Recent News
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08/15/2016 | Amateur Radio Volunteers Responding to Louisiana Flooding Catastrophe
Amateur Radio volunteers are responding to help, after flooding of historic proportions struck parts of Louisiana and Mississippi over the weekend in the wake of torrential rainfall.
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08/15/2016 | ARRL Encourages Comprehensive Noise Floor Study
In anticipation of an FCC Technological Advisory Council (TAC) investigation into changes and trends to the radio spectrum noise floor to determine if there is an increasing noise problem, ARRL asserted that such a study is long overdue.
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08/12/2016 | Comments in FCC “Symbol Rate” Rule Making Proposal Due by October 11
The FCC will accept public comments in response to a July FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in WT Docket 16-239 — the “Symbol Rate” proceeding — are due by October 11.
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08/12/2016 | BIRDS CubeSat Constellation to Launch in 2017
AMSAT-UK reports that four CubeSats will comprise the BIRDS (Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds) constellation, which is set to deploy from the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017.
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08/12/2016 | The K7RA Solar Update
A spike in solar activity this week
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08/11/2016 | W1ZR Wins August QST Cover Plaque Award
Joel wins for his article about antenna analyzers
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08/11/2016 | Annual IOTA DXpedition Plans Morph into Visit to a Rare One — Aves Island (YV0)
An unexpected invitation from the Venezuelan Navy gave rise to a DXpedition to Aves Island — Isla de Aves — (YV0).
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08/11/2016 | RSGB “Deeply Disappointed” in Regulator’s Attitude toward Amateur Radio in 5 GHz Proceeding
In comments filed in July, the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) has told telecommunications regulator Ofcom that it was “deeply disappointed” that it failed to recognize Amateur Radio’s innovational activity at 5 GHz.
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