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Washington State Ham Faces FCC Forfeiture Order
On January 30, the Regional Director of the Western Region of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued a Forfeiture Order to James J. Grinton, K7VNI, of Bellingham, Washington in the amount of $7000 for “for willfully and repeatedly violating Section 97.113(b) and Section 97.119(a) of the Commission’s Rules (’Rules’). The noted violations involve Grinton engaging in the transmission of one-way communications and his failure to transmit his assigned call sign in the Amateur Radio Service...
[ARRL Web Extra]
Radio Amateur Named Head of Tropical Prediction Center
Veteran meteorologist Bill Read, KB5FYA, was named the new director of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Tropical Prediction Center, which includes the National Hurricane Center (NHC) earlier this month. Read had served as the Center’s acting deputy director since August 2007. The NHC has a dedicated amateur station on-site — W4EHW — and has worked closely with hams for decades. In announcing Read’s appointment to head the Center, NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher cited Read’s three decades of experience with the agency and of his reputation as “a trusted consultant to emergency managers” in the Houston area.
ARRL 2008 Teachers Institute Dates Announced
Sponsored by the ARRL Education and Technology Program and funded by ARRL members, the ARRL Teachers Institute is building on five years of success, offering 72 teachers the opportunity to explore and experience wireless technology basics, teaching of basic electronic concepts integral to micro controllers and robotics, bringing space technology into the classroom, radio astronomy basics, building a radio telescope, building and programming a robot and more.
Arkansas tower collapse
Investigators are trying to find out why a huge tower in Arkansas collapsed. At 2000 feet high it was once the second highest structure in the world. No one was seriously injured when the tower fell but crews working to strengthen the tower had been just minutes away from climbing it to replace cable. Initial reports suggest that work on high level guy wires caused the top section to fail, which then damaged other guy wires on its descent. Built in 1965, the tower held transmitting antennas for local TV and radio stations. [RSGB]
New ARISS antennas now in orbit on the European Columbus laboratory module
Frank Bauer KA3HDO, ARISS International Chairman, extended his congratulations to the ARISS-Europe team on the successful launch on February 7th of the newest on-orbit amateur radio hardware - additional ARISS antennas!! The antennas are mounted on the European Columbus module which flew inside the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
[RAC]
The Winnipeg Amateur Radio Club Hamfest 2008
The Winnipeg Amateur Radio Club will be holding a Hamfest from August 8 – 10, 2008, in conjunction with the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) Annual General Meeting.
At this time they are calling for papers/presenters who may wish to contribute to the program.
For complete details on the Hamfest, click here
[RAC]
Interference on 902-928MHz
RAC has become aware of increasing levels of interference to Amateur Radio
operations on the 902-928MHz (33cm) band from wireless power meters and is
calling on Radio Amateurs who use that band to provide any information to
help identify the extent and nature of the problem. [RAC]
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