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Ward Silver, N0AX<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:n0ax@arrl.net\">n0ax@arrl.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>What happened last year in Amateur Radio? Sometimes it\u2019s easier to remember things from long ago than from the past 12 months. Here are some events gleaned from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/arrlletter\">The ARRL Letter<\/a> back issues that you may have read about. Do you remember?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1) <strong>January<\/strong>: Amateur Radio stepped up to help with international emergency communications from what natural disaster?<br \/>\na. Chilean earthquake<br \/>\nb. Caribbean hurricane<br \/>\nc. Haitian earthquake<br \/>\nd. Russian wildfire<\/p>\n<p>2) <strong>February<\/strong>: W6ZH passed away. Pete was the grandson of what US president?<br \/>\na. Coolidge<br \/>\nb. Roosevelt<br \/>\nc. Wilson<br \/>\nd. Hoover<\/p>\n<p>3) <strong>March<\/strong>: After lengthy negotiations, a <em>Memorandum of Understanding<\/em> between the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>ARRL<\/strong> and what other organization was finally signed?<br \/>\na. The American Red Cross<br \/>\nb. ITU<br \/>\nc. MARS<br \/>\nd. FAA<\/p>\n<p>4) <strong>April<\/strong>: What city terminated its once-touted BPL service as having turned out to be economically infeasible?<br \/>\na. Cincinnati, Ohio<br \/>\nb. Manassas, Virginia<br \/>\nc. Liverpool, England<br \/>\nd. Winnipeg, Canada<\/p>\n<p>5) <strong>May<\/strong>: The FCC released a <em>Notice of Proposed Rule Making<\/em> (<em>NPRM<\/em>) to change the amateur privileges in what band?<br \/>\na. 70 cm<br \/>\nb. 6 meters<br \/>\nc. 20 meters<br \/>\nd. 60 meters<\/p>\n<p>6) <strong>June<\/strong>: The opening of what weather <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>season<\/strong> for which hams prepare all year long began on June 1?<br \/>\na. Tornado<br \/>\nb. High temperature<br \/>\nc. Pogonip<br \/>\nd. Hurricane<\/p>\n<p>7) <strong>July<\/strong>: What <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>ARRL<\/strong> governance event takes place during this month?<br \/>\na. Field Organization Annual Convention<br \/>\nb. NTS Governors Association<br \/>\nc. Board of Directors meeting<br \/>\nd. Section Manager training<\/p>\n<p>8) <strong>August<\/strong>: What astronomical entity was named for the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>ARRL<\/strong> as announced in an August <em>ARRL Letter<\/em>?<br \/>\na. Martian crater<br \/>\nb. Asteroid<br \/>\nc. Comet<br \/>\nd. Saturnian ring<\/p>\n<p>9) <strong>September<\/strong>: In this month, a judge in New York declared that an Amateur Radio was not a _____________?<br \/>\na. Illegal type of body piercing<br \/>\nb. Cell phone<br \/>\nc. Public nuisance<br \/>\nd. Gambling device<\/p>\n<p>10) <strong>October<\/strong>: The DXCC program announced it recognized four new entities. From what entity or entities were they created?<br \/>\na. Netherlands<br \/>\nb. Netherland Antilles<br \/>\nc. Dutch Surinam<br \/>\nd. Saint Bartholomew<\/p>\n<p>11) <strong>November<\/strong>: The results of what major operating activity were published online ahead of their traditional print publication in the December <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>issue<\/strong> of <em>QST<\/em>?<br \/>\na. Field Day<br \/>\nb. <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>ARRL<\/strong> International DX Contest<br \/>\nc. <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>October<\/strong> SET<br \/>\nd. School Club Roundup<\/p>\n<p>12) <strong>December<\/strong>: The FCC announced new rules for what license program?<br \/>\na. Novice grandfathering<br \/>\nb. Experimental 500 kHz operation<br \/>\nc. 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Ward Silver, N0AX n0ax@arrl.net<\/p>\n<p>What happened last year in Amateur Radio? Sometimes it\u2019s easier to remember things from long ago than from the past 12 months. Here are some events gleaned from The ARRL Letter back issues that you may have read about. Do you remember?<\/p>\n<p>1) January: Amateur Radio stepped up to help with international emergency communications from what natural disaster? a. Chilean earthquake b. Caribbean hurricane c. Haitian earthquake d. Russian wildfire<\/p>\n<p>2) February: W6ZH passed away. Pete was the grandson of what US president? a. Coolidge b. Roosevelt <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/22\/amateur-radio-quiz-the-year-in-review-from-arrl-page\/\">&#8220;And Now the Rest of the Story &#8211; &#8220;Amateur Radio Quiz: The Year in Review from ARRL page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amateur Radio Quiz: The Year in Review from ARRL page - And That was How it Went<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/22\/amateur-radio-quiz-the-year-in-review-from-arrl-page\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amateur Radio Quiz: The Year in Review from ARRL page - And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amateur Radio Quiz: The Year in Review TAGS: 60 meters, amateur radio, american red cross, arrl, arrl contest, ARRL International DX, arrl letter,natural disaster, school club roundup, ward silver, weather season 01\/22\/2011 By H. 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