Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Mar 21 2019 11:53 pm
FCC OKS LICENSES ON EXPERIMENTAL SPECTRUM
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: There's a new category of special radio licenses, and
a new spectrum of frequencies on which to use them in the United States.
Jim Damron, N8TMW, has that story.
JIM: New rules released by the Federal Communications Commission will
enable experimentation and development by entrepreneurs and innovators
on the frequencies between 95 GHz and 3 THz, for a period of as much as
10 years. This will also better facilitate their marketing of radio
equipment during that period.
This part of the spectrum on the outermost portion of the usable range,
has been considered particularly promising for new development, and the
FCC rules are considered the agency's recognition that communications
above 95 GHz was needed to assist with development for use by
data-intensive high-bandwidth applications.
Known as the First Report and Order, the FCC's rules are designed to
encourage U.S. industry to stay on the cutting edge through innovation.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW.
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TOUGHER FCC SANCTIONS AGAINST CALIFORNIA AMATEUR
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In another FCC action, the agency has issued a Notice of
Violation to a California amateur, for operating outside the amateur
radio bands. The FCC said that on January 31st of this year, Daryl
Thomas, KE6MWS, of Carmichael, California, was transmitting on 95.7 MHz
on the FM broadcast band. The agency said that last November, it had
sent the Technican-class operator a Notice of Unlicensed Operation,
after a complaint that he had been transmitting on the same FM frequency
one month earlier. The upgraded notice was sent on the 15th of March,
and the agency's Enforcement Bureau said the next step, if warranted,
could be a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, in which a
penalty may be proposed.
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GLOBAL NET WILL MARK WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Organizers of a special VOIP net are getting ready to
celebrate World Amateur Radio Day in April, and all the connections
ham radio has played a role in for so many decades. Dave Parks, WB8ODF,
has been following that story.
DAVE: When the International Amateur Radio Union was created in Paris
in 1925, no one could have envisioned the changes that would shape the
hobby so many decades later, including internet-linked modes such as
EchoLink and IRLP. Using the special event call sign W2W, a 12-hour
VOIP net will be among those "on the air" around the world, marking the
occasion, celebrating amateur radio, and the friendships the hobby has
built. This 12-hour net will begin taking check-ins on the 18th of April,
beginning at 1600 UTC. It is accessible via IRLP 9251, the World
Conference Server. For the first time, check-ins will also be possible
from Allstar Node 47620, the World Conference Hub.
John DeRycke, W2JLD, said a special World Amateur Radio Day 2019 QSL Card
will be available for all participants who contact one of the 10
different net controllers during the event. John said that first timers
are especially welcome. He said the event will be recorded for later
transmission, and will be available as well on Broadcastify, through the
Friends Conference Server. Technology may have changed since 1925 -- but
ham radio friendships endure.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Dave Parks, WB8ODF.
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AMATEURS IN GREECE GET NEW 60 METER PRIVILEGES
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: You can count on hearing more amateurs calling QRZ on 60
meters, under a new frequency allocation table, that gives hams in Greece
the WRC15 band, between 5351.5 kHz and 5366.5 kHz. Greek hams have been
approved for use of that portion of the band, on a secondary basis at 15W
EIRP. Officials in Greece published the new frequencies in the March 5
government gazette, which contained a new frequency allocation table.
(SOUTHGATE)
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