ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® reports that early this morning, May 22, 2025, the US House of Representatives passed a massive Reconciliation bill with the below spectrum provisions relevant to Amateur Radio.
Bring your HTs to the June RRRA Meeting and get help programing your radio with the latest set of frequencies for the area .If you have a programing cable, you’re encouraged to bring that also, but we’ll have a supply of cables available for use.
There will also be a demonstration of I Am Responding, our pager system for ARES.
When I first got my Technician license in 2019, I heard people call amateur radio “the hobby of experimentation”. I was told I had received a “license to learn”. Indeed, 47 CFR Part 97, the section of the Code of Federal Regulations that governs amateur radio in the United States says this in Subpart A under Basis And Purpose:
This is a demonstration of the minimal setup to download SSTV images from the International Space Station ISS. I use a Quansheng UV-K5 set to 145.800 an sql at 0. It is then decoded on the fly using an android tablet with the Robot36 app. You may also record the audio and later decode using Robot36, MMSSTV on your computer or your other favourite decoder.
Whether you are antenna restricted and need something that blends in, or just want to get started building your own antennas, you will find great antenna ideas that you can build yourself inexpensively at the April RRRA Meeting.
