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04/08/2013 | Dayton Hamvention® Awards Committee Withdraws 2013 Amateur of the Year Award
The Dayton Hamvention Awards Committee announced on April 7 that it would be withdrawing its Amateur of the Year Award for 2013. According to Dayton Hamvention General Chairman Charles Kaiser, KD8JZR, the committee had received “conflicting information fr
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04/05/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity increased over this past week, with the average daily sunspot numbers up 32 points to 81.6, while the average daily solar flux increased more than 16 points to 113.4. The geomagnetic field was active on March 29 due to solar wind.
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04/05/2013 | Surfin’: Getting Parts in the 21st CenturyThis week, Surfin’ finds radio parts on a fascinating website.
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04/04/2013 | FCC Seeks to Reassess RF Exposure Limits
On March 27, the FCC released a First Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and a Notice of Inquiry (ET Docket Nos. 13-84 and 03-137). The documents seek to reassess the FCC’s RF exposure limits and policies, as well as to propose change
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04/04/2013 | ARRL Meets with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, met with ARRL leadership at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, DC last month.
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04/04/2013 | 2013 World Amateur Radio Day -- April 18 -- Celebrates 100 Years of Disaster Communications
This year marks the 88th anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). To mark this occasion, the IARU and its more than 160 Member Societies will celebrate World Amateur Radio Day on April 18.
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04/03/2013 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Your Days Are NumberedWorse than the dreaded “word problem,” this April quiz is full of backward problems where I give the answer and you pick the problem. Or something like that. You’ll figure it out!
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04/02/2013 | Be Ready for Field Day in Official Field Day Gear from the ARRL
ARRL Field Day, Amateur Radio’s largest on-the-air operating event is June 22-23 -- just a little more than two months away -- so be sure to get your official 2013 Field Day gear before supplies run out.
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