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New FCC Part 95 Personal Radio Services Rules Published

New FCC Part 95 Personal Radio Services Rules Published in The Federal Register Reorganized and updated FCC Personal Radio Services (PRS) Part 95...

Astronomy-Space

Parker Solar Probe Rockets Toward Sun

NASA’s Parker solar probe rockets toward sun for closest look yet By Marcia Dunn – The Associated Press – A NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the...

Amateur Radio

NIST FY 2019 Budget Would Eliminate WWV and WWVH

UPDATED: White House petition setup. See below. ARRL – The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) FY 2019 budget request includes shutting...

Astronomy-Space

Perseid Meteor Shower 2018

When, Where & How to See It This Weekend By Sarah Lewin Space.com – According to NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke, the Perseids are...

Amateur Radio

4U1UN UN Amateur Radio Operation Could Resume

4U1UN UN Amateur Radio Club Operation Could Resume Later this Year ARRL – Outside of beacon signals, 4U1UN, the Amateur Radio club station at...

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Indonesia – Lombok Earthquake

IARU – As Radio Amateurs in Indonesia respond for the second time to an Earthquake in the Lombok area, please take care to...

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ARISS Packet Radio System Expected to be Back Late this Year

ARRL – The currently silent packet radio system on the International Space Station could be back on the air by year’s end. Amateur...

Police

Slow phone or computer? How to avoid getting ‘cryptojacked’

By Josh Elliott/Global News – Your computer or smartphone might be helping criminals crank out thousands of dollars in online currency, and you wouldn’t even...

Amateur Radio

FCC Cites Baofeng Importer

FCC Cites Baofeng Importer for Illegally Marketing Unauthorized RF Devices The FCC has issued a Citation and Order (Citation) to Amcrest Industries, LLC(formerly Foscam Digital Technologies,...

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Slow-Scan TV Transmissions from ISS

Slow-Scan TV Transmissions from International Space Station: July 30-31 RAC/ARISS – ARISS Russia is planning another of their popular MAI Slow Scan Television...