Sunday, August 2, 2015

W0ANT Sweeps Youth Awards

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Fourteen-year-old Anna Veal, W0ANT, of Littleton , Colorado , has been named the winner of both the 2015 Newsline Young Ham of the Year a...

ARRL Adopts New HF Band Plan, Proposes Major Changes to 75/80 Meters

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The ARRL's Board of Directors adopted a new HF band plan at its July meeting, accepting virtually all of the recommendations of a commi...

ARRL to Increase Dues by $10

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   The ARRL will increase its annual dues to $49 at the beginning of next year. The change was approved at the League's July board mee...

Vanity Call Sign Fees End in September

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  The ARRL reports that the FCC's decision to eliminate fees for requesting or renewing a vanity call sign will take effect next mo...

Amateur Radio About to be Primary Across 160 Meters

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An FCC decision to elevate the status of amateur radio on 1900-2000 kHz from secondary to primary takes effect on August 6, but with an a...

FCC Finalizes Plans on Field Office Closures

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Amid loud complaints from amateurs, the broadcast industry and Congress, the FCC in July adopted a scaled back version of its previously ...

Is There Another High-Orbit Satellite in Our Future?

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The last high-orbit amateur satellite launched was AO-40 in late 2000, which suffered an on-board explosion in orbit and never became fully...

Newsline Returns to the Air, Names New Writer/Editor

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Amateur Radio Newsline returned to the air in early July after missing several broadcasts due to the death of co-founder and Executive Pr...

Enforcement: FCC Gets Tough With Michigan Ham

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The FCC has affirmed a proposed $22,000 fine against Michael Guernsey, KZ8O, of Parchment, Michigan , for repeated instances of interfering...

ARRL Begins Search for New CEO

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The ARRL board of directors has started the wheels turning for search for a new Chief Executive Officer for the organization. The ARRL ...

Ham Named Chief Astronaut

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Chief Astronaut Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR (NASA Photo) Astronaut Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR, has been named chief of NASA's Astronaut Office...

CQ's K5ZD Among ARRL Award Winners

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CQWW DX Contest Director Randy Thompson, K5ZD (N6TV photo) CQ World Wide DX Contest Director Randy Thompson has been honored by the ARR...

Dayton Attendance Up Slightly

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The Dayton Amateur Radio Association reports that attendance at this year's Dayton Hamvention ® increased by about 750 over 2014 to a...

Illinois Ham Found Murdered

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Police are investigating the apparent murder of Henry Murphy, WB9TFX, of Rockford, Illinois. According to a report in the Rockford Register...

Party Balloon Completes Double Circumnavigation

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Australian ham Andy Nguyen, VK3YT, just keeps outdoing himself. We've reported several times recently on Andy's successes in f...

HAARP to Resume Operations as University Research Facility

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The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program - better known by the acronym HAARP - will be returned to service under the stewardshi...

Yasme Foundation Makes Wide-Ranging Grants

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The Yasme Foundation has announced its most recent grant recipients. The ARRL Letter reports that the group will provide support to the ...

ARRL Files Interference Complaints over Lighting Devices

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The ARRL has formally complained to the FCC that The Home Depot has been marketing RF-ballast lighting devices in violation of FCC rules. A...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

ARISS SSTV Images This Weekend to Commmemorate 40th Anniversary of the Apollo- Soyuz Mission

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The following is from the AMSAT News Service:   40 years ago this week, the historic joint Apollo-Soyuz mission was conducted.   Apollo-So...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Amateur Radio Parity Act Companion Bill Introduced in Senate

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A bill to extend the FCC's "reasonable accommodation" rule on amateur antennas to private land use agreements has been intr...