June 2015 Newsletter
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FCC Chairman, Lawmakers Announce Agreement to Scale Back Field Office Shutdowns
06/12/2015 Leaders of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee have reached agreement with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to amend the Commission’s plans — announced in March — to close FCC field offices. Under the revised plan, the FCC will … Continue reading →
Ed James, KA8JMW, Appointed as New Mexico Section Manager
06/12/2015 A new Section Manager has been appointed in New Mexico. Ed James, KA8JMW, of Albuquerque, was named on June 11 to succeed Bill Kauffman, W5YEJ, who has resigned citing increased family responsibilities. Kauffman had served as New Mexico’s SM … Continue reading →
Amateur Radio Newsline Co-Founder, Editor Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, SK
06/12/2015 A well-known voice in the Amateur Radio news media has gone silent. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, of Santa Clarita, California, died June 11 following a period of ill health. He was 73. Pasternak was co-founder (with Jim Hendershot, WA6VQP) of … Continue reading →
The K7RA Solar Update
06/12/2015 Solar activity strengthened during the past week. Average daily sunspot numbers increased from 34.3 to 112.4, and average daily solar flux rose from 97.8 to 131.4. The middle latitude A index for June 10-11 can only be guessed, due … Continue reading →
Keysight Technologies Donates Spectrum Analysis Software to ARRL Lab
06/11/2015 Keysight Technologies (formerly Agilent) has donated software that will augment the feature set of the ARRL Laboratory’s MXA-9020A spectrum analyzer. The donation includes 89600 VSA vector signal analysis software. According to ARRL Lab Senior Test Engineer Bob Allison, WB1GCM, … Continue reading →
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, Sets New Record for Woman in Space
06/11/2015 European Space Agency Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, who returned to Earth June 11 with crew mates NASA Astronaut Terry Virts, and Russian Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, has set a new record for the longest single space mission by a woman. … Continue reading →
N6BV Wins June QST Cover Plaque Award
06/11/2015 The winner of the June 2015 QST Cover Plaque award is R. Dean Straw, N6BV, for his article “Don’t Blow Up Your Balun.” The QST Cover Plaque Award — given to the author or authors of the most popular … Continue reading →
Kids Day is Sunday, June 21!
06/11/2015 Kids Day is Sunday, June 21! (Don’t be fooled — the incorrect date appears in the “ARRL Amateur Radio Calendar.”) Sponsored by the ARRL and The Boring (Oregon) Amateur Radio Club, Kids Day is a fantastic way to introduce … Continue reading →
ARRL Representatives Talk “Field Day” Publicity on “Ham Radio Now” Webcast
06/10/2015 ARRL Field Day, coming up the weekend of June 27-28, often offers an ideal occasion for hams to meet members of the media or the public and to describe the event specifically and Amateur Radio in general. ARRL Media … Continue reading →