ARRL Establishes Program to cover Initial FCC License Fee for Young Applicants

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ARRL Establishes Program to cover Initial FCC License Fee for Young Applicants

The ARRL Board of Directors has formally endorsed a proposed program calling on ARRL to cover the $35 application fee for license candidates younger than 18 years old. The FCC is not expected to implement the $35 application fee schedule until sometime in 2022.The Board approved the 'Youth Licensing Grant Program' at its July meeting in Hartford, Connecticut.

The program concept, first raised at the Board’s annual meeting in January, was reviewed by an ad-hoc committee, which expanded the scope of the original motion by ARRL Southeastern Division Director Mickey Baker, N4MB.

Goals of the Program include expanding the reservoir of trained operators, technicians, and electronics experts within the amateur radio community, and removing a financial obstacle to young people who wish to acquire an amateur radio license, as a means of encouraging potential careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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TM100AA - 100 years of Amateur Radio in France

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For the 'centenary' of the first official authorization of an amateur station, the REF will use the call sign 'TM100AA' from 1st to 15h September 2021

The call sign "8AA" was assigned to André Riss on September 3, 1921.

André was born in 1894, in Boulogne and was authorized at the age of 27 to use a transmitter of his own construction with a power of 1 kilowatt.

It became "eF8AA" (Europe France 8AA) in 1927, then "F8AA" in 1932.

He joined the REF in August 1927, n ° REF 423.

André was active until his death on March 2, 1982.

Woman Says Ham’s RF Interferes with Her Insulin Pump

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Woman Says Ham’s RF Interferes with Her Insulin Pump

A Marion County woman is taking on her neighborhood association, in a matter she said puts her health at risk.

Michelle Smith, a Type 1 Diabetic, and a consultant determined that her neighbor’s ham radio hobby might have interfered with the doses of insulin being pushed out from her pump.

The 55+ community where she lives hired that consultant and told the neighbor to shut down his amateur radio station.

But a copy of the community’s rules shows a change was put in place that could pave the way for other similar antennas to be installed.

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