From The ARRL Letter, August 27: FCC website maintenance in early September will make the Universal Licensing System (ULS), the Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), the Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS), and other public applications unavailable for more than 5 days. The Commission said the outage will begin at 2200
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Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 Update
From The ARRL Letter, July 02, 2015 The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 Introduced in the US Senate A companion Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 bill has been introduced in the US Senate. Mississippi Republican Sen Roger Wicker introduced S. 1685 on June 25, with Connecticut Democratic Sen
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FCC Eliminating the Vanity Call Sign Fee
From The ARRL Letter, May 28, 2015 “FCC Eliminating Vanity Call Sign Fee The FCC is dropping the regulatory fee to apply for an Amateur Radio vanity call sign. The change will not go into effect, however, until required congressional notice has been given. This will take at least 90
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New General Question Pool to Take Effect July 1
From the ARRL VE Newsletter, May 2015 “On July 1, 2015 a new Element 3 General class question pool will take effect for examinations. VECs and VEs will have new test designs available for use at exam sessions effective that date. The newly revised pool released in December 2014 (updated
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FCC Goes Paperless
From the ARRL VE Newsletter, May 2015: ” FCC Goes Paperless” In order to streamline procedures and save money, the FCC stopped routinely printing and mailing licenses in February. There are a number of ways a license holder can obtain an official copy of their license. The official license
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HR 1301 – Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015
House Resolution 1301 (The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015) was introduced on March 4, 2015 to continue the effort begun in 2014 with HR 4969. ARRL President Kay Craigie and other ARRL officials visited Capital Hill to garner support and co-sponsors for this resolution, and to educate lawmakers on
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HR 4969 Update
HR 4969 update from Bob Vallio, ARRL Pacific Division Director: As we all have discovered, the political process is complex and slow and the wheels of government are even slower. That being said, our efforts with HR 4969 have had measures of success; we had hoped to obtain 30 cosponsors
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FCC Increases Vanity Call Sign Fee for FY 2015
UPDATE: On August 29, the FCC issued a Report & Order setting the vanity call sign fee at $21.40 for FY 2015 for a 10-year license term, according to “The ARRL Letter”. From The ARRL Letter: “The FCC has adjusted very slightly downward — to $21.40 — its proposed Amateur Service
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ARRL Urges Grassroots Support for HR.4969
ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has issued an urgent call to all radio amateurs to get behind a grassroots campaign to promote co-sponsorship of HR.4969, “The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014.” HR.4969 would require the FCC to extend PRB-1 coverage to restrictive covenants. It was introduced in the US
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FCC Okays Changes to Amateur Radio Exam Credit, et al.
In a wide-ranging Report and Order (R&O) released June 9, the FCC has revised the Amateur Service Part 97 rules: changes will be effective 30 days after publication in The Federal Register. The FCC announced that the changes would take effect on Monday, July 21. The Federal Register published the
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