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13 WTHR Indianapolis RUSSIAVILLE, Ind. – Wind gusts of up to 100 mph brought down a 180-foot communications tower in downtown Russiaville in Howard County early Thursday morning. The tower came down at Union and Stewart Streets, coming to rest on an RV dealership and damaging several vehicles as …

Gary, G0FWX, will be active from Saint Kitts Island, IOTA NA-104, 29 June to 6 July 2016 as V4/G0FWX. Operate on HF Bands. QSL via M0URX, OQRS. Source: DX Coffee

Naoki, JS3LSQ, will be active again from Palau Islands, IOTA OC-009, 25 to 29 June 2016 as T88WJ. Operate on HF Bands. QSL via home call.     Source: DX Coffee

22 June 2016 Howard, WB4WXE, informs DxCoffee Readers: “Here on Dominica now, mainly looking for 6 meter openings, but will be on WARC and 20 meters when 6 is dead.   On 6 meters running 6… Source: DX Coffee

Randy, WW6RG will be active from Wake Island on June 24th as WW6RG/KH9. QRV on 40 – 15m, QRP. QSL via H/c. Note: Prior to Wake Island activity, Randy will be active as V73/WW6RG from Kwajalein Atoll. Source: DX World

ACOM 1500HF Easy to operate The TRI is a powerful tuning aid that, together with the automatically controlled input attenuator, helps the operator to quickly and precisely match the antenna impedance to the optimum tube load impedance (5-10 seconds typically). The auto-operate function (when enabled) maintains the amplifier in …

With New Mexico’s Dog Head Fire nearly two-thirds contained, all evacuation orders and advisories for Bernalillo and Torrance counties lifted, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) activation for the fire emergency is drawing to a close. Evacuees now are being allowed to re-enter the affected area in small groups …

The FCC has denied the petition of an Arizona radio amateur, who had petitioned for lifetime Amateur Radio licenses. Mark F. Krotz, N7MK, of Mesa, had filed his Petition for Rule Making (RM 11760) with the FCC last November, and the FCC invited public comments in February. Krotz wanted …

[UPDATED: 2016-06-23 @ 1408 UTC] The Amateur Radio Parity Act (H.R. 1301) is among five bills that the US House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled for a “full committee” markup. The markup session had been scheduled for June 23, but it was postponed after the committee, with most members …