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Amateur Radio – Reality Check from the Wife

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• May 24, 2012
  In this edition: Check your inbox for the digital edition of the June issue of QST; catch up with all the latest happenings at the 2012 Dayton Hamvention; ICOM and the Boy Scouts team up to share Amateur Radio at the National Scout Jamboree; we mourn the passing of former ARRL First Vice President Steve Mendelsohn, W2ML; ARRL HQ will be closed on Memorial Da […]
• May 10, 2012
  In this edition: The ARRL EXPO has plenty to offer DIYers at the Dayton Hamvention, May 18, 19 and 20; in FCC news, the Commission has announced that it is seeking to raise the cost of a vanity call sign and it looks like the FCC will be at full strength for the first time in almost a year; for the second time since 1992, Heathkit closes up shop; the Boy Sco […]

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• http://www.theamphour.com
• http://www.youtube.com/user/gthomas#g/u

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• http://RadioReference.com
• http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/
• http://www.soldersmoke.com/

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