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ARRL CW Rookie Roundup Returns On December 21!

Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:45 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33667


Recently licensed radio amateurs who have been working hard to improve
their Morse code proficiency will have a great opportunity to put their
improved skills to use on December 21, when the CW edition of the ARRL
Rookie Roundup returns to the
airwaves.


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W1AW Centennial Operations Up Next In Maryland, Hawaii, and Georgia:

Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:43 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33666


The ARRL Centennial W1AW portable operations taking place throughout 2014
from each of the 50
states are now in Indiana and Montana. They will transition at 0000 UTC
on Wednesday, December 17 (the evening of December 16 in US time
zones), to Maryland (W1AW/3), Hawaii (W1AW/KH6), and Georgia (W1AW/4).
By December 31 W1AW will have been on the air from every state at least
twice.


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Financial Woes Reported At Dayton Hamvention Venue, Hara Arena:

Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:40 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33665


Hara Arena -- for many years the home of
Dayton Hamvention -- is facing some
financial issues and has cut back on its full-time staff to save money,
according to a WDTN-TV "2 News" account.



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Boy Scouts 2014 Jamboree On the Air Report Shows Drop In Participation:

Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:34 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33664


The Boy Scouts of America 2014 Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) -- the 57th such
event -- reported an overall decline in JOTA
participation from 2013 to 2014 by Boy Scout Councils, individual
Scouts, and stations. The drop may be due in part to the failure of
some participating stations to file reports. JOTA takes place each year
on the third full weekend of October.


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Philippine Hams Support Emergency Communication for Typhoon Hagupit:

Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:33 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33663


Amateur Radio volunteers in the Philippines activated emergency nets on
HF and VHF as Typhoon Hagupit -- called Typhoon Ruby locally -- raked
slowly across the islands over several days, weakening as it went.
Before the typhoon (hurricane) was downgraded to a tropical storm,
though, upward of 3 dozen people died, many as a result of drowning.


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IARU Region 3, Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Formalize Relationship:

Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:31 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33662


International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 (IARU-R3) and the Asia-Pacific
Telecommunity
(APT) have concluded a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) aimed at
establishing collaboration between the two bodies in areas of mutual
interest.


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WRTC-2018 Announces Team Selection Criteria:

Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:32 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33661


The WRTC-2018 Organizing Committee has
announced the team selection criteria for the next World Radiosport Team
Championship.


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SSTV Transmissions from the International Space Station Set:

Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:30 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33660


The Russian Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team
members plan to activate slow-scan
television (SSTV) from the ISS on December 18 and December 20.


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ARISS Discusses Ham TV, Elects New International Officers:

Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:30 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33659


Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is continuing to
explore the possibility of
establishing a network of ground stations to enable the use of the Ham
video system during ARISS
school contacts.


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In Brief...

Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:30 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33658


For a Good Time, Check Out the ARRL 10 Meter Contest December 13-14:
Conditions on 10 meters have been hot in recent weeks, and that may
hold for the 2014 ARRL 10 Meter Contest on December 13-14.


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A Century of Amateur Radio and the ARRL:

Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:29 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33657


In early 1999, PSK31 was becoming very popular, with many users
considering it to be a replacement for good old RTTY as a
keyboard-to-keyboard mode. Also by 1999, amateurs had developed
automated meteor-scatter stations for VHF use -- thanks to APRS, good
computers, high-speed Morse, innovative software, and ham ingenuity.


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Win a Free SDR Radio Receiver Package:

Posted: 11 Dec 2014 06:26 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33655


AmateurRadio.com have teamed up to give away SDR (Software Defined Radio)
receiver packages to TWENTY hams!


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It's Good To Have A Ham In The 'Hood:

Posted: 10 Dec 2014 11:24 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33651


Imagine it is day three after the eye of a hurricane passed directly over
North Fort Myers. Electrical
power is out for all of Southwest Florida and will not be restored
for several days or even weeks.
Cell phone towers, land lines and
Internet connections are either out
of service or so overloaded they
have ceased to work.