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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

CQ to "Jump-Start" Print Edition With January Issue - November and December Issues to be Digital Only

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Readers of CQ magazine's print edition are well aware we have been behind schedule on printing and mailing our issues on a timely bas...

Changes Proposed to ARRL Governing Documents

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The ARRL board of directors will be considering a proposal at its January meeting to make significant changes to the League's Articles ...

W1YW Receives Patent for Electromagnetic "Invisibility Cloak"

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Fractal Antenna Systems and its founder, Nathan "Chip" Cohen, W1YW, have been granted a U.S. patent for "deflective electrom...
Friday, December 22, 2017

New Building Approved for Hamvention Site

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The Greene County (Ohio) Commissioners and the Greene County Fair Board have approved construction of a new building at the Fairground/Ex...

Hams Support Evacuation Shelters in California's "Thomas Fire"

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Amateur radio operators staffed evacuation shelters in two California counties in mid-December as the wildfire known as the "Thomas Fi...

Generators for Hams In Puerto Rico

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While California battles wildfires, slow recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria continues in Puerto Rico. The island's electrical and ...

"Flying COW" Helps Restore Cell Service in Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico is still in the process of recovering from Hurricane Maria's devastation to its electrical and communication infrastructu...

FCC Advisory Panels Makes Interference Proposals

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The FCC's Technological Advisory Council (TAC) has issued a set of recommendations for reducing and/or tolerating interference, with a ...

NASA Celebrating Multiple Anniversaries in 2018

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The year 2018 is a big one for NASA, and it plans to include amateur radio in its celebrations. This year marks the agency's 60th ann...

Radio Caroline Gets Legal

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Legendary pirate broadcaster Radio Caroline has apparently gone legit. Newsline reports that the station, which broadcast from a ship of...

D-Star Satellite Apparently Lost in Launch Failure

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D-Star One's flight spare will be the basis for a second attempt to launch an amateur satellite using the D-Star protocol. (Phoro fro...

FCC: No-Times-Two on Callsign Request

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The FCC says it sees no need to add a new callsign format for amateur stations, rejecting the second such request in less than ten years.  ...

JOTA Participation Down in 2017, But Still Good

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Last year's scouting Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) didn't have quite the level of participation as in 2016, but was on par with ac...

ARISS Forms Education Committee

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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, or ARISS, has been connecting astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the ISS with school grou...

Milestones: KF7DSY to Houston; "World's Oldest Ham" SK

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Purdue University sophomore Jacob Nunez-Kearny, KF7DSY, is taking the spring semester off from classes to work as an intern at NASA's ...

W1AW Returning to 6 Meters After Nearly Three Decades

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W1AW bulletins and code practice have returned to the 6-meter band after an absence of nearly 30 years. Regular transmissions on th...

Visiting New Brunswick from the US? Put Down That Mic!

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  If you're licensed in the U.S. (or anywhere other than Canada, for that matter), and visiting the Canadian province of New Brunswick...

SOTABEAMS Has a New Home

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British antenna and accessory manufacturer SOTABEAMS has moved to new, larger, and heated (!) The staff of SOTABEAMS outside the com...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

ARRL's Logbook of the World to Add Support for CQ WAZ Award

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            (Newington, CT and Hicksville, NY – December 14, 2017) -- Participants in CQ magazine's Worked All Zones (WAZ) award...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

CQ White Paper on ARRL Secrecy and Censure

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The ARRL's recent actions regarding board elections, the code of conduct for board members and the public censure of a sitting directo...
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Published monthly since 1945, CQ is today the world's leading independent amateur radio magazine, now available in both print and digital editions. We focus on interesting people and practical projects, plus we sponsor a wide array of contests and award programs. These include the very challenging Worked All Zones (WAZ) and USA-Counties (USA-CA) awards and the world's most popular ham radio contests, the CQ World Wide DX Contest and the CQ WPX Contest. Subscriptions are available online through our website, www.cq-amateur-radio.com.
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