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10/28/2012 | [email protected]: October is for the Kids -- School Club Roundup, JOTA, Contests and GiveawaysRF and ladybugs have a few things in common: During their migration, that end up in places they would have never expected, and, like how RF gets into circuitry where it wouldn’t normally be expected, these pretty red beetles end up inside, crawling throug
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09/04/2012 | ARRL in Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of August.
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08/08/2012 | RAC Announces New Ontario Section Boundaries, Abbreviations
RAC Chief Field Services Officer Doug Mercer, VO1DTM/VO1DM, announced the Section boundaries, names and abbreviations for the four new Ontario sections that go into effect on September 1.
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06/04/2012 | Former “The World Above 50 MHz” Conductor Gene Zimmerman, W3ZZ (SK)
Gene Zimmerman, W3ZZ, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, passed away on Sunday, June 3. He was 71. Zimmerman wrote the popular QST column “The World Above 50 MHz” from 2002-2011. He also served on the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee, edited the VHF contesting col
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04/21/2012 | [email protected]: The First Contact -- Explaining the Excitement of Your First QSOExperienced hams knew it all too well. Volunteer Examiners expect it. And for some reason, newly licensed hams fear it. What could it be? As the title suggests, completing your first contact is a daunting -- yet exciting -- event for many. Why is that? Wh
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02/14/2012 | RAC to Split Ontario into Four Sections
On February 6, Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) issued a statement on their website that the Ontario Section would be split into four new RAC Administrative Sections, effective September 1, 2012. The reason given for the restructure was “...to create a mana
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12/27/2011 | [email protected]: Contesting Like CrazyThe last stretch of the year yields cold temperatures, snow and, if you live in Missouri, 60 degrees and rain. But most importantly, there’s a calendar full of contests -- just look at November and December’s ARRL Contest Calendars or Bruce Horn’s Contest
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10/27/2010 | No “Maybes” About It: ARRL Sweepstakes is Fun!
ARRL Sweepstakes has been part of Amateur Radio in the US and Canada for more than 75 years. In 2010, the tradition continues with the 77th running of the best domestic contest in all of Amateur Radio: CW will be the weekend of November 6, while the Phone
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