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Sparks from the Spa Newsletter – March 2013

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  • 12 August 2022
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  • 11 August 2022
    Ron Block, NR2B, Wins the July 2022 QST Cover Plaque Award

  • 5 February 2022 – n2rj
    Vice-Director Bill Hudzik, W2UDT retires

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  • 26 June 2019 – n2rj
    Long Island CW Club/LIMARC Build-A-Thon

    By Howard Bernstein, WB2UZE Local members:Bud, W2BUDJim, W2KFV  (ARRL section manager)Ed, N2GSL John, AC2KZ  Bob, KD2NFSNeil, W2NDGHoward, WB2UZE  Peter, AA2VG  Nick, KF2P  Hal, WA2AKV Russ, N2FRBJohn, W2ABO Gary, KE2YKRob, AC2KQBob, W2OSR LIMARC: (Long Island Mobile …

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  • 3 June 2019 – n2rj
    Museum Ships Weekend with the Long Island CW Club, aboard the Fire Fighter

    By Howard Bernstein, WB2UZEVP, Long Island CW Club The Long Island CW club (LICW) supports and operates from the historic museum ship Fire Fighter which is a living and fully …

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  • 28 April 2019 – n2rj
    International Marconi Day April 27 2019 Special event stations W2LCW and W2GSB

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  • 16 April 2019 – n2rj
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  • 14 August 2022 – Thomas
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  • 13 August 2022 – Thomas
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  • 13 August 2022 – Thomas
    The AMT-MW207 mini AM radio transmitter kit

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  • 12 August 2022 – Fastradioburst23
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  • 11 August 2022 – Thomas
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  • 27 May 2011 – T. Carter Ross
    Backtiming to the Top of the Hour

    GremlinsInTheSystem demonstrate the nearly lost art of backtiming

    The post Backtiming to the Top of the Hour appeared first on Radio World.

  • 14 April 2011 – RadioWorld
    Phil Simon at the 2011 NAB Show

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  • 13 April 2011 – RadioWorld
    Michael LeClair at the 2011 NAB Show

    The Calm Before the Storm Sunday, April 10 Today is the calm before the storm. It’s the official opening of the Broadcast Engineering Conference and primarily it is just that a conference, with

    The post Michael LeClair at the 2011 NAB Show appeared first on Radio World.

  • 5 April 2011 – RadioWorld
    ‘Ageless Eiji’ Takes on Pro Boxers and World Peace

    Paul McLane is U.S. editor in chief.He’s the flyweight one writer nicknamed “The Compassionate Pugilist.”I recently shared with you a first person commentary from Eiji Yoshikawa in Tokyo about his experience of the natural disaster in Japan. Eiji is a

    The post ‘Ageless Eiji’ Takes on Pro Boxers and World Peace appeared first on Radio World.

  • 29 March 2011 – RadioWorld
    Where the Next Generation Will Come From

    Brett Moss is gear & technology editor.I’ve got to give Loyalist College of Belleville, Ont., credit. The Canadian school has a Broadcast Engineering Technology degree program and is in the last semester of its first class of “pioneer” broadcast engineers.

    The post Where the Next Generation Will Come From appeared first on Radio World.

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