Recent News
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09/09/2010 | ARRL Goes Another Round with ReconRobotics
As reported earlier, on August 16, ReconRobotics -- manufacturers and marketers of the Recon Scout, a remote-controlled, maneuverable surveillance robot designed for use in areas that may be too hazardous for human entry – filed with the FCC an opposition
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09/09/2010 | ARRL Comments in FCC Review of CB Rules
In June the FCC opened a proceeding -- WT Docket No. 10-119 -- “to simplify, streamline, and update the Part 95 rules to reflect technological advances and changes in the way the American public uses the various Personal Radio Services.” The Citizens Band
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09/09/2010 | GAREC 2010 to Convene Next Month
The 2010 Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference (GAREC) -- supported by the ARRL, the IARU and all three IARU Regions -- is scheduled for October 11-12 in Curacao, one of five island territories of the Netherlands Antilles. With its them
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09/08/2010 | Colorado Hams Assisting Wildfire Relief Efforts
A fire that began on Monday, September 6 in Emerson Gulch located in Four Mile Canyon -- just northwest of Boulder, Colorado -- has had members of Boulder County ARES® providing communications support to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and the America
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09/07/2010 | ARRL Introduces First Challenge Coin
This month, the ARRL and the Amateur Radio community celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service®, or ARES®. To help commemorate this milestone, the ARRL has introduced an anniversary Challenge Coin. The die-struck, 1.5 inch bras
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09/03/2010 | Massachusetts ARES Prepares as a Now-Weakened Hurricane Earl Approaches
Massachusetts ARES Prepares as a Now-Weakened Hurricane Earl Approaches
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09/03/2010 | New Interim Chief Takes Over Air Force MARS
New Interim Chief Takes Over Air Force MARS
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09/03/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update
Over this past week, four new sunspot groups appeared. Group 1101 was already in place since August 24, and 1102 emerged on August 29. On September 1, two new sunspot groups -- 1103 and 1104 -- appeared, and on September 2, sunspot group 1105 arrived. Thr
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