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  Amateur Radio Exams, Licensing Return to Bangladesh

  Posted: August 15th, 2008, 2:04pm EDT

  Since 2004, Amateur Radio operators in Bangladesh have not been able to get an Amateur Radio license or sit for an examination. But thanks to the efforts of the Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL) -- that country's IARU Member-Society -- the Bangladeshi government will once again issue ham licenses; exams will also be given on a monthly basis beginning August 13, 2008.
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  ARRL Audio News: Aug 15, 2008; Vol 27 Number 32

  Posted: August 15th, 2008, 1:58pm EDT

  ARRL Audio News--OPEN--In this edition . . .; Educators Go "Back to School" at ARRL's Teachers Institutes; ARRL's "Big Project" Makes a Big Impact on Youth; ARRL Audio News ID--Satellite Update--BREAK; FCC to Raise Vanity Call Sign Fees; The ARRL VC and VCE Programs: Hams Helping Hams; ARRL Executive Committee Approves Nine Education & Technology Program Grants; ARRL Audio News--News Briefs--CLOSE
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  The K7RA Solar Update

  Posted: August 15th, 2008, 10:58am EDT

  Our Sun is still not producing any sunspots. As mentioned in previous bulletins, the peak of the last Solar Cycle was a double peak, so perhaps we are in the midst of an extended bottom. Sunspot numbers for August 7-13 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 with a mean of 0. The 10.7 cm flux was 66.1, 65.5, 65.5, 65.6, 65.7, 65.2 and 65.3 with a mean of 65.6. Estimated planetary A indices were 4, 4, 18, 13, 7, 6 and 5 with a mean of 8.1. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 3, 3, 16, 9, 6, 6 and 3 with a mean of 6.6.
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  See You Next Year! 2008 ARRL Teachers Institutes a "Great Experience"

  Posted: August 15th, 2008, 9:38am EDT

  During a record six ARRL Teachers Institutes this summer -- Tampa, Florida; Rocklin, California; Tucson, Arizona; Dayton, Ohio, as well as two sessions at ARRL HQ in Connecticut -- instructors and participants tried new ways of bringing the excitement of wireless technology to classrooms across the country.
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  Surfin': Conferencing in the Center of the USA

  Posted: August 15th, 2008, 8:00am EDT

  This week, Surfin’ plugs the annual meeting of the movers and shakers of the digital Amateur Radio world.
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  The Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzler

  Posted: August 15th, 2008, 7:59am EDT

  Alphas and IOTAs