FCC Rejects Ham Radio Club's NCE Applications

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The FCC recently threw out all eight applications for new Non-Commercial Educational (NCE) FM channels from a ham radio club in Washington state, citing 'numerous significant and egregious technical defects'

When the Media Bureau last month announced the settlement period for mutually exclusive applications filed in the recent window for new non-commercial educational stations, it also published a list of applications being dismissed due to technical defects.

The Fort Ward Amateur Radio Club was prominent on the list. The club, established in 2021 [by Louis Charles Hoffmann Alloin KI7AGD], is on Bainbridge Island, home of the historical Fort Ward WWII naval radio station. The club’s mission statement indicates that the club includes licensed amateur radio men, women, students and youths.

The FCC said it typically doesn’t review MX applications for technical defects at this early stage, but it made the effort to do so and the ham club’s technical defects were identified.

Fort Ward Amateur Radio Club - https://www.atdlines.com/fwarc-ehc.htm

Iceland Radio Hams use of 1850-1900 kHz Renewed for 2022

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Iceland Radio Hams use of 1850-1900 kHz Renewed for 2022

Iceland's IRA reports the telecommunications agency Fjarskiptastofa has approved the request to renew the authorisation for amateur radio use of 1850-1900 kHz in 2022

ÍRA has received a positive response from Fjarskiptastofa (FS) today, December 7, to the request for renewal of the authorization to use the frequency range 1850-1900 kHz for participation in international competitions in the calendar year 2022. The authorization covers the following competitions:

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ON75 stations for 75th Anniversary of UBA

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In 2022, the UBA will blow out 75 candles. On the occasion of this anniversary, the HF committee will organize a special activity under the title 'UBA 75 On The Air Event' during January and February

An information campaign was launched via the CM last summer. After many months of preparations, the project is slowly taking shape. All participating UBA sections will be in the air during the months of January and February with special prefix ON75 followed by the three-letter abbreviation of the department as a club station.

Recently, all CMs received a newsletter with much-needed information and useful tips for the operators of the ON75stations. If you are an operator of one of these stations and if your CM has not yet provided the information to you, we urge you to contact the CM of your section about this.

Further information about the award program that the UBA will offer will follow in the near future.

UBA - https://tinyurl.com/IARU-Belgium