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10/06/2012 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Ham Horizons

Part 97.1 points out five bases and purposes of the Amateur Radio Service. The third principle -- encouragement and improvement of the Amateur Service through rules which provide for advancing skills in both the communication and technical phases of the a
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08/22/2012 | The Amateur Amateur: *Some Aggravation Required

Amateur Radio has been around for more than 100 years. It has added many new techniques and modes of operating since the early days. And while new methods and equipment are constantly being developed, the hobby never really abandons anything. This means t
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04/22/2012 | The Amateur Amateur: Manic

I cleaned my shack this morning. Okay, that might not even be physically possible, but I certainly made a serious dent in the clutter. I removed everything that was keeping me from opening my file cabinets. I extracted a bunch of junk from behind them and
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12/16/2011 | Surfin’: Where’s Sebastian?

This week, Surfin’ asks “Where’s D08SEM?” and finds him -- along with some cool Mac OS X SDR applications.
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04/08/2011 | Surfin’: Got GPS? Maybe Not For Long!

This week, your Surfin’ conductor wears a worry-wart about losing a reliable friend.
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03/18/2011 | Surfin’: APRS’ing the Tsunami

This week, Surfin’ describes how APRS provided vital information during last weekend's tsunami.
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11/20/2010 | Hams Invited to Listen for New Satellites

Amateurs have an opportunity to monitor three new research satellites.
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07/26/2010 | The Amateur Amateur Fills-In

My efforts to set up an APRS station (Automatic Packet Reporting System) had come to a standstill. I had installed a program called UI-View32. It was pretty slick, with volumes of data in its Help file, but there were still plenty of parts Learn More