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01/02/2009 | ARRL Headquarters Closed for Christmas, New Year's Holidays
ARRL Headquarters will close at 3 PM on December 24 and will be closed Thursday, December 25 and Thursday, January 1 in observance of Christmas and New Year's Day. There will be no W1AW bulletins or code
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01/01/2009 | Surfin': Check Out One Heck of a ModeThis week's Surfin' visits a Web site devoted to the Hellschreiber facsimile Amateur Radio mode.
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12/30/2008 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Puzzled at TimesWhile watching the lighted ball slowly drop down the pole high above Times Square, counting the last of 2008 away "Ten, nine, eight...!" do you ever ponder the nature of time? Why does that last second matter more than others? Why is a second as
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12/29/2008 | Kids Day is January 4
The next opportunity to encourage a youngster (or a group of 'em), licensed or not, to get on the air to chat with others is Sunday, January 4. Kids Day, sponsored by the Boring (OR) Amateur Radio Club, is the perfect way to introduce a young person to th
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12/29/2008 | Men of GoodwillA soldier's story of trench combat and spark gap espionage during WWI.
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12/29/2008 | Surfin': Returning to Smart Phones and Antique QSLsThis week’s Surfin’ opens the new year by returning to the old year.
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12/26/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
Snow has fallen all week here in Seattle, and the Sun is still void of spots. We last saw sunspots on December 10, 11 and 12. The solar flux -- a measure of 2.8 GHz radio energy from our Sun -- has been running between 68-69 for weeks, except for December
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12/26/2008 | Oregon Still Feeling Impact of Winter Storms
David Kidd, KA7OZO, District Emergency Coordinator for Oregon's District One, reports that several counties in his district continue to be impacted by a series of severe winter storms.
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