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10/02/2009 | ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of September.
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09/10/2009 | Amateurs with General Class Licenses to be Granted Reciprocal Licenses in Some CEPT Countries
On Thursday, September 10, the Federal Communications Commission released a new Public Notice implementing changes in CEPT reciprocal operating arrangements for US citizens who hold an FCC-issued General, Advanced or Amateur Extra class Amateur Rad
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09/01/2009 | It Seems to Us: Pecuniary InterestNo amateur shall transmit … communications in which the station licensee or control operator has a pecuniary interest, including communications on behalf of an employer.' -- FCC Rules, §97.113(a)(3)
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08/28/2009 | FCC to Utilities: Don't Look to Hams to Pay for Your Testing
In a case that goes back more than 10 years, the FCC has told a Pennsylvania utility that the utility is responsible for paying for "efforts to locate and correct instances of [power line] noise." At least one amateur has been complaining to the
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08/21/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
The quiet Sun continues to baffle us. If there are no sunspots today -- and I don't expect any to emerge -- this will be the 42nd day in a row with no sunspots; July 10 was the last day we saw any spots. There is really no way to predict when the next sun
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08/19/2009 | FCC Blogs, Twitters
On Tuesday, August 18, the Federal Communication jumped on the technological bandwagon and began "Twittering." Twitter allow
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08/12/2009 | FCC Posts Enforcement Actions
Last month, the FCC posted a list of enforcement actions. Four RFI-related letters to energy providers were sent between July 1-27, 2009; four warning letters to individuals w
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08/11/2009 | FCC: Vanity Call Sign Fees to Increase September 10
On August 11, the FCC announced that the cost of an Amateur Radio vanity call sign will increase $1.10, from $12.30 to $13.40. Now that notice of the increase has been published in the Learn More