Recent News
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03/25/2009 | Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, Steps Down from ARISS and AMSAT Duties
Citing personal and professional reasons, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, announced on March 24 that he will be step down from all his ARISS duties, effective immediately. Bauer serves a
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03/25/2009 | It Seems to Us: ChangeThis time last year, the price of crude oil on the world market had risen above $100/barrel and was heading toward $150. Last summer the cost of energy appeared to be the greatest threat to the global economy, driving up other costs and creating 'stagflat
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03/24/2009 | FCC Proposes New Rules for Medical Devices Operating on 70 cm Band
On March 20, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), proposing to allocate spectrum and adopt service and technical rules for the utilization of new implanted medical devices that operate on 413-457 MHz (70 cm). According to t
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03/24/2009 | ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration
Registration remains open through Sunday, April 5, 2009 for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, April 17, 2009: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 2; Antenna Modeling, and Radio Frequency Propagati
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03/24/2009 | Hurricane Watch Net Seeks New Members
With hurricane season approaching, the various organizations that assist the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami are gearing up for what could be a very active storm season. One organization that assists the NHC is the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN). To b
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03/24/2009 | FCC Corrects Call Sign Error
In October 2006, Peter Birk (formerly WB2DCG) of Virginia Beach, Virginia, applied for a vanity call sign, K4ZL, under the FCC's Vanity Call Sign Program. This call sign was previously held by Elmer B. Jackson, Jr of Lavergne, Tennessee. Jackson held this
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03/23/2009 | FCC Clarifies What Constitutes an Amateur Radio Repeater
In December 2007, Gary Mitchell, WB6YRU, President of the Northern California Packet Association (NCPA), filed a Petition with the FCC, asking for the Commission to clarify the definition of a repeater. According to Part 97, Section 3(a)(39), A repeater i
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03/23/2009 | Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein to Leave FCC
On Friday, March 20, President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Democrat FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein to serve as Administrator for the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), of the United States Department of Agriculture; the nomination
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