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10/01/2015 | ARRL Reiterates Call for FCC to Allocate 630 Meters, Okay Rules for 2200 Meters
The ARRL has again urged the FCC to go forward with a proposed new Amateur Radio allocation at 472-479 kHz (630 meters) and to establish service rules for Amateur Radio operation at 135.7-137.8 kHz (2200 meters).
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09/30/2015 | FCC Releases “Plan for Orderly Shutdown,” in Case Congress Fails to Fund Government
With US House action pending on a continuing resolution to fund the US Government for a while longer, the FCC has released a “Plan for Orderly Shutdown Due to Lapse of Congressional Appropriations.”
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09/29/2015 | LAPAN-A2 FM and APRS Satellite Launched
It’s getting even busier in space. Indonesia’s IARU Amateur Radio society ORARI reports that the LAPAN-A2/ORARI satellite was launched on Monday, September 28, from India.
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09/29/2015 | More Chinese Amateur Radio Satellites are Aloft
Quick on the heels of the September 19 launch of nine satellites carrying Amateur Radio transponders comes word that three more satellites were launched by China on September 25.
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09/28/2015 | MARS Invites ARES/RACES Participation in Coronal Mass Ejection Disaster Exercise
A disastrous coronal mass ejection (CME) will be the focus of a national Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) communication exercise in early November, and MARS is hoping to collaborate with Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and Radio Amateur Ci...
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09/19/2015 | ARISS-Europe Chairman Retires, Successor Elected
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station-Europe (ARISS-EU) Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, will retire from that post this fall after serving since 2000.
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09/18/2015 | ARRL VEC Reminds License Applicants: The FCC is Now Paperless!
The ARRL VEC is reminding Amateur Radio license applicants that the FCC no longer routinely prints or mails license documents.
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09/18/2015 | Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, to Keynote AMSAT Annual Symposium Banquet
AMSAT Vice-President for Human Spaceflight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, will be the banquet speaker October 17 at the AMSAT Space Symposium in Dayton, Ohio.
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