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06/15/2010 | Forthcoming IARU Activities at the ITU
Working Parties 1A and 1B of the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Study Group 1 will meet in Geneva from June 21-28. A major item of discussion will be protection of radio services from interference from Broadband over Powerline (BPL), called
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06/14/2010 | ARRL Files Comments with FCC Regarding Spread Spectrum Issues
In response to a 2006 ARRL Petition regarding spread spectrum issues, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on March 16 (WT Docket No 10-62), proposing to amend Part 97 to facilitate the use of spread spectrum communications technologie
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06/14/2010 | A Ham Radio Homecoming
Beginning with the 2010 ARRL November Sweepstakes, the prohibition against alumni operating at a school club station has been repealed. According to Ward Silver, N0AX, the goal of the rule change is to get more school clubs active for Sweepstakes and on H
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06/14/2010 | HR 2160 Now Counts 40 House Sponsors
Last month, another Congressional Representatives -- Mike McIntyre (D-NC-7) -- pledged their support for HR 2160, The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2009, bringing the total number of cosponsors to 40, including original sponsor
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06/14/2010 | FCC Issues Public Notice to Seek Information, Comments on Current Use of 1675-1710 MHz
The National Broadband Plan (NBP) recommends that the FCC should make 500 MHz of spectrum available for broadband use within the next 10 years, including 300 MHz between 225 MHz-3.7 GHz for mobile use in the next five years. The FCC’s Office of Engineerin
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06/11/2010 | My Marriage to ARRLA ham looks back on 38 years of hamming and the ARRL.
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06/11/2010 | Atlantic Division to Host Webinar on How to Use the New ARRL Web Site
Periodically, the ARRL’s Atlantic Division hosts a “webinar” -- an interactive Web-based seminar, designed to facilitate communication between a small number of presenters and a large remote audience using the Internet. On Tuesday, June 15 at 9 PM EDT, At
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06/11/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update
With calmer solar activity, geomagnetic conditions were stable this week. The average daily sunspot numbers were down 7.6 points to 17.7, and the average daily solar flux dropped two points to 71. The average planetary A index declined 6.4 points to 7.9,
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