Recent News
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08/09/2016 | Slow-Scan Television Transmissions from ISS Set for August 15-16
Slow-scan television (SSTV) transmissions will be made from the International Space Station (ISS) on August 15 and 16.
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08/09/2016 | Growth in New Amateur Radio Licensees Ahead of Last Year’s
The ARRL VEC Department reports that 20,447 new US Amateur radio licenses have been issued since January 1.
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08/09/2016 | Reminder: Youth in Amateur Radiosport Survey Ends August 31
Only a couple of weeks remain to add your response to the Youth in Amateur Radiosport Survey.
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08/09/2016 | Amateur Radio Sleuthing Pins Down Source of Strange RF Interference
Police in Evanston, Illinois, contacted the ARRL Lab, after an apparent interference source began plaguing wireless vehicle key fobs, cell phones, and other wireless electronics.
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08/09/2016 | Tuskegee Airman, Congressional Gold Medal Recipient Julius T. Freeman, KB2OFY, SK
Tuskegee Airman and Congressional Gold Medal recipient Julius T. Freeman, KB2OFV, of Spring Garden, New York, died on July 22.
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08/09/2016 | NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative Opens Space to Educators, Nonprofits
NASA is soliciting another round of CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) applications. NASA is soliciting another round of CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) applications.
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08/08/2016 | New SO-50 Distance Record Set in Youth DX Adventure Contact
When Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, in Phoenix, Arizona, worked Faith Hannah Lea, AE4FH — on Saba and operating as PJ6Y — the contact broke the distance record on the SO-50 (SaudiSat) satellite.
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08/08/2016 | Amateur Radio Plays Critical Role in Mountain Rescue
Glenn Fowler, N5TDJ, of Allen, Texas, reported via Facebook that Amateur Radio served him well on August 4.
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