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05/15/2013 | FCC Fines Pennsylvania Man $18,000 for Failing to Allow Inspection of CB Station
The FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and Order (NAL) on May 14 in the amount of $18,000 to Nathaniel Johnson of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for failing to make his Citizens Band (CB) station available for inspection by the FCC and for
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05/09/2013 | ARRL Public Relations Committee Sponsoring “I Am the ARRL” Video Contest
As part of the ARRL’s Centennial Celebration in 2014, the ARRL’s Public Relations Committee is sponsoring an “I am the ARRL” video contest. The Committee is looking for pairs of short video clips featuring ARRL members. One clip should show the radio amat
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05/07/2013 | Meet the Authors at ARRL EXPO in Dayton
The ARRL will present a “Meet the Author” area in the ARRL EXPO at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention®, giving visitors an opportunity to speak with authors who are inspiring today’s radio experimenters, operators and innovators.
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05/02/2013 | Ham Radio Editor and Noted DXer Joe Schroeder, W9JUV (SK)
Joseph J. Schroeder Jr, W9JUV, of Glenview, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, April 30. An ARRL ife Member, Schroeder was on the editorial staff for Ham Radio magazine from August 1974-July 1990, penning almost 400 articles that ran the gamut from FCC actio
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04/05/2013 | Surfin’: Getting Parts in the 21st CenturyThis week, Surfin’ finds radio parts on a fascinating website.
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03/31/2013 | The Amateur Amateur: It’s Not Easy Being Green-lessMany years ago, my grandfather used to build radio sets and sell them to his neighbors. Somewhat later, just after World War II, he and my father installed radios in cars for Western Auto. They saved up their earnings and eventually started Hoffman Radio-
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03/14/2013 | Two New Books for Your Amateur Radio Library This Spring
The ARRL has released two new books: Ham Radio for Arduino and PICAXE edited by Leigh L. Klotz Jr, WA5ZNU, and Radio Science for the Radio Amateur by Eric Nichols, KL7AJ.
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03/12/2013 | British Ham Receives 2012 Cass Award
Rob Chipperfield, M0VFC/ZD9UW, of Cambridge, England, received the 2012 Single-Operator Cass Award. Presented annually, the Cass Award is a monetary award of $1000, offered as an incentive to encourage DXpedition operating excellence, and to encourage DXp
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