"The need for revenue to partly cover the extension of the payroll tax cut and long-term unemployment benefits has pushed Congress to embrace a generational shift in the country’s media landscape: the auction of public airwaves now used for television broadcasts to create more wireless Internet syst... full article...

Amateur Radio Newsline™ Report 1801 – February 17 2012 Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1801 with a release date of February 17th, 2012 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. WRC 2012 ends and ham radio get a new 600 meter allocation. Also, the 2 Gigahertz band comes under a... full article...

Ham Nation episode 35 is available for download at http://twit.tv/hn . Amanda, K1DDN and Jeff K0JSC from the North American Traffic and Awards Net drop by for a Valentine's Day visit. Also the Loyalist City Club anniversary, Gordo, WB6NOA has flexible lighting, and Bob, K9EID and George, W5JDX... full article...

G11 is the latest Software Defined Radio transceiver kit by GenesisRadio. The 10W output all-mode transceiver can be configured as a monoband unit for either 137KHz or 500KHz (new 630m band) or as a multiband HF transceiver with coverage of up to 5 bands. The band selection is based on LP/BP f... full article...

I ran across this on "DSLReports.com" "The full FCC statement: LightSquared’s proposal to provide ground-based mobile service offered the potential to unleash new spectrum for mobile broadband and enhance competition. The Commission clearly stated from the outset that harmful interference to GPS... full article...

http://www.rsgb.org/news/articlelinks.php?id=0276 "Important announcement concerning PLA/PLT devices and the applicable Harmonised EMC Standard from 1 October 2011 From October 1st 2011 the latest revision of EN55022:2006+A2:2010 is the only Harmonised EMC Standard that can be applied spe... full article...

RAC Bulletin 2012-010E - Good News from WRC12 # A New Band at 600 metres. 2012-02-14 At its Plenary meeting held 14 February 2012 in Geneva the World Radiocommunication Conference approved a new secondary frequency allocation to the Amateur Radio Service at 472 to 479 kHz. Having passed First ... full article...

February 14th was a special day in Raytown Missouri. Not only was it St. Valentine’s Day, it was also RAYTOWN AMATEUR RADIO CLUB DAY by Proclamation of Mayor, David W. Bower of the City of Raytown. The Proclamation reads: WHEREAS, the Raytown Amateur Radio Club was begun on February 13, 1991;... full article...