Recent News
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07/25/2012 | The Bands Heat Up for the 2012 ARRL August UHF Contest
VHF/UHF weak-signal operators across North America are making final tests on their stations in preparation for the ARRL August UHF Contest, which is coming up over the weekend of August 4-5.
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07/24/2012 | Special Event Stations in London and Wales On the Air for 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Beginning Wednesday, July 25, two special event call signs will be activated to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: 2O12L from London, England and 2O12W from Barry, Wales.
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07/24/2012 | 2011 DXCC Yearbook Now Available
The 2011 DXCC Yearbook is now available to all ARRL members in the August digital QST
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07/24/2012 | Heathkit Declares Bankruptcy, Closes for Good (Again)
The July 19 edition of The Herald-Palladium -- a newspaper serving the communities of Benton Harbor and St Joseph, Michigan -- is reporting that Heathkit Education Company has declared bankruptcy and has officially closed its doors after defaulting on its
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07/24/2012 | ARRL Board of Directors Names Award Recipients at 2012 Second Meeting
The ARRL Board of Directors named four ARRL award recipients at their 2012 Second Meeting, held July 20-21 in Windsor, Connecticut. In addition, the Board named Former ARRL West Gulf Division Director Thomas W. Comstock, N5TC, as ARRL Director Emeritus.
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07/21/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update
In last week’s Solar Update, we reported a blast of energy from a solar flare headed our way, predicted to arrive on Saturday, July 14. The CME hit at 1800 UTC, and it had a huge effect on propagation and geomagnetic indices.
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07/20/2012 | Vanity Call Sign Fee to Go Up 80 Cents
On July 20, the FCC announced that the cost of an Amateur Radio vanity call sign will increase 80 cents, from $14.20 to $15. The fee will increase 30 days after notice of the increase is published in the Federal Register; no date has yet been set for publ
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07/20/2012 | Surfin’: How’s DXCC?This week, Surfin’ searches the Internet for the history of the DX Century Club.
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