The ARRL Letter December 5, 2013 Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, Editor Note: These links will take you to the original news posts on the ARRL website (www.arrl.org) Regulatory: ARRL Files Erratum to "Symbol Rate" Petition for Rule Making Regulatory: Plans Announced to Update the Communications Act of 1934 ARRL... More...

Representative Fred Upton of Michigan and Representative Greg Walden of Oregon have announced plans for an extensive review and update of the Communications Act of 1934. This of course is the law under which the Federal Communications Commission operates. In a press release Representative Upton said,... More...

LISTEN TO OR DOWNLOAD THE AUDIO VERSION AT WWW.ARNEWSLINE.ORG Amateur Radio Newsline™ Report 1895 – December 6 2013 Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1895 with a release date of December 6 2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Four youngsters get their names in space thanks to ham... More...

After weeks of deployment, the Philippines Amateur Radio Association (PARA http://www.para.org.ph/) HERO (Ham Emergency Radio Operations) Network stood down November 27, although some activity continues during the disaster cleanup. PARA Vice Chief Operating Officer Ramon Anquilan, DU1UGZ, said that... More...

December 2nd will forever become a day of celebration across Asia, as on December 2, 2013, the pioneering hams of the Hong Kong People Radio Club (HKPRC), launched the first Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) repeater in Asia under the call sign VR2TIG. This DMR repeater, which is owned and operated by the... More...

http://arvideonews.com/hrn/Ham_Radio_Now_300.png HAMRADIONOW.tv Episodes 107 and 108 KICKSTARTING Orlando/Dayton Video Last Ham... Still Standing Our dwindling bank balance means we can't afford to take the show to the Orlando and Dayton hamfests. So we've applied for a KICKSTARTER to fund it. Yeah,... More...

The surface of the sun is normally peppered with dark spots caused by magnetic activity. Those spots, small by the sun’s standards, can be larger than the surface of the Earth. I should clarify further: The sun has an incredibly complicated, ever-changing magnetic field, which is caused by the movement... More...

Series Six Episode Twenty-Four of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast Q & A November 2013 has been released. The latest news and Martin answers questions. News Stories include: • Three Ham Radio satellite deployments in November • RAC election of officers • Southeastern Division election results • 2014... More...