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Just Ahead In Radiosport!

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:25 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31726


Just Ahead In Radiosport!


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Amsterdam Island FT5ZM DXpedition Concludes Operation:

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:25 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31725


The FT5ZM DXpedition has shut down,
although the trip home remains. That news may be welcome to non-DXers
who have been contending with huge and sometimes chaotic
split-operation pileups that occasionally occupied substantial segments
of spectrum, but depressing for operators who were unsuccessful in
snagging this rare one.


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ISS CubeSat Deployment, 'Ham Video' Commissioning Postponed:

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:25 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31724


Two Amateur Radio-related activities aboard the International Space
Station have been postponed. The deployment of Amateur Radio CubeSats
planned for February 6 was put off, and a new date has not yet been
announced.


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Winter Edition of New Radio Waves E-Newsletter now Available:

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:24 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31723


The Winter 2014 edition of Radio Waves, ARRL's redesigned and renamed
e-newsletter for
instructors and teachers, is now available on the ARRL website. Among
the selection of articles: "High School Students Put Packet Radio to
Work for Local Environmental Study," "Club Boasts Fourfold Increase in
New Licensees/Upgrades," "Instructor Corner -- News, Ideas, Support,"
and "In The Classroom: Teaching Ohm's Law."


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Work the World During the ARRL International DX Contest (CW)!

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:23 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31722


The CW weekend of the ARRL International DX Contest is February 15-16
(UTC). If you like CW
DX, this event "keeps the DX aiming in your direction," as Ward Silver,
N0AX, put it in his ARRL Contest Update e-newsletter. "With
propagation so good lately, this might be a good weekend to spend on
the radio," he added.


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ARRL Contest Branch Catching Up:

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:23 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31721


There have been some changes in the ARRL Contest Branch following the
January 23 resignation of Mike DeChristopher, N1TA, as ARRL Contest
Manager. Since his departure, a team of ARRL staffers that includes
former Contest Branch managers Dan Henderson, N1ND, and Sean Kutzko,
KX9X, have been addressing the needs of the Contest Branch until a new
manager is in place.


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WRTC-2014 Announces Three Sponsored Teams for July Competition:

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:23 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31720


World Radiosport Team Championship 2014 (WRTC-2014) has announced pairings
for three of the four "sponsored" teams that will participate
in the July event.


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RAC Cautions Regulator: Tower Rules Changes Should Not Affect Hams:

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:22 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31719


Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) has told its
membership that it will advise telecommunications regulator Industry
Canada (IC) "in the strongest of terms" that no
changes be made in tower siting rules that might negatively affect
existing Amateur Radio antenna installations.


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W1AW Centennial Operations Now in California, Wisconsin:

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:21 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31718


The ARRL Centennial "W1AW WAS"
operations taking place throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states are
in California (W1AW/6) and Wisconsin (W1AW/9). At 0000 UTC on February
19 (the evening of February 18 in US time zones), operations will
relocate to Michigan (W1AW/8) and Florida (W1AW/4). During 2014 W1AW
will be on the air from every state (at least twice) and from most US
territories, and it will be easy to work all states solely by
contacting W1AW portable operations.


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A Century of Amateur Radio and the ARRL:

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:20 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31717


American hams won high praise for their considerable help to the
military during the Great War. However, at the end of the war, hearings
in Congress began on an effort to put all radio matters under the
control of the US Navy. It was expected that the Navy would abolish
Amateur Radio -- despite the debt owed to hams for their war service.


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DXer, Contester Victor Paounoff, N4XR, (SK):

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:20 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31716


Victor Paounoff, N4XR, of Crossville, Tennessee, and formerly of
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, died February 10. He was 96. Paounoff became
licensed in the 1930s as W1EOB while a teenager living in Connecticut.
He later became a well-known on-the-air presence from Haiti, where he
operated as HH2VP. Paounoff was a founding member of the Yankee Clipper
Contest Club and a member of its Hall of Fame for his contributions to
contesting.


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In Brief:

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:19 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31715


ARRL Headquarters is Closed on Monday, February 17: ARRL Headquarters
will be closed on Presidents Day, Monday, February 17, and there will
be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day.
Headquarters will be open for business Tuesday, February 18, at 8 AM
ET. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday!


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Amateurlogic 63 is Released:

Posted: 13 Feb 2014 02:11 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31714


Tommy and George visit the Jackson Amateur Radio Club's 2014 Capital City
Hamfest and bring back some unique stories. A special appearance by the
guys from Ham Dynasty. Peter talks All About Radio. Tommy shows us simple
tips to Secure Your Pi. And George brings us some Soldering Tip Tips.