ARRL Letter for 19 January 2017.

Big Island ARRL News, 20 January 2017, 05:20 hrs, UTC, Post #100.

Source:

http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/?issue-2017-01-19

Editor:  Rick Lindquist (WW1ME).

Accessed on 20 January 2017, 05:20 hrs, UTC.

Please click link to read the full report and the expanded story on a new Amateur Radio Parity Act introduced in Congress.

Comment:

Here are the topics covered in the latest edition of the “ARRL Letter”, dated 19 January 2017:

• “New “Amateur Radio Parity Act” Bill Introduced in US House of Representatives
• ARRL Asks FCC to Allocate New 5 MHz Band, Retain Channels and Current Power Limit
• ARRL Board of Directors to Meet in Connecticut
• Hamvention Ready to Deal with Anticipated Traffic Flow at New Venue
• Hams Upset as New Hotel Owner Wants Repeaters Removed from Roof
• The Doctor Will See You Now!
• ARRL Reintroduces a Popular Classic — Experimental Methods in RF Design
• Maxim Memorial Station W1AW Receives Equipment Donations
• Nebraska Sesquicentennial Celebration QSO Party Set for February, March
• German Regulator Acts on More than 6,000 Instances of Radio Interference in 2016
• Ulrich Rohde, N1UL, Recognized for Pioneering Work on SDR
• Harry K. Wolf, W6NKT, SK at 107; May Have Been World’s Oldest Active Radio Amateur
• In Brief…
• The K7RA Solar Update
• Just Ahead in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions“
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• Aloha es 73 de Russell Roberts (KH6JRM), Public Information Coordinator, Hawaii Island, ARRL Pacific Section.

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