Ham Radio of Juneau County, Wisconsin

Welcome to the Juneau County Amateur Radio Club and Juneau County ARES/RACES website

Next Net Meeting July 21, 2021,

@ 7:00 PM

Mauston Ambulance Garage Training Room

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Dear Juneau County Radio Club Members;

     We have resumed in person meetings. The next meeting will be July 21, 2021, at the Mauston Ambulance Training Room, at 7:00 PM.

    First Field Day, we are setting up the Comm Trailer in Elroy, at the Fairgrounds. We will have lunch on Saturday around noon. Hamburgers, hot dogs, beans and chips. Come and make some contacts, and have a bite to eat.

     We are again going to assist the Adams County ARES/RACES with there 4th of July Parade. We will be having a picnic following the parade, at the Park in Friendship. If interested please contact Jeff W9JAR, 147.030 Adams repeater.

      The next event is Apple Dumpling Days, in Elroy, WI.

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       I will be scheduling new test session Feb, April, June and November.

Please include an email address and phone number, when sending your dues.

President.jcarc@gmail.com or treasurerjcarc@gmail.com .

Thanks

John KC9ILO

Next test session

Feb 13th, 2021 @

the Mauston Ambulance Building

For more info contact

                        treasurerjcarc@gmail.com.

FCC 'paperless' Amateur Radio license policy now in effect

Starting February 17, the FCC no longer routinely issues paper license documents to Amateur Radio applicants and licensees. The Commission maintains that the official Amateur Radio license authorization is the electronic record that exists in its Universal Licensing System (ULS), although the FCC had routinely continued to print and mail hard copy licenses until this week. In mid-December, the FCC adopted final procedures to provide access to official electronic authorizations, as it had proposed in
WT Docket 14-161 as part of its "process reform" initiatives. Under the new procedures, licensees will access their current official authorization ("Active" status only) via the ULS License Manager. The FCC will continue to provide paper license documents to all licensees who notify the Commission that they prefer to receive one. Licensees will also be able to print out an official authorization - as well as an unofficial "reference copy" - from the ULS License Manager. "We find this electronic process will improve efficiency by simplifying access to official authorizations in ULS, shortening the time period between grant of an application and access to the official authorization, and reducing regulatory costs," the FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) said. According to the WTB, the new procedures will save at least $304,000 a year, including staff expenses. ARRL

From the International Space Station:

The image below was received via SSTV from the International Space Station as it flew overhead on February 1st, it was a very good pass and the signal was very strong. The caption below the image reads : 80 years since the birth of Yuri Gargarin, who is the first Russian cosmonaut. The ISS was transmitting a series of 12 pictures via SSTV over the weekend.

ISS Image Feb 1st

Brian-WD9HXC