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04/24/2013 | Florida Man Cited for Causing Harmful Interference to Radio Amateurs
The FCC has issued a Citation and Order to Ruben D. Lopez Jr of Pomona Park, Florida. The Citation, issued April 23, is in response to several complaints about a well pump at Lopez’s residence that was acting as an incidental radiator and causing harmful
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04/18/2013 | FCC Again Denies ARRL’s Petition in BPL Proceeding
Though BPL is both a commercial failure and a proven interference source, the FCC still remains unwilling to adopt rules sufficient to protect licensed radio services.
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02/11/2013 | FCC Adopts Sweeping Changes to Experimental Radio Service
In a Report & Order (R&O) -- FCC 13-15 -- released February 4, the FCC adopted numerous changes to its Experimental Radio Service (Part 5), revising and streamlining its rules.
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11/21/2012 | FCC Seeks to Assign Entire Amateur Portion of 160 Meter Band to Primary Status to Amateur Radio Service, Proposes New LF Amateur Band at 135.7-137.8 kHz
On Tuesday, November 20, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to amend Part 97 (among others) of the Commission’s rules. These changes include changing the allocation to the amateur portion of the 160 meter band, allocating a new
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05/29/2012 | FCC Expands Part 95 MedRadio Rules to Allow Devices in 2360-2400 MHz Band
In a First Report and Order and a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ET 08-59) released on May 24, the FCC decided to expand the Part 95 Personal Radio Service rules to allow medical devices to operate on a secondary basis in the 2360-2400 MHz band.
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04/12/2012 | Amateurs Must Protect New Radars in 23 cm Band
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is deploying a new generation of Common Air Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) that has some implications for the use of the 1240-1300 MHz (23 cm) band by amateurs. The Amateur Service allocation in this band is on
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02/15/2012 | ARRL 500 kHz Experimental Group Sparked Interest in MF Operation
In September 2006, the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology granted a Part 5 experimental license -- WD2XSH -- to the ARRL on behalf of a group of radio amateurs who were interested in investigating spectrum in the vicinity of 500 kHz. Called the AR
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02/14/2012 | Amateur Radio Gets Secondary MF Allocation at WRC-12
It’s official -- delegates attending the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) have approved a new 7-kilohertz-wide secondary allocation between 472-479 kHz for the Amateur Radio Service. Agenda Item 1.23 had both its first and second readings
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