Amateur Radio Stories:

Here is a recap of what happened in the web this week, through the eyes of the DXZone and other ham radio sources on the web.

• ARISS contact planned for students in Calgary, Canada
  An International Space Station school contact has been planned for David St-Jacques KG5FYI with North Point School for Boys, Calgary, Alberta, Canada…
• The K7RA Solar Update
  Following a month of no sunspots in February, solar activity returned on March 5-12, then disappeared over five days, returning last week on March 18-20.But our reporting week (Always Thursday through the following Wednesday) ended with a bang when t…
• OH10X IOTA “Ice DXpedition” to Inakari Island Logs More Than 8,000 Contacts
• Propagation de K7RA
  Sunspots reemerged for 8 days on March 5-12. Average daily sunspot numbers rose from 4.4 in last week’s bulletin to 9.9 this week (March 7-13). Average daily solar flux barely changed, from 70.6 to 70.9. Average planetary A index declined from 12.6 t…
• Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, Appointed as New ARRL Radiosport and Field Services Manager
  Headquarters veteran Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, has been appointed as ARRL Radiosport and Field Services Manager. Jahnke, who has served as ARRL Contest Branch Manager for the past 3 years, succeeds Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, who was recently promoted to Director of…
• Commenting electronically on FCC proceedings
  Those interested in posting brief comments on Petitions for Rulemaking (PRMs) to the FCC, such as the ARRL Technician Enhancement proposal (RM-11828) using the Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) should access FCC Electronic Comment Filing System…
• FCC cites amateur service rule violations
  ARRL reports on further developments regarding the case of alleged unlicensed FM broadcasting on 95.7 MHz…
• ARRL Field Day Web Content Updated for 2019
• 3Y0I DXpedition Team Reports It has Departed for Bouvet Island
• Comments Due March 22 on Proposed Updates to the National Emergency Communications Plan
• Amateur radio in UK Spectrum Policy Forum report
  The UK Spectrum Policy Forum (SPF) have released the report Valuing the impact of radio spectrum use on the UK economy which features amateur radio…
• Ofcom confirms approach to recovering costs for satellite filing work
  Ofcom has just published a statement on recovering the costs for its satellite filing work from industry…
• Photo tour of the 2019 Charlotte Hamfest
  Last weekend, we attended the 2019 Charlotte (North Carolina) Hamfest. This regional hamfest was well-attended and flea market vendors had a wide variety of radio items for sale
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• “Tyro” License Proposal Now Open for Public Comment
  The same day that the FCC put ARRL’s Technician Enhancement petition on public notice, it also invited comments on another proposal, designated RM-11829, asking the FCC to create a “Tyro” license class that would require a minimal online examin…
• W1AW Endowment Contributions will be Properly Credited Despite Incorrect Return Envelope
  Due to an inadvertent mix-up, a recent ARRL solicitation letter to benefit the W1AW Endowment Fund included a return envelope designating the Spectrum Defense Fund.“We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience this may have caused for those who …
• Earth-directed solar flare
  A new and rapidly growing sunspot, AR2736, announced itself this morning with a C4-class solar flare …
• Tony’s 10m Band Report
  Well obviously Saturday and Sunday were the best days with the rest of the days nowhere. Star of the week without a doubt 5X3C (Uganda) along with KP3Z (Puerto Rico). There have been some spoof stations about. I can’t find TI/2KC2MXH but it looks w…
• 23-24 March Activity Days – 5th Anniversary of RDRC
  We invite you to the Birthday of RDRC – activity days Made in Russia 2019. Our club was founded on March 21, 2014 …
• ARRL supports no change to Table of Allocations for 45.5 – 47 and 47 – 47.2 GHz bands
  The FCC has opened a brief window for public comment on recommendations approved by the World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee (WAC). Comments are due March 18 on International Bureau Docket 16-185…
• Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
  Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to remain at low levels…
• FoxTelem Version 1.07 Released
  I’m officially releasing version 1.07 of FoxTelem. A test version has been out for a while, but it had several issues, including a lower decode rate than 1.06. That prevented release for a while. Those issues (and something like 65 other defect…
• Commenting Electronically on FCC Proceedings
  Those interested posting brief comments on Petitions for Rulemaking (PRMs) to the FCC, such as the ARRL Technician Enhancement proposal (RM-11828) using the Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) should access FCC Electronic Comment Filing System Ex…
• FCC invites comments on ARRL Technician Enhancement proposal
  The FCC has invited public comments on ARRL’s 2018 Petition for Rule Making, now designated as RM-11828, which asks the FCC to expand HF privileges for Technician licensees to include limited phone privileges on 75, 40, and 15 meters, plus RTTY and d…
• ICQ Podcast – UHF/VHF Weekender Transceiver Kit Review
  In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard M0TCH, Martin Rothwell M0SGL and Frank Howell K4FMH to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s feature is a review of the UHF/VH…
• General Class Element 3 Question Pool Errata Released