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12/03/2010 | ARRL Introduces Book on Selecting, Using Antenna Tuners in Your Station
Antenna tuners are devices often misunderstood in the Amateur Radio world. While not every station requires an antenna tuner to transmit radio signals, without one an incompatibility between the transmitter and the antenna system can result in poor perfor
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08/06/2010 | Surfin’: Hamming by PingingThis week, Surfin’ suggests scattering signals during the Perseids meteor shower.
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04/22/2010 | QEX -- the May/June 2010 Issue
The May/June issue of QEX is coming soon, and it is full of theoretical and practical technical articles that you won't want to miss. QEX is the ARRL’s “Forum for Communications Experimenters.” Published bimonthly, it features technical articles, columns
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03/31/2009 | German AMSAT Team Transmits, Receives Signals from Venus
On March 25, a group from AMSAT-DL bounced radio signals off the surface of Venus, marking the first time Amateur Radio operators have bounced radio signals off another planet. According to AMSAT-DL President Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, the Earth-Venus-Earth (E
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03/24/2009 | FCC Proposes New Rules for Medical Devices Operating on 70 cm Band
On March 20, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), proposing to allocate spectrum and adopt service and technical rules for the utilization of new implanted medical devices that operate on 413-457 MHz (70 cm). According to t
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03/12/2009 | Application Deadline Approaching for ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology
Donors to the ARRL Education & Technology Program (ETP) fund have made it possible to offer seven sessions of the Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology this summer. According to Education Services Manager Debra Johnson, K1DMJ, she is receiving app
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