Presenter Opinion - A Roll Call Analysis of Recent ARRL Board Voting

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Presenter Opinion - A Roll Call Analysis of Recent ARRL Board Voting

My friends in political science used to talk a lot about “roll call voting” analysis over lunch in Perry Cafeteria at Mississippi State University. I was a member of the Faculty Forum who held a reserved anteroom for lunch in this beautiful arched building. I learned a lot from experts in other disciplines that a situation to discuss them might have not presented itself otherwise. On roll call voting in Congress, unless the body excuses itself from such an explicit vote, the Clerk records how each House or Senate member voted on a piece of legislation or rule change or other formal matter before the body. The results of such studies reveal how patterns of block-voting occur, whether on all issues or on certain ones.

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DX News 26th October 2025

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For this amateur radio contest weekend, be sure to work these notable stations participating in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest on 25-26 October 2025: EA8AY from the Canary Islands will operate as ED8A.Gia, while 4L4WW will be active from Georgia as 4L0A. SU0ERA will represent Egypt, and Didier, FY5FY, will transmit from French Guiana under the same callsign.

The A44A Team will be on air from Oman, and Mark, XE1B, will be on Socorro Island (IOTA NA-030) as XF4B starting 25 October. Additionally, Piotr, SQ9D, will be active as D4Z from Sao Vicente Island, Cape Verde (IOTA AF-086). These DX opportunities offer great chances to rack up points and add rare multipliers during the contest.

FCC Announces Intent to Delete Minor Part 97 Provisions

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FCC Announces Intent to Delete Minor Part 97 Provisions

As part of a much larger overhaul focused on deleting almost 400 obsolete wireless regulations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to delete or modify four minor provisions of Part 97.

ARRL’s Washington Counsel has reviewed the proposal and agrees that the deletions are to obsolete rules and will have no impact on today’s modern Amateur Radio Service. One of the deletions was suggested by ARRL as part of an earlier FCC request for public input on rules ripe for deletion.

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