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Bend man named 'Ham Radio Operator of Year' - KTVZ

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 09:39 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...-Year/37334028


Bend man named Ham Radio Operator of Year
KTVZ
Spreier said Barry was given the awards for his dedicated service to ham
radio for over 25 years. Barry serves as a volunteer examiner that
administers the official tests people must take to become a ham radio
operator. He has guided hundreds of people ...



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Cold Water and Roman Pasta - Paste Magazine

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:07 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...man-pasta.html


Paste Magazine
Cold Water and Roman Pasta
Paste Magazine
We were now in the West, the land, which according to the Radio Free
Europe, Voice of America, and other outlawed stations on our shortwave, was
the bastion of freedom and respect for an individual. We descended the
plane ready to embrace the dignity ...



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DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #1: - eHam.net

Posted: 07 Jan 2016 04:58 PM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...articles/35936


DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #1:
eHam.net
Members of the Piastowski Short Wave Radio Club and the Dobrzen Wielki
district are QRV with special event call 3Z6DOBRZEN until the end of
January to celebrate 5 years of short wave radio activities as part of the
Dobrzen Wielki District Cultural Centre.



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Public invited to funeral for Terrell, who lived in Knox woods - Knoxville
News Sentinel

Posted: 07 Jan 2016 03:23 PM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...364576441.html


Knoxville News Sentinel
Public invited to funeral for Terrell, who lived in Knox woods
Knoxville News Sentinel
In the last weeks of his life, too weak to make it down the wooded
hillside, he allowed them to bring him luxuries including Ensure, propane
heaters, a shortwave radio and a portable DVD player on which he watched
Westerns and episodes of "The Andy ...



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Our View: Dropout rate shows limits of Maine's online charter schools -
Press Herald

Posted: 07 Jan 2016 08:55 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...line-charters/


Press Herald
Our View: Dropout rate shows limits of Maines online charter schools
Press Herald
The comcept is not new; I recall reading about outback kids in Australia
being taught by short wave radio. There was real-time two way conversation,
however, and kids got to know each other well over the air. I have seen
digital distance learning work ...

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Get Your Amateur Radio License Already! - Hackaday

Posted: 05 Jan 2016 01:08 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...cense-already/


Get Your Amateur Radio License Already!
Hackaday
(General gets you a lot more international shortwave frequencies, so its at
least worth a shot.) But dont let that slow you down. Just getting the Tech
license is easily worth studying up for a couple of hours or so. You have
no excuses now. Go do it!