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06/17/2009 | Bill Introduced in Senate Recommending US Coast Guard Maintain LORAN-C Navigation System
Members of the Senate's Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee have introduced a bill, S 1194 -- Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 -- that, if passed, would require that the US Coast Guard "maintain the LORAN
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06/17/2009 | ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration
Registration remains open through Sunday, June 28, 2009 for these online course sessions that begin on Friday, July 10, 2009: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1; Antenna Modeling; Radio Frequency Interference;
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06/17/2009 | Jim Tabor, KU5S (SK)
Jim Tabor, KU5S, passed away at his home in Greenwood, Arkansas on May 27; he was 54. A longtime ARRL member, Tabor was head of Kangaroo Tabor Software, which published various programs for radi
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06/16/2009 | Longtime ARRL Staffer Robert L. Lincoln Passes Away
Robert Lincoln, 94, of Westbrook, Connecticut, passed away at his home on June 13. After his retirement at age 65 from Addressograph Multigraph, Lincoln came to work at ARRL to run the League’s in-house printing press. He reti
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06/15/2009 | WX4NHC Announces On-the-Air Station Test Results
WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center conducted its annual On-The-Air Station Test on Saturday, May 30, 2009. According to Assistant WX4NHC Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R, the station conducted the test to promote awareness of
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06/15/2009 | Surfin': Contesting for the Fun of ItThis week's Surfin' recalls contesting the June VHF QSO Party with a lot of enthusiasm, but not much equipment.
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06/12/2009 | Don Tunstill, W4NO (SK)
Don Tunstill, W4NO, founder of the Central America VEC, passed away at his home in Huntsville, Alabama on Monday, June 9. He was 69. Tunstill, an ARRL Life Member, was a charter member of Huntsville Amateur Radio Club and served as president of Learn More
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06/12/2009 | Build Your DreamOne cold winter evening, late at night, I found myself in my easy chair, shoes off, TV off, a cup of hot coffee in one hand, listening to the icy wind blow past the window. It reminded me of a time many years before in southern Germany when I first got my
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