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03/10/2016 | ARRL Urges FCC Not to Impose Overbroad Notification Requirement to Operate on 2200 and 630 Meters
The ARRL has asked the FCC not to adopt “an overbroad” requirement for notification of utilities in advance of intended Amateur Radio operation on the pending 2200 and 630 meter bands.
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03/02/2016 | Computer Issues Stymie ARRL VEC Application Processing
The ARRL VEC had hoped to see the problem resolved by now, but since February 22, an intractable mainframe computer system glitch has kept the VEC from managing and posting the schedule of future examination sessions and processing application data fro...
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02/25/2016 | List of US House Amateur Radio Parity Act Sponsors Continues to Grow
Three more members of the US House of Representatives have stepped forward to cosponsor The Amateur Radio Parity Act, H.R. 1301.
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02/24/2016 | FCC Seeks Comments on Petition to Grant Lifetime Amateur Radio Licenses
The FCC is seeking comments on a Petition for Rule Making (RM 11760) that asks the FCC to grant lifetime Amateur Radio licenses.
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02/23/2016 | FCC Invites Comments on ARRL Petition That Seeks 80/75 Meter Adjustments
The FCC has put the ARRL’s January Petition for Rule Making (RM 11759) on public notice and invited interested parties to comment on what the League has called “minimal but necessary changes” to 80 and 75 meters.
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01/12/2016 | ARRL Asks FCC for “Minimal but Necessary Changes” to Correct Reapportioning Error
The ARRL has petitioned the FCC to fix a “shortfall in available RTTY/data spectrum” the regulator created when it reapportioned 80 and 75 meters in 2006.
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12/17/2015 | Radio Broadcasting Remote Pickup Pioneer George Marti, W5GLJ, SK
George Marti, W5GLJ, who pioneered and manufactured remote pick-up (RPU) technology to allow radio stations to originate broadcasts away from the studio wirelessly — and lobbied the FCC to authorize its use — died on December 13.
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12/03/2015 | There’s a New Ham in the House!
US Rep Steve Pearce (R-NM) has become the third Amateur Radio licensee in the Congress.
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