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• ARRL National Centennial Convention Kicks Off Ham Radio's Second Century
• Centennial Convention Provides Springboard for "Amateur Radio Parity Act," HR.4969
• FEMA and ARRL Sign Agreement; FEMA Administrator Calls Ham Radio "Resilient"
• FCC Proposes Substantial Fines for Two Radio Amateurs Alleging Deliberate Interference, Failure to Identify
• ARRL VEC Conducts Remote Exam Session with Applicants in Antarctica
• W1AW Centennial Operations Move to Indiana, Rhode Island
• Ham Radio Aids in Rescue of Injured Colorado Hiker
• Cincinnati BPL Internet Service Provider Pulls the Plug on its System
• ARRL Dedicates Centennial Terrace to Honor Major Donors
• Nobel Laureate Joe Taylor, K1JT, to Conventioneers: Amateur Radio Will Thrive
• India's VO-52 Satellite Goes Dark
• A Century of Amateur Radio and the ARRL

To read the full lettr go to:   http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2014-07-24

• Centennial Convention Will Be an Event to Remember, ARRL President Says
• ARRL President Issues Call to Action to Gain Support for HR.4969, the Amateur Radio Parity Act!
• ARRL Board of Directors to Meet July 21-22 in Hartford
• It's Official: N6MJ and KL9A Take WRTC-2014 Gold, Slovak and German Teams Win Silver and Bronze
• HAARP Closing Delayed, But Facility Being Dismantled Piecemeal
• Attendance at Friedrichshafen "Ham Radio" 2014 Tops Last Year's
• W1AW Centennial Operations Head to South Carolina
• New Ham Radio Regulations in Place in Thailand, Germany Gets 4 Meters Briefly
• ICE Spacecraft Recovery Effort Appears at an Impasse
• Astronauts Andy Thomas, VK5MIR, and Dave Leestma, N5QWC, Retire from NASA
• A Century of Amateur Radio and the ARRL
• Just Ahead in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:    http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2014-07-17

• ARRL Centennial Convention Special Edition!
• ARESLAX Northeast Reinvents Field Day for 2014
• Field Day Over the Weekend; Real Thing on Monday
• Orange County Hospital ARES Group's Field Day at Huntington Beach Hospital
• Broadband-Hamnet Greatly Expands its Usefulness, Adds 5.8 GHz Support
• Open Letter to the Winlink Team: Thanks from a Mariner
• GAREC 2014 Next Month in Alabama: Make Plans Now to Attend!
• Letters: More than One MARS Service
• K1CE For a Final

To read the full lettr go to:   www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/?issue=2014-07-16

• ARRL, FEMA to Sign Memorandum of Agreement at National Centennial Convention
• Grassroots Campaign Underway to Promote Co-Sponsorship of "Amateur Radio Parity Act"
• ARRL Great Lakes Division Leadership Changes
• FCC Alleges Oregon Radio Amateur Interfered with Others, Aired Music, and Failed to Identify
• FCC Turns Away Petition to Allow Hams to Operate Non-Certificated Transmitters on GMRS
• Passengers Now Must Be Able to Power Up Some Electronics During TSA Screenings
• Hurricane Watch Net Shuts Down after 21 Hours of Activation for First 2014 Atlantic Hurricane
• A Contesting Confluence this Weekend: The IARU HF Championshipand WRTC-2014!
• W1AW Centennial Operations in Bye Week
• First Signals Heard from UKube-1
• AMSAT-NA Announces 2014 Board of Directors Candidates
• "Brendan Quest" Team's 2 Meter Signal Copied in the UK
• "Night of Nights" 2014 Marks 15th Anniversary of Last US Commercial Morse Operation
• ARDF Enthusiasts Win Medals at 14th Annual USA National Championships
• A Century of Amateur Radio and the ARRL
• WARC-79 US Delegate, ARRL Consultant Charles Dorian, W3JPT, SK
• The K7RA Solar Update
• Just Ahead in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:   http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2014-07-10

• Convention Anticipation Peaking, Thousands Expected to Help Celebrate League's Centennial
• FCC Seeks to Raise Vanity Call Sign Fee to $21.60
• ISS Contacts Put Smiles on Field Day Faces
• FCC Invokes "Red Light Rule" in Denying K1MAN License Renewal Application
• WRTC-2014 Receives ARRL Foundation Grant, Gets Marconi Boost
• W1AW Centennial Operations Now in Wisconsin, Utah
• WRTC-2014 Will Offer Online Scoreboard to Track Team Standings
• FM Transponder Active as LituanicaSAT-1 CubeSat Enters its Final Few Weeks in Space
• ARRL-Sponsored 600 Meter Experiment Approaches 170,000 Hours of Operation
• Voice of America Makes More Cuts to International Shortwave Broadcast Schedule
• MARS Teams Remember D-Day With a Present-Day Purpose
• A Century of Amateur Radio and the ARRL
• In Brief...
• The K7RA Solar Update
• Just Ahead in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:   http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2014-07-03