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09/03/2008 | IARU Region 2 EC: "Active Member-Societies Are Vital to Ensure Amateur Radio's Future"
Late last month in Panama, the Executive Committee of IARU Region 2 held its annual meeting. According to IARU Region 2 President Reinaldo Leandro, YV5AMH, the importance of having active and inclusive IARU Member-Societies is the "only way to ensure
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08/27/2008 | It Seems to Us: Pooling Our ResourcesRadio amateurs have a long tradition of working together to achieve goals they could not reach alone. It stands to reason that collaboration should come naturally to us -- after all, a radio operator with no one else to talk to will be mighty lonely!
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08/27/2008 | ARRL Emergency Communications Level 3 Course to be Revised
The ARRL Continuing Education Program offers Emergency Communications training courses to prepare radio amateurs to serve our communities in time of crisis when other communications systems fail. The ARRL Emergency Communications training program includes
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08/15/2008 | Amateur Radio Exams, Licensing Return to Bangladesh
Since 2004, Amateur Radio operators in Bangladesh have not been able to get an Amateur Radio license or sit for an examination. But thanks to the efforts of the Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL) -- that country's IARU Member-Society -- the Bangladesh
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08/04/2008 | Georgia Hams Meet with FEMA
On July 30, representatives from the ARRL Southeastern Division and Georgia Section participated in the FEMA Region IV, Regional Emergency Communications Coordination (RECC) Working Group meetings near Atlanta. Southeastern Division Director Greg Sarratt,
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07/24/2008 | In Virginia, ARES® = RACES
On July 3, Virginia officials, along with representatives from that state's ARES® and RACES groups, signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), uniting the three groups. State Coordinator, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of E
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06/19/2008 | Global EmComm Conference to Be Held in Germany This Month
The fourth annual Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (GAREC) Conference is scheduled for June 26-27, 2008 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, held just prior to HamRadio 2008. That event, called "the Dayton of Europe," is scheduled for June
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06/03/2008 | Morse Code Returning to MARS Toolbox
After more than a dozen years, Morse code will soon be returning to Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) nets. In the mid-1990s, the Department of Defense (DoD) did away with CW operation across the board -- including MARS nets -- as automatic systems s
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