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05/07/2008 | Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test to Be Conducted May 10
The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are co-sponsoring the annual Military/Amateur Radio Crossband Communications Test in celebration of the 58th anniversary of Armed Forces Day (AFD). Although the actual Armed Forces Day is celebrated
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05/07/2008 | Colorado Group Receives D-STAR Equipment
The Colorado Council of Amateur Radio Clubs (CCARC) recently teamed up with Ham Radio Outlet (HRO) in Denver to donate a 2 meter, 70 cm and 23 cm D-STAR system stack. According to ARRL Colorado Section Manager and CCARC Board Member Jeff Ryan, K0RM, the t
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05/07/2008 | New NASA Tool Allows Amateurs to Explore the Ionosphere from the Inside
Last week at the Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, NASA released a 4D live model of the Earth's ionosphere. Without leaving home, anyone can fly through the layer of ionized gas that encircles Earth at the edge of space itself. All that is requ
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05/06/2008 | CQ de LA8OKA from Galdhoepiggen, Norway's Highest PeakA high altitude location for a low power operation.
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05/02/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update
For several weeks we expected today, May 2, to have active geomagnetic conditions. For instance, if you look at a forecast from April 23, it shows an expected planetary A index for May 1-3 of 10, 20 and 15. The next day, April 24, this changed to 8, 20 an
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05/02/2008 | Veteran Wireless Operators Association Honors Two Hams
At their annual awards banquet on April 26 in New York City, the Veteran Wireless Operators Association (VWOA) honored two Amateur Radio operators with two of the association's top awards: Fritz Raab, W1FR, and John Curtis, K6KU. Raab gave the keynote add
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05/02/2008 | ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up To Lately?This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of April.
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05/02/2008 | Surfin': Google Earth's IonosphereThis week, a brand new application for Google Earth finds us flying through the ionosphere.
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