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 | FCC Looks to Raise Vanity Call Sign Fees |
 W7GET writes "The FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order (NPRM) on
May 8 seeking to raise fees for Amateur Radio vanity call signs.
Currently, a vanity call sign costs $11.70 and is good for 10 years;
the new fee, if the FCC plan goes through, will go up to $12.30 for
10 years, an increase of $.60."
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Posted by admin on Saturday, May 10 @ 20:24:28 EDT (14 reads)
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| Newspaper Reports BPL plan is dead in Dallas |
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W7GET writes "The Dallas Morning News has reported that "an ambitious plan for using
power lines to deliver fast Internet service to 2 million Dallas-area
homes collapsed Thursday." Current Group, LLC has announced plans to
sell its Dallas BPL network
to Oncor, a regulated electric distribution
and transmission business, for $90 million. Oncor reportedly has no
plans to offer Internet service but will use the network to detect
distribution network issues. While Current originally touted the
network as a way to offer Internet service to consumers and had entered
into a marketing arrangement with DirecTV, the Houston Chronicle quotes
Oncor spokesman Chris Schein as confirming that Oncor will use the
network only for monitoring the power grid: "Our business is delivering
electricity, not being an Internet provider
or a television provider."
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Posted by admin on Saturday, May 03 @ 10:21:13 EDT (17 reads)
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| FCC Denies Utah Motorsport Park Use of Amateur Radio Frequencies |
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W7GET writes "On Thursday, April 24, ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, filed an
Informal Objection with the FCC regarding a pending application for a
Special Temporary Authority (STA) filed by Miller Motorsports Park in
Tooele, Utah. One day after filing the Objection, the FCC agreed with
the ARRL, saying, "Due to the possibility of interference to Amateur
operators and also the race teams utilizing the proposed frequencies, we
feel that it is not in the public interest to grant Miller Motorsports Park's request.""
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Posted by admin on Saturday, May 03 @ 10:14:17 EDT (19 reads)
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| Court Finds FCC Violated Administrative Procedure Act in BPL |
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W7GET writes "The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today
released its decision on the ARRL's Petition for Review of the FCC's Orders adopting rules
governing broadband over power line (BPL) systems. The Court agreed with
the ARRL on two major points and remanded the rules to the Commission.
Writing for the three-judge panel of Circuit Judges Rogers, Tatel and
Kavanaugh, Judge Rogers summarized: "The Commission failed to satisfy
the notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act
('APA') by redacting studies on which it relied in promulgating the rule
and failed to provide a reasoned explanation for its choice of the
extrapolation factor for measuring Access BPL emissions."
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Posted by admin on Saturday, April 26 @ 21:41:11 EDT (22 reads)
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| Ham Pets |
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W7GET writes "There has been a new addition to the Gallery. Please feel free to post pictures of your pet. Be sure to remember to include your callsign and pet's name in the caption. Click Here to upload your photo."
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Posted by admin on Thursday, April 17 @ 09:34:52 EDT (14 reads)
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| Public Spectrum to be Auctioned |
W7GET writes "The British government and the Ministry of Defence will be able to share and trade valuable radio spectrum under new plans announced by the regulator Ofcom.
The proposed new rules will free up prime spectrum currently held by public sector agencies and organisations. "
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Posted by admin on Saturday, February 02 @ 11:53:52 EST (90 reads)
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| Simulated Emergency Test Scheduled for October |
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W7GET writes "America was abruptly reminded of the critical role of Amateur Radio in 2005 as Amateur Radio operators came from all over the country to provide emergency communications when other systems failed during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In 2007, Amateur Radio operators continued to provide lifesaving services in many floods and wildfires around the country. Because of the complexity of today's normal communications systems, they are often overwhelmed in a disaster. These painful lessons are being tested again on October 6 and 7 as Amateur Radio operators around the country conduct their annual Simulated Emergency Test. "
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Posted by admin on Monday, October 01 @ 06:51:17 EDT (186 reads)
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| Get Ready for JOTA |
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W7GET writes "Jamboree on the Air will celebrate its 50th year this year when it gets on the air October 19-21. Normally a 48 hour event, this year's JOTA will be 50 hours long in recognition of the anniversary. The fun begins at 2200 (local time) October 19 and ends at midnight (local time) October 21."
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Posted by admin on Monday, October 01 @ 06:47:38 EDT (152 reads)
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| NATO Group Releases Report on BPL |
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W7GET writes "The Information Systems Technology group, part of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization's (NATO) Research and Technology Organization (RTO),
released their report, "HF Interference, Procedures and Tools"
(RTO-TR-IST-050), in June. This report "address[es] the concerns raised
by the potential for unintentional radio interference to be caused by
the widespread operation of broadband wire-line telecommunications
systems." "
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Posted by admin on Saturday, September 08 @ 07:06:04 EDT (170 reads)
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| FCC to Lower Vanity Call Sign Fees September 17 |
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W7GET writes "The FCC will reduce the regulatory fee to obtain or renew an Amateur
Radio vanity call sign by more than 40 percent starting September 17. In
a Report & Order (R&O) released August 6, "Assessment and Collection of
Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2007," in MD Docket 07-81, the
Commission will cut the fee from its current $20.80 to $11.70. This
marks the lowest fee in the history of the current vanity call sign
program. The FCC is authorized by the Communications Act of 1934 (as
amended) to collect vanity call sign fees to recover the costs
associated with that program. The vanity call sign fee has fluctuated
over the 11 years of the current program -- from a low of $12 to a high
of $50. The FCC says it anticipates some 14,700 Amateur Radio vanity
call sign "payment units" or applications during the next fiscal year,
collecting $171,990 in fees from the program. "
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Posted by admin on Saturday, September 08 @ 07:01:22 EDT (186 reads)
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