Recent News
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10/16/2017 | Volunteer Shelter Duty Slots in Northern California Filled on the Fly “via RF”
All positions for shelter communications shifts all positions filled "over the repeater via RF."
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10/15/2017 | UTC Approvals to Use 630- and/or 2,200-Meter Bands Arriving via E-Mail
E-mails have gone out to an undetermined number of US radio amateurs from the Utilities Technology Council (UTC), approving the stations’ intention to use 630 meters (472-479 kHz) and/or 2,200 meters (135.7-137.8 kHz).
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10/15/2017 | Amateur Radio Facilitates Another Patient Evacuation on Puerto Rico
Amateur Radio volunteers on Culebra and in Fajardo — Jeremy Dougherty, NS0S, and Matthey Gonter, AC4MG — made it possible for physicians at the two locations to communicate directly in an effort to evacuate a patient.
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10/13/2017 | ARRL Section Manager Evacuates When Fire Comes Within Two Blocks
ARRL San Francisco Section Manager Bill Hillendahl, KH6GJV, says the message he stresses during the weekly Sonoma County Radio Amateurs (SCRA) ARES net is this: “When an incident occurs, take to the air and form a net. Anyone can act as net control.”
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10/13/2017 | CW from Catalonia, Stanag-4285 from Turkey Make IARU Monitoring System Intruder List.
An unknown station transmitted “Freedom for Catalonia” in a CW loop on September 26 (1710 UTC) at 14.001 MHz, the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System said.
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10/13/2017 | ARRL 2018 Puerto Rico State Convention Cancelled
The Organizing Committee for the 2018 ARRL Puerto Rico State Convention has announced the cancellation of the 2018 convention.
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10/13/2017 | Global Effort Under Way to Restore Dominica’s Amateur Radio Capabilities
The Yasme Foundation, Yaesu USA, the Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service (FAIRS), and individual GoFundMe donors have joined forces to restore country-wide Amateur Radio communication on Dominica.
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10/13/2017 | Puerto Rico Volunteer Aids Burn Victim, Contacts Family via Ham Radio
Ham radio plays a major role in a medical emergency on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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