March 1, 2007 by kb3ljm.

ARRL Honorary Vice President and Past Central Division Director Edmond A. “Ed” Metzger, W9PRN, of Springfield, Illinois, died Monday, February 26. He was 93. An ARRL Charter Life Member, Metzger spent more than half his life serving the League in a variety of capacities.Full story: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/02/28/100/?nc=1

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March 1, 2007 by kb3ljm.

International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria, KE5GTK, and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT, retracted a stuck antenna on a Progress cargo spacecraft during a more than six-hour spacewalk February 22. The antenna failed to retract last October when the Progress docked to the station’s Zvezda Service Module.

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March 1, 2007 by kb3ljm.

In a February 28 letter, the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) denied a petition for rule making filed last July by Don Schellhardt, KI4PMG, on behalf of “Hams for Action” (HFA). The petition requested that the FCC adopt rules, under certain circumstances, to override private deed covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs) preventing radio amateurs from installing antennas and antenna support structuresFull Story http://www.arrl.org/?artid=7250

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