Red River Radio Amateurs

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ARRL News reports that registration is open for the online Ham Radio University (HRU 2021) held on January 9, 2021; HRU 2021 will also serve as the online convention of the ARRL NYC-Long Island Section.

With COVID-19 restrictions precluding an in-person gathering, the 22nd annual Ham Radio University (HRU) educational conference will be held as a virtual event on Saturday, January 9, 2021, from 8 AM to 4 PM EST (1300–2100 UTC) as a GoToWebinar online video conference.

Individual registration is now open for HRU’s 14 informational presentations covering a broad range of amateur radio activities.

ARRL News reported on December 21, 2020, “The FCC is encouraging users of the Universal Licensing Service (ULS) to have an e-mail address on file with the FCC.” ¹

This is to ensure that ULS users are ready for the FCC’s upcoming transition to electronic-only licensing correspondence.

In this episode of ARRL’s biweekly Eclectic Tech podcast: “Technology at station W1AW with Joe Carcia, NJ1Q. Also, 6th generation Mesh networking.”¹

Sometime in mid-2021 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will complete their transition to “electronic correspondence and will no longer print or provide wireless licensees with hard-copy authorizations or registrations by mail.” ¹

This transition will require all Amateur Radio licensees—both existing and applicants—to provide a valid e-mail address on license applications. Licensees will also be required to maintain a valid e-mail address in their ULS record in the same way that they must maintain a valid mailing address.