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11/13/2013 | TV Show Featuring Fictional Ham Sparks Crop of New Hams
The "Last Man Standing" TV show will feature a ham radio episode.
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07/30/2013 | Former Nevada SM Janet Welsh, NK7N, SK:
Former Nevada SM Janet Welsh, NK7N, SK
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09/21/2012 | ARRL HQ Seeks Applicants for the Position of QST Technical Editor
The ARRL is seeking applicants for the position of QST Technical Editor
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08/28/2012 | North Carolina Teen Named Recipient of ARRL’s 2011 Hiram Percy Maxim Award
Derek Brown, W4DTB, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was named the recipient of the 2011 Hiram Percy Maxim Award. Brown, who is 14, has been licensed since 2010 and holds an Amateur Extra class license.
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08/08/2012 | FCC Denies California Ham’s Petition Regarding Vanity Call Sign
Two years after Marvin Gin, W6VM, passed away on January 13, 2010, his call sign became available in the FCC’s vanity call sign system and eligible for reassignment to those radio amateurs who hold an Amateur Extra class license. According to the FCC, Mar
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06/27/2012 | Notes from the ARRL VEC Desk
The ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC) is one of 14 VECs in the US that coordinate the efforts of Volunteer Examiners (VEs) who administer Amateur Radio operator license examinations. More than 11,000 active ARRL VEs throughout the country give bac
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06/25/2012 | Former ARRL General Manager and IARU President Richard Baldwin, W1RU (SK)
Richard “Dick” Baldwin, W1RU, of Damariscotta, Maine, passed away on Thursday, June 21, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was 92. An ARRL Charter Life Member, Baldwin capped a long career on the ARRL staff with service as General Manager
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06/14/2012 | New Amateur Extra Class Question Pool Effective July 1
The new Amateur Extra class (Element 4) question pool -- released by the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) in January 2012 -- becomes effective on Sunday, July 1. The current Amateur Extra class pool expires on June 30, 2012 a
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