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Starting at 0000 UTC on November 28, ARRL will be offering a 10% discount on all applications for DX Century Club, Worked All States, and VHF/UHF Century Club awards and endorsements, including plaques, made through ARRL’s Logbook of The World. (For WPX and WAZ, only award credits can be discounted as CQ Communications is the issuer of these awards.)
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27 November 2019
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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 ARC)Rich, K2KNBTim, N2RDBGladys, KC2YFTLes, K2TGWBerge, KC2SBO Remote members on Zoom:Aug, AG5AT Emil, N2EMI Rich, N5RWF Russ, K1RWT Paul, W5NWT Tony, N6PJ Stan, AE7UT Byron, KD9JFL The …
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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 functioning example of the “blood and guts” era of an FDNY firefighting fireboat from New York Harbor. Present for nearly every maritime emergency in New …
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28 April 2019 – n2rj
International Marconi Day April 27 2019 Special event stations W2LCW and W2GSB
Report by Howard, WB2UZE, VP, Long Island CW Club What a fun event the Long Island CW Club (LICW) in partnership with the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club (GSBARC) had. First let’s take a moment to review what this was all about. Purpose: Guglielmo Marconi had a training school in 1901 at Babylon, Long island, NY …
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16 April 2019 – n2rj
Guest Editorial – CW: What’s the attraction in today’s high tech world and how does one learn it?
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8 April 2019 – n2rj
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1 December 2019 – Martin Butera
Guest Post: Martin Butera visits Radio Guarujá in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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1 December 2019 – Thomas
ABC celebrates 80 years of international broadcasting
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Sangean DT-140 & SR-32: New Sangean AM/FM radios
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