Accessed on 08 June 2018, 0457 UTC, Post #586.

Source:

http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2018-06-06

Editor:  Rick Lindquist (WW1ME).

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Here are the main topics discussed in the current edition of “The ARRL Letter”:

• ARRL Drone Transmitters Complaint Spurs Proposed $2.8 Million FCC Penalty
• Politico Article Raises Visibility of Amateur Radio Parity Act Progress, Challenges
• FCC Denies Petition Aimed at Preventing Interference from Digital Repeaters to Analog Repeaters
• The Doctor Will See You Now!
• New Edition of The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual is Now Available
• Baker Island KH1/KH7Z DXpedition Team Bracing for “Grim” Propagation
• President Nominates Enforcement Bureau Official to FCC
• Young US Radio Amateur Will Be Sole IARU Region 2 Attendee at YOTA Camp
• ARRL Foundation Announces Two New Scholarships
• In Brief…
• Getting It Right
• The K7RA Solar Update
• Just Ahead in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

Internet access to ARRL Headquarters will be disrupted briefly on Sunday, June 10, as AT&T performs a required security upgrade and reboots an onsite router. The work will take place between 0400 and 1000 UTC. All internet access at Headquarters will be disrupted during the upgrade; all services will automatically resume as soon as connectivity is restored. Affected systems include email, bulk mail, reflectors, Logbook of The World (LoTW), DXCC, National Parks on the Air (NPOTA), and the ARRL Development page. The ARRL website will remain available. Any orders taken on the website during the outage should be queued for transmission once connectivity returns. ARRL has no control over the time or length of the outage, which could be very short. We regret any inconvenience.

Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio notes:

According to the June 2018 edition of the Big Island Amateur Radio Club Newsletter, the Big Island Amateur Radio Club will conduct its 23-24 June 2018 ARRL Field Day exercise at Reed’s Bay Hotel in Hilo.

Jim Sugg (AH6AE) says he needs some help demonstrating ham radio at the 25 August 2018 Emergency Preparedness Fair in Waimea (Hawaii Island). The event will be held at the Mana Christian Ohana Hall near the Kahilu Theatre.  For details, call Jim at (808) 747-4500 (mobile).

Darren (Stacy) Holbrook (KH6OWL) wants to write a human interest story highlighting Hawaii Island radio amateurs who have been impacted by the ongoing lava crisis and have had to evacuate their homes and businesses ahead of the fast-moving lava.  Please contact Darren at his facebook page–https://www.facebook.com/hamradiohawaii or by completing the comment form at the bottom of his web page–https://hamradiohawaii.wordpress.com.

For the latest Amateur Radio News and Information, please check the blog sidebars and links.  These news feeds are updated daily and weekly.  Thanks for joining us today.

Aloha es 73 de

Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)

Public Information Coordinator

Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section