- UHF/VHF Net 03
- 9:00 PM Sun Jan 19
- January ARES Meeting
- 6:00 PM Tue Jan 21
- January Club Meeting
- 7:00 PM Tue Jan 21
- January Testing Session
- 8:00 PM Tue Jan 21
- Winter Extra Class Week 3
- 7:00 PM Wed Jan 22
- Cabin Fever Reliever
- 9:00 AM Sat Feb 15
Comments on 3GHz and 5Ghz Reallocation Due by January 18
Comments are due by January 18, 2020, in reponse to the Facilitating Shared Use in the 3.1-3.55 GHz Band (FCC 19-130) and Use of the 5.850-5.925 GHz Band (FCC 19-129) Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which will affect current Amateur Radio allocations in these bands.
All Amateur Radio Operators are encouraged to submit comments against these reallocations and in support of current Amateur operations in the bands to the FCC.
Solar Cycle 25 Appears to Have Begun
On January 3, 2019, K7UV started a discussion in the Amateur Radio sub-reddit about a report by K7RA—in the first ARRL Propagation Bulletin for 2020—about indications that Solar Cycle 25 has begun; good news for DXers and other Amateur Radio Operators who rely on the effects of sunspots for propagation.
2020 Membership Renewals Are Now Due
Membership renewals for 2020 are now due.
Please see the 2020 Membership Renewal article for more information.
Developments that spelled the end of Ham Radio ...
Developments that spelled the end of ham radio (as pronounced by pessimists of the time, limited mostly to the US):
The Doctor is In: Holiday Mailbag
“The Doctor opens the Holiday Mailbag and answers listener questions in the final episode ARRL The Doctor is In podcast.
“Best of The Doctor is In” episodes will be released every other week until a new podcast, “Eclectic Tech”, debuts in February.”
