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05/07/2009 | Hams Provide Communications as 911 Service Goes Offline in Oregon
With snow and ice impacting all parts of the Pacific Northwest, local ARES® groups are on the job assisting served agencies, including local Emergency Operations Centers. According to District Emergency Coordinator for Oregon's District One David Kidd
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05/07/2009 | Surfin': CQ, The MovieThis week's Surfin' listens for the sound of "CQ" and other Morse coding in the movies.
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05/06/2009 | Noted QST Author, DXpeditioner Lee Bergren, W0AR (SK)
Albert "Lee" Bergren, W0AR (ex-W9AIW, W0AIW), of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away May 1 after a brief illness. He was 93. An electronics engineer, author, designer and advisor with special accomplishments in the field of antenna and radio ampl
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05/06/2009 | DX Activities Abound at ARRL EXPO and National Convention
ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, reports that plans for a plethora of DX activities at the ARRL EXPO -- part of the 2009 ARRL National Convention at the Dayton Hamvention -- are wrapping up. "We are excited about the
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05/05/2009 | A Ham Radio Voyage and Dayton 2009 Pre-gameApril was an exciting month, with even more to anticipate for May. Accompanying the April showers of the Heartland was a presentation to the science store HMS Beagle and preparations for the ARRL National Convention and the Dayton Hamvention on May 15-17.
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05/05/2009 | FCC Affirms Vanity Call Sign Rules
The FCC dismissed a petition filed by Richard Essen, N6CX (ex-AB3IQ), of Silver Spring, Maryland, regarding the issuance of a vanity call sign to Allan Corderman. In its decision, the FCC said that Corderman's application for his new call sign was valid a
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05/01/2009 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Calculation CalisthenicsThese are typical problems a ham might encounter over the course of normal operations. How long, how high, how heavy -- all are part of getting that radio gear working and keeping it working. Don’t despair, all of the necessary formulas and conversi
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05/01/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
The data at the end of last week's bulletin showed daily sunspot numbers from April 16-22 as six zeros, then 11. In fact, every day was at zero until April 21, when it was 11; it moved again to zero the next day, April 22. We had just as many zero sunspot
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