Here is a link to send an automatic email to your representatives to allow amateur radio ops to erect a functional antennas in places like a HOA or restricted municipalities.
This was almost all the way through Congress last year until a Florida rep killed it
https://arrl.rallycongress.net/ctas/urge-us-senate-to-support-amateur-radio-parity-act
Maybe there is hope for Solar Minimum and HF propagation?
Shall we take up a donation for CubeSats ;)
CubeSats carrying ionized gas could create radio-reflecting plasma. This would occur in the ionosphere, which becomes denser at night.
Bouncing signals between ground and ionosphere can improve range
A fleet of tiny satellites could one day be used to detonate plasma bombs in Earth’s upper atmosphere to improve the range of radio communications.
The US Air Force has granted contracts to three research teams to develop the technology needed to do this, with hopes that CubeSats could carry massive amounts of ionized gas to the ionosphere to create radio-reflecting plasma.
The ionosphere begins roughly 40 miles above the surface and becomes denser with charged particles at night, allowing signals to travel much farther.
Read more here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3753417/The-Air-Force-reveals-radical-plan-bomb-sky-improve-radio-reception.html
By CHEYENNE MACDONALD FOR DAILYMAIL
As you may or may not know the Largest Ham Convention #hamvention is happening this weekend in Dayton Ohio.
If you go you can score the best deals of the year on ham radio kit.
What…..You cant go…… Neither can I, but there is hope.
Here is a link to Ham Radio Outlet to this weekends specials. Everyone that sells ham equipment will have discounts right now
Ham Radio Outlet Dayton Discount Deals This Weekend
Example
ICOM IC-718 for $559.95!
Or
Yaesu FT-450 for $589.95! You wont find it cheaper……
According to the HRO website, these deals are good until “Monday Night 5/23/2016 at 11:59PM EST
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I received this in my Weekly ARRL.org email notice.
Frankly I think its a great idea to allow for lifetime licenses for amateur radio operators to have their FCC licenses granted for life.
What do you say? If you have an opinion, please use the links provided and let the FCC know. I will do so once this article is written.
The FCC is seeking comments on a Petition for Rule Making (RM 11760) that asks the FCC to grant lifetime Amateur Radio licenses. Mark F. Krotz, N7MK, of Mesa, Arizona, filed his request with the FCC last November. He wants the FCC to revise § 97.25 of its rules to indicate that Amateur Radio licenses are granted for the holder’s lifetime, instead of for the current 10-year term. Krotz noted that the General Radiotelephone Operator License (GROL) already is issued on a lifetime basis, and he maintained that not having to renew licenses would lighten the FCC’s workload.
“It would be mutually beneficial for the FCC and Amateur Radio operators to update Part 97 to grant operator licenses for lifetime,” Krotz said in his filing. “The FCC would benefit by reducing administrative costs.”
In 2014, the FCC granted lifetime credit for examination elements 3 and 4, but applicants seeking relicensing under that provision still must pass examination element 2.
Individuals may submit comments via the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS).