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06/14/2016 | FCC Warns that Use of Authorized Equipment Must Comply with All Laws and Rules
An FCC Enforcement Advisory released in late May seems to state the obvious.
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12/14/2015 | Ohio Amateur Radio Club Donates to Help Needy Families
The Portage County Amateur Radio Service (PCARS) in Ohio recently donated nearly $4000 to support the efforts of the Center of Hope in Ravenna.
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05/05/2014 | ARRL Opposes FCC Proposal to Leave Licensed Service Users Open to Unlicensed Interference
The ARRL has told the FCC that it should not permit users of a licensed service to be subject to interference from unlicensed devices.
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01/10/2014 | Army MARS Parent Organization Announces Changing of the Guard
Brigadier General John B. Morrison Jr has been tapped to lead the Army’s Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) — the parent organization of the US Army Military Auxiliary Radio Service (MARS). The MARS program consists of Amateur Radio operato...
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07/31/2012 | FCC Denies Petition Seeking to Designate Nationwide Emergency Calling Frequency
Saying that it believes that the Amateur Service “allows flexibility to provide emergency communications in a way that takes into account channel availability and other local conditions,” the FCC denied a Petition for Rulemaking to create a nationwide eme
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07/25/2012 | Vic Poor, W5SMM, Receives ARRL President’s Award
Victor Poor, W5SMM, of Melbourne, Florida was awarded the ARRL President’s Award at July 9 meeting of the Platinum Coast Amateur Radio Society (PCARS). There have been only a handful of recipients of this prestigious award.
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02/17/2012 | WRC-12 Comes to a Close in Geneva
The World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12) concluded its deliberations today with the signing of the Final Acts that revise the Radio Regulations, the international treaty governing the use of radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits. More
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03/23/2011 | FCC Seeking Comments on ARRL Petition Regarding TDMA
Earlier this month, the ARRL filed a Petition for Rulemaking and a Request for Temporary Waiver with the FCC, seeking authorization of the use of single-time-slot Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) emissions in the amateur bands at and above 50 MHz, whe
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