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24 Hours Of IARU Continues to Grow in Popularity It may only be a 24 hour contest, the but the IARU HF Contest continues to grow, offering contesters not only a shorter contest period, but also a variety of category options. The Low Power categories remain the most popular, while someone looking for a soft spot might want to look at QRP. If you want to have a good chance at victory, Zone 28 and Europe may be a popular location.
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New Solar Studies Raise Chance Of Long Term Low Band Propagation Even as the sun has shown signs of life in the last six months, a new report from the U.S. National Solar Observatory raises the question of whether the next solar cycle might be even less active than many had been forecasting in recent years. In other words, it could bring on an extended period of solar inactivity - bad for the higher HF bands like 10 and 15 meters, but great news for the low bands on 80 and 160 meters.
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Contesters Divide Along Expected Lines Over ARRL DX Rule Change Ideas An in-depth ARRL review of possible changes to the rules for the ARRL DX Contest has brought the expected range of opinions from the ham radio contest community, though a strong majority of emails to radio-sport.net showed surprising support for the idea of changing to a new scoring concept, using a distance-based scoring system like one in the popular Stew Perry 160 Meter Contest.
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Possible Rules Changes for ARRL DX Contest The ARRL Contest Advisory Committee is considering a series of major rules changes for the ARRL DX Contest, some of which have sparked strong email battles in recent days over how best to foster changes that will bring increased participation in the future. The skirmishes have mainly focused on a distance-based scoring system and limits on the hours a single operator could spend in the contest.
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The Republic of South Sudan Is Now a DXCC Entity At 10:18 AM (EDT) on Thursday, July 14, the UN General Assembly met to vote on whether or not to admit the Republic of South Sudan as its 193rd member state. The Republic of South Sudan was admitted by a vote of acclimation and is now a member of the United Nations. Immediately following the Genera...
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ReconRobotics Pays $17,500 to End FCC Investigation of Rules Violations On Wednesday, July 13, the FCC announced that its Enforcement Bureau and ReconRobotics have entered into a Consent Decree. This resolves an FCC investigation in response to a complaint filed by the ARRL. In 2010, the ARRL alleged that ReconRobotics had violated Section 302a(b) of the Communications...
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ARRL Executive Committee Approves Grants for Six Schools In June, the ARRL Executive Committee reviewed grant applications for the ARRL’s Education & Technology Program (ETP), awarding equipment and resources valued at nearly $5000 to six schools. More than 575 schools across the country have received support from the ETP in the form of grants for eq...
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Ofcom Tests 70 cm Band in Advance of 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London In April, Ofcom -- the British equivalent to the FCC -- approached the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) to help determine which sections of the 70 cm band could be used by the London Olympic Committee for a limited period before, during and after the 2012 Summer Olympic Games and the 2012 Summ...
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