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Radio Spectrum Inventory Act

by k4sac @ Thursday, July 16th, 2009. Tags:
Filed under FCC, NTIA

This is something that has been rumored to be in the works for a while, and was expected to show up.
Senators Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts and Republican Olympia Snowe of Maine have introduced a bill in the Senate that mandate an inventory of radio spectrum between 300 Mhz and 3.5 Ghz.
The Radio Spectrum Inventory [...]

FCC and warrantless searches

by k4sac @ Thursday, May 21st, 2009. Tags:
Filed under FCC

As most ham radio operators know, and as some pirate radio stations have found out, the FCC enjoys broad power to come into your house and “inspect” your equipment.
The FCC  doesn’t need a warrant to come in and “inspect” your ham equipment, although if they intend on seizing equipment, they need to work with the [...]

FCC files petition for expedited rulemaking against towers

by k4sac @ Friday, May 1st, 2009. Tags:
Filed under FCC, antennas

On April 14, 2009 the FCC in concert with bird organizations has filed a petition for expedited rulemaking to protect birds from towers
You can download the PDF here
Specifically, Petitioners request that the FCC undertake the
following actions:
· Amend the Commission’s regulations that implement NEPA, “consistent with Council on
Environmental Quality regulations and guidance,” to “cure deficiencies” [...]

440 Mhz band in danger again

by k4sac @ Tuesday, April 14th, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under FCC

The FCC has released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making ET Docket No. 09-36  RM-11404
The matter at hand is the Amendment of Parts 2 and 95 of the Commission’s Rules to Provide Additional
Spectrum for the Medical Device Radiocommunication Service in the 413-457 MHz band (which covers the ham radio 420-450 band)
The purpose of the NPRM [...]

Radio Spectrum Inventory Act

by k4sac @ Saturday, March 28th, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under FCC, NTIA

There has been a new bill introduced in the Senate called the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act.
This act which was sponsered by John Kerry of Mass. and Olympia Snowe of Maine, would require  all frequencies between 300Mhz and 3.5Ghz to be inventoried by the NTIA and the FCC .
The law will require that 180 days after [...]

Beacon system-Service or QRM?

by k4sac @ Monday, March 9th, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under ARRL, FCC, beacons, contests, dx, space, sunspots

NCDXF beacon system is a set of beacons, scattered around the world, that operate to informs hams of potential propagation openings. Each beacon transmits every three minutes, day and night. A transmission consists of the callsign of the beacon [...]

ARRL wins versus BPL and FCC???

by k4sac @ Tuesday, July 1st, 2008. Tags: ,
Filed under BPL

On October 23rd, 2007, The ARRL argued case # 06-1343 at the United Stated Court of Appeals (District of Columbia district) on the FCC’s handling of the BPL issue.
On April 25th, 2008 the Court ruled on the matter.
According to the ruling found here (Adobe acrobat reader required) the ARRL met the burden of proof that [...]

Ham radio, and licensing

by k4sac @ Monday, June 16th, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under ham radio

I was discussing how licensing has changed over the years.
I was 13 years old when I got my first ticket in 1974, I had to drive about a 4 hour drive to Indianapolis, IN to take my exam in front of an FCC examiner. The question pool was secret, you had to have the knowledge, [...]

Riley rescinds retirement comment

by k4sac @ Tuesday, October 30th, 2007. Tags: ,
Filed under Uncategorized

Hollingsworth to Stay Put at FCC (Oct 30, 2007) — Riley Hollingsworth, Special Counsel for the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, has decided not to retire; he had announced last week that he would leave the FCC in January 2008. “After spending the entire weekend thinking about the decision [to retire], it became [...]

FCC Revised R&O Takes Effect Dec 15th 2006

by k4sac @ Wednesday, December 6th, 2006. Tags:
Filed under ham radio

REVISED Nov 22, 2006 11:49 ETFCC “Omnibus” Amateur Radio R&O Published in Federal Register, Takes Effect December 15NEWINGTON, CT (November 15, 2006) — Just a little over a month after the Federal Communications Commission released the Report and Order (R&O) in the so-called “Omnibus” Amateur Radio proceeding, WT Docket 04-140 (FCC 06-149) to the public, [...]

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