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...order to prepare for the real disasters, ham radio enthusiasts often organize “field days” that give them the opportunity to test their equipment and radio know-how under simulated emergency conditions...
...radio operators must be licensed through the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), which offers exams that are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The exam used to include both a multiple choice section and a Morse code test, but this December, the FCC scrubbed the dots and dashes from the exam. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...dismissed, Flomenbaum would become the second director of an Executive Office of Public Safety agency to leave after accusations of mismanagement in the past few months. Carl Selavka, the former head of the Massachusetts State Police crime laboratory, resigned this March after allegations of DNA test...
...trip, Schirra would be just as much of a pit bull about how the ship would be flown. NASA scientists had stuffed the flight plan with experiments and astronomical observations, but Schirra didn't want any part of them. This was an engineering mission, as the test pilots liked to call it, meaning that it was a shakedown flight for the ship itself, not a working trip for the men in lab coats...
...brief aside, Summers compared girls and boys who earn a perfect score on their math SATs. The girls, he said, are more likely to score higher on the verbal portion of the test...