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posted by Fnord666 on Friday August 07 2020, @05:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the Even-the-little-guy-gets-a-win-sometimes dept.

For those of you into Ham (Amateur) radio, especially the Technician class license holders, this will be pretty exciting and a good way to keep interest in the hobby going due to now having HF transmit ability. The article discusses the re-balancing for digital modes as well, which many people will find to be good move in the digital age.

"ARRL[*] has asked the FCC to expand HF privileges for Technician licensees to include limited phone privileges on 75, 40, and 15 meters, plus RTTY and digital mode privileges on 80, 40, and 15 meters. The FCC has not yet invited public comment on the proposals, which stem from recommendations put forth by the ARRL Board of Directors' Entry-Level License Committee, which explored various initiatives and gauged member opinions in 2016 and 2017."

[*] ARRL: American Radio Relay League (Wikipedia).

Link to original Story:
http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-requests-expanded-hf-privileges-for-technician-licensees

Powerpoint presentation of changes (With new bandplan pictures):
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Bandplanning/25%20Appendix%20BP_Committee_recs%20FINAL%20(h).pdf

Thanks for reading and 73's
KE5DKD


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 07 2020, @05:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 07 2020, @05:58PM (#1033043)

    I have the airspy & converter. It's a very good SDR, but there is way too much noise. Both WWV/WWVH used to tune in easily in the 70s on all their freqs, you can barely hear WWV on one station now in the same location with a better antenna.