PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 20-467 ORIGINAL PDF FILE Released: April 30, 2020 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU CONFIRMS THAT AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS MAY BE HELD REMOTELY The Amateur Radio Service provides opportunities for self-training, intercommunication, and technical investigations for qualified persons of any age who are interested in radio technique solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest. To operate an Amateur Radio Service station, an operator must have an FCC license. The Commission issues three classes of operator licenses, each authorizing a different level of privilege.1 The class for […]
Monthly Archives: April 2020
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Subject: Simplex net Saturday May 2, 2020 AFTER EVENT LOG: VIEW WHO PARTICIPATED AND FROM WHERE UPDATED: The objective of the net would be to see who we could reliably contact on a simplex frequency. The simplex net would start at 1030 hours and use the simplex frequency of 147.540. We would collect call sign, name and location information. I would take the roll for Stanislaus County and log my contacts. We would next pass to San Joaquin County for their contacts, then to Calaveras, then to Tuolumne then to Mariposa and finally to Merced. After the net we could share the […]