Recent News
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10/03/2018 | “Black Swan 18” Exercise to Test US Government/Amateur Radio Interoperability on 60 Meters
For this exercise, communication between US government radio stations and Amateur Radio stations is authorized on the five channels at 5 MHz where the Amateur Service has secondary status.
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10/03/2018 | AMSAT’s Fox-1Cliff CubeSat Ready for Launch
AMSAT reports that Vice President-Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, delivered and integrated its Fox-1Cliff CubeSat into the launch vehicle on September 24.
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10/03/2018 | Peggy Sue Gerron, ex-K5PSG, SK
Peggy Sue Gerron, ex-K5PSG, of Lubbock, Texas, who inspired singer Buddy Holly’s 1957 rockabilly hit “Peggy Sue,” died on October 1.
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10/03/2018 | MARS Members to Support Defense Department Radio Communication Readiness Exercise
Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) members will support a Department of Defense HF radio communication exercise October 24 – 26.
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10/03/2018 | ARRL Updating its Website Security Software
The ARRL website will update its security software on October 15.
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10/02/2018 | Radio Amateur Among International Space Station Crew Returning to Earth this Week
Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold, KE5DAU, will join Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev on an October 4 return voyage to Earth.
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10/02/2018 | Spray-On Antennas Could Be the Wave of the Future, University Researchers Believe
Researchers at Drexel University’s College of Engineering report a breakthrough in nanomaterials technology that promises to make installing an antenna as easy as applying sunblock or bug spray.
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10/02/2018 | Radio Amateurs among Radio Club of America 2018 Award Recipients and Fellows
The Radio Club of America (RCA) has named well-known academic, entrepreneur, contester, and DXer Theodore “Ted” Rappaport, N9NB, as the recipient of the 2018 Armstrong Medal.
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