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03/23/2011 | Radio Amateurs in Japan Still Providing Communications Support
On the afternoon of Friday, March 11, an 8.9 earthquake hit Northern Japan, followed by several big aftershocks and a devastating tsunami in the coastal areas. “In the early stage following the earthquake and tsunami, several radio amateurs were able to a
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03/23/2011 | FCC Seeking Comments on ARRL Petition Regarding TDMA
Earlier this month, the ARRL filed a Petition for Rulemaking and a Request for Temporary Waiver with the FCC, seeking authorization of the use of single-time-slot Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) emissions in the amateur bands at and above 50 MHz, whe
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03/21/2011 | NIST to Conduct Time and Frequency User Survey
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Time and Frequency Division is conducting a survey to learn more about its users, seeking to determine how the agency can make its services more useful in the future. NIST services include WWV, W
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03/17/2011 | ARRL Files Petition, Request for Temporary Waiver with FCC Regarding VHF Voice and Data Emissions
On Tuesday, March 15, the ARRL filed a Petition for Rulemaking and a Request for Temporary Waiver to authorize the use of single-time-slot Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) emissions in the amateur bands at and above 50 MHz, wherever multip
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03/15/2011 | Nominations for ARRL Awards Now Open
Each year, the ARRL Board of Directors has the opportunity to select recipients for a number of awards in various categories that honor Amateur Radio operators. The nomination period is now open for those ARRL awards that recognize educational and technol
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02/11/2011 | QEX -- the March/April 2011 Issue
The March/April 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, colum
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02/03/2011 | Boy Scouts of America and ARRL Team Up to Help Scouts Learn Communications Skills
ARRL and BSA signed a Memorandum of Understanding January 31, 2011
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01/28/2011 | NASA’s Nanosatellite Heard by Hams
When a NASA nanosatellite -- NanoSail-D -- ejected unexpectedly on January 17 from the Fast Affordable Scientific and Technology Satellite (FASTSAT), the agency called upon Amateur Radio operators to help track it. NASA asked radio amateurs to listen on 4
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