From w4wj at aol.com  Thu Oct  1 17:31:37 2020
From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 21:31:37 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: ARLB027 Stuart Wolfe, KF5NIX,
 Appointed South Texas Section Manager
References: <1065020876.901950.1601587897111.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
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FYI, 73, Don, W4WJ...

From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2020
Subject: ARLB027 Stuart Wolfe, KF5NIX, Appointed South Texas Section Manager
To: w4wj <w4wj at aol.com>
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB027
ARLB027 Stuart Wolfe, KF5NIX, Appointed South Texas Section Manager

ZCZC AG27
QST de W1AW? 
ARRL Bulletin 27? ARLB027
>From ARRL Headquarters? 
Newington CT? October 1, 2020
To all radio amateurs 

SB QST ARL ARLB027
ARLB027 Stuart Wolfe, KF5NIX, Appointed South Texas Section Manager

Stuart Wolfe, KF5NIX, has been appointed ARRL South Texas Section
Manager. He succeeds Paul Gilbert, KE5ZW, of Cedar Park, who has
stepped down as Section Manager to become ARRL Director of Emergency
Management.

Wolfe, of Rockdale, Texas, will complete the remainder of Gilbert's
term. Wolfe's appointment as Section Manager begins on October 1 and
extends until September 30, 2021. ARRL Radiosport and Field Services
Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, made the appointment after consulting
with ARRL West Gulf Division Director John Robert Stratton, N5AUS,
and receiving recommendations from Gilbert, West Gulf Division Vice
Director Lee Cooper, W5LHC, and others in the South Texas Section.

Stuart Wolfe currently serves as South Texas ARRL Affiliated Club
Coordinator and Emergency Coordinator. He is the founding member and
President of the Milam Amateur Radio Club. He is also active as a
Volunteer Examiner and teacher of amateur radio licensing classes.
NNNN
/EX

From 71k5lb at gmail.com  Tue Oct  6 11:25:42 2020
From: 71k5lb at gmail.com (Peter Naumburg)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 10:25:42 -0500
Subject: [HCARC] Upcoming meeting and more
Message-ID: <2DB8F039-076D-4795-A3CF-13FA571946F0@ARRL.NET>

Club
There is lots going with the Medina Radio Club.
We enjoyed a successful VE session last Friday with five new Amateurs. There will be another VE test this Friday, the 9th, 11AM at the Fellowship Hall for those that missed the last session..
Our monthly club meeting will happen this Thursday, the 8th, at 10AM at the Fellowship Hall and will include the good food from the Core and Coffee.
We are blessed to have a Technical Specialist Mort McKenzie do a presentation on basic wiring.  This will be a no miss event.
We are also looking at changing the monthly meeting time from 10AM to 6PM and would like feedback on this idea.
Thanks for your help
Peter Naumburg
k5lb at arrl.net
505-610-7800


From 71k5lb at gmail.com  Wed Oct  7 17:02:25 2020
From: 71k5lb at gmail.com (Peter Naumburg)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 16:02:25 -0500
Subject: [HCARC] Tomorrows Medina Radio Club Meeting 10AM at the Fellowship
 Hall in Medina
Message-ID: <28296643-9FEB-4463-BCEF-EFD6C9898B85@ARRL.NET>

Club 
We will be focusing on good wiring techniques.
Bring wire, connectors, tools, meters - whatever you have and we will help.
Peter Naumburg
k5lb at arrl.net




From w4wj at aol.com  Thu Oct  8 15:52:08 2020
From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2020 19:52:08 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: ARLB028 FCC Orders Amateur Access to 3.5 GHz Band to
	"Sunset"
References: <1574417039.542228.1602186728911.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1574417039.542228.1602186728911@mail.yahoo.com>


FYI, 73, Don, W4WJ, 

From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2020
Subject: ARLB028 FCC Orders Amateur Access to 3.5 GHz Band to "Sunset"
To: w4wj <w4wj at aol.com>
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB028
ARLB028 FCC Orders Amateur Access to 3.5 GHz Band to "Sunset"

ZCZC AG28
QST de W1AW? 
ARRL Bulletin 28? ARLB028
>From ARRL Headquarters? 
Newington CT? October 8, 2020
To all radio amateurs 

SB QST ARL ARLB028
ARLB028 FCC Orders Amateur Access to 3.5 GHz Band to "Sunset"

Despite vigorous and continuing opposition from ARRL and others, the
FCC has ordered the "sunsetting" of the 3.3 - 3.5-GHz amateur radio
secondary spectrum allocation. The decision allows current amateur
activity on the band to continue, "grandfathering" the amateur
operations subject to a later decision. The FCC proposed two
deadlines for amateur operations to cease on the band. The first
would apply to the 3.4 - 3.5 GHz segment, the second to 3.3 - 3.4
GHz. The FCC will establish the dates once it reviews additional
comments.

"We adopt our proposal from the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to
remove the amateur allocation from the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz band," the FCC
said in its R&O. "[W]e adopt changes to our rules today that provide
for the sunset of the secondary amateur allocation in the band, but
allow continued use of the band for amateur operations, pending
resolution of the issues raised in the Further Notice."

The Report and Order (R&O) and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
in WT Docket No. 19-348 adopted on September 30 followed a 2019 FCC
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in which the FCC proposed
re-allocating 3.45 - 3.55 GHz for "flexible-use service" and
auctioning the desirable "mid-band" spectrum (generally defined as
between 1 GHz and 6 GHz) to 5G providers. These and other recent
spectrum-repurposing actions stem from the MOBILE NOW Act, enacted
in 2018, in which Congress directed the Commission to make
additional spectrum available to auction for mobile and fixed
wireless broadband. The FCC action is consistent with worldwide
allocations adopted by the ITU for these frequencies.

The Report and Order can be found online in PDF format at,
https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/1002214202488/FCC-20-138A1.pdf .

In the run-up to the Commission's decision, ARRL met with the FCC's
professional staff to explain its concerns and to answer questions.
Subsequently, ARRL met with the wireless advisors to the FCC
Chairman and two Commissioners. In those meetings, ARRL reiterated
that continued secondary status for amateurs will not impair or
devalue use of this spectrum by the primary licensees intending to
provide 5G or other service. ARRL noted amateur radio's long history
of successful coexistence with primary users of the 9 cm band,
sharing this spectrum with the federal government users and
secondary, non-federal occupants.

ARRL pointed out that vital links in amateur television and amateur
radio high-speed mesh networks using the band have been especially
valuable during such emergency situations as the wildfires currently
raging on the west coast. Deleting the amateur secondary allocation
will result in lost opportunities for experimentation and public
service with no public interest benefit to make up for that.

ARRL argued that deleting the secondary allocation would waste the
scarce spectrum resource, particularly in areas where commercial
services often do not construct full facilities due to small
populations. The FCC action means that amateur radio will lose
access to the 3.5-GHz secondary allocation even where commercial
operations do not exist. ARRL told the Commission that it should not
intentionally allow this spectrum to be vacant and unused, wasting
the public resource, when amateurs can use some portion of it in
many geographic areas with no detriment to any other licensee, just
as it has in the past. ARRL argues that amateur operations should be
permitted until and unless an actual potential for interference
exists.

Deletion of the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz secondary amateur allocation will
become effective on the effective date of the FCC's order, but
amateur radio operation as of that date may continue while the FCC
finalizes rules to license spectrum in the 3.45 - 3.55 GHz band and
establishes deadlines for amateur operations to cease. The FCC
proposed allowing amateur operation in the 3.3 - 3.4 GHz portion of
the band to continue "pending further decisions about the future of
this portion of the spectrum," the timing for which is unknown. The
Commission proposed to mandate that operations cease in the 3.4 -
3.5 GHz portion when commercial licensing commences for the new 3.45
- 3.55 GHz "5G" band, which is predicted to begin in the first half
of 2022.

"[W]e seek comment on whether it is in the public interest to sunset
amateur use in the 3.3 - 3.55 GHz band in two separate phases, e.g.,
first above 3.4 GHz, which is the focus of [the R&O] and later in
that portion of the band below 3.4 GHz," the FCC said.

ARRL expressed gratitude to the many members and organizations that
joined ARRL in challenging the FCC throughout this nearly year-long
proceeding. They included multiple radio clubs, weak signal
enthusiasts, moonbounce participants, and the Amateur Radio
Emergency Data Network (AREDN), the Amateur Television Network
(ATN), AMSAT, and Open Research Institute (ORI).

ARRL will continue its efforts to preserve secondary amateur radio
access to 3.3 - 3.5 GHz. Members are invited to share comments by
visiting http://www.arrl.org/3-GHz-Band .

"We recognize that any loss of our privileges will most directly
impact radio amateurs who use the frequencies to operate and
innovate," said ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR. "Such instances
only embolden ARRL's role to protect and advocate for the Amateur
Radio Service and Amateur Satellite Service. There will be continued
threats to our spectrum. So I urge all amateurs, now more than ever,
to strengthen our hold by being ceaseless in our public service,
experimenting, and discovery throughout the radio spectrum."
NNNN
/EX

From kerryk5ks at hughes.net  Thu Oct  8 16:34:40 2020
From: kerryk5ks at hughes.net (Kerry)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2020 20:34:40 +0000
Subject: [HCARC] New Sunspot
Message-ID: <74a2c30a-d023-8437-5a8d-4e246a5d95d0@hughes.net>

There is a new sunspot located at S25 E08.  It has produced one very 
small flare so far.

Earlier today there was another sunspot reported approximately S25 E45.  
It has since disappeared but 3 very small flares were produced in that 
area of the sun.

Based on their latitude these are probably new cycle spots from 2 
different active regions.  At this point in the sunspot cycle small 
short-lived spots are normal.  Short-lived spots don't usually get 
assigned a sunspot group number.  In any event, this should be enough to 
keep the solar flux in the 70's.  The 1700 UT solar flux was 73, the 
2000 UT solar flux isn't available yet. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Kerry


From kerryk5ks at hughes.net  Thu Oct  8 20:58:02 2020
From: kerryk5ks at hughes.net (Kerry)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 00:58:02 +0000
Subject: [HCARC] New Sunspot
In-Reply-To: <74a2c30a-d023-8437-5a8d-4e246a5d95d0@hughes.net>
References: <74a2c30a-d023-8437-5a8d-4e246a5d95d0@hughes.net>
Message-ID: <3e356927-113e-33bb-f193-3e75dd6345b9@hughes.net>

There are now 2 sunspot groups on the sun.  They are both about S25, one 
is near the center and the other is perhaps E50, towards the rising side 
limb.  The Boulder sunspot number for 08 Oct is 0 so they haven't been 
on the sun long enough to be counted.  The Eastern one may be the one 
seen earlier that disappeared.  There are 2 sunspots in that group, both 
small.  We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Kerry


On 10/8/2020 20:34, Kerry wrote:
> There is a new sunspot located at S25 E08.  It has produced one very 
> small flare so far.
>
> Earlier today there was another sunspot reported approximately S25 
> E45.  It has since disappeared but 3 very small flares were produced 
> in that area of the sun.
>
> Based on their latitude these are probably new cycle spots from 2 
> different active regions.  At this point in the sunspot cycle small 
> short-lived spots are normal.  Short-lived spots don't usually get 
> assigned a sunspot group number.  In any event, this should be enough 
> to keep the solar flux in the 70's.  The 1700 UT solar flux was 73, 
> the 2000 UT solar flux isn't available yet. We'll see what tomorrow 
> brings.
>
> Kerry
>
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From kerryk5ks at hughes.net  Fri Oct  9 12:42:01 2020
From: kerryk5ks at hughes.net (Kerry)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 16:42:01 +0000
Subject: [HCARC] New Sunspot
In-Reply-To: <3e356927-113e-33bb-f193-3e75dd6345b9@hughes.net>
References: <74a2c30a-d023-8437-5a8d-4e246a5d95d0@hughes.net>
	<3e356927-113e-33bb-f193-3e75dd6345b9@hughes.net>
Message-ID: <be33f522-a2b1-1a68-9fce-9fa2d8762350@hughes.net>

There are now 2 sunspots in each sunspot group.  The groups have both 
been numbered.  The one near the center is 2774 and the one to the East 
is 2775.  There haven't been any more flares.  The sunspots are all 
quite small.

Kerry


On 10/9/2020 00:58, Kerry wrote:
> There are now 2 sunspot groups on the sun.  They are both about S25, 
> one is near the center and the other is perhaps E50, towards the 
> rising side limb.  The Boulder sunspot number for 08 Oct is 0 so they 
> haven't been on the sun long enough to be counted.  The Eastern one 
> may be the one seen earlier that disappeared.  There are 2 sunspots in 
> that group, both small.  We'll see what tomorrow brings.
>
> Kerry
>
>
> On 10/8/2020 20:34, Kerry wrote:
>> There is a new sunspot located at S25 E08.  It has produced one very 
>> small flare so far.
>>
>> Earlier today there was another sunspot reported approximately S25 
>> E45.  It has since disappeared but 3 very small flares were produced 
>> in that area of the sun.
>>
>> Based on their latitude these are probably new cycle spots from 2 
>> different active regions.  At this point in the sunspot cycle small 
>> short-lived spots are normal.  Short-lived spots don't usually get 
>> assigned a sunspot group number.  In any event, this should be enough 
>> to keep the solar flux in the 70's.  The 1700 UT solar flux was 73, 
>> the 2000 UT solar flux isn't available yet. We'll see what tomorrow 
>> brings.
>>
>> Kerry
>>
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From w4wj at aol.com  Fri Oct  9 12:46:51 2020
From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 16:46:51 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [HCARC] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_=5Bcwops=5D_Zoom=E2=84=A2_Recording_of_N?=
 =?utf-8?q?4XL=27s_excellent_presentation_available_now?=
References: <1253678233.778189.1602262011819.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1253678233.778189.1602262011819@mail.yahoo.com>


FYI, 73, Don, W4WJ, 

From: Dr. Larry S. Anderson <nn5olarry at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, October 9, 2020
Subject: [cwops] Zoom? Recording of N4XL's excellent presentation available now
To: ddcc <ddcc at groups.io>
Deep Dixie CC family (and others)?
I am pleased to announce that the recording of Kevan Nason?s excellent presentation last night is now available for viewing via our DDCC YouTube channel.
Presentation title: ?Low Band Vertical Antenna Decisions at N4XL
The URL is?https://youtu.be/dNznZ64aY-4?t=3
I?m interested to get your feedback on what you think about the presentation, as well as suggestions for how we might improve what we deliver.
Thanks to all the various contest clubs represented last night. ?If you are a member of any of these clubs, please make sure your members know how to find this valuable information. ?Share widely among your ham radio friends, please.
Other contest clubs with members present were: ? Dallas-Fort Worth Contest Group (DFWCG) ? 599 DX Association ? Tennessee Contest Group ? Florida Contest Group ? Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) ? Society of Midwest Contesters (SMC) ? Yankee Clipper Contest Club (YCCC) ? Maritime Contest Club ? North Texas Contest Club(I believe I included them all. ?If I omitted your club, I apologize)
?Larry ? NN5O (ex-WB5EIN)President, Deep Dixie Contest Clubvisit our Deep Dixie Contest Club web site?? ?http://deepdixiecc.org------------------------------------------------------------Dr. Larry S. Anderson, Founder/CEO?? ?National Center for Technology Planning?? ?P. O. Box 2393 -- Tupelo, MS??38803? ? 662.321.0677 (Cell)**APPLE DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR?* CLASS OF 2000 **Assoc. Prof. (Ret.), Mississippi State University------------------------------------------------------------
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From bucket at janeandjohn.org  Fri Oct  9 18:34:05 2020
From: bucket at janeandjohn.org (John Canfield)
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:34:05 -0500
Subject: [HCARC] New Sunspot
In-Reply-To: <be33f522-a2b1-1a68-9fce-9fa2d8762350@hughes.net>
References: <74a2c30a-d023-8437-5a8d-4e246a5d95d0@hughes.net>
	<3e356927-113e-33bb-f193-3e75dd6345b9@hughes.net>
	<be33f522-a2b1-1a68-9fce-9fa2d8762350@hughes.net>
Message-ID: <DB8A470B-A373-44FF-8C46-BA3F987221B0@janeandjohn.org>

I worked several JAs yesterday evening on 20M, haven't seen that much Asian activity in several months. 

John  WB5THT 

On October 9, 2020 11:42:01 AM CDT, Kerry <kerryk5ks at hughes.net> wrote:
>There are now 2 sunspots in each sunspot group.  The groups have both 
>been numbered.  The one near the center is 2774 and the one to the East
>
>is 2775.  There haven't been any more flares.  The sunspots are all 
>quite small.
>
>Kerry
>
>
>On 10/9/2020 00:58, Kerry wrote:
>> There are now 2 sunspot groups on the sun.  They are both about S25, 
>> one is near the center and the other is perhaps E50, towards the 
>> rising side limb.  The Boulder sunspot number for 08 Oct is 0 so they
>
>> haven't been on the sun long enough to be counted.  The Eastern one 
>> may be the one seen earlier that disappeared.  There are 2 sunspots
>in 
>> that group, both small.  We'll see what tomorrow brings.
>>
>> Kerry
>>
>>
>> On 10/8/2020 20:34, Kerry wrote:
>>> There is a new sunspot located at S25 E08.  It has produced one very
>
>>> small flare so far.
>>>
>>> Earlier today there was another sunspot reported approximately S25 
>>> E45.  It has since disappeared but 3 very small flares were produced
>
>>> in that area of the sun.
>>>
>>> Based on their latitude these are probably new cycle spots from 2 
>>> different active regions.  At this point in the sunspot cycle small 
>>> short-lived spots are normal.  Short-lived spots don't usually get 
>>> assigned a sunspot group number.  In any event, this should be
>enough 
>>> to keep the solar flux in the 70's.  The 1700 UT solar flux was 73, 
>>> the 2000 UT solar flux isn't available yet. We'll see what tomorrow 
>>> brings.
>>>
>>> Kerry
>>>
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From 71k5lb at gmail.com  Sat Oct 10 11:12:05 2020
From: 71k5lb at gmail.com (Peter Naumburg)
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:12:05 -0500
Subject: [HCARC] VE test
Message-ID: <38018BC8-2DB0-4AAA-B508-470594AD3A5E@ARRL.NET>

For the second week in a row we had a very successful VE test.  Thank you Fred again for what you do.

The Medina Radio Club VE Team held a test session on 10/9/20 at the Medina UMC in a classroom instead of the Fellowship Hall due so we were a little crowded!  We had eight candidates testing with four passing including one upgrading to General.  We hope to see the other four at a future session, because they all did very well on the test, just missing by a few questions.

Please welcome the following:
H. R. Buck 
Tony Burkes - earned Technician last week, and upgraded to General
Hunter Burkes 
Chris Harrigan

A special thanks to Scott Hopkins who served as a backup Volunteer Examiner in case we needed him.  It was a close call when we lost Bill to attend a fire alarm, but he was able to return while the test was still in progress just as Scott arrived to assume his duties.

Respectfully,
The Medina VE Team:
Dave Arel - K5DVA
Scott Hopkins - KB4BKR
Carla Pope - W5CPR
Bill Stegemueller - K5KB

Carla Pope 




From bucket at janeandjohn.org  Tue Oct 27 11:43:41 2020
From: bucket at janeandjohn.org (John Canfield)
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:43:41 -0500
Subject: [HCARC] My "zero freeze chance" I mentioned on the net last night
Message-ID: <3b77c5ef-96ee-cf99-a2b7-0b74268c7c9a@janeandjohn.org>

Weather service gets it wrong [again]

We've been below freezing since about 0400 hours local time and we have 
light ice accumulating on fences and tall grasses. As of 1040 hours we 
are at 31.3F.

NWS's 0800 update:

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 804 AM CDT Tue Oct 27 2020/

UPDATE...
Putting out a quick update to account for sub-freezing temperatures
being reported over northern portions of Val Verde and Edwards
counties as well as western Kerr and Gillespie counties. High res
models such as the Texas Tech WRF are suggesting these sub-freezing
temperatures could hang around for the next couple of hours.Freeze  <https://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=Freeze>
Warnings is in effect for these counties mentioned above until 10AM.

John WB5THT
West of beautiful Downtown Harper


From w4wj at aol.com  Thu Oct 29 11:03:17 2020
From: w4wj at aol.com (DON MURRAY)
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:03:17 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [HCARC] Fwd: ARLB031 ARRL Urges Members to Join in Strongly
 Opposing FCC's Application Fees Proposal
In-Reply-To: <20201028172332.D7BEE209541D@bmail.arrl.org>
References: <20201028172332.D7BEE209541D@bmail.arrl.org>
Message-ID: <1504910663.176358.1603983797446@mail.yahoo.com>

FYI, 73, Don, W4WJ,?


-----Original Message-----
From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
To: w4wj at aol.com
Sent: Wed, Oct 28, 2020 12:23 pm
Subject: ARLB031 ARRL Urges Members to Join in Strongly Opposing FCC's Application Fees Proposal

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB031
ARLB031 ARRL Urges Members to Join in Strongly Opposing FCC's
Application Fees Proposal

ZCZC AG31
QST de W1AW? 
ARRL Bulletin 31? ARLB031
>From ARRL Headquarters? 
Newington CT? October 28, 2020
To all radio amateurs 

SB QST ARL ARLB031
ARLB031 ARRL Urges Members to Join in Strongly Opposing FCC's
Application Fees Proposal

ARRL will file comments in firm opposition to an FCC proposal to
impose a $50 fee on amateur radio license and application fees. With
the November 16 comment deadline fast approaching, ARRL urges
members to add their voices to ARRL's by filing opposition comments
of their own. The FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) MD Docket
20-270 appeared in the October 15 edition of The Federal Register
and sets deadlines of November 16 to comment and November 30 to post
reply comments, which are comments on comments already filed.

The NPRM can be found online at, https://tinyurl.com/yyk8f2yp .

ARRL has prepared a Guide to Filing Comments with the FCC which
includes tips for preparing comments and step-by-step filing
instructions. File comments on MD Docket 20-270 using the FCC's
Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS).? The instructions can be
found online at, http://www.arrl.org/FCC-Fees-Proposal .

Under the proposal, amateur radio licensees would pay a $50 fee for
each amateur radio application for new licenses, license renewals,
upgrades to existing licenses, and vanity call sign requests. The
FCC also has proposed a $50 fee to obtain a printed copy of a
license. Excluded are applications for administrative updates, such
as changes of address, and annual regulatory fees. Amateur Service
licensees have been exempt from application fees for several years.

The FCC proposal is contained in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM) in MD Docket 20-270, which was adopted to implement portions
of the "Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern
Services Act" of 2018 - the so-called "Ray Baum's Act." The Act
requires that the FCC switch from a Congressionally-mandated fee
structure to a cost-based system of assessment. In its NPRM, the FCC
proposed application fees for a broad range of services that use the
FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS), including the Amateur Radio
Service. The 2018 statute excludes the Amateur Service from annual
regulatory fees, but not from application fees. The FCC proposal
affects all FCC services and does not single out amateur radio.

ARRL is encouraging members to file comments that stress amateur
radio's contributions to the country and communities. ARRL's Guide
to Filing Comments includes "talking points" that may be helpful in
preparing comments. These stress amateur radio's role in
volunteering communication support during disasters and emergencies,
and inspiring students to pursue education and careers in
engineering, radio technology, and communications.

As the FCC explained in its NPRM, Congress, through the Ray Baum's
Act, is compelling regulatory agencies such as the FCC to recover
from applicants the costs involved in filing and handling
applications.

In its NPRM the FCC encouraged licensees to update their own
information online without charge. Many, if not most, Amateur
Service applications may be handled via the largely automated
Universal License Service (ULS). The Ray Baum's Act does not exempt
filing fees in the Amateur Radio Service, and the FCC stopped
assessing fees for vanity call signs several years ago.

See also "FCC Proposes to Reinstate Amateur Radio Service Fees,"
reported by ARRL in August, at,
http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-proposes-to-reinstate-amateur-radio-service-fees
.? 

A summary page of the proceeding can also be found online at,
http://www.arrl.org/FCC-Fees-Proposal .
NNNN
/EX

From jim.k0mhc at earthlink.net  Thu Oct 29 18:16:43 2020
From: jim.k0mhc at earthlink.net (Jim Froemke)
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:16:43 -0500
Subject: [HCARC] Testing2
Message-ID: <000201d6ae41$2f64c9d0$8e2e5d70$@earthlink.net>

Testing2

 

 


From jim.k0mhc at earthlink.net  Thu Oct 29 18:33:44 2020
From: jim.k0mhc at earthlink.net (Jim Froemke)
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:33:44 -0500
Subject: [HCARC] Any interest in remote radio control?
Message-ID: <000701d6ae43$8fb08340$af1189c0$@earthlink.net>

I've been looking into this topic during the summer months and after several
false starts have finally got a limited remote station prototype up and
running (it survived a power outage this morning). 

It allows me to run 24x7 remote operation from a more favorable
antenna/station site (I'm in an HOA). Currently I'm only testing it on 40
and 20 meters but plan to extend it in the future. 

 

My question: Is this a topic that anyone else in our club is interested in
an if so, maybe we could share our experiences?

Please drop me an e-mail if you're interested.

 

73, Jim

jim.k0mhc at earthlink.net

K0MHC/5

Kerrville