MONITOR FCC REGS

“The grant will allow Dlarc to continue curating and preserving historical content related to Ham Radio for an additional two years. The library includes a plethora of content from club newsletters to software to old printed call books that date back to the early 1900s. There is already a queue of scanning work to be done and digital material to be added.”

“It includes Hamvention's full program. You can browse and schedule the forums, preview the extensive list of exhibitors and find all the events that are happening. During the event, you can use the app features to follow along the hourly prize drawings populated by the Dayton Hamvention Prize Committee and browse building and site maps so you can find exactly what you're looking for in all of that complex.”

“The FCC plans to tighten its requirements for testing of electronic devices made in countries such as China before they can be sold to US consumers. The Commission will review an order this month that bans device testing conducted by labs that are, quote, owned or controlled directly by entities that pose national security risks. According to a statement by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, he identified China as one example of such a country.”

“The Brazilian regulator will no longer require Morse code for amateur licenses under the changes that have been under consideration since 2020. The resolution also grants hams the ability to operate on citizens' band 11 meter frequencies. They must identify with their call signs and are limited to 10 watts of power in AM and 25 watts of power in SSB.”

“Will takes us aboard the Wayback Machine to 1922, where we find despite several attempts, no successor to the outdated 1912 radio law had yet emerged. Now it could wait no longer since things had changed so radically with the rise of broadcasting. In early March 1922, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened the first national radio conference in Washington.”