TASMA – Page 5 – 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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Club Grant Application Period Open Until November 4

4 October 2022

The ARRL Foundation Club Grant Program opened a second grant proposal period which began September 7, 2022, and runs until November 4, 2022, at 7 PM Eastern Time. Radio clubs can apply now, and information about the program can be found on the ARRL website at www.arrl.org/club-grant-program.Following the first proposal period that ran earlier this year, 128 clubs applied for grants with a varie... [...]

Doreen Bogdan-Martin, KD2JTX, is Elected as Next ITU Secretary General

4 October 2022

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies, has announced the election of Doreen Bogdan-Martin of the United States of America as the next ITU Secretary-General. Bogdan-Martin will assume office on January 1, 2023. She is radio amateur; call sign KD2JTX.The election took place during ITU's Plenipotentiary... [...]

The K7RA Solar Update

30 September 2022

Sunspot activity rose this reporting week, September 22-28, withaverage daily sunspot numbers increasing from 68 to 105.1. But solarflux? Not so much. Average daily solar flux rose from 134.3 to138.4.So, the sunspot average rose 55% and solar flux only 3%. I usuallyexpect the numbers to track more closely.New sunspots appeared on September 22 and 23, and one more onSeptember 27. On Thursday nig... [...]

Online voting for ARRL Southeastern Division Election

29 September 2022

In the next couple of days, ARRL members in the Southeastern Division will receive an email message indicating that the online voting site for the 2022 ARRL Southeastern Division Election is now open. The message will include instructions to access candidate statements, the ballot, and to vote.A third party was selected by the ARRL Ethics and Elections Committee to conduct the election: Electio... [...]

Amateur Radio Operators Continue Response to Ian

29 September 2022

As Hurricane Ian, now a tropical storm, makes its way across Florida, amateur radio operators continue to provide communications support for weather updates and requests for assistance.The hurricane made landfall at 3:00 PM Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, just south of Tampa, Florida, as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 miles per hour. Millions of residents are without po... [...]

Hurricane Watch Net Update for Ian

29 September 2022

The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) has been in operation since the morning of September 27, 2022, as Hurricane Ian swept across Cuba and headed toward Florida’s Gulf Coast. The HWN continues to operate on both 14.325 and 7.268 MHz as propagation permits. The 20-meter net resumed at 8:00 AM Eastern Time on Thursday, September 29, and will continue until further discussion and conditions warrant closi... [...]

FCC Grants an ARRL Emergency Request to Permit Higher Data Rate Transmissions for Hurricane Relief Communications

28 September 2022

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted an ARRL emergency request for a 60-day temporary waiver intended to facilitate amateur radio emergency communications for hurricane relief. The waiver was adopted on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, and immediately permitted amateur radio operators supporting amateur data transmission for Hurricane Ian traffic to employ a higher symbol rate fo... [...]

Ham Radio Operators Get Ready as Hurricane Ian Strengthens

27 September 2022

ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) groups and volunteers have ramped up preparations as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Hurricane Ian continues to quickly intensify. As of 11:00 AM Eastern Time on Tuesday, September 27, Ian is a Category 3 hurricane located 305 miles south-southwest of Sarasota, Florida with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph and moving toward the n... [...]

The K7RA Solar Update

23 September 2022

Geomagnetic disturbances were down this week, but so were sunspotnumbers and solar flux.Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 92.7 to 68, and averagedaily solar flux from 141.3 to 134.3.On September 22 the sunspot number was 99, well above (by 31 points)the average for the previous seven days, a promising indication. Wehope it may signal a trend.But Solar Cycle 25 progresses, a bit better... [...]

Amateur Radio Operators Track Hurricane Fiona

22 September 2022

The National Hurricane Center (NHC), the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN), the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Hurricane Net, and the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) all have been engaged in tracking Hurricane Fiona. Amateur radio operators have been reporting weather conditions since Monday, September 19, 2022, and have received positive feedback on their assistance. The VoIP... [...]