TASMA – Page 4 – Two Meter Area Spectrum Management Association

November 1: Board & Technical Committee Meetings

By Sean Reigle, AJ6B Posted on October 15, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

The next TASMA Board of Director and Technical Committee meetings will be taking place on Saturday November 1. The minutes have been posted on the minutes page.

Proposed 2m Band Plan Changes

By Sean Reigle, AJ6B Posted on July 11, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

(Updated 9/10/14: Changes in red below.) The TASMA Technical Committee is proposing some minor changes in the two meter band plan. These changes are being proposed in an effort to adjust the band plan to current usage patterns and to …

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Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective on May 3

12 April 2021

The FCC has announced that rule changes detailed in a lengthy 2019 Report and Order governing RF exposure standards go into effect on May 3, 2021. The new rules do not change existing RF exposure (RFE) limits but do require that stations in all services, including amateur radio, be evaluated against existing limits, unless they are exempted. For stations already in place, that evaluation must b... [...]

The K7RA Solar Update

9 April 2021

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March 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report

8 April 2021

The Volunteer Monitor (VM) Program is a joint initiative between ARRL and the FCC to enhance compliance in the Amateur Radio Service. This is the March 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program ReportThe FCC delayed action on the renewal application of a General Class licensee in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, in order to review allegations of repeated transmission of obscenities and failure to properly identi... [...]

ARISS USA Gets IRS 501(c)(3) Recognition

8 April 2021

ARISS-USA, a Maryland nonprofit corporation, has earned recognition from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a Section 501(c)(3) charitable, scientific, and educational organization. ARISS-USA is the US segment of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) international working group. With this IRS determination, donations to ARISS-USA become tax-deductible in the US, ret... [...]

Traditional Amateur Radio Contesting Faces a Demographic Cliff

8 April 2021

Frank Howell, K4FMH, followed up his two-part National Contest Journal (NCJ) series, “The Demographics of Contesting,” with a post to his Social Circuits blog, called “Lemmings over a Demographic Cliff?” (His original articles appeared in the July/August and September/October 2020 issues of NCJ.) Howell points to data showing that radio contesters are older than the average ARRL member. Taking ... [...]

YOTA Announces New Three-Times-a-Year Contest

8 April 2021

“Team YOTA” of Youngsters on the Air in IARU Region 1 has announced it will sponsor a new contest, the YOTA Contest. Open to all radio amateurs, it takes place three times a year and runs just 12 hours. YOTA said the aim is to boost on-the-air activity by younger radio amateurs and to support YOTA. The contest will take place on different 12-hour windows on three Saturdays.The opening event wil... [...]

Amateur Radio Community Invited to Take Part in MARS Exercise on 60 Meters

7 April 2021

Radio amateurs are invited to take part in the MARS exercise now under way until April 10 in support of the US Department of Defense. The five USB channelized 60-meter frequencies are available for interoperability (communication between services).By convention, Channel 1 is designated the calling channel. This convention is established to train the amateur radio community to reach out on Chann... [...]

Oklahoma SM Kevin O’Dell, N0IRW, Stepping Down; Mark Kleine, N5HZR, Appointed as OK SM

5 April 2021

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The K7RA Solar Update

2 April 2021

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Celebrate World Amateur Radio Day 2021 on April 18

1 April 2021

Sunday, April 18, is World Amateur Radio Day (WARD). This year marks the 96th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), founded at the 1925 International Radiotelegraph Conference in Paris. ARRL cofounder and first president, Hiram Percy Maxim, 1AW, was there, and today, ARRL is the International Secretariat of the IARU. ARRL has resources that members can use to celebrate WA... [...]