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Three Steps to Getting Your Ham Radio License

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These are the three basic steps to getting your USA amateur (ham) radio license: 1) Learn the Material 2) Take Practice Exams and 3) Pass the Real Exam. This article is very short and to the point, for a more detailed discussion see Stu (WØSTU)’s article over at HamRadioSchool.com. 1. Learn The Material The entry … Read more

This Spewed Out of the Internet #28

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More important things have spewed forth from the interwebz: HamRadioNow interviews the Ham Hijinks guys and has the nerve to actually publish the video. Later the Hijinks crew posted this article about changes being made to Field Day. Baofeng is going to change its name. Or is this just another Ham Hijinks article? WE2F writes: 146.52 … Read more

This Spewed Out of the Internet #27

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More important things spewing forth from the interwebz: The Ham Hijinks guys have been at it again, with this article: New Drug Aims To Get More Hams On The Air Warning: Do Not Take These Guys Seriously, It Only Encourages Them Chiming in on April 1st, Dan KB6NU reported that the FCC is going to … Read more

FCC Considers Encryption on Amateur Bands

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Just when things were terminally boring on the amateur radio regulatory front, the ARRL reports that “The FCC is inviting public comments on a proposal from a Massachusetts ham to amend the Part 97 Amateur Service rules to permit the encryption of certain amateur communications during emergency operations or related training exercises.” The FCC is … Read more

FCC Grants Waiver on TDMA

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From the That Took A Long Time department, the FCC granted a waiver requested by the ARRL that clarifies the rules concerning the use of TDMA (i.e., MOTOTRBO or DMR) on the ham bands. I posted on this topic way back in March 2011, so refer to that article for the background. Update: ARRL article posted here. I … Read more

How to Get a $10,000 FCC Fine

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The ARRL web site reported on this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture from the FCC. That’s government talk for “we are fining you.” In case you are wondering how you can get fined by the FCC, here’s the sequence of events that resulted in a $10,000 fine for this person: Get a Technician License and … Read more