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Amateurs’ Email Addresses Will Be Required

Posted on May 19, 2021 by VA3DBJ

05/19/2021 Starting on June 29, all applications filed with the FCC must include an email address for FCC correspondence. After receipt of the initial announcement that all future applications would require an email address, ARRL was concerned for the privacy… Continue Reading →

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New FCC license fees NOT to take effect, yet!

Posted on March 21, 2021 by VA3DBJ

UPDATE: The FCC Part 97 rules establishing a new $35 amateur radio application fee go on the books on April 19, but the FCC won’t start collecting the fee “until the requisite notice has been provided to Congress, the FCC’s information technology systems… Continue Reading →

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FCC Reduces Proposed Amateur Radio Application Fee to $35

Posted on December 31, 2020 by VA3DBJ

From: ARRL.org The FCC has agreed with ARRL and other commenters that its proposed $50 fee for certain amateur radio applications was “too high to account for the minimal staff involvement in these applications.” In a Report and Order (R&O), released on… Continue Reading →

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ARRL HF Band Planning Committee Reactivated to Address Spectrum Issues

Posted on August 30, 2019 by VA3DBJ

— From ARRL In an effort to more effectively address HF digital technology issues, ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, has reactivated the ARRL Board of Directors’ HF Band Planning Committee. The six-member panel, chaired by First Vice President Greg Widin,… Continue Reading →

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FCC Grants Temporary Request to Permit PACTOR 4 Use in Hurricane Relief

Posted on September 16, 2018 by VA3DBJ

FCC Grants ARRL Temporary Waiver Request to Permit PACTOR 4 Use in Hurricane Relief ARRL – The FCC has granted an ARRL request for a temporary waiver of Section 97.307(f) of the FCC’s Amateur Service rules to permit the use of… Continue Reading →

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New FCC Part 95 Personal Radio Services Rules Published

Posted on August 14, 2018 by VA3DBJ

New FCC Part 95 Personal Radio Services Rules Published in The Federal Register Reorganized and updated FCC Personal Radio Services (PRS) Part 95 rules have been published in The Federal Register. Among other things, the PRS covers the Family Radio Service (FRS), General… Continue Reading →

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FCC Cites Baofeng Importer

Posted on August 2, 2018 by VA3DBJ

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, LLC), an importer and marketer of popular and inexpensive Baofeng hand-held transceivers, alleging that the company violated… Continue Reading →

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FCC Proposes $18,000 Fine in Louisiana

Posted on July 27, 2018 by VA3DBJ

FCC Proposes $18,000 Fine in Louisiana Amateur Radio Interference Case ARRL – The FCC has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) proposing to fine Jerry W. Materne, KC5CSG, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, $18,000 “for apparently causing intentional interference and for apparently failing to… Continue Reading →

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Ferret 8 Band Base Antenna

The "Ferret" is a Multiband Antenna utilizing state of the art engineering techniques. The "Ferret" provides coverage from 25 MHz to 1.8 GHz. The configuration is an array of center fed 1/2 wave elements. Utilization of dielectrically tuned chokes, multi-tuned parallel resonant circuits and asymmetrical elements provides tuned transmit quality on band centers of 40, 100, 122, 146, 155, 315, 465, 865 and 1280 MHz. The "Ferret" can handle transmit power levels of 100 watts.
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Whistler TRX-2 Digital Base/Mobile

The Whistler TRX-2 is multi-system adaptive digital trunking scanners with Motorola P25 Phase I, X2-TDMA, Phase II, DMR, and NXDN making it capable of monitoring the following unencrypted channels/systems: Conventional DMR (Entered as a DMR trunked system, Hytera XPT, MotoTRBO™ Capacity Plus, MotoTRBO™ Connect Plus, and MotoTRBO™ Linked Cap Plus systems
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Scanner Master

Scanner Master Police Scanners Corporation was formed in 1978 and since that time has been producing the nation's most comprehensive communications guidebooks including Scanner Master regional volumes and Monitor America. For the past 15 years, Scanner Master Police Scanners has been a consultant to the scanner-radio industry.

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