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04/05/2010 | New Editions of ARRL Ham Radio License Manual, Tech Q&A Now Available
Discover all the excitement of Amateur Radio when you get your Technician license -- your ticket to the unique mix of fun, public service, technology and experimenting with electronics. The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual and ARRL's Tech Q&A will guide you
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04/05/2010 | Telephone Outage in Nebraska -- No April Fool's Joke
Early on the morning of Thursday, April 1, almost 40,000 people -- including Lincoln's government, business and emergency centers -- in Southeastern Nebraska found out that they had no landline telephone service, as well as spotty cell phone coverage, tha
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01/06/2010 | 2009 Sees Surge of New Amateur Radio Licensees
This past year was a banner year for new Amateur Radio licensees. According to ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, the FCC issued more than 30,000 new ham radio licenses. "In 2009, the demand for Amateur Radio exam sessions remained elevated and is
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12/30/2009 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: A Bird's Eye ViewThe mystery of space and weightlessness is one that inspires the imagination. The dream of conquering what lies beyond our atmosphere spans generations. It is that mystique and dream that has driven many dedicated Amateur Radio operators and science enthu
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12/14/2009 | The 2009 ARRL Spectrum Defense Campaign Needs Your Support
ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH reports that the ARRL has raised $221,658 toward the goal $310,000 for the 2009 Spectrum Defense Fund. "The messages I receive from the ARRL members and hams who contribute
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12/04/2009 | Surfin': Twitter, Facebook and Ham RadioThis week, Surfin' considers how Internet social networking connects with ham radio.
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12/02/2009 | ARRL's Logbook of The World Reaches New Milestones
Since its inception on September 15, 2003, more than 30,000 hams have signed on to Logbook of The World (LoTW), ARRL's online logging program -- an increase of more than 7000 hams since 2008. These 30,000 hams have made upwards of 250 million QSOs -- more
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11/24/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: Hammy-GramsSome years ago when I took the ARECC (Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course), I discovered an aspect of the hobby of which I'd been unaware: Formal traffic. One of the exercises in the course said that I should compose a formal message and then se
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