events and other newsworthy items of note in 2008, ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP, said that it was evident around the US "that the expertise, motivational level and activities of individual Public In
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01/22/2009 | Hams Help Out with Historic Day
On Tuesday, January 20, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. Numerous organizations -- federal, state and local agencies, the staff of Presidents Bush and Obama, as well as private agencies -- were involved in the month
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