Visitors to ARRL Headquarters will be greeted with something new in the area in front of the main entrance. Complementing the terrace of memorial bricks and benches on the left, a new Centennial Terrace on the right side of the main entrance was dedicated on June 17 at a ribbon-cutting and reception, held in conjunction with the ARRL National Centennial Convention now underway in Hartford, Conn…
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ARRL Life Member John M. “Wondy” Wondergem, K5KR, of Metairie, Louisiana, died June 7. He was 91. A retired US Navy captain and World War II veteran, Wondergem in May of 1962 was at the controls of the helicopter that retrieved Astronaut Scott Carpenter after his Project Mercury Aurora 7 space capsule splashed down some 250 miles off course in the Atlantic. Wondergem was on the DXCC Honor Roll …
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ARRL Life Member Howard O. “H.O.” Townsend, K5CX (ex-WA5MLT), of Naples, Texas, died on May 30. He was 69. Townsend was a retired software designer and a US Army veteran.
An Honor Roll DXer, West Gulf Division Assistant Director, and past Section Emergency Coordinator, Townsend participated in the W1AW/5 Centennial QSO Party operation from Texas (12 meters SSB).
ARRL West Gulf Division Director D…
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On Friday, February 1 — the 10th anniversary of the Columbia accident — NASA will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia with a Day of Remembrance. Flags across the agency will be flown at half-staff in their memory.
On January 27, 1967, Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee were killed in the Apollo 1 fire during a launch pad test. On Ja…
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Martin F. Jue founder and CEO of MFJ Enterprises is awarded the first Ham Radio Outlet Certificate of Honor in the Atlanta Ham Radio Outlet Store. Watch as Mark Holmes Atlanta HRO Manager presents Martin F. Jue with this prestigious award. The HRO Certificate of Honor was awarded to Martin F. Jue on 2/24/2010 in recognition of performance and valued participation in Amateur Radio and as the leader in Ham Radio Accessories for over 38 years.
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