eHam.net News for Tuesday 17 January 2017
 

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New Amateur Radio Parity Act Bill Introduced in US House of Representatives

Posted: 17 Jan 2017 05:42 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38435


H.R. 555 - a new "Amateur Radio Parity Act" bill - has been
introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill's language
is identical to that of the 2015 measure, H.R. 1301, which passed in
the House late last summer but failed in the waning days of the US
Senate to gain the necessary support. As with H.R. 1301, the new
measure introduced on January 13 in the 115th Congress was sponsored
by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), with initial co-sponsorship by Rep.
Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Rep. Greg Walden, W7EQI (R-OR). Walden now
chairs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, to which the new
bill has been referred. H.R. 555 will get an initial airing in the
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. When H.R. 1301 came
up in committee, Walden spoke forcefully in favor of the measure,
which ultimately attracted 126 House cosponsors.


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RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launch Moved to Late August:

Posted: 17 Jan 2017 05:41 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38434


AMSAT reports that the launch date for RadFxSat (Fox-1B) has been
moved to August 29, 2017. RadFxSat is one of four CubeSats making up
the NASA ELaNa XIV mission, riding as secondary payloads aboard the
Joint Polar Satellite System JPSS-1 mission.


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Ham Radio Operators Spread the Word About Battle of Vimy Ridge:

Posted: 16 Jan 2017 04:44 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38433


Islanders reach thousands of operators around the world: Four Island
amateur radio operators spent hours at the start of January spreading the
word about the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Industry
Canada created a special call sign to mark the anniversary: VE100VIMY.



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Posted: 16 Jan 2017 04:45 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38426


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