The recent FCC Report and Order (R&O) has a couple of changes relating to Amateur Radio and the ISS. ----
The FCC has issued a Report and Order (R&O) to amend Part 97 of the Amateur Radio Service rules, see
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-149A1.doc
The changes to the Amateur Radio Service rules are:
. revise the operating privileges of amateur radio operators to allow more spectrum in four currently-authorized amateur service HF bands to be used for voice communications;
. permit auxiliary stations to transmit on additional amateur service bands;
. permit amateur stations to transmit spread spectrum communications on the 1.25 meter (m) band;
. permit amateur stations to retransmit communications from the International Space Station;
. permit amateur service licensees to designate the amateur radio club to receive their call sign in memoriam;
. prohibit an applicant from filing more than one application for a specific vanity call sign;
. eliminate certain restrictions on equipment manufacturers that are no longer necessary;
. permit amateur radio stations operating in Alaska and surrounding waters more flexibility in providing emergency communications; and
. remove certain restrictions in the amateur service license examination system that are no longer necessary. ----
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