Recent News
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12/29/2017 | Prepare to Get Your Grid On!
What’s your grid square? Be prepared to answer that question a lot in 2018.
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12/29/2017 | Reminder: W1AW Begins Scheduled Transmissions on 6 Meters on January 2
W1AW will add 6 meters — specifically 50.350 MHz — to its regular CW code practice, and CW, digital and phone bulletin transmission schedule on January 2
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12/29/2017 | Bouvet 3Y0Z DXpedition Putting Up Big Bucks for Transportation, Eager to Get Under Way
The 3Y0Z Bouvet Island DXpedition team reports that it has reached “yet another milestone” in its quest to activate Bouvet Island, the second most-wanted DXCC entity.
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12/29/2017 | The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: There were no zero-sunspot days over the December 21-27 reporting week.
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12/28/2017 | January 1 Hosts Events for Legacy Keys, CW on Satellites
Every day is a good day to send CW, but January 1 is reserved for Straight Key Night (SKN), sponsored by ARRL.
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12/28/2017 | Radio Amateur Receives Patent for "Cloaking" Technology
Nathan “Chip” Cohen, W1YW, of Belmont, Massachusetts — the founder of Fractal Antenna Systems Inc and inventor of the fractal antenna — has been granted a patent for deflective electromagnetic shielding — essentially “cloaking” technology.
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12/28/2017 | Radio Amateurs Continue to Plumb the Spectral Depths
David Bowman, G0MRF, reports that he and Dave Riley, AA1A, have completed what is believed to be the first transatlantic contact on 630 meters since the MF band was released to US radio amateurs this past fall.
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12/28/2017 | Registration for International DX Convention in Visalia Opens on January 15
he 69th annual International DX Convention in Visalia, California, takes place April 20-22 at the Visalia Convention Center.
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