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08/09/2016 | Growth in New Amateur Radio Licensees Ahead of Last Year’s
The ARRL VEC Department reports that 20,447 new US Amateur radio licenses have been issued since January 1.
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08/08/2016 | New SO-50 Distance Record Set in Youth DX Adventure Contact
When Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, in Phoenix, Arizona, worked Faith Hannah Lea, AE4FH — on Saba and operating as PJ6Y — the contact broke the distance record on the SO-50 (SaudiSat) satellite.
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07/15/2016 | Sixth Youngsters On The Air Will Feature Contact with the ISS
The sixth Youngsters On The Air (YOTA), which gets under way on July 16, will feature an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact.
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07/13/2016 | Sweden’s SAQ Alexanderson Alternator Station Receives Nearly 300 Reports
Lars Kalland, SM6NM, at the SAQ Grimeton Heritage Site station in Sweden issued a preliminary report on July 12, noting that 297 listener reports were received, and most listeners were able to copy at least part of the July 3 “Alexanderson Day” commemo...
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07/08/2016 | Solar Car Challenge W1N Traveling Special Event Operation Set
Special event station W1N will travel from the Texas Motor Speedway to Minneapolis between July 15 and July 24 to highlight the 2016 Solar Car Challenge.
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06/28/2016 | Canada Day Contest is Friday, July 1 (UTC)
Each year on July 1 — the anniversary of Canada’s Confederation — Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) sponsors the Canada Day Contest.
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06/27/2016 | VLF Transmissions, Amateur Radio Activity Set for Alexanderson Day on July 3
The SAQ Alexanderson alternator will be on the air for “Alexanderson Day,” Sunday, July 3, for a full-day event that includes both VLF transmissions and Amateur Radio HF activity from SK6SAQ.
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06/24/2016 | Youth DX Adventure Team Headed to Saba in August
The 2016 Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure (YDXA) team is heading to Saba to the Caribbean station of Jeff Jolie, PJ6/NM1Y, who will host three teenaged Amateur Radio operators and their chaperones.
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