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Dayton Hamvention App launches for event planning
โYou can use the app features to follow along the hourly prize drawings populated by the Dayton Hamvention Prize Committee and browse building and site maps so you can find exactly what you're looking for in all of that complex. Those going are also encouraged to tap on the My Profile icon in the app, add your name and call sign, email address, anything else you'd like to share with other guests because it generates a QR code on your event badge that you can then scan on the app.โ
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FCC moves to ban Chinese electronics testing
โThe FCC plans to tighten its requirements for testing of electronic devices made in countries such as China before they can be sold to US consumers. The Commission will review an order this month that bans device testing conducted by labs that are owned or controlled directly by entities that pose national security risks. According to a statement by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, he identified China as one example of such a country.โ
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Brazil ends Morse code license requirements
โThe Brazilian regulator will no longer require Morse code for amateur licenses under the changes that have been under consideration since 2020. The regulator will update content in its exams for its three license classes. This is one of several changes contained in a resolution released on April 28th by ANATEL. The resolution also grants hams the ability to operate on citizens' band 11 meter frequencies.โ
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Grant extends Digital Library of Amateur Radio
โThe grant will allow Dlarc to continue curating and preserving historical content related to Ham Radio for an additional two years. The library includes a plethora of content from club newsletters to software to old printed call books that date back to the early 1900s. Dlarc has a want list, and if you own copies of any of the publications sought, please consider donating them for preservation.โ
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1922 conference reshaped early US radio laws
โWill takes us aboard the Wayback Machine to 1922, where we find despite several attempts, no successor to the outdated 1912 radio law had yet emerged. Now it could wait no longer since things had changed so radically with the rise of broadcasting. In early March 1922, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened the first national radio conference in Washington.โ
