Amateur Radio · VHF/UHF · Summits On The Air · Colorado Mountains · Adventure
Building on the success of our first Technician License Class, we are offering it again: Ham Radio Two-Day License Class Monument, Colorado Saturday Apr 24 and Saturday May 1 (8 AM to 5 PM) Location not yet finalized Sponsored by the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Radio Association The Technician license is your gateway to the world-wide … Read more
The FCC has released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) concerning use of amateur radio by employees of governmental and other agencies. I had previously posted my thoughts on this topic back in October 2009. A read of the NPRM on the FCC web site reveals that the FCC clearly sees this as an … Read more
I’ve posted before about being a fan of podcasts (those mp3 file “radio shows” that don’t use radio). There are so many decent podcasts out there to choose from, I keep my iPod Touch loaded up with all kinds of mp3 content. Actually, my taste includes topics outside of tech, but that is what I’ll … Read more
Things have gotten a little busy for me, so sorry about going dark on blog postings. I had several weeks of business travel, followed by a wonderful trip to the Caribbean. Unfortunately, no ham radio action on any of these trips. As usual, K3NG has posted some interesting stuff on his blog. First, he commented … Read more
We finished up the second and last day of our 2-day Ham Radio Technician License Class. The class ended with a VE test session, which was done by one of the local VE teams. We had 19 out of 21 students pass Element 2, qualifying them for a Technician Class License, for a 90% success … Read more
Part 97.113 has been the topic of much discussion lately, ever since the FCC communicated a rather narrow interpretation of the rules. See my previous post on this topic for more background information. From the ARRL web site, we find that the ARRL Board of Directors has chimed in: The Board instructed the ARRL staff … Read more