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		<title>via Amateur Radio Daily: Intrepid-DX Group Announces Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1296</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2023 03:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1243 &#8211; Special Christmas Edition with the Late Jean Shepherd</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2022 04:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1237</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2022 06:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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