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05/22/2012 | FCC Dismisses Texas Ham’s Fourth Petition, Calls it “Repetitive”
For the fourth time in six years, the FCC has rejected a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Glen Zook, K9STH. In each of his Petitions, (2006, April 2009, 2011 and a Petition for Reconsideration in December 2009), Zook has asked the FCC to change its statio
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05/16/2012 | ARRL Responds to FCC Request for Comments on Impediments to Amateur Radio Communications
The ARRL has fliled comments in response to the FCC Public Notice seeking input on Emergency Communications and impediments to Amateur Radio communications.
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01/06/2012 | Radio Amateurs Not Affected by Narrowbanding Requirements
The FCC released a Public Notice on January 6, reminding land mobile licensees, frequency coordinators and equipment manufacturers that they have less than one year to transition to narrowband operations in the 150-174 and 421-512 MHz bands. While the lat
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11/02/2011 | FCC Terminates Proceedings Affecting the Amateur Radio Service
The FCC issued an Order on November 1 that terminated hundreds of proceedings, including six proceedings that members of the public, including the ARRL, had asked not to be terminated. Two of these six proceedings involved the Amateur Radio Service. This
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07/22/2011 | ARRL Asks FCC to Keep 2300 MHz Proceeding Open
In June, the FCC released a Public Notice that sought comments on whether or not it should terminate approximately 800 docketed proceedings in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB), the International Bureau (IB), the Office of Engineering and Techn
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06/07/2011 | FCC Seeks Comments on Terminating Certain Docketed Proceedings
In a Public Notice (CG Docket No 11-99) released on June 3, the FCC’s Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) is seeking comments on whether or not it should terminate approximately 800 docketed proceedings. There are numerous proceedings pertaining
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02/08/2011 | FCC Adds New Country to CEPT Reciprocal Agreement for Amateurs
On Monday, February 7, the FCC released a Public Notice (DA 11-221), adding a new country to the CEPT reciprocal operating arrangements for US citizens who hold an FCC-issued General, Advanced or Amateur Extra class Amateur Radio licenses. US hams may now
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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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