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09/15/2008 | Texas Hams Braced for Ike
As Tropical Storm Ike slowly weakens over Southeast Texas, hams in the three ARRL Texas Sections -- South Texas, North Texas and West Texas -- are assisting served agencies that are coping with the after-effects of was once a Category 2 hurricane. At 2:1
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09/13/2008 | W1AW Supports EchoLink Operations During Ike
Throughout the course of Hurricane -- now Tropical Storm -- Ike, operators at W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Station, hooked into the HF radio of ARRL West Gulf Vice Director David Woolweaver, K5RAV, via EchoLink. According to W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia
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09/12/2008 | Hurricane Ike Eyeing Galveston Island
Hurricane Ike -- currently a Category 2 hurricane, but expected to reach Category 3 status sometime today -- is poised to make landfall near Galveston Island around 3 AM early Saturday, if it keeps on its current track and speed. Hams in Texas and Louisia
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09/12/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
A new sunspot -- number 1001 -- emerged on Thursday, September 11. It is actually a single group with two small magnetic disturbances; we hope it is not another like the last sunspot, a weak one that barely emerged on August 21-22. That spot was so small
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09/12/2008 | Surfin': Old and New, But Nothing BlueLike a bride, this week's Surfin' features some new things and some old things, but no borrowed blue things.
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09/12/2008 | Hams Prepare as Hurricane Ike Gets Ready to Pound Gulf
After making its way over Cuba, Hurricane Ike -- currently a Category 2 hurricane, but expected to grow stronger -- has made its way into the Gulf of Mexico and is poised to wreak havoc with coastal towns in Texas and Louisiana. Hams in those states have
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09/11/2008 | A Great Name in Radio Turns 75Rockwell Collins Amateur Radio Clubs Have Cause for Celebration.
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09/11/2008 | VoIP Hurricane Net Prepares, Seeks Assistance for Ike
The VoIP Hurricane Net is looking for Amateur Radio operators who have an EchoLink or IRLP node near or in the projected path of Hurricane Ike. The VoIP Weather Net works in conjunction with WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Cent
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