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06/07/2013 | FCC Targets Online Retailer in Citation
FCC Targets Online Retailer in Citation
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11/15/2012 | FCC Denies ARRL Petition to Deny ReconRobotics Licenses, But Limits Devices to 100 kHz Bandwidth
On November 14, the FCC issued an Order on Reconsideration dismissing a March 2010 Petition for Reconsideration filed by the ARRL that asked the Commission to deny pending Public Safety Pool license applications associated with the ReconRobotics Video and
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11/06/2012 | FCC Rejects Maryland Ham’s Plan for Amending Message Forwarding System Rules
On Monday, November 5, the FCC issued a letter dismissing a Petition for Rulemaking that asked the FCC to amend Section 97.219 of the FCC's Rules.
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09/24/2012 | Last Man Standing Producer Cancels Special Event
Due to concerns over possible violations of Section 97.113(a)(3), John Amodeo, NN6JA, has cancelled the Last Man Standing Special Event Station planned for October 28.
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07/18/2012 | FCC Fines Alaska Man for Interfering with Air Traffic Using CB Radio
On July 17, the FCC announced that it had issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and Order (NAL) in the amount of $12,500 to Glenn S. Yamada, of Kenai, Alaska. Yamada is accused of “apparently willfully and repeatedly violat[ing] Section 301
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04/12/2012 | Amateurs Must Protect New Radars in 23 cm Band
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is deploying a new generation of Common Air Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) that has some implications for the use of the 1240-1300 MHz (23 cm) band by amateurs. The Amateur Service allocation in this band is on
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01/06/2012 | Radio Amateurs Not Affected by Narrowbanding Requirements
The FCC released a Public Notice on January 6, reminding land mobile licensees, frequency coordinators and equipment manufacturers that they have less than one year to transition to narrowband operations in the 150-174 and 421-512 MHz bands. While the lat
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07/14/2011 | ReconRobotics Pays $17,500 to End FCC Investigation of Rules Violations
On Wednesday, July 13, the FCC announced that its Enforcement Bureau and ReconRobotics have entered into a Consent Decree. This resolves an FCC investigation in response to a complaint filed by the ARRL. In 2010, the ARRL alleged that ReconRobotics had vi
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