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Is Alaska considered to be located north of line A?
I recentley moved to Fairbanks AK, and was wondering if Alaska constituted being north of line A. Being that geographically, Alaska is north of line A, but in real world applications, Fairbanks is ...
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Is Morse code allowed on FM in the USA
Let's say I get my little 2 meter FM handheld out and make a little sine-wave generator with which I pulse a morse code and if I connect it to headphones a speaker, I hear the dits and dahs of a nice ...
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What defines music, per amateur radio regulations?
Sometimes when I access IRLP nodes, they have a very short melody telling you that you are connected; or when my local repeater's net begins, it does the famous doorbell 8-note sequence. What is the ...
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Why do Amateur Radio organizations in the United States oppose the relaxation of encryption prohibitions?
I saw this question stating that it is illegal to encrypt traffic, at least in the US and UK. I also heard that there was recently an attempt to get the FCC to loosen this restriction, but a lot of ...
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Why is an exemption for music given to NASA broadcasts of manned space flight missions?
FCC 97.113 Prohibited transmissions reads:
(e) No station shall retransmit programs or signals emanating from any type of radio station other
than an amateur station, except propagation and ...
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What regulatory issues/differences should I be aware of as a US ham vacationing in Europe (Poland)?
I am a US ham with an Extra Class ticket. If I were to go Poland (or possibly some other part of Europe) on vacation and bring some radios, what legal stuff do I need to know about? I know that my ...
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Secure communication over Amateur-band HSMM / 802.11 in the United States
I'm quite interested in 802.11 over amateur radio frequencies; however, all I have done at this point is reading (I don't have a ham license yet). The conventional wisdom (espoused in this ham.SE ...
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Abilities to limit antenna use?
What kinds of abilities does a Home Owners' Association (HOA) in the United States have to limit the use of antennas placed on a roof to an owner of a home in the area?
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What frequencies am I not allowed to use north of line A in the USA?
What frequencies can I not use if I live north of line A in the USA?
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Are there federal laws (US) protecting antenna installation?
Are there any federal laws or FCC guidelines that allow ham radio operators to install antennas?
I live in an apartment building in a large city that bans outdoor antennas. I recall reading that the ...
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How to operate IEEE 802.11 WiFi AP within the amateur radio service?
How can I properly use my ham radio license to operate an IEEE 802.11 WiFi access point within the US amateur radio service, rather than the US "part 15" regulations for unlicensed transmissions?
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