[AARA] AARA NEWS

[Herman Campbell]

*AARA Hamfest Banquet*
The “*/After the AARA Hamfest Banquet/*" will be held on Thursday March 
21^st at the Lafayette Science Museum at 6:30 PM.
The club will furnish the main entrée and members are asked to bring a 
covered dish or small desert of some kind.
New club officers will be installed and a discussion on the outcome of 
our hamfest will take place.
_No VE Testing at this event._

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145.410 Repeater / Lydia, Louisiana*
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*This is to inform all area hams that the Repeater formally known as the 
DX repeater, 145.41/148.81 just east of New Iberia is on
the air again.The repeater has a tone of 123 and is open to all 
amateurs. We welcome all visitors and travelers to our repeater.

Please, as a courtesy, Identify when first keying up the repeater. There 
after, identify every ten minutes as required by FCC rules.The repeater 
times out at 70 seconds of continuous use.

73,

Mel  WD5CAE

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*ARLB010 FCC Invites Comments on ARRL Technician Enhancement Proposal*

SB QST @ ARL $ARLB009 ARLB009 Commenting Electronically on FCC 
Proceedings ZCZC AG09 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 9 ARLB009 >From ARRL 
Headquarters Newington CT March 15, 2019 To all radio amateurs SB QST 
ARL ARLB009 ARLB009 Commenting Electronically on FCC Proceedings Those 
interested in posting brief comments on Petitions for Rulemaking (PRMs) 
to the FCC, such as the ARRL Technician Enhancement proposal (RM-11828) 
using the Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) should access FCC 
Electronic Comment Filing System Express at, 
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express . In the "Proceeding(s)" field, 
enter the number of the PRM, e.g. RM-11828 (using this format), complete 
all required fields, and enter brief comments in the box provided. You 
may review your post before filing. All information you provide, 
including name and address, will be publicly available once you post 
your comment(s).
The FCC has invited public comments on ARRL's 2018 Petition for Rule 
Making, now designated as RM-11828, which asks the FCC to expand HF 
privileges for Technician licensees to include limited phone privileges 
on 75, 40, and 15 meters, plus RTTY and digital mode privileges on 80, 
40, 15, and 10 meters. Interested parties have 30 days to comment. The 
Technician enhancement proposals stemmed from the recommendations of the 
ARRL Board of Directors' Entry-Level License Committee, which explored 
various initiatives and gauged member opinions in 2016 and 2017. Visit 
"How to Comment on FCC Proceedings" for additional information at, 
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/how-comment . NNNN /EX


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