I'm listening to this #RATPAC presentation on the #ARRL and I'm finding it all quite discouraging. All I know is this: I can't abide a CEO who thinks providing #blind members only #QST summaries rather than full articles like everyone else constitutes #accessibility diversity and inclusion. I'm still a member, but I think it is long past major organizational cultural change so that everyone feels included rather than left out. #AmateurRadio#HamRadio
The FCC has allocated 219-220 MHz to #hamradio use on a secondary basis. This allocation is only for fixed digital message forwarding. Amateur stations cannot cause interference to, and must accept interference from, primary services in this (and adjacent) bands.
For a variety of very good reasons, "no one goes there".
What does it take to operate the haunted house of amateur radio, the 219-220 MHz band?
Find out 1 Nov 2023.
(as always, this #RATPAC presentation will be recorded)
"The Haunted Band: #219MHz" talk for #RATPAC has been scheduled for 1 November 2023. There will be a recording.
Brush the cobwebs aside and delve deeply into some dusty regs. Lurch through dozens of other puns as we explore a band that rumors say has never been activated.
There's something that's happened recently over at the #arrl, which is the national #hamradio organization for the USA.
ARRL identified, by name, clubs and organizations that produce educational videos as "being in competition with" the ARRL "Learning Center".
ARRL then retaliated against these clubs and organizations, calling them up and stating that these organizations would be excluded from ARRL publications and partnerships
Talking with a local civic geologist in #Vermont who has been running around nonstop since 10 July #floods about why the second "100-500 year flooding event" in 12 years continues to be so devastating for our tiny, resource constrained state. 1/x