ARRL Weighs In on New California ‘Driving While Wireless’ Statute

ARRL is recommending that Amateur Radio be specifically excluded from a California statute prohibiting the use of “wireless communication devices” while driving. ARRL Southwestern Division Vice Director Marty Woll, N6VI, is taking point on the effort to revise the statute, known by its legislative bill number AB 1785. It was Read More …

New FCC Chairman Declares First Phase of Pilot Transparency Project a Success

New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, just nominated for a second 5-year term on the FCC by President Donald Trump, is declaring the initial phase of his pilot program to increase the transparency of its rule making process a success. Pai announced the program in early February, It will, for the Read More …

FCC Dismisses Ham Radio Petitions

In 2016 James Whedbee and Jeffrey Siegell requested modifications to the commission’s Part 97 rules in separate petitions for rulemaking. Whedbee had sought “to reduce the number of amateur radio operator classes to Technician, General and Amateur Extra, to merge into the Technician Class all Novice Class operators and to Read More …

Current Rules Holding Hams Back from Adopting State-of-the-Art Technology, ARRL Says

[CORRECTED 2016-10-17] In comments (also attached below) filed on October 12 with the FCC, ARRL reiterated its case that the FCC should change the Part 97 rules both to delete the symbol rate limits in Section 97.307(f) and replace them with a maximum bandwidth for data emissions of 2.8 kHz on amateur Read More …