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FCC Part 97 Ham Radio Changes

June 15, 2017by Russ Roberts

Big Island ARRL News, 15 June 2017, 13:55 hrs, UTC, Post #225. Source: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2017/june/fcc-part-97-ham-radio-changes.htm Accessed on 15 June 2017, 13:55 hrs, UTC. Please click link to read the full article. […]

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Retired News director of Pacific Radio Group Radio Stations on Hawaii-the Big Island. I have more than 40 years of broadcast experience, including positons at KTUH-FM (UH-Manoa), KPOI-FM (Honolulu). KHLO-AM (Hilo), KKBG-FM (KBIG-FM)(Hilo/Kona), KAPA-FM (Hilo-Kona). Native-FM (Hilo-Kona), and ESPN Hawaii (Hilo-Kona). Former University of Hawaii-Hilo librarian. Retired Air Force Officer. Amatuer (Ham) Radio operator since 1977 (currently holds the Amateur Extra Class License from the FCC-KH6JRM)).... Can read, write, and speak Russian. Retired on 30 September 2011, but still maintains a Hawaii Island News Blog.

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ARRL Amateur Radio News

ARRL Foundation Announces Two New Scholarships June 28, 2017
Starting in 2018, the ARRL Foundation will offer two new scholarships for radio amateurs pursuing post-secondary education. They have been established by the Medical Amateur Radio Council (MARCO) and by the Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club (SVARC).The MARCO scholarship will provide financial assistance for the educational expenses of a radio amateur purs […]
W8CDX Takes Field Day Back to its Roots June 28, 2017
Some younger radio amateurs may not realize that ARRL Field Day has been a staple operating event for more than 80 years. Former ARRL Communications Manager F. E. Handy, W1BDI, is credited with conceiving “International Field Day” in 1933, although it wasn’t until the following year that he described it as the “test of the emergency availability of portable […]
ARRL Headquarters to be Closed on July 3 and 4 June 28, 2017
ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Monday, June 3, and Tuesday, July 4, for the Independence Day holiday. There will be no ARRL bulletin or code practice transmissions on those days. ARRL Headquarters will reopen on Wednesday, July 5, at 8 AM ET. We wish everyone a festive and safe holiday!
"Germany Welcomes the World" to Friedrichshafen's Ham Radio 2017 June 28, 2017
“Germany Welcomes the World” is the theme of the 2017 edition of Europe’s major annual Amateur Radio gathering, known simply as Ham Radio but more commonly called “Friedrichshafen,” the city on the shores of Lake Constance where it takes place each summer. ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, will head a League contingent to the event, which this year runs fr […]
Pikes Peak ARES at Right Place, Right Time June 27, 2017
ARRL Still Seeking Vintage DXpedition Logs for Archive June 27, 2017
ARRL continues to solicit paper logs of prominent DXpeditions that took place predominantly in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, for inclusion in The DX Log Archive Endowed by JA1BK. The DX Log Archive program was created, thanks to an endowment established by Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK, to obtain, preserve and utilize paper logs from rare and significant DXpeditions. […]
Amateur Radio Poised to Retain Full 76-81 GHz Band, Sharing with Vehicular Radars June 27, 2017
In a draft Report and Order (ET Docket No. 15-26) to be considered at its July 13 open meeting, the FCC is proposing to lift a nearly 2-decade-old suspension of Amateur Radio access to 76-77 GHz, giving the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite services access to the full 76-81 GHz band on a secondary basis. The FCC also reduced Amateur Radio’s status from primary t […]
International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend Registrations Top 200 and Rising June 26, 2017
Registrations for the 2017 International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) have topped the 200 mark for the August 19-20 event. The ILLW is 20 years old this year, and with some 8 weeks to go, 220 planned operations have registered throughout the world, including 26 in the US (Germany is leading registrations with 45. Australia has 30 so far). During the a […]
OF100HQ Will Celebrate Finland’s Centennial in IARU HF World Championship Event June 26, 2017
The commemorative call sign OF1ØØHQ will be on the air during the IARU HF World Championship event July 8-9 to mark Finland’s 100th anniversary.“Finland has been under Swedish and Russian rule, and has had to fight her way to her own destiny of freedom in securing her identity during the World War II,” well-known Finnish radio amateur Martti Laine, OH2BH, po […]
Region 1 Intruder Watch Reports the Usual Suspects June 26, 2017

ARRL Audio News

ARRL Audio News - June 23,2017 June 23, 2017
ARRL Audio News is a weekly compilation of news stories from the ARRL Letter. Hosted by ARRL's Sean Kutzko (KX9X) and Carla Pereira (KC1HSX), ARRL Audio News features no music or advertising, and is suitable for playing over Amateur Radio repeater systems. In this week's report: • Hamvention Reports the Second-Largest Attendance Ever in 2017 • The […]
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ARRL Audio News - June 16,2017 June 16, 2017
ARRL Audio News is a weekly compilation of news stories from the ARRL Letter. Hosted by ARRL's Sean Kutzko (KX9X) and Carla Pereira (KC1HSX), ARRL Audio News features no music or advertising, and is suitable for playing over Amateur Radio repeater systems. In this week's report: • State and Local Governments Honor Amateur Radio in Advance of Field […]
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ARRL Audio News - June 9,2017 June 9, 2017
ARRL Audio News is a weekly compilation of news stories from the ARRL Letter. Hosted by ARRL's Sean Kutzko (KX9X) and Carla Pereira, ARRL Audio News features no music or advertising, and is suitable for playing over Amateur Radio repeater systems. In this week's report: • Hamvention Improvements are Already in the Works for 2018! • Canada’s C3 Sesq […]
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Amateur Radio News Line

Amateur Radio Newsline™ Report 2069 for Friday, June 23, 2017 June 23, 2017
HURRICANE SEASON COMES STORMING IN"LAST MAN STANDING" BREATHES ITS LASTSOLSTICE: RADIO'S LONGEST DAYALABAMA'S ARISS MOMENTGIPPSTECH WINDOW IS CLOSINGSECOND TEST DAY PREPS FOR WRTC 2018SOTA'S BIG DAY AT FRIEDRICHSCHAFENWORLD OF DXPHYSICIST'S GIFT IS HEAVEN SENTSCRIPTAUDIO
Kevin Trotman
Amateur Radio Newsline™ Report 2068 for Friday, June 16, 2017 June 16, 2017
HAMS MOBILIZE AMID SOUTH AFRICA'S WILDFIRESHAMS ACTIVATED AFTER GUATEMALA QUAKEAT FIRE DEPT., HAM RADIO TO THE RESCUEFCC GETS TOUGH ON RF TESTINGIN JAMAICA, NO REMORSE OVER MORSESTILLWATER HAMS MARK 25 YEARSK2BSA GETS BUSY AS SUMMER STARTSWORLD OF DXTHIS CHICKEN SANDWICH IS OUT TO LAUNCHSCRIPTAUDIO
Kevin Trotman
Amateur Radio Newsline™ Report 2067 for Friday, June 09, 2017 June 9, 2017
HAMS BRAVE SRI LANKAN MONSOONSPACE STATION ASTRONAUT IS TEACHER'S HELPERBACK ON EARTH, THE PRIDE OF FRANCEHAM RADIO, A SERVICE TO VETSA TOWERING NEED FOR SAFETY FIRSTNOT JUST A CRUISE ALONG THE COASTWORLD OF DXBILL PASTERNAK WA6ITF SK AND HIS YHOTY LEGACYSCRIPTAUDIO
Kevin Trotman

Simple Ham Radio Antennas

HF Indoor Loop Antenna DIY - Simple & Easy To Build. Post #1173. June 29, 2017
If you can't view this video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehjKrJ-TH_w. If you lack the space for a full-sized dipole or vertical antenna for general shortwave or Ham Radio reception, then this simple, cost effective magnetic loop receiving antenna from "Chappy Happy" may be what y […]
Russell Roberts
Ham Radio - My second HF antenna. A stealth end fed wire for 80 - 10 m... June 27, 2017
If you can't view this video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMchB-bML98. This is post #1172 in a continuing series about Ham Radio Antennas. Here's an experimental end-fed wire antenna that is simple, inexpensive, and stealthy--just right for radio amateurs living in deed-restricted homes […]
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2-Element Single Mast Wire Beam with 4 Switchable Directions. Post #1171. June 26, 2017
2-Element Single Mast Wire Beam with 4 Switchable Directions(http://www.eham.net/articles/39030).Accessed on 26 June 2017, 15:00 hrs, UTC.Authors: Chavdar Levkov, Jr. (LZ1ABC) and Chavdar Levkov (LZ1AQ).Please click link to read the full article.Comment:If you can't erect a tower and a multi-element 20 meter beam on your property, you may want to use t […]
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80 Meter Half Square. Post #1170. June 25, 2017
If you can't watch this video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SBGdPMnH-E. You can also insert the post title into your browser search box to bring up the video.If you spend much of your operating time contacting certain sections of the world, you may want to design and build a half square ante […]
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Speaker Wire 44' Doublet Antenna. Post #1169 June 24, 2017
If you can't view this video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3x_uOzIFJ4. Here's a simple, easy-to-build 40 through 10 meter HF Doublet Antenna made with commonly available parts. In this video, Craig Sheppard uses 44-feet/13.414 meters of speaker wire, insulators made from milk bottle ca […]
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Balloon Antenna Field Day 2016. Post #1168. June 23, 2017
If you can't view this video, please enter this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEDneotW3ko. Here's an interesting, if somewhat complicated antenna worth trying for Field Days or any portable operation dedicated to the 160 meter Amateur Radio Band.In this video from "HAMPREPPER.COM", we see how a fe […]
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Antenna Deployment with Slingshot. Post #1167. June 22, 2017
If you can't view this video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP9Arp7V9RA. Thanks to Al (VE3RDD) and his fellow hams from the Bernie Amateur Radio Club for this refinement of an old antenna launching technique. Al has paired a common slingshot with a fishing reel, fishing line, and a sinker to […]
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Random Wire Antennas. Post #1166. June 21, 2017
Random Wire Antennas(http://www.arrl.org/random-wires).Accessed on 21 June 2017, 23:50 hrs, UTC.Please click link or insert title into your browser to read the full article.Comment:Random wire antennas have been around since the dawn of Amateur Radio early in the 20th century. Properly designed and attached to a suitable ground radial or counterpoise system […]
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HF Mobile Antennas and Their Installation. Post #1165. June 20, 2017
If you can't view this video, please enter this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v-MQI2G6uqQhw. A good, basic introduction to HF mobile antennas and their installation from the staff of Waters and Stanton Ham Store in the UK. Before you commit to HF mobile operation, please review the suggestions given in this video […]
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Portable indoor antenna. Post #1164. June 19, 2017
If you can't view this video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH0RiRHp2Bc. If your amateur radio operations are confined to the inside of your apartment or home governed by deed-restrictions (CC&Rs and HOAs), you may want to consider these MFJ antennas tested by Mark Elzey. He does a good j […]
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