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Telephone Outage in Nebraska -- No April Fool's Joke
Sunday, 09 May 2010 06:49 | 
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Early on the morning of Thursday, April 1, almost 40,000 people -- including Lincoln's government, business and emergency centers -- in Southeastern Nebraska found out that they had no landline telephone service, as well as spotty cell phone coverage, thanks to an equipment malfunction at a Lincoln switching facility owned by Windstream Communications. According to news reports, residents of 12 counties were unable to contact 911 and dispatch centers had to provide other ways to report emergencies -- including Amateur Radio.
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| FAIRS Amateur Radio in Dominica |
| A YouTube video shows Gaynell Larsen J79WWW / KK4WWW of the Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service (FAIRS) operating from Dominica read full article |
| Amateur Radio Exhibit at the Kelowna Museum |
| Kelowna Okanagan Heritage Museum has opened a new exhibit, called CQ: Is There Anybody Out There and a video is now on YouTube read full article |
| KP2TM (K9TM) Leads ARRL Sweepstakes SSB Battle |
| Even with WP3R off the air after a ten year run of victories engineered by Rich Boyd KE3Q, the top single operator claimed score in the 2008 ARRL November Sweepstakes SSB contest is still from the Carribean, as Tim Mitchell KP2TM/K9TM owns the lead with 362,560 points. In other categories, W6YI leads the Multi-Op ranks, K7RL is tops in Unlimited and KC5R heads the QRP class. read full article |
| CQ WW CW 2008 Europe: CU2X The Big Favorite |
| After easily outdistancing his competition in Europe in this year's CQ WW SSB contest, Toni Linden OH2UA will be on his way back to the Azores and his newly refurbished CU2X contest station for a shot at a third straight EU title. Linden though admits he remembers that last year he didn't win easily and isn't assuming he's going to repeat. read full article |
| Recent Solar Activity Gives Hope For HF Boost In 2010 |
| Even after the second worst year in the Space Age in terms of sunspot numbers, there
are encouraging signs for ham radio contesters when it comes to sunspots and better propagation on the HF contest bands. Except for Christmas, sunspots have been visible
every day since December 9 and the first few days of the New Year. read full article |
| Building A Better Station For CQ WW SSB |
| As the 2009 CQ WW DX SSB Contest arrives, it seems safe to say that if your antenna system and shack are about the same as a year ago at this time, then others might well have been gaining on you in the race for ham radio contest supremacy. Check out some photos from top operations in the US and Europe. read full article |
