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21. ARRL Headquarters Closed for Christmas, New Year's Holidays

ARRL Headquarters will be closed Friday, December 25, 2009 and Friday, January 1, 2010 in observance of Christmas and New Year’s Day. There will be no W1AW bulletins or�code practice transmissions those days. There will be no�ARRL...

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22. Midwest VHF/UHF Society Frequency Measuring Test

The Midwest VHF/UHF Society frequency measuring test will be held December 28 through 30. The MVUS Frequency Measuring Test is intended to supplement, not replace, the ARRL frequency measuring test. The test will begin at 1500 UTC on Monday,...

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23. 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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24. Surfin': Top 10 Ham Radio Web Sites

This week, Surfin' revisits the "Top 10" Amateur Radio Web sites.Read more: ARRL Amateur Radio News

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25. ARRL Audio News: Dec 17, 2009; Vol 2009-12-17 Number

ARRL Audio News--OPEN--In this edition . . .; Amateur Radio Bill Passes Senate, Moves to the House; Hams Help Out with Sea Rescue; ARRL Audio News ID--Satellite Update--BREAK:; Students and Teachers Invited to “Fly a File” on ARISSat-1; Check...

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26. Amateur Radio Quiz: From One End to the Other

At the bottom of the solar cycle during the month of the winter solstice, there are two contests that span the limits of our MF/HF spectrum. The ARRL 160 Meter Contest ran last weekend and conditions were expected to be excellent. The other is the...

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27. 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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28. 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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29. Scott Robbins, W4PA, to Purchase Vibroplex

Scott Robbins, W4PA, of Knoxville, Tennessee, told the ARRL that he has signed an agreement to purchase The Vibroplex Company, Inc from present owner Felton "Mitch" Mitchell, W4OA, effective December 21, 2009. "Vibroplex represents...

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30. Surfin': Twitter, Facebook and Ham Radio

This week, Surfin' considers how Internet social networking connects with ham radio.Read more: ARRL Amateur Radio News

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