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07/15/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
The average daily sunspot numbers this week were up 57 percent over the previous seven days, rising from 41.6 to 65.6, while the average daily solar flux rose just 3 points to 89.1. There seem to be plenty of sunspots of late, but none have been large, an
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07/15/2011 | Surfin’: Hill-Topping for the Golden PacketThis week, Surfin’ urges hams to climb every mountain on the East and West Coasts in the quest for the Golden Packet.
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07/14/2011 | The Republic of South Sudan Is Now a DXCC Entity
At 10:18 AM (EDT) on Thursday, July 14, the UN General Assembly met to vote on whether or not to admit the Republic of South Sudan as its 193rd member state. The Republic of South Sudan was unanimously admitted and is now a member of the United Nations; a
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07/14/2011 | ReconRobotics Pays $17,500 to End FCC Investigation of Rules Violations
On Wednesday, July 13, the FCC announced that its Enforcement Bureau and ReconRobotics have entered into a Consent Decree. This resolves an FCC investigation in response to a complaint filed by the ARRL. In 2010, the ARRL alleged that ReconRobotics had vi
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07/13/2011 | ARRL Executive Committee Approves Grants for Six Schools
In June, the ARRL Executive Committee reviewed grant applications for the ARRL’s Education & Technology Program (ETP), awarding equipment and resources valued at nearly $5000 to five schools. More than 575 schools across the country have received support
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07/13/2011 | Ofcom Tests 70 cm Band in Advance of 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London
In April, Ofcom -- the British equivalent to the FCC -- approached the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) to help determine which sections of the 70 cm band could be used by the London Olympic Committee for a limited period before, during and after the
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07/12/2011 | US Recognizes World’s Newest Country: The Republic of South Sudan
During the second week of January 2011, the people of the autonomous region of Southern Sudan voted overwhelmingly in favor for independence. This vote was the result of the 2005 peace agreement between the north and south, with the northern portion grant
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07/12/2011 | New Section Manager Appointed in West Texas
Bill Roberts, W5NPR, of Alpine, has been appointed as the Interim West Texas Section Manager as of July 8, 2011. ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, made the appointment in consultation with ARRL West Gulf Division Director D
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