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Archive for December, 2008

W4OYI (SK)

by @ Monday, December 15th, 2008. Tags:
Filed under ARRL

George Wilson W4OYI was a long time Owensboro, KY fixture in the Ham Radio scene. He was one of my mentors that got me into ham radio in the early 70′s. George was pretty much solely responsible for helping me get my code speed up to 35 wpm to pass my general, advanced, and extra [...]

FCC Calls on Amateur Radio Service for Assistance with Digital TV Conversion

by @ Thursday, December 11th, 2008. Tags:
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Credit: ARRL Earlier this week, the ARRL received a request from the FCC asking that ARRL members to provide technical educational assistance to their communities concerning the FCC-mandated digital television (DTV) conversion scheduled for February 17, 2009. According to ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP, Amateur Radio clubs across the country are [...]

NEW ARRL WAS AWARD

by @ Wednesday, December 10th, 2008. Tags: ,
Filed under awards

Credit: ARRL As of January 1, 2009, the ARRL will offer another award: The Triple Play Worked All States Award. This new, exciting award is available to all amateurs who confirm contacts with each of the 50 states using three modes for each state: CW, phone and RTTY/digital. All 150 contacts must be made on [...]

10M Contest

by @ Wednesday, December 10th, 2008. Tags:
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The ARRL 10 Meter contest starts this weekend 13 Dec at 0000Z to 14 Dec 2400Z. CW and Phone modes are allowed. HP category is 1500W, Low Power is 150W and QRP is 5 watts. Exchange is RST+state/province.  Novices or Tech must sign with /N or /T on CW. Phone Qso’s are 2 points, CW [...]

ARRL 160 over

by @ Tuesday, December 9th, 2008. Tags: ,
Filed under ARRL, contests

The ARRL 160 contest is over. Band conditions were pretty good. Low noise for the most part, although we had some snow flurries caused a little snow noise. Anyone else play in the 160 CW test? 73, Jack K4SAC

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