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Members of the Association of Radio Amateurs from Monaco (ARM) marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848-1922) between 1st April and 31st May 2021 next year with the callsign 3A5M.
The Prince was a humanist, scientist, founder of the Oceanographic Museum and Institute in Monaco.
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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'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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