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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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Ham College 127 - Technician Exam Questions Part 14
02-08-2025 06:00
T4B – Operating controls: Frequency Tuning, use of Filters, Squelch function, AGC, Memory Channels, Noise Blanker, Microphone Gain, Receiver Incremental Tuning (RIT), Bandwidth Selection, Digital Transceiver Configuration.
46:11
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AmateurLogic 207: It's Not A Contest
20-07-2025 06:00
The sights and sounds of Field Day 2025. Mike upgrades an unsupported laptop to Windows 11.
1:17:20
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Ham College 126 - Technician Exam Questions Part 13
05-07-2025 06:00
T4A – Station setup: connecting a microphone, a power source, a computer, digital equipment, an SWR meter; bonding; Mobile radio installation.
50:50
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AmateurLogic 206: HackRF Porta Pack
21-06-2025 06:00
Tommy explores the HackRF Porta Pack H4 SDR. Emile and the Simulated Emergency Test. George's adventures in spot welding and Laptop Battery Replacement.
1:25:22
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Ham College 125 - Technician Exam Questions Part 12
07-06-2025 06:00
T3C - Propagation modes: sporadic E, meteor scatter, auroral propagation, tropospheric ducting, F region skip, Line of sight and radio horizon.
41:38
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Amateur Radio Newsline Feed
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2494 for Friday, August 15th, 2025
14-08-2025 16:52
- US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REHIRING AFTER MASS FIRINGS
- US LEGACY WEATHER SATELLITES BEING DECOMMISSIONED
- FLORIDA RETIREES GIRD FOR STORM SEASON WITH RADIOS
- 3YØK DXPEDITION CANCELS LOTTERY, CITING 'LEGAL ISSUES'
- GRANT ASSISTS YOUNG AMATEURS IN MALAWI
- CELEBRATING A PARK'S CENTENNIAL BY PUTTING IT ON THE AIR
- UK HAMS TAKE ON CHALLENGE TO BUILD TRACKER FOR BALLOON
- YOUNG AMATEURS IN AUSTRALIA PREP FOR 1ST YOTA CONTEST
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: IT'S TIME FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY - BUT WHAT TIME, EXACTLY?
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2493 for Friday, August 8th, 2025
07-08-2025 21:42
- JOINT INDIA-US SATELLITE FOCUSES ON NATURAL DISASTERS
- AST SPACEMOBILE DEFENDS PROPOSED AMATEUR-SPECTRUM USE
- CREW-11 ARRIVES, BEGINS WORK ABOARD ISS
- SPECIAL EVENT HONORS NAVAJO CODE TALKERS OF WW2
- PROJECT BY INDIAN STUDENTS, HAMS SEEKS PATENT
- SILENT KEY: FORMER ARRL SE DIVISION DIRECTOR FRANK BUTLER, W4RH
- ARRL'S RADIO ALPHA MUSEUM TRACKS HAM RADIO'S EVOLUTION
- KATIE CAMPBELL, KE8LQR, PRESENTED WITH NEWSLINE'S YHOTY AWARD
- ENIGMA MACHINE-STYLE EVENT CHALLENGES DECODING SKILLS
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: STALKING SOME QSOS IN HIS FIELD OF DREAMS
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2492 for Friday, August 1st, 2025
31-07-2025 15:01
- INT'L RESPONSE TO FCC FILING FOR HAM RADIO FREQUENCIES
- INDIA, SWEDEN INTRODUCE NEW CALLSIGN SUFFIXES, PREFIXES
- BOUVET ISLAND TEAM PACKS FOR 2026 TRIP
- MEXICAN STATION HONORS HAM RADIO'S PATRON SAINT
- HAMTV BACK ON THE AIR FROM THE ISS
- FIELD DAY WAS 'MERIT BADGE DAY' FOR THEM
- PAKISTAN HIKES RADIO-RELATED FEES
- HAMS COACH INDIAN POLICE ON AMATEUR RADIO'S CRISIS ROLES
- SOUTH AFRICAN AWARDS SCHEME FOCUSES ON HERITAGE, HISTORY
- WORLD OF DX
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2491 for Friday, July 25th, 2025
24-07-2025 22:19
- FCC EYES SPECTRUM AUCTION, EMERGENCY-ALERT OVERHAUL
- ORGANIZERS CONDUCT FIELD TESTING AT WRTC SITE
- SILENT KEY: DAVID COURT, EI3IO, INFLUENCED SHAPE OF AMATEUR SPECTRUM
- SILENT KEY: JOSEPH ARCURE, W3HNK, RENOWNED QSL MANAGER
- HAM RADIO PLAYS KEY ROLE IN MOTHER-SON RESCUE
- CANADIAN TEST CANDIDATES FACE NEW QUESTION POOL
- AMATEURS READY TO ACTIVATE BRITISH WATERWAYS
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: THE HEIGHT OF ACHIEVEMENT, HIGH ABOVE SEA LEVEL
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2490 for Friday, July 18th, 2025
17-07-2025 15:54
- SATELLITE'S EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE OKS AMATEUR BAND USE
- CANADIAN AMATEURS IN YUKON TERRITORY GET SEPARATE SECTION
- 4 TEENS ON DAVE KALTER MEMORIAL DX ADVENTURE CALL CQ
- YOUTH ON THE AIR JUNIOR CAMP HOLDS FIRST SESSION
- STUDENTS SOLAR-CAR EVENT GETS GOOD MILEAGE WITH HAMS
- CW OPS PREPARE TO FLY WITH 'FLIGHT OF BUMBLEBEES' EVENT
- HAMS REUNITE MISSING DAUGHTER WITH FAMILY AFTER 8 YEARS
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: A LIFE-SAVING DISTRESS CALL SENT IN 'DOG MODE'
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ARRL News Feed
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The ARRL Solar Report
15-08-2025 19:18
Solar activity has been at low levels with mostly weak C-class flares observed from Regions 4172 and 4180. The largest flare of the period was a C6.8/Sf at 15/1037 UTC from Region 4172. There are 12 regions on the disk with most being simple in magnetic complexity. Region 4172 remained the largest region on the disk and continued to decay with its magnetic field decreasing in complexity. All...
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ARRL Serving its Members: NU2W’s Story
15-08-2025 14:19
By Phil Temples, K9HI, ARRL New England Division Vice Director
The New England Division RFI Team assisted Tom Lanieri, NU2W, of North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, with a significant RFI problem he’s been suffering with for many years.
Tom writes: “I moved from central New Jersey ten years ago and knew from day one that my experiences with HF and amateur radio were doomed because of the noise and th...
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Hams Track Campers’ High-Altitude Balloon, Decode Images
15-08-2025 14:18
The Kopernik Observatory put out a call last week for hams to receive and decode transmissions from a launch by its High Altitude Balloon Camp. Amateur radio delivered! Social media was abuzz with images decoded from the K2ZRO-9 transmitters. The balloon was launched from Vestal, New York, and ascended over the Catskill Mountains. A crowd gathered at W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station...
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Hams Prepare for Forecasted Busy Hurricane Season
15-08-2025 13:42
The 2025 hurricane season has been underway for almost two months and there has activity on the both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted in June there would be 13 to 18 named storms, 5 to 9 hurricanes, and 2 to 5 major hurricanes (Category 3 or greater) for the 2025 season. This aligns with Colorado State University’s forecast ...
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ARRL Foundation Awards Alexia Snethen, KM6LGG, the 2025 Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship
15-08-2025 13:32
Alexia Snethen, KM6LGG, of Fremont, California, has been awarded The Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship by the ARRL Foundation. The award, endowed through the generosity of William R. Goldfarb, N2ITP, in memory of his parents, Albert and Dorothy Goldfarb, covers a significant portion of higher education expenses to the awardee. Snethen, who earned many college credits during high school, will be ent...
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