New ARISS Antennas Installed on Columbus

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New ARISS Antennas Installed on Columbusposted on October 23, 2007 11:43:40 pmTwo Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) antennas have been installed on the nadir side of the new International Space Station’s Columbus module, set to launch later this year. On October 12, the antennas successfully passed electrical and [...]

US Amateur fined by FCC for malicious interference to VE7RPT Repeater

 10/26/2007 12:31 AM
Months of hard work tracking various sources of malicious interference directed at the VE7RPTrepeater, owned and operated by the BCFMCA and located on Mt Seymour, have finally begun to pay off. On September 25th the FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability, including fines totaling $7,000, to James Grinton, K7VNI, located in BellinghamWashington. [...]

San Diego area ARES Amateur Radio

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San Diego ARES Amateurs Stand Down after Wildfires
With the wildfires in Southern California well on their way to be being contained, San Diego area ARES Amateur Radio operators have ceased assisting their served agencies; many hams had been called to action early last week. When the fires began early Sunday morning, [...]