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11/18/2009 | ARRL Sweepstakes Takes to the Phone Bands Next Weekend
The SSB portion of the ARRL November Sweepstakes -- the premier domestic HF contest -- takes place next weekend, running 2100 UTC Saturday, November 21 to 0300 Monday, November 23 (or 4 PM Saturday to 10 PM Sunday EST). According to ARRL Contest Branch Ma
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11/17/2009 | SKYWARN Recognition Day Set for December 5
The 11th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) Special Event will take place Saturday, December 5, 2009. SRD is co-sponsored by the ARRL and the National Weather Service (NWS) as a way to recognize the commitment made by Amateur Radio operators in helping
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11/17/2009 | Late Season Tropical Storm Ida Comes Calling on Gulf Coast
With only weeks to go before the end of the 2009 hurricane season, Tropical Storm Ida formed off the coast of Nicaragua, making landfall as a hurricane in the morning hours of November 5. The storm lost significant strength as it moved through Nicaragua a
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11/16/2009 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Fall MagicThe late months of the year are characterized by football and leaves -- and great times for Amateur Radio. We are weeks into the contest season, with no end in sight. This is also a good time to start experimenting indoors as it cools down outdoors.
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11/13/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
Sunspot region 1029 disappeared after October 30, but not because it faded away -- it was transiting over our Sun's western horizon on its trip around the back side. Six days after it was gone, a new region -- region 1030 -- appeared for several days, Nov
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11/13/2009 | STS 129: Stocking the International Space Station
Besides taking spare parts to the International Space Station (ISS) this coming Monday, the space shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) will deliver the module antennas for Columbus -- the laboratory built by the European Space Agency (ESA) and host of
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11/12/2009 | It Seems to Us: Appropriate Use: Guidelines and WaiversFor the final time this year, we again take up the issue of the appropriate use of Amateur Radio: the extent to which radio amateurs may (and should) provide communications on behalf of others, particularly their employers.
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11/11/2009 | WRTC 2010 Organizers Announce Teams
Last month, after a grueling selection process, the organizers of the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships (WRTC) selected the 44 team leaders who will compete in the event next year. These 44 team leaders, representing all six continents, have each c
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