Tag: fcc

  • Technician’s Expanded HF Phone Privileges: What’s Actually Been Proposed

    Part of our Getting Licensed pillar I see some version of this question in beginner forums constantly: did Technicians just get more HF privileges? The short answer, as of today, is no. What exists is a long running ARRL petition asking the FCC to expand Technician HF privileges, not an adopted rule change. I want…

  • FCC Cracks Down on Linked GMRS Repeaters: What the Notice of Violation Means for You

    The FCC just did something it has never done before: it issued a formal Notice of Violation against a GMRS repeater operator for internet linking. If you have been following the linking debate in the GMRS community, this is the moment the argument stopped being theoretical. What Happened On August 5, 2026, the FCC’s Enforcement…

  • 1912: The Radio Act and the Birth of Licensed Amateur Radio

    Part of our The Evolution of Amateur Radio timeline series. The sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 is usually credited as the tipping point that forced Congress’s hand, though the interference problems from a decade of unregulated wireless had already been building pressure for years. Whatever the final push was, the result was the…

  • 1934: How the FCC Took Over Amateur Radio Regulation

    Part of our The Evolution of Amateur Radio timeline series. By the early 1930s, amateur radio had already changed regulatory hands once, from the Department of Commerce to the newly formed Federal Radio Commission under the Radio Act of 1927. That arrangement didn’t last long either. In 1934, Congress passed the Communications Act, creating the…

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