Recent News
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03/24/2017 | Mayors, Commissioners of Clark County, Nevada, Salute Amateur Radio
Nevada mayors Carolyn Goodman of Las Vegas, John Lee of North Las Vegas, and Andy Hafen of Henderson have joined the Clark County Board of Commissioners in proclaiming March 26 to April 2 as “NVCON Week"
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03/23/2017 | NVIS Research Paper Available
A thorough and fully annotated discussion of Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) is available in the research paper, “Radio Communication via Near Vertical Incidence Skywave Propagation: An Overview."
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03/23/2017 | Amateur Radio Links Search for Amelia Earhart’s Plane with ISS Crew, Classroom
Amateur Radio has provided a means to link the crew of the research vessel Mermaid Vigilance with youngsters following the expedition, as well as with the International Space Station (ISS) crew.
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03/22/2017 | Virginia Engineering Students Tackle Satellite, Ground Station Projects
The University of Virginia (UVA) reports that some of its engineering students are among those at other Commonwealth schools working on Amateur Radio satellites and matching ground stations to track them and collect data.
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03/21/2017 | ARRL Reiterates its Case for New Band at 5 MHz
In comments filed on March 20 with the FCC on its own January Petition for Rule Making (RM-11785), ARRL reiterated its case for a contiguous secondary 15-kHz wide 60-meter band.
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03/21/2017 | ARISS Deadline Looms to Accept Proposals to Host Contacts with Space Station Crew
The deadline is April 15 for schools and formal or informal educational institutions and organizations — individually or working in concert — to submit proposals to host Amateur Radio contacts next year.
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03/21/2017 | ARRL Seeking Synergy with Maker Movement
ARRL is reaching out to members of the Maker Movement to explore avenues of cooperation and collaboration, and perhaps to recruit some new radio amateurs.
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03/21/2017 | Cuba Institutes New Amateur Radio Regulations
Radio amateurs in Cuba are scrutinizing and debating the details of new Amateur Radio regulations for the island nation
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