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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 129 - Technician Exam Questions Part 16
27-09-2025 06:00
T5B - Math for electronics: conversion of electrical units, decibels.
53:43
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AmateurLogic 209: From Tokyo to Slidell
20-09-2025 06:00
New prototypes and speculations from Tokyo Ham Fair. W5SLA Ozone Amateur Radio Club Hamfest fun and forum review. Announcing AmateurLogic's 20th Anniversary contest. Someone is going to win a major award including an IC-705 Portable Transceiver from Icom and a great prize package from Gigaparts. Details at https://amateurlogic.tv/contest.
https://amateurlogic.tv
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Ham College 128 - Technician Exam Questions Part 15
30-08-2025 06:00
T5A – Current and voltage: terminology and units, conductors and insulators, alternating and direct current.
36:41
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AmateurLogic 208: Huntsville Hamfest Adventure
23-08-2025 06:00
Join Tommy and George for an exciting adventure at Huntsville Hamfest 2025. New stuff, old treasures and friends make for an enjoyable time at the 'Worlds Friendliest Hamfest'.
1:47:44
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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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Amateur Radio Newsline Feed
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2501 for Friday, October 3rd, 2025
02-10-2025 20:59
- US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HALTS FCC OPERATIONS
- FCC VOTES TO ALLOW CELL PHONE JAMMING NEAR PRISONS
- NUCLEAR-CLEANUP DRILL INCORPORATES HAM RADIO FOR 1ST TIME
- LIGHTNING DESTROYS MAJOR NEW ZEALAND RADAR DOME
- SILENT KEY: TOP CONTESTER, WRTC REFEREE FLAVIO PRECISVALLE IK1SPR
- PA QSO PARTY OFFERS NEW INCENTIVES TO CHASERS
- FCC CHARGES NEWLY LICENSED HAM WITH UNAUTHORIZED OPERATION
- SSTV TRANSMISSIONS PLANNED FOR WORLD SPACE WEEK
- WRTC RELEASES COMPETITORS' NAMES
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: NEXT-GENERATION DXPEDITIONER JOINS ANDAMAN ISLAND TEAM
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2500 for Friday, September 26th, 2025
25-09-2025 16:19
- SPECIAL REPORT: AMATEUR RADIO PREPS TO DEFEND ANTENNA LEGISLATION
- WEATHERING THE STRUGGLE OF PROGRAMMING EMERGENCY RADIOS
- HAMS IN SWEDEN PRESS FOR DUPLEX FM HANDHELDS
- CALIFORNIA CLUB HELPS AREA HAMS REPLACE WILDFIRE LOSSES
- SABLE ISLAND CYØS TEAM ANNOUNCES DXPEDITION DATES
- OFCOM REVIEWS LICENSE PROCEDURES FOR SOME SATELLITES
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: KEEPING HIS WIFE'S MEMORY CLOSE IN HIS HEART
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2499 for Friday, September 19th, 2025
18-09-2025 22:03
- EQUATORIAL GUINEA SUSPENDS HAM RADIO LICENSES
- SILENT KEY AMONG THOSE IN RADIO HALL OF FAME
- WRTC ANNOUNCES HQ SITE IN ENGLAND
- CRYPTOLOGY, SPACE OFFER SIDE TRIPS AT TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM
- FCC LEVIES $920,000 PIRACY PENALTY AGAINST FM STATION
- ARDC SEEKS VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE MEMBERS
- MINNESOTA'S STATEWIDE POTA GROUP GROWS AMONG THE TREES
- AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR MAKES CHANGES TO CB RULES
- RSGB'S DMR PROJECT BEGINS AGAIN IN UK SCHOOLS
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: GETTING A READ ON AMATEUR RADIO IN NEW ZEALAND
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2498 for Friday, September 12th, 2025
11-09-2025 17:48
- FCC GRANTS LIMITED USE OF AMATEUR BANDS TO AST SPACEMOBILE
- FCC EYES GIVING OK TO MOBILE PHONE JAMMING AT PRISONS
- MANDATE FOR INDIAN HAMS TO CONVERT TO DIGITAL LICENSES
- DOUBTS ABOUT SOLAR CYCLE PREDICTION METHODOLOGY
- UK REGULATOR MULLS SATELLITE-TO-CELL PHONE SERVICE
- PORTABLE-OP CELEBRATION ACTIVATES NY'S ERIE CANAL
- WILD CARD TEAM MEMBERS CHOSEN FOR WRTC 2026
- SIX RECIPIENTS SELECTED FOR YLRL SCHOLARSHIPS
- WORLD OF DX
- LETTING YOUNG READERS SEE A NEW DIMENSION TO RADIO
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2497 for Friday, September 5th, 2025
04-09-2025 20:41
- TARIFFS SPUR HALT IN RADIO EQUIPMENT DELIVERIES TO US
- NEW ZEALAND HAMS EYE BAND PLAN CHANGES FOR 30M
- SILENT KEY: BA-MA-TECH OWNER MARKUS BASELER, DL6YYM
- NASA SEEKS VOLUNTEER TRACKERS FOR ORION SPACECRAFT
- NASA DEPLOYS LARGEST ORBITING RADAR ANTENNA REFLECTOR
- CANADIAN STRAIGHT KEY MONTH IS ON THE AIR
- GAINS FOR JAPAN's OPEN-SOURCE MULTI-MODE LINEAR TRANSPONDER
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: SWEPT AWAY AT IOTA EXPEDITION TO PAJAROS ROCKS
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ARRL News Feed
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Amateur Radio Licensing Update During US Government Shutdown
03-10-2025 16:58
Original Story 10/1/2025
Updated 10/2/2025 (CORES is not available for new registrants)
Updated 10/3/2025 (Temporary testing procedures for examinees without FRNs)
A bulletin sent to members of ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® included information about the impact of the US Government shutdown on licensing for the Amateur Radio Service.
The government shutdown began at 12:01 Eastern...
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The ARRL Solar Update
03-10-2025 13:01
Solar activity, which has been at low levels, has returned to
moderate levels. Region AR4232 produced the largest event of the
period, an impulsive M3.6 flare (R1-minor) on October 1, 2025.
An associated Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was observed in subsequent
SOHO LASCO/C2 coronagraph imagery that began on September 29.
Analysis and modelling of the ejecta is ongoing.
Newly numbered Region AR4237 rema...
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FCC Issues Notice of Violation for Unauthorized One-Way Transmissions and Denial of Inspection
01-10-2025 15:32
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Notice of Violation (NoV) to Mike F. Conte of Naples, Florida, citing alleged rule violations related to unauthorized transmissions and refusal to allow station inspection. The FCC notice by the Regional Director, Region One, Enforcement Bureau, was released on September 29, 2025, and includes that Conte holds an Amateur Radio Service lic...
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Hurricane Imelda Strengthens, Threatens Bermuda
01-10-2025 13:39
Hurricane Imelda, now a strong Category 1 storm, is forecast to make landfall on, or come extremely close to Bermuda, late Wednesday evening into early Thursday morning. The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) will activate for the first time this season beginning Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 3:00 PM EDT (1900 UTC).
Activation times and frequencies are as follows:
3:00 PM EDT (1900 UTC) on 14.325 MHz
7:00...
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The ARRL Solar Update
26-09-2025 17:06
Solar activity reached moderate levels this past week. An impulsive
M1.0 flare was observed on September 24 from Region AR4217. Slight
growth was observed in Region AR4226 with an increase in spots near
the leader. New Regions AR4229 and AR4230 were numbered this period.
All other regions were either stable or in decay. No Earth-directed
CMEs were observed. Solar activity is expected to return to lo...
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