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FCC grants temporary waiver to permit higher symbol rate data transmissions
for Hurricane Ida traffic

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The FCC has granted an ARRL emergency request for a temporary waiver
intended to facilitate relief communications in the wake of Hurricane Ida.
The waiver was orally granted on Saturday, August 28, and immediately
permitted amateur data transmissions related to Hurricane Ida traffic to
employ a higher symbol rate for data transmissions than the current limit
of 300 baud

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The curious case of the radio amateur and the insulin pump

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A substantial part of gaining and holding an amateur radio licence relates
to the prevention of radio interference. In days past this meant
interference to analogue television broadcasts, but with ever more complex devices becoming commonplace in homes it applies to much more

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Registration now open for AMSAT Space Symposium

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Registration is now open for the 39th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual
General Meeting, Friday through Sunday, October 29 – 31, at the Crowne
Plaza AiRE in Bloomington, Minnesota, adjacent to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

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Why pigeons mean peril for satellite broadband

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BBC News report: It's actually been very good but I noticed a series of
outages - some a second, some longer, says Prof Alan Woodward

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Japan delays transition deadline for new spurious standard

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JARL reports it has been decided to extend the transition deadline to the
new spurious standard for radio equipment

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ICQPodcast - Grand Field Day

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In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Chris Howard (M0TCH),
Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT to
discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the
news in brief and in the episode we feature a Grand Field Day

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Greater Louisville Hamfest 2021

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Join us at Paroquet Springs Conference Centre in Shepherdsville as we
celebrate 60 years of hamfests in Kentuckiana. It's all about Forums, the
Flea Market, Tailgating, Prizes and Gathering together as hams

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DXCC Country/Entity Report

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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 22nd August, through Sunday, 29th August there were 208 countries active

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IOTA News from OPDX

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Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW

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