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10/12/2009 | ARRL Gears Up for Fourth Annual Online Auction
The Fourth Annual ARRL On-Line Auction begins its preview week on Thursday, October 15. With more than 160 items up for bid -- and more being added every day -- this event promises to have something for just about everyone. The auction kicks off Thursday,
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10/12/2009 | ARRL DXCC Desk Approves FT5GA Operation
ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that the FT5GA operation on Glorioso Island -- September 14-October 8, 2009 -- has been approved for DXCC credit. Until this operation, Glo
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10/09/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
Sweet memories of that 11-day run of sunspots ending on the second day of this month will eventually fade. So far, the number of spotless days is seven -- or perhaps eight by later today -- with the last sunspot seen on October 1. A peek at the latest STE
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10/09/2009 | Surfin': Revisiting "Where's DX?" and "Antennas in High Places"The follow-up e-mails that Surfin' generates often expand on the topics that Surfin' originally covered.
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10/08/2009 | Scouting Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)
October 17 and 18 will mark the 52nd worldwide Scouting Jamboree on the Air (JOTA). Held the third full weekend in October each year, this is the premier operating event for Amateur Radio and Scouting around the world.
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10/07/2009 | California Firm Fined $4000 for Operating on Amateur Frequencies
On September 28, the FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) to a California firm that the Commission maintains was using amateur frequencies to conduct business. According to the Commission, Shimmick Construction Comp
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10/06/2009 | Columbus Antennas to Take to the SkiesAstronauts will be doing antenna work next month. A space shuttle crew will be installing several antennas on the new Columbus module on the International Space Station. Several of these will be Amateur Radio antennas.
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10/06/2009 | Astronaut Fernando “Frank” Caldeiro, KE4RFI (SK)
NASA Astronaut Fernando “Frank” Caldeiro, KE4RFI, passed away on October 3 after a more than two year battle with a brain tumor. He was 51. Caldeiro was a member of the Astronaut Class of 1996 and most recently was assigned to the WB-57 High A
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