District 1 OHIO ARES

Bill Cross, W3TN, Presents FCC Forum at 2010 Dayton Hamvention®

Tuesday, 25 May 2010 09:45

Bill Cross, W3TN, a staff member in the FCC’s Mobility Division -- part of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau -- spoke at the FCC Forum on Saturday morning at the 2010 Dayton Hamvention®. Billed by the Hamvention’s Forum Committee as more of an emergency communications discussion, Cross discussed this and other matters -- such as FCC proceedings regarding vanity and club call signs, 60 mete...

NCVEC Question Pool Committee Withdraws Four Questions:

Tuesday, 25 May 2010 03:17

The Question Pool Committee (QPC) of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) announced the withdrawal of two questions from the Technician class pool and two questions from the Extra class pool.

NFA World: Ham Radio Club Returns; Students Garner Academic Awards:

Monday, 24 May 2010 15:21

After 15 years of silence, W1HLO, the NFA Ham Radio Club, reactivated this year. Started in 1944 with John Baldwin as the adviser, the club now is advised by Anthony Girasoli, director of educational technology. The club teaches science and math concepts, and students participate in activities aligned with their interests in computer science, and promote international goodwill through amateur radio. The club recently contacted the amateur radio computer on board the International Space Station.

Amateur Community Needed to Assist Japanese Amateur Interplanetary Satellite

Tuesday, 25 May 2010 00:16

An informal network of ham radio experimenters, scientists and CW enthusiasts called FlyVenusCom -- a nonprofit, cross-cultural effort -- has been created to support communication efforts by Japanese scientists with its CubeSat Venus probe, UNITEC-1.

UNITEC-1 was developed by 20 universities of the University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC), the Japanese community developing nano-satellite...

Two New Books Available from ARRL

Monday, 24 May 2010 10:40

Just as many vendors release new products at the Dayton Hamvention, the ARRL will debut much-anticipated publications. This year was no exception. Two new books -- Remote Operating for Amateur Radio and the third edition of The ARRL RFI Book -- were introduced.

Remote Operating for Amateur Radio shows amateurs how to assemble their own Internet-controlled station. As many hams are discovering, i...

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