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February, 2008
New Amateur Extra Class Question Pool Released
The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) has released the new pool of questions for the Amateur Extra class license. This pool will become effective for examinations given on or after July 1, 2008, and should be in service until June 30, 2012. The pool, which consists of 741 questions and 12 graphics, can be downloaded from the NCVEC Web site in Word, PDF or RTF formats. If you have any questions concerning the new Amateur Extra question pool, please contact the NCVEC's Question Pool Committee via e-mail.
RM-11392 Released for Comment
The FCC has released Public Notice report 2828-Correction establishing a new comment period for RM-11392.
You may read the document at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6519008574
RM11392 asks the FCC to re-establish the narrowband nature of the RTTY/Data subbands in the 80 through 10-meter bands. Emissions have crept into the narrowband RTTY/Data subbands in the 80 through 10-meter bands that are not appropriate for the RTTY/Data subbands. Stations under automatic control have taken advantage of loopholes created by terminology in the commission’s rules that is not applicable to new operating modes.
Attention All Amateurs ...
Cycle 24 Here, Experts Say
With the appearance of Sunspot 981 — a high-latitude, reversed polarity sunspot — on Friday, January 4, experts at NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that Cycle 24 is now here. “This sunspot is like the first robin of spring,” said solar physicist Douglas Biesecker of the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), part of NOAA. “In this case, it’s an early omen of solar storms that will gradually increase over the next few years.”
LG investigates exploding laptop
After a journalist’s LG Electronics laptop reportedly exploded in flames, the company said Wednesday it was investigating.
“LG Electronics is collaborating with LG Chem, the battery maker, to investigate and determine the cause of the problem, as under normal usage conditions, this type of problem should not occur,” LG said in a statement.
South Korean media reported that a laptop belonging to a South Korean journalist burst into flames Tuesday after smoke began to emerge from it.
No injuries were reported.
LG said it was “in possession of the equipment involved” and would “work with a third-party organization to provide an outside, independent assessment.”
Both LG and LG Chem Ltd. are members of the LG Group of companies.
“We rigorously test our products not only for functionality and design but safety as well,” LG said in the statement.
Kim Ji-hey, an LG Electronics spokeswoman, said the company was not yet releasing details on what model laptop was involved.
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