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07/13/2012 | Surfin’: Numbering 600This week, Surfin’ reaches the 600 mark and commemorates the event numerically.
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07/12/2012 | WRTC 2014 to Conduct Station Tests During IARU HF World Championship
WRTC 2014, Inc -- host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) competition -- will be conducting station tests during the 2012 IARU HF World Championship this weekend (1200 UTC Saturday, July 14 through 1200 UTC Sunday, July 15).
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07/11/2012 | Executive Order Poses No Threat to the Amateur Radio Service
On July 6, 2012, the White House released an Executive Order that addresses National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) communications functions of the federal government. Contrary to some concerns raised in a few Amateur Radio circles, the Order
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07/11/2012 | Two Operations Approved for DXCC Credit
Two operations -- the 9X0PY (Rwanda) operation (December 24, 2011-January 7, 2012) and the S21YD (Bangladesh) operation (1994, 1995, 1998 and 1999) -- have been approved for DXCC credit.
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07/10/2012 | Three Hams Scheduled to Head to ISS This Weekend
NASA will televise the launch and docking of the next mission to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for 8:40 PM (CDT) Saturday, July 14 (0140 UTC, Sunday, July 15). NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, along with Russian cosmonaut Y
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07/09/2012 | State-Level PRB-1 Law Now on the Books in Illinois
Following in the footsteps of various other states, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed HB 1390 -- a state-level PRB-1 law -- on June 30, effective immediately.
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07/09/2012 | W1AW’s EchoLink and IRLP Nodes Temporarily Suspended
Recent upgrades to the ARRL’s Internet system has caused access to both the W1AW EchoLink Conference Server W1AWBDCT and W1AW’s IRLP Node 4292 to be temporarily suspended. Access to both W1AW systems can be expected by month’s end. We apologize for the in
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07/09/2012 | QEX: The July/August 2012 Issue
The July/August issue of QEX -- the ARRL’s “Forum for Communications Experimenters” -- is coming soon, and it is full of theoretical and practical technical articles that you won’t want to miss.
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