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The K7RA Solar Update
3 hours 54 min agoOver this past week, four new sunspot groups appeared. Group 1101 was already in place since August 24, and 1102 emerged on August 29. On September 1, two new sunspot groups -- 1103 and 1104 -- appeared, and on September 2, sunspot group 1105 arrived. Through August 26-September 2, the daily sunspot numbers were 23, 11, 11, 25, 28, 27, 51 and 52 and these same eight days saw the relative total ...
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Surfin’: Hurricane Hamming
6 hours 33 min agoBy Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
This week, Surfin’ makes plans for emergency communications of the hurricane variety.
As I write this, Connecticut and the Northeast are looking down the barrel of Hurricane Earl. It looks like my neck of the woods will only receive a glancing, but powerful blow, but points south and east of us will not be so lucky.
Having lived through direct hits fro...
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Hurricane Earl Heading for North Carolina, Hurricane Warnings Issued for New England
2 September 2010 - 12:13pmHurricane Earl -- once again a Category 4 storm -- is currently aiming for North Carolina’s Outer Banks. At 11 AM (EDT), Earl is located about 300 miles south of Cape Hatteras and 765 mles south of Nantucket Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts. Earl is now moving north at a speed near 18 MPH, and is expected to turn north-northeast with an increase in forward speed on Friday. The center...
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New D-STAR Repeater Now in Place in ARRL Laboratory
2 September 2010 - 9:04amThe ARRL Lab has installed a D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) repeater in the Lab at the ARRL Headquarters building. Operating with an output of 147.390 MHz, positive offset, the W1HQ D-STAR repeater is a local repeater with a modest footprint covering the Hartford-New Britain, Connecticut area. The antenna is on the roof of the Headquarters building with the repeater locat...
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Earl Possibly to Upgrade to Category 4 Storm, US Atlantic Coast on Alert
1 September 2010 - 3:31pmOn August 30, Hurricane Earl intensified into a Category 4 hurricane -- sustained winds 131-155 MPH -- before leveling out back into a Category 3 storm. But even as a Category 3 hurricane, Earl is still a major storm with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 90 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds extending outward up to 200 miles. According to the National Hurricane C...
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ARRL to Close in Observance of Labor Day
1 September 2010 - 2:37pmARRL Headquarters will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, September 6. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Tuesday, September 7 at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. We wish everyone a safe and festive holiday weekend.
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ARRL in Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?
1 September 2010 - 10:53amCompiled by S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA
ARRL News Editor
news@arrl.org
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.
ARRL Sections along the Atlantic Coast are watching and monitoring the progress of Hurricane Earl, with many assisting WX4NHC...
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James Garland, W8ZR, Wins August QST Cover Plaque Award
1 September 2010 - 9:58amThe winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for August is James Garland, W8ZR, for his article “The StationPro Master Station Controller.” Congratulations, James! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or authors of the best article in each issue -- is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll Web page. Cast a ballot for your favorite article in the...
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Discover the Fun of 6 Meters (and Up!) in the ARRL September VHF QSO Party
1 September 2010 - 9:16amSeptember is here, and according to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, that means the VHF bands are getting a workout: “If you’ve never experienced the fun of VHF+ operating, the ARRL September VHF QSO Party is a great place to start. With many HF radios now offering at least 6 meter SSB/CW capabilities -- and some offering 2 meters and 70 cm as well -- any amateur with a Technician...
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FCC Reaffirms 2×2 Call Signs Are Only for Advanced, Amateur Extra License Classes
31 August 2010 - 1:58pmCategories: Ham Radio News
QST Columnist Recognized for Documenting Radio’s Past
31 August 2010 - 1:10pmJohn Dilks, K2TQN -- who pens the “Vintage Radio” column in QST every month -- was awarded the AWA Houck Award for Documentation by the Antique Wireless Association (AWA) at their 2010 World Convention, held August 17-21 in Rochester, New York. This award is presented each year to an AWA member who has written original articles on radio development or history in the AWA Journal, AWA Review or o...
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Youth@HamRadio.Fun: A 2010 Youth DX Adventure
30 August 2010 - 10:35amBy Duncan MacLachlan, KU0DM
ARRL Youth Editor
ku0dm@arrl.net
I desperately wanted to go on a DXpedition before I turned 18. I know not many kids my age have had the opportunity to travel abroad, let alone travel abroad for the sole purpose of doing something you love. So when Don DuBon, N6JRL, first contacted me, informing me that there was a possibility that I could accompany a group of young ope...
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Hurricane Earl Continues to Strengthen, Watch Nets Activated
30 August 2010 - 10:08amWith Hurricane Earl now a category 2 storm -- and expected to become a major hurricane -- WX4NHC and the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) -- activated at 8 AM EDT on Monday, August 30; WX4NHC is the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida. As of 8 AM (EDT) on Monday, August 30, Earl’s center is approximately 25 miles east north-northeast of St Martin in the north...
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ARRL Members Nominate Candidates for Director, Vice Director
27 August 2010 - 10:05amThe policies of the ARRL are established by 15 Directors who are elected to the Board on a geographical basis, with elections for three-year terms held in five divisions each year. At the same time, Vice Directors are elected on the same basis. Responding to solicitations in the July and August issues of QST, ARRL members in the Pacific, Rocky Mountain, Southeastern, Southwestern and West Gulf ...
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The K7RA Solar Update
27 August 2010 - 9:54amThis week, we saw three days -- August 21-23 -- with no sunspots, and the average daily sunspot numbers for the week -- August 19-25 -- declined over 28 points to 8, compared to the previous week. The average daily solar flux was down more than 8 points to 75.3. The last period of three days or more without sunspots ended on May 20, 2010, about 100 days ago. Sunspot numbers for August 19-25 wer...
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Surfin’: Hamming on the Cutting Edge
27 August 2010 - 8:00amBy Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
This week, Surfin’ visits the plans for the upcoming Digital Communications Conference (DCC).
Next month, the folks on the cutting edge of ham radio hold their annual meet to show-and-tell what they are doing out there on that edge. The 29th annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) occurs on September 24-26, 2010 neear Portland, Oregon...
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ARRL VEC Volunteer Examiner Session Participation Web Page Returns
26 August 2010 - 12:54pmIf you’re an ARRL Volunteer Examiner (VE) who is interested in seeing how many ARRL exam sessions you’ve taken part in, you can find the answer on the VE Session counts Web page.
On this page, you’ll be able to access a list that shows the total number exam sessions that each ARRL VE has conducted. The listings are listed first by state and then in alpha-numeric call sign order (call area numbe...
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Ornithologist Arlo Raim, KB9LLF (SK)
25 August 2010 - 2:00pmArlo Raim, KB9LLF, of Danville, Illinois, was killed by a southbound Canadian National freight train on the morning of Friday, August 20. He was 67. Raim had been in Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve -- part of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage (Illinois) County -- to monitor the effect of increased train traffic on cardinals.
According to Canadian National spokesman Patrick Waldron, Raim...
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Summer Section Manager Election Results
24 August 2010 - 4:27pmThe Southern Florida Section and the Oklahoma Section will have new Section Mangers starting in October, and the incumbent Section Manager of Ohio was re-elected in the summer Section Manager election cycle that concluded on Tuesday, August 24; election ballots were counted August 24 at ARRL Headquarters. Terms for new Section Managers will begin on October 1, 2010.
Current ARRL Southern Florida...
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ARRL Encourages Monthly Giving
24 August 2010 - 4:10pmThe ARRL Development Office is dedicated to raising funds for those programs not funded entirely by member dues. Whether your interest is focused on protecting Amateur Radio operating frequencies, expanding ARRL’s national initiative promoting science and math education, or securing the future of the W1AW, The Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, your financial support is vital.
“Now it’s easier ...
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