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03/17/2011 | ARRL Files Petition, Request for Temporary Waiver with FCC Regarding VHF Voice and Data Emissions
On Tuesday, March 15, the ARRL filed a Petition for Rulemaking and a Request for Temporary Waiver to authorize the use of single-time-slot Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) emissions in the amateur bands at and above 50 MHz, wherever multip
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03/04/2011 | FCC Adopts Spread Spectrum Rules Changes
The FCC has adopted two changes to its Rules that affect Spread Spectrum communications in the Amateur Radio Service.
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08/11/2010 | FCC Denies Petitions on Call Sign Usage, Expanded Privileges
On August 9, the FCC denied two Petitions for Rule Making: one to prohibit what the petitioner called “the false or unauthorized use of an Amateur Radio call sign,” and one to wishing to expand privileges on the 15 meter phone band for General and Amateur
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08/06/2010 | ARRL Files Petition with FCC to Deny Applications with ReconRobotics
On August 4, 2010, the ARRL filed a Petition to Deny Applications with the FCC to deny 68 pending Public Safety Pool license applications associated with the ReconRobotics Video and Audio Surveillance System. Each license application is accompanied by a w
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06/08/2010 | FCC Dismisses California Ham’s Petition to Amend Section 97.1
In September 2009, Gordon Schlesinger, W6LBV, of San Diego, California, filed a Petition for Rule Making with the FCC, seeking to amend Section 97.1 of the Commission’s rules to account for changes in technology and amateur practice since the
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05/26/2010 | FCC Upholds Decision to Revoke Amateur License of Convicted Indiana Ham
Lonnie L. Keeney, KB9RFO, of Greencastle, Indiana, filed a Petition for Reconsideration in March 2010, asking that the FCC re-evaluate the revocation of his Amateur Radio license. Keeney -- who in 2002 was convicted of child molestation, a Class C felony
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05/18/2010 | FCC Again Denies Amateur’s Petition Regarding Station Identification
On May 18, the FCC denied a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Glen Zook, K9STH, that asked for changes in Part 97 regarding how often amateurs must identify themselves on the air. This action follows the Commission’s denial of Zook’s April 2009 Petiti
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04/19/2010 | ARRL Files Reply with FCC over ReconRobotics’ Opposition to League’s Petition for Reconsideration
Following the ARRL’s March 24 Petition for Reconsideration of the FCC’s grant of a waiver to permit the operation of a robotic video device in the 430-450 MHz band, ReconRobotics filed an Opposition to the ARRL’s Petition, declaring that, among other thin
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