Dick Hanna, K3VYY, Memorial Scholarship

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Dick Hanna, K3VYY, Memorial Scholarship

The ARRL Foundation has announced the Dick Hanna, K3VYY, Memorial Scholarship. Created through the generosity of the Hanna Family in memory of J. Richard “Dick” Hanna, K3VYY, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, this scholarship is intended exclusively for educational use, to provide assistance with the cost of tuition, room, board, books and/or other fees essential to the higher education of the recipient. Preference is given to applicants residing in western Pennsylvania or in eastern Kentucky.

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The VHF/UHF DX Amateur Radio Book

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Free to download PDF book about operating The VHF/UHF bands written in the early to mid-1990s by a team of experienced VHF/UHF DXers and equipment developers, in an effort to pass on their knowledge and stimulate further developments.

Download VHF/UHF DX Amateur Radio Book - http://www.trpub.net/html/dx_book.htm

55th Anniversary of IARU Region 2

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55th Anniversary of IARU Region 2

On 16th April 1964, the 1st. Pan-American Amateur Radio Congress was inaugurated in Mexico City in order to create what is known today as IARU Region 2

Delegates from Argentina, Bermuda, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the United States and Venezuela were present. Brazil, Chile and Jamaica participated through proxy.

IARU President, Herbert Hoover Jr., W6ZH, was very clear in his speech when stating the objectives of the new organization: “First…establish the bases for a permanent organization to promote the interests of radio amateurs in the Western Hemisphere; second...get to know each other better, obtain a deeper perspective and strengthen international friendship ties..."

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