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04/22/2012 | The Amateur Amateur: ManicI cleaned my shack this morning. Okay, that might not even be physically possible, but I certainly made a serious dent in the clutter. I removed everything that was keeping me from opening my file cabinets. I extracted a bunch of junk from behind them and
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04/21/2012 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: 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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04/20/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update
Both the solar flux and sunspot numbers reached a short term low on April 8-11, but they are now rising again. For the past week -- April 12-18 -- the average daily sunspot numbers more than doubled, compared to the previous seven days, rising more than 3
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04/20/2012 | Surfin’: It’s Hacking Time!This week, Surfin’ loses the DIY blahs after learning about new ham radio modules that require hacking.
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04/19/2012 | Minutes from March’s ARRL Executive Committee Meeting Now Available
The ARRL Executive Committee met on Saturday, March 24 in St Louis, Missouri. The minutes from that meeting are now available on the ARRL website.
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04/19/2012 | Bailing Out a Radio ClubA tugboat captain saves a foundering club from the deep six.
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04/19/2012 | Iowa Hams Support Local Officials Before, After Tornado
On April 14, a string of tornados swept through the Central US and Great Lakes Region, including an EF2 tornado in Creston, Iowa, causing severe damage to the Greater Regional Medical Center and the Southwestern Community College campus. Prior to the torn
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04/19/2012 | Get Ready for the 2012 ARRL EXPO at the Dayton Hamvention
The ARRL has finalized its planning to bring its large exhibition -- ARRL EXPO -- to Dayton Hamvention, May 18-20. The ARRL EXPO has been a mainstay at Hamvention since 2005, serving as the centerpiece for most of the League’s at the country’s largest Ama
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