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01/04/2013 | FCC Finds New Jersey Ham Violated Communications Act, Reduces Forfeiture from $20,000 to $16,000
After unsuccessfully appealing to the FCC to cancel his $20,000 forfeiture, Joaquim Barbosa, N2KBJ, of Elizabeth, New Jersey was issued a Forfeiture Order stating that he must pay $16,000 for “willfully and repeatedly violating Section 301 of the Communic
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01/03/2013 | Comment Deadline Set in WRC-07 Implementation Proceeding
As previously reported, the FCC has proposed to amend its rules to implement the allocation decisions of the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07) and to make certain other changes. Notice appeared in the December 27, 2012 issue of the Federal
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01/02/2013 | Senate Approves Second Term for FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn
In June 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Mignon Clyburn to serve a second term as FCC Commissioner. On January 1, 2013, the Senate confirmed her nomination, paving the way to Clyburn’s first full term as one of five FCC Commissioners.
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12/10/2012 | ARRL Files Petition for Rulemaking with FCC to Create New MF Band at 472-479 kHz
The ARRL filed a Petition for Rulemaking on November 29, asking the FCC to amend Sections 2 and 97 of its rules and create a domestic Amateur Radio allocation at 472-479 kHz, conforming to the allocation status and limitations set forth in the internation
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12/06/2012 | Kansas Ham Issued $10,000 Fine for Operation of Unlicensed Broadcast Station
On December 5, Glen Rubash, KC0GPV, of Dwight, Kansas, was issued a $10,000 fine for what the FCC called “willfully and repeatedly” violating Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by operating an unlicensed radio transmitter on the fre
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06/27/2012 | The Other FCC: The NTIAYou thought the Federal Communications Commission handled federal communications — think again.
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09/03/2011 | Lurching Toward GeneralIn 1955 taking the General exam was a real stress test.
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01/28/2010 | FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making to Revise and Clarify Vanity Call Sign Rules Open for Comments
Late last year, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) -- WT Docket 09-209 -- seeking to amend the Commission's Amateur Radio Service rules to clarify certain rules and codify existing procedures governing the vanity call sign system, as w
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