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Location: Hermon High School, 2415 Route 2, Hermon, ME 04401
8:30 AM license testing - No walk-ins - Pre-register at https://hamstudy.org/sessions/K2KJ/all
Talk-In Frequency: 146.940 / 136.5
8 Participants examined nets 5 New Technicians, a Generals, and an extra.
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UPDATED-Calls Now In--10 Participants examined nets 7 New Technicians and Three Generals, and a club exam attendance record.
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4 Participants examined nets three Technicians and one General.
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Saturday Apr 14 exam session nets new General Class Ham. Click the more link to read on.
Saturday Feb 17 exam session nets 2 new hams (Technician Class).Click the more link to read on.
Saturday Nov 18 exam session nets 6 new hams (4 Tech/2General) and one upgraded to general. One of which was a YOUNG PERSON!. Click the more link to read on.
8 Participants examined nets one "Express" Amateur Extra.
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Maine section of ARRL news
The Maine Section of the ARRL website can be found by Clicking Here
This is where to find Amateur Radio News for the State of Maine. It has Testing sessions reported to the Public Information Coordinator K1SEW - Joy Foss. Her information can be found on the right column of the page.
Amateur Logic News Feed
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AmateurLogic 204: Bletchley Park
19-04-2025 06:00
A visit to Bletchley Park, Tommy's continuing Meshtastic Adventures part 2, DIY 50 Amp power supply, and more on Hamsci's MW eclipse studies.
1:15:48
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Ham College 123 - Technician Exam Questions Part 10
29-03-2025 06:00
T3A – Radio wave characteristics: how a radio signal travels, fading, multipath, polarization, wavelength vs absorption, Antenna orientation.
1:06:38
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AmateurLogic 203: Meshtastic
15-03-2025 06:00
Meshtastic, an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices. An update on the latest scanner technology. More…
1:03:43
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Ham College 122 - Technician Exam Questions Part 9
08-03-2025 05:00
restrictions during emergencies, use of phonetics in message handling.
40:30
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AmateurLogic 202: Emergency Power
01-03-2025 05:00
A review of emergency power sources. W5SLA Winter Field Day activities. Icom’s new small business radio package. A highly effective noise blanker. Canarduino Christmas goodies arrived. More…
1:18:29
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Amateur Radio Newsline Feed
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2477 for Friday, April 18th, 2025
17-04-2025 17:17
- HAMS GAIN EXEMPTION IN IOWA'S DISTRACTED-DRiVING LAW
- REGULATOR SEEKS COMMENT ON AUSTRALIA'S CLASS-LICENSE CONDITIONS
- SILENT KEY: BOB FAY, WBØNPN, EMERGENCY RESPONDER AND MENTOR
- SILENT KEY: SHIRLEY HARDSTAFF, VK7HSC, INNOVATOR AND ADVOCATE
- ZERO RETRIES NEWSLETTER HOSTING INAUGURAL CONFERENCE
- BIG WELCOME FOR YOUNGSTERS AT HAMVENTION ON MAY 17TH
- FIRST YOTA JUNIOR CAMP
- HAM RADIO TAKES 1ST JOURNEY ON FLORIDA TRAIL EVENT
- RSGB HONORS 2 FROM HAMSCI FOR PROPAGATION STUDIES
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: THE SUMMIT OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2476 for Friday, April 11th, 2025
10-04-2025 16:35
- MOUNT ATHOS CONTACTS DEEMED VALID TOWARD DXCC
- HAMS INVITED TO MONITOR METEOR SCATTER EVENTS
- HAMS WEIGH IN ON FCC INVITATION FOR REGULATION COMMENTS
- 'MUD MOSEY' IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT
- HAM RADIO NEWS PRESENTER RETIRES AT 101
- NOMINATE OUR NEXT YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR
- THE WORLD IS MARKING WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY
- MONTANA CLUB GIVES HAM RADIO BOOKS TO REGIONAL LIBRARIES
- THIS BATTERY LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER BECAUSE IT'S PAPER
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: HAMS' STEADY CLIMB TO SUCCESS FOR FM RADIO STATION
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2475 for Friday, April 4th, 2025
04-04-2025 08:37
- HAMS RESPOND AS DEADLY QUAKE ROCKS THAILAND, MYANMAR
- COURT HALTS WHITE HOUSE ACTION AGAINST VOICE OF AMERICA
- SKYWARN YOUTH NET PREPARES NEXT GENERATION
- SUCCESSFUL AMATEUR CONTACTS FOR FRAM2 SPACECRAFT
- SILENT KEY: LONGTIME PITTSBURGH-AREA DJ, RADIO HOST JIM QUINN, W3VEX
- SILENT KEY: DAN CROUCH, KF7DC, MINGUS MOUNTAIN ROUNDTABLE MODERATOR
- NOMINATE NEXT YEAR'S YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR
- ANTARCTIC RESEARCH BEACON GOES SILENT AFTER 46 YEARS
- IOTA SEEKS VOLUNTEER TO SERVE AS CHECKPOINT FOR BRAZIL
- NOMINATION DEADLINE NEARS FOR CQ AMATEUR RADIO HALL OF FAME
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: COMMUNITY'S FONDNESS FOR TOWER IS A TALL ORDER
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2474 for Friday, March 28th, 2025
28-03-2025 08:21
- EARTH-VENUS-EARTH BOUNCE A FIRST FOR NETHERLANDS
- OFCOM PROPOSES DIRECT SMARTPHONE-SATELLITE CONNECTIONS
- HAMS REACH OUT TO BOOST AUTISM AWARENESS
- VOICE OF AMERICA MUSEUM REASSURES VISITORS
- COURT DELAYS DEFUNDING OF RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY
- A CW EVENT TURNS THE CALENDAR BACK TO 1935
- NOMINATE THE NEXT YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR
- HAMS AID ELDERLY WIDOW LOST FOR 2 MONTHS
- 2 NEW INDUCTEES INTO CANADIAN AMATEUR RADIO HALL OF FAME
- SPECIAL EVENT IS TRIBUTE TO DXPEDITIONER ZORRO, JH1AJT/SK
- WORLD OF DX
- PIERRE PULLINMYLEG HAS BIG NEWS FOR YOU - OR NOT
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2473 for Friday, March 21st, 2025
20-03-2025 17:06
- US GOVT TO SHUT VOA AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES
- FCC SEEKS PUBLIC SUGGESTIONS ON POSSIBLE DEREGULATION
- STRANDED NASA ASTRONAUTS RETURN TO EARTH FROM ISS
- YOUNG AMATEURS PREPARE FOR DX YOUTH ADVENTURES
- SILENT KEY: WALTER CARLINGTON, VP9KD, FORMER NET DIRECTOR FOR CARIBUS NET
- WORK AT REPEATER SITE COSTS WEST COAST HAM HIS COUNTY JOB
- NOMINATE THE NEXT YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR
- US NAVY COMMUNICATORS LOOK TO HAM RADIO TECHNOLOGY
- SPECIAL EVENT STATION MARKS POLIO VACCINE ANNIVERSARY
- EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FROM NEW ZEALAND'S NEW MOBILE EOC
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: FOR AM RADIO, SIGNOFF IS A SIGN OF THE TIMES
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ARRL News Feed
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ARRL Ham Radio Open House Events Making Headlines
21-04-2025 15:39
ARRL Ham Radio Open House events are garnering press around the country. In Yaphank, New York, on Long Island, an event held by the Suffolk County Radio Club was featured in Newsday (paywall).
Reporter Joe Werkmeister profiled the club’s event that drew out a crowd of visitors. ARRL Hudson Division Director Ed Wilson, W2XDD, who serves as Vice President of the club, was quoted in the story.
Many...
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The ARRL Solar Report
18-04-2025 18:17
Spaceweather.com reports a Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection on April 15 sparked geomagnetic storms. On April 16, the storm became severe (G4) with Northern Lights sighted as far south as France. The storm is subsiding now to a category G1/G2, which could still produce high-latitude auroras.
Although Regions AR4062 and AR4064 have been relatively quiet they are more structurally complex than ant...
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Former ARRL Vice Director Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, SK
18-04-2025 15:19
Former ARRL Vice Director and Contest Advisory Committee Chairman Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, passed away Saturday April 12, 2025. He was 82 years old. Overbeck held an Amateur Extra-class license and was active in amateur radio for over 68 years. He served four terms as an elected ARRL Vice Director, from 1984 to 1993, and was also chairman of the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee during the 1970s and...
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Paul “Tad” Cook, K7RA, SK
18-04-2025 14:56
Paul “Tad” Cook, K7RA, passed away on April 13, 2025.
For 36 years, Cook wrote the weekly W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin and the K7RA Solar Update for the ARRL Letter. He retired in January 2025, citing a recent ALS diagnosis and on March 8, Cook received the ARRL President’s Award presented to him by ARRL Northwestern Division Director Mark Tharp, KB7HDX.
Several weeks ago, Robin Amundson, ...
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World Amateur Radio Day – International Amateur Radio Union Formed 100 Years Ago
17-04-2025 14:53
April 18th is honored as World Amateur Radio Day, when we celebrate the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). The organization was born out of a meeting in Paris on April 17, 1925. ARRL took a leadership role in its founding, with ARRL Founder Hiram Percy Maxim, then 1AW, serving as the first President of IARU.
As reported by Kenneth B. Warner, 1BHW, in the June 1925 edition ...
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