Japan Tests Suspension of AM Radio Stations

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Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is testing the impacts of shutting down AM radio stations. For a year-long period beginning this past February, 34 AM radio stations in Japan will shut down for at least a subset of that period. Stations are encouraged to relay programming via other channels such as FM, television, and internet.

The experiment is designed to measure the impact of AM radio going away. Comments from the public are being collected during the period.

Media Story - https://daily.hamweekly.com/2024/06/japan-tests-am-radio-station-suspensions/

Hackers Gain Access to ARRL Headquarters-Based Systems

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Users of the ARRL's Logbook of the World® and the ARRL Learning Center were struggling with a service disruption following what the league described as "a serious incident involving access to our network and headquarters-based systems."

The ARRL posted on its website a reassurance that its member database contains only details that are available from public records, such as name, address and callsigns, adding that no credit-card information or other sensitive information is stored.

More Information - https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-systems-service-disruption