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1. Using Stamps to Enhance Your ARRL Awards

So you have been DXing and QSLing for a while and have amassed a pile of envelopes with foreign stamps and never knew what to do with them? You have a DXCC, WAS or some other favorite award and you want to go from plain to snazzy ?  Read more:...

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2. Utah Hams Coordinate Rescue

In areas where cell phone signals just won't work, Amateur Radio gets through. That's what happened when Brent Yeates, KA7FAP, of North Logan, Utah, found out just before noon on Wednesday, December 2 when he came across a dairy truck that had...

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3. US Ambassador William A. Wilson, K6ARO (SK)

William A. "Bill" Wilson, K6ARO, the first US Ambassador to the Holy See (the Vatican), passed away from cancer on the morning of Saturday, December 5. He was 95. First appointed as presidential envoy to Rome in 1981 by President Ronald...

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4. University Researchers Need Your Help as they Study Early Amateur Station Logs

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Miami University of Ohio are seeking copies of amateur station logs from 1913-1927 in hopes they may offer insights into the relationship between individuals' work and leisure activities, technology,...

21/10/2009 | 435 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF | Email | Read more...