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12/20/2009 | ARRL Headquarters Closed for Christmas, New Year’s Holidays

ARRL Headquarters will be closed Friday, December 25, 2009 and Friday, January 1, 2010 in observance of Christmas and New Year’s Day. There will be no W1AW bulletins or code practice transmissi
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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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10/28/2009 | Changes Coming for ARRL November Sweepstakes Contest Log Submissions

ARRL Sweepstakes Contest Manager Ken Adams, K5KA, said he and the ARRL Contest Branch intend to "dramatically reduce the timeframe for producing results that are available to all ARRL Sweepstakes participants." According to Adams, the contesting
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06/26/2009 | No ARRL Audio News for June 26

Due to storm-related power outages at ARRL HQ, there will be no ARRL Audio News for Friday, June 26, 2009. The ARRL Letter was sent out on schedule. We
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06/23/2009 | ARRL Field Day in the National Spotlight

Each year, the ARRL's Media and Public Relations Department makes materials available to Public Affairs Officers (PIOs) for use in promoting Field Day events. Most of these are in forms that local groups can easily modify to include their own information,
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01/14/2009 | W1AW Adds Yaesu's "Top-of-the-Line" Rig to Station

Thanks to the generosity of Yaesu, W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, now boasts the Yaesu's premier transceiver -- a FTDX9000D. Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, Executive Vice President for Yaesu's Amateur Radio Sales Division, visited ARRL Headqu
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07/06/2008 | Get Ready for the IARU HF World Championship

HF Contesting usually hits a dry spell during the summer months, but the weekend of July 12-13 brings a summer bright spot for HF contesters -- the IARU HF World Championship.
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05/13/2008 | W1HQ Snake Gets Name, Call Sign

With more than 400 votes tallied, the W1HQ snake finally has a name. Sean Kutzko, KX9X, president of The Laird Campbell Memorial HQ Operators Club, announced that the snake not only has a name, but a call sign, as well.
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