This week:
The FCC Proposes a Substantial Fine on a NYC man for Unlicensed Amateur Operation and Making a False Police Call
Amateur Radio Operators Prepare for Three Major Storms in the Atlantic and Pacific
Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Stations are Encouraged to Register and File Post-Event Reports
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Inter-American Proposal Removes 47 – 47.2 GHz from Bands under Study for 5G Services
The 34th meeting of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) Permanent Consultative Committee II (PCC.II) concluded a week of meetings... Read more
ARRL Contest and DXCC Rules Now Prohibit Automated Contacts
Following the direction of the ARRL Board of Directors, ARRL has incorporated changes to the rules for all ARRL-sponsored contests and DXCC, prohibiti... Read more
Happy 150! The Hiram Percy Maxim Birthday Celebration!
As announced in September 2019 QST – page 86 This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the League’s first president and... Read more
Alexanderson Alternator Station SAQ Hails “Incredible” Number of Listener Reports
Sweden’s Alexanderson Alternator station SAQ says it received 438 listener reports — “an incredible amount” — for its June 30 Alexanderson Day transmi... Read more
Pirates On US Navy Satellites – UHF SatCom
Here we take a look at how to listen to the Brazillian Pirates on UHF SatCom Read more
FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding
An FCC Report and Order (R&O) released August 2 in the so-called “small satellite” rulemaking proceeding, IB Docket 18-86, failed to address conce... Read more
2 Meter Sharing Proposal is on CEPT Conference Preparatory Group Agenda
The final European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) Conference Preparatory Group (CPG) meeting prior to World Radioc... Read more
Australian Radio Amateur Reports First FT8 Contact on 122 GHz
In Australia, Roland Lang, VK4FB, and Stefan Durtschi, VK4CSD, completed what is being claimed as the world’s first FT8 contact on 122 GHz. The distan... Read more
FCC Staff Recommends Designating 988 as National Suicide, Mental Health Crisis Hotline
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and its Office of Economics and Analytics have sent a report to Congress that recommends that the Commission con... Read more
Chinese Satellite Profiles Earth’s RF Spectrum as Seen from Lunar Orbit
the Chinese DSLWP-B (LO-94) satellite that had been in lunar orbit provided a profile of Earth’s HF spectrum as seen from the moon. The microsatellite... Read more
Dayton Hamvention Radio Club of the Year to Hold Ham Bootcamp at New England Convention
The Nashua (New Hampshire) Area Radio Society (NARS) will conduct a free Ham Bootcamp at the ARRL New England Division Convention next month to encour... Read more
ARRL Board Pledges to Oppose French Proposal for 2 Meters
At its July meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors resolved that “at the appropriate time” ARRL will oppose a proposal by France to include 144 – 146 MH... Read more
Propaganda and insults on 7055 kHz
The latest IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports every day for the past 5 years licensed radio amateurs from Ukraine and Russia have been insul... Read more
ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program Application Window Opens on September 1
Applications for the 2020 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program will be accepted between September 1 and December 31, 2019. All applicants must be FCC-l... Read more
FCC Fines North Carolina Man for Unauthorized and Misleading Public Safety Transmissions
The FCC this week issued a $39,278 Forfeiture Order against Ocean Hinson of Surry County, North Carolina, for intentional misuse of a local public saf... Read more
How Napoleon’s semaphore telegraph changed the world
By Hugh SchofieldBBC News, Modane, France Napoleonic semaphore was the world’s first telegraph network, carrying messages across 19h-Century Fra... Read more
Arizona ARES Volunteers Support Communication during Arizona Wildland Fire
Members of the Coconino County Amateur Radio Club (CARC) in Arizona activated on July 21 as winds accelerated the Museum Fire beyond 50 acres, trigger... Read more
ARRL Member Had Role in Promising RF Treatment Device for Alzheimer’s
ARRL Member Had Role in Promising RF Treatment Device for Alzheimer’s ARRL member Eric Knight, KB1EHE, played a role in the development of an RF-based... Read more
