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| The award-winning monthly publication of The Baltimore Radio Amateur Television Society P.O.Box 5915 Baltimore, MD 21282-5915 |
December, 2008
BRATS Holiday Party December 16
The annual BRATS Holiday party will be held on Tuesday, December 16 at 7:15 PM at the Pikesville Library,
1301 Reisterstown Road in Pikesville. Please bring your family and friends and plan to join us
for this festive occasion and help celebrate the holiday season.
BRATS ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN DECEMBER
Because the by-laws require elections during the October-November-December quarter, we will hold our elections
at the December meeting, as required. Up for election will be the 4 officers and 3 of the 6 directors. If
you would like to run for office or Board member, please let Mayer, W3GXK know in advance of the meeting.
FCC AMENDS WE2XRH EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE
In response to the October 20 ARRL Petition for Modification or
Cancellation of Experimental Authorization (Petition) concerning an
experimental license issued to Digital Aurora Radio Technologies (DART)
station WE2XRH, the FCC today issued an amended license that redefines
one of the station's frequency ranges to eliminate conflict with the
Amateur Radio Service. This revision addresses ARRL's concern that the
original 7.10 to 7.60 MHz range would cause unacceptable interference to
Amateur Radio operations in the 40 meter band. The amended license
narrows the range to 7.30 to 7.60 MHz and gives as the reason for the
change, "operation in the band 7.1-7.3 MHz will cause harmful
interference to Amateur Radio Service licensees."
"We are delighted that the FCC acted so promptly to correct this error
and are pleased that the matter has been resolved," said ARRL CEO David
Sumner, K1ZZ.
WE2XRH will be testing a proposed domestic broadcast service using a 20
kHz bandwidth digital emission at a transmitter output power of 100 kW
and an ERP of 660 kW within a radius of 1500 kilometers of Delta
Junction, Alaska. According to the amended license, the transmissions
will take place in the frequency ranges 4.4 to 5.1 MHz, 7.3 to 7.6 MHz
and 9.25 to 9.95 MHz. (ARRL Letter)
ARRL VEC Announces Exam Fee Increase
On November 6, The ARRL VEC announced that as of January 1, 2009, the fee to take an ARRL Volunteer Examiner
(VE)-administered Amateur Radio license exam will increase by $1, from $14 to $15. According to ARRL VEC Manager
Maria Somma, AB1FM, ARRL VE teams may retain up to $7 of this fee to directly reimburse their teams out-of-pocket
examination expenses; currently, VE teams keep $6. This is the first time in four years that the examination fee
has been adjusted.
Holiday Greetings to All!
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