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04/07/2010 | ARRL Responds to FCC's NPRM Calling for New Rules on Vanity and Club Call Signs
In November 2009, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) -- WT Docket No 09-209 -- seeking to amend the Commission's Amateur Radio Service rules in an attempt to clarify certain rules and codify existing procedures governing the vanity cal
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12/14/2009 | The 2009 ARRL Spectrum Defense Campaign Needs Your Support
ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH reports that the ARRL has raised $221,658 toward the goal $310,000 for the 2009 Spectrum Defense Fund. "The messages I receive from the ARRL members and hams who contribute
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12/02/2009 | ARRL's Logbook of The World Reaches New Milestones
Since its inception on September 15, 2003, more than 30,000 hams have signed on to Logbook of The World (LoTW), ARRL's online logging program -- an increase of more than 7000 hams since 2008. These 30,000 hams have made upwards of 250 million QSOs -- more
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10/29/2009 | Changes for the 2009 November Sweepstakes
Next month, amateurs throughout the US and Canada will take part in the longest-running domestic contest, the 76th ARRL November Sweepstakes. Since 1930, this tradition in Amateur Radio has brought out all kinds of amateurs -- from seasoned contest vetera
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10/20/2009 | ARRL General Counsel, Regulatory Information Manager to Present Webinar
ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, and ARRL Regulatory Information Manager Dan Henderson N1ND, will present a webinar beginning at 9 PM EDT on Wednesday, October 28. This session will discuss the issues behind, and the reasoning for, the ARRL’s
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09/25/2009 | The ARRL Letter, ARRL Audio News to Move to Thursdays
ARRL members who subscribe to The ARRL Letter will be getting their issues a day early. Beginning Thursday, September 24, The ARRL Letter and the ARRL Audio News wi
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09/01/2009 | It Seems to Us: Pecuniary InterestNo amateur shall transmit … communications in which the station licensee or control operator has a pecuniary interest, including communications on behalf of an employer.' -- FCC Rules, §97.113(a)(3)
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08/13/2009 | 7O1YGF Operation Approved for DXCC Credit
On August 12, ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, announced that after more than eight years, the 7O1YGF operation in 2000 from Yemen has been approved for DXCC credit. Moore cited a review of "recently received information," as well as "ad
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