November WPA Section News

The last scheduled ARRL sanctioned hamfest is behind us and looks like we have to wait till February 2010 before the next one. I guess with the holidays approaching we will have a lot of time to make up our wish lists for the New Year. I know I am hoping for some sunspots to assist in propagation. While there has been some nice DX openings I am sure we all agree that conditions have been far from favorable. Hopefully the next few months will see a change in that area. The PA QSO Party wa...

November Special Event Stations

Nov 14-Nov 23, 1800Z-0200Z, Utica, NY. Utica Amateur Radio Club, K2IQ. Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the UARC 1934-2009. SSB 14.275 7.275 3.875 CW 14.034 7.034 3.534 RTTY 14.075. QSL. UARC, PO Box 71, Utica, NY 13501. www.uticaarc.org Nov 16-Nov 22, 0000Z-2359Z, Civitavecchia, ITALY. I.N.O.R.C., IIØTRM. In memory of T.R. McElroy, World's Champion Telegrapher. 14.045 10.115 7.025 3.563. QSL. via Bureau or direct to Fabio Bonucci, IK0IXI/NB1V, via delle Sterlizie, 10, Civitavecchia, RM ...

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ARRL Atlantic Division News

Atlantic Division News November 9, 2009 Bulletin 2009-10 Thanksgiving is around the corner and it is the time to count our blessings. We'd like to thank you, our members, for your continued support in the growth of amateur radio, the time and talent you've put into public service events, training classes, testing sessions, and plain old having fun with radio stuff. We'd also like to thank the members of the ARRL Field Organization within the Atlantic Division headed up by some ve...

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Use of Twitter on Ham Radio

Some of these guys are into twitter: http://www.73s.org/ Mike KK2DOG www.hamwave.com

eHam Twitter Info

Listed on eHAM: There is a group of hams on twitter that is listed on http://www.hamtwits.com that is maintained by http://www.twitter.com/innismir . You may find this link useful in following other hams. I've been active on twitter for a few weeks and it's nice to follow other people on twitter with the same interests. 73'

From QRZ.COM

I am a older ham posting in this younger forum because I think the younger hams may know the answer or be the ones to create the service. I am looking for a Twitter.com user that is posting relevant or interesting frequencies to listen to. For example an the IRLP note for some big event. Thanks Martin Brossman www.KI4CFS.com Twitter ID: martinbrossman

George E. Smith, AA2EJ, Wins Nobel Prize

Around 5:30 on the morning of October 6, George E. Smith, AA2EJ, of Barnegat, New Jersey, got a phone call that changed his life: He had just found out he had won the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2009 "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit -- the CCD sensor." Smith will share the prize money with two other recipients: Charles K. Kao, of Standard Telecommunication Laboratories in the United Kingdom and Chinese University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China, and Willard S. Boyle, of Bel...

This Week in Amateur Radio

This week, look for runnings of the NCCC Sprint on October 30 and November 5. The High Speed Club CW Contest is November 1 and the ARS Spartan Sprint is November 3. Next week, the CW portion of the ARRL Sweepstakes is November 7-9 and the ARRL EME Competition is November 7-8. There is another running of an NCCC Sprint on November 6. The Ukrainian DX Contest is November 7-8. The North America Collegiate ARC Championship (CW) is November 7-9. The SKCC Weekend Sprint is November 8. All dates, unles...