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Dundalk Amateur Radio Society operates EI0W for the 2009 CQWW RTTY Contest. More info on www.ei7dar.com

Reward offered for return of missing weather balloon
Carrollton-based Bears on Patrol and the West Georgia Amateur Radio Society are offering a $ 100 reward to anyone who finds and returns a missing weather balloon. The balloon was launched in Carrollton on Nov. 6. It contained radio tracking equipment
Read more on WXIA-TV

Apple co-founder started as Radio Ham
The newspaper says "When Wozniak was 10 years old, he received his ham radio operator license and built his own ham radio — an amateur radio that uses a designated frequency for private recreational purposes." Steve initially got a Novice call sign
Read more on Southgate Amateur Radio Club

WIA Amateur Radio Club Grant Scheme
The first category was projects and activities to be conducted before 1 June 2012 to attract new amateurs, but focussed on people under 25 and the second category was amateur radio projects that are useful and innovative and that utilise both
Read more on Southgate Amateur Radio Club

As howling storm battered Alaska, ham operators provided vital link
As howling winds whipped up and crashing waves pounded beaches, the people who live in the remote, isolated villages along the storm's path stayed connected via a web of global radio frequencies. When other communications failed, ham radio operators
Read more on Alaska Dispatch

70cm Beam

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ARRL Field Day 2007
Ronald Reagan Library
Ventura County Amateur Radio Society &
Simi Valley Settlers ARC
Exchange: N6R 6A SB

FCC Issues Notice Of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and Order to FL Man:
and two of the amplifiers were warm to the touch, indicating that the devices had been recently operated. Read more here http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-issues-em-notice-of-apparent-liability-for-forfeiture-and-order-em-to-florida-man-for-using-unau.
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Video didn't kill the radio star
He is a member of the Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI). Amateur radio is a self-educating hobby You learn by experimenting. I use simple transceiver equipment and antenna, with the basic modes like telegraphy, voice and digital communications.
Read more on The Hindu

99-year-old Ham radio operator still tuned in
He also helped install the antenna for her Ham radio at Primrose earlier this year. “She's pretty amazing for someone that age,” Rutigliano said. Arlene Clay's next career was as a magistrate for 18 years for the Alaska Court System.
Read more on Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

ARNewsline Report 1787 — Nov 11 2011:
Operating on 5.398.5 MHz transmitting in Morse the beacon currently runs 30 watts out into a non resonant antenna. Itts reported to be on the air usually between 19.00 and 06.00 UTC. Details of the beacon message and timings can be found on the IARU
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