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In Brief: Scout Sets up Ham Station in Florida Firehouse, plus News Shorts from All Over

  • Scout Sets Up Firehouse Ham Station for Back-Up Communication: Florida TV station Bay News 9 has reported that an Eagle Scout project turned into an “Everyday Hero” nomination for a Pinellas County teenager. According to Bay News 9, Parker Mitchell, KI4YAV, of Clearwater, Florida, the 18-year-old ham decided to create a backup communications system for a Palm Harbor fire station. “I decided sin…

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In Brief… Canadian Mounties special event VE3RCMP will be on for Field Day, plus other news shorts from all over!

  • Canadian Mounties to Mount Special Event Station During Field Day: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Amateur Radio Group in Ottawa will operate special event station VE3RCMP during Field Day weekend, June 28-29. The group also plans to activate the call sign during the RAC Canada Day Contest on July 1. The special event commemorates the 75th anniversary of the first RCMP owned and operated radi…

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In Brief — VK3ADW Receives Michael J. Owen, VK3KI, Memorial Award, Plus News Shorts From All Over!

  • Dr David Wardlaw, VK3ADW, Receives Michael J. Owen, VK3KI, Memorial Award: Former IARU Vice President Dr David Wardlaw, VK3ADW, received the Michael J. Owen, VK3KI, Memorial Award during a recent reception at Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) headquarters. Wardlaw, the second of the two inaugural recipients of the honor, was recognized for his contributions to the International Amateur Radi…

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In Brief — Dayton Hamvention Attendance Up, Plus News Shorts From All Over!

  • Dayton Hamvention Attendance Up Slightly: Dayton Hamvention® has announced on its website that 24,873 people turned out for Hamvention 2014. That was up slightly from 2013, when 24,542 attended the annual, 3-day international gathering. Hamvention 2014 was a Regional ARRL National Centennial Event. Charles Kaiser, KD8JZR, was the 2014 general chairman. The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA…

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In Brief — News Shorts From All Over!

  • K8CX Dayton 2014 Gallery Has Been Posted: Tom Roscoe, K8CX, has announced that The K8CX Dayton 2014 Gallery has been posted on his Hamgallery website. Roscoe said he’s scrapbooked 361 photos from Dayton Hamvention® 2014 and nearly 4100 Dayton photos altogether; this is his 18th year of recording Dayton activities. “The site has Dayton photos in The Gallery back to 1971,” he said. “If you have a…

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ARRL to File “Friend of the Court” Brief in Ohio Antenna Case

[Updated: 2014-02-26 2337 UTC] The ARRL plans to file a “friend of the court” or amicus curiae brief on behalf of an Ohio radio amateur who has been at loggerheads with his community since 2009 in efforts to erect a modest antenna support structure. The Village of Swanton, Ohio, turned down the application of ARRL Life Member Gary Wodtke, WW8N, for an antenna variance to put up a 60 foot tower….

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FCC Opens Brief Window for Comments on WRC-2015 Draft Recommendations

The FCC has invited comments by February 18 on the latest batch of draft recommendations of its Advisory Committee for World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-2015). At its January 27 meeting, the Advisory Committee (WAC) approved draft recommendations on a number of issues that will be considered by WRC-2015. Some items, including one which could possibly lead to changes to 60 meters in …

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Rare, Brief 6 Meter F2 Opening Makes for Plentiful DX

Six meter operators were treated November 9 to an F2 opening from approximately 1500 until 1630 UTC.

“These have been very rare in solar cycle 24,” said QST “The World Above 50 MHz” Editor Jon Jones, NØJK. He described the opening as “mostly single-hop F2” from the East Coast, Midwest, Gulf Coast, and to the West Coast to Central America, Northern South America and Caribbean.

Jones said the geoma…

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Brief YAESU FT-9000 vs. YAESU FT-5000 review.

Had a long night at my graveyard shift and knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep during the day so I came up with the brilliant idea to drive up to W1AW. Awake fo…

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