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May 07 2013

AMSAT booth at Dayton is moving, but not very far!

This year there will be some changes in the Ball Arena, and the AMSAT exhibit will be part of that change. For the past several years, we have been is a single line, directly across from the ARRL exhibit. Beginning this year, we will have a 3 X 3 booth arrangement, with the engineering and …

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Apr 26 2013

Florida man cited for causing interference to Ham Radio

The ARRL report that the FCC has issued a Citation and Order to Ruben D. Lopez Jr of Pomona Park, Florida. The Citation, issued April 23, is in response to several complaints about a well pump at Lopez’s residence that was acting as an incidental radiator and causing harmful interference to local radio amateurs. According …

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Apr 10 2013

2013 Amateur of the Year Award withdrawn

The Dayton Hamvention® Awards Committee announced on April 7 that it would be withdrawing its Amateur of the Year Award for 2013. According to Dayton Hamvention General Chairman Charles Kaiser, KD8JZR, the committee had received “conflicting information from credible sources regarding the accuracy of the winning nomination.” Read the ARRL story at http://www.arrl.org/news/dayton-hamvention-awards-committee-withdraws-2013-amateur-of-the-year-award Original award …

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Apr 04 2013

Diamond DXCC

The ARRL will continue to accept applications for this award until the end of the year. The objective of the award was to work, during 2012, as many DXCC entities as possible according to the first DXCC country list dating from 1937. No QSLs are needed for the application process, which can also be done …

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Mar 27 2013

National Traffic System Developer George Hart, W1NJM

George Hart, W1NJM – the chief developer of the National Traffic System (NTS) – passed away Sunday, March 24. He was 99. An ARRL Charter Life Member, Hart spent more than four decades as a member of the ARRL Headquarters staff and continued to be an active amateur and regular participant in Field Day. In …

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