From ARRL: ZCZC AG03 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 3 ARLB003 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 12, 2017 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB003 ARLB003 Illegal Drone Transmitters Could Interfere with Air Traffic Control, ARRL Complaint Asserts In what it calls an “extremely urgent complaint” to the
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ARLB003 Illegal Drone Transmitters Could Interfere with Air Traffic Control, ARRL Complaint Asserts
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FCC Dimisses Two Petitions
From ARRL: SB QST ARL ARLB002 ARLB002 FCC Dismisses Two Petitions from Radio Amateurs The FCC has turned down two petitions filed in 2016, each seeking similar changes in the Part 97 Amateur Service rules. James Edwin Whedbee, N0ECN, of Gladstone, Missouri, had asked the Commission to amend the rules
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FCC Denies Expert Linears’ Request for Waiver of 15 dB Rule, Petition Pending
From ARRL: SB QST ARL ARLB045 ARLB045 FCC Denies Expert Linears’ Request for Waiver of 15 dB Rule, Petition Pending The FCC has denied a request by Expert Linears America LLC to waive Part 97.317(a)(2) of the Amateur Service rules limiting amplifier gain. Expert, of Magnolia, Texas, distributes linears manufactured
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Mail Delays due to Holiday Volume Lead to Delay in Processing VE Sessions
Our recent VE Session (November 19) was mailed off on Saturday morning (the same day), from San Rafael. Because the US Postal Service is inundated with holiday mailings, ARRL-VEC is telling us that we should expect delays in processing the session results. The VEC will process a session when they get
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VE Volunteers Needed
We have our special VE Session for the Technician class scheduled for 7PM on Wednesday, November 02. Contact Randy at: ka6bqf@gmail.com , if you can help. Candidates MUST pre-register. There is a special VE Session for students at Cal on Thursday, November 03, at about 6PM. Contact Sharon, AA6XZ, at:
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The Amateur Radio Parity Act, H.R. 1301- UPDATE
From ARRL News: It’s now down to the wire: This is the last opportunity for you to urge your US Senators to support the Amateur Radio Parity Act (H.R. 1301) when it comes up during the “lame duck” session of Congress that adjourns in a couple of weeks. The House
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Delay in Upgrades / New Licenses Issued
FCC Investigating Amateur Radio, Commercial Application Processing Glitch From ARRL VEC – 07/07/2016 The FCC information technology staff is continuing to look into why the Universal Licensing System (ULS) Electronic Batch Filing (EBF) system has stopped processing at least some — and perhaps all — Amateur Radio exam session files
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Amateur Extra Question Pool Changes 7/01
The question pool for the Amateur Extra is scheduled to change for exams beginning July 01, 2016. The last date that one can take an exam under the current pool is June 30, 2016. Our next exam session in Mill Valley is scheduled for May 15 at 2PM. If you
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FCC Seeks Comments on Petition to Grant Lifetime Amateur Radio Licenses
From the ARRL Website: 02/24/2016 The FCC is seeking comments on a Petition for Rule Making (RM 11760) that asks the FCC to grant lifetime Amateur Radio licenses. Mark F. Krotz, N7MK, of Mesa, Arizona, filed his request with the FCC last November. He wants the FCC to revise §
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FCC Proposal will affect WI-Fi and Mesh Networks
Enclosed is a URL that will explain the consequences of a proposed rule change that would directly affect Ham Radio operation in the WI-FI band. The primary user of the Popular WI-FI band are licensed ham radio operators and secondary users are the unlicensed home operations you are all familiar
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