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02/10/2016 | Army and Air Force MARS Communications Exercise Set for February 12

The first quarterly Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) US Department of Defense communications exercise of 2016 (COMEX 16-1) is set for February 12. The scenario will be a loss of electrical power, landline telephone and cell service, and Internet....
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11/13/2015 | Effort Under Way in Puerto Rico to Reclaim Desecheo Island (KP5)

A legislative effort is under way in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to reclaim Desecheo Island (KP5) and to include it within the municipality of Mayagüez.
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10/19/2015 | Amateur Radio Was Part of Typhoon Koppu Response in the Philippines

Amateur Radio in the Philippines was part of the comprehensive response to the Category 4 Typhoon Koppu — known locally as Typhon Lando — which hit the islands over the weekend.
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01/05/2015 | Yasme Foundation Announces Award Winners, Grant Recipients

Yasme Foundation Announces Award Winners, Grant Recipients.
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09/04/2009 | ARES® Awaits Activation for Wildfire, Tropical Storms

Even as the Station fire threatens Los Angeles' communications infrastructure atop Mt Wilson and Tropical Storm Erika and Hurricane Jimena die down in the tropics, emergency officials in the affected areas have not requested assistance from any Amateur Ra
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05/12/2009 | Former Kentucky Section Manager Dave Vest, KZ4G (SK)

Former Kentucky Section Manager Dave Vest, KZ4G, of Ashland, passed away April 27, 2009. He was 75. Vest served as Section Communications Manager/Section Manager from April 1981-March 1983. He also served as the first ARRL Section Traffic Manager in Kentu
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08/08/2008 | Fifth Annual National Preparedness Month Coming in September

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in July that more than 1200 national, regional, state and local businesses and organizations -- including several Amateur Radio groups -- have pledged their support and joined the 2008 National Prepar
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