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Armed Forces Day 2016 Communication Test to Include Direct Military-Ham Contact on 60 Meters

This year’s Armed Forces Day Crossband Communication Test on Saturday, May 14, will include a significant new wrinkle

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US Amateur Radio Numbers Continue to Soar

Amateur Radio is alive and well!

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H.R. 1301 passed the house Energy and Commerce Sub Committee today!

H.R. 1301 passed the house Energy and Commerce Sub Committee today!

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Army and Air Force MARS Communications Exercise Set for February 12

The first quarterly Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) US Department of Defense communications exercise of 2016 (COMEX 16-1) is set for February 12. The scenario will be a loss of electrical power, landline telephone and cell service, and Internet. The exercise will get under way at 1200 UTC and run for 12 hours. Individual radio amateurs and Amateur Radio Emergency…

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US House Subcommittee to Consider Amateur Radio Parity Act

The Amateur Radio Parity Act, H.R. 1301, will be among three bills that the US House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will consider in…

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