Next TLARC Meeting September 20th
The September 20th in-person meeting for the Tellico Lake Amateur Radio Club will be held at the Tellico Village Fire Department, 210 Chota Rd, in Tellico Village (Loudon.)
Amateurs Asked to refrain from using 7.088MHz during Hawaii Disaster Operations
Amateur radio operators are being asked to refrain from using 7.088MHz as this is being used in the State of Hawaii for Disaster Operations. The current situation is still in…
ARRL Dues Increase and then some…
ARRL Dues increase coming in 2024 -- digital publications are included, print publications will now cost extra
Huntsville Hamfest – August 19-20th
The Huntsville Hamfest is right around the corner! The show kicks off on Saturday, August 19th at 9AM at the Von Braun Center South Hall, and runs until 4:30PM that…
ARRL Files Comments Against “Seriously Flawed” HF Rules Petition
08/02/2023 ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®, as part of its mission to protect Amateur Radio, has filed comments against a proposal that would introduce high-power digital communications to the shortwave spectrum…
TLARC Ham Club News… NEW Venue!
Good evening folks! For those of you who missed last week’s in-person club meeting, I’ve got some news for you! As if missing the fantastic “Go Bag” presentation by Tim (N4TLM)…
Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power Allocation on Shortwave Spectrum
The ad hoc group “Shortwave Modernization Coalition” petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow data communications on multiple bands within the HF 2 – 25 MHz range with up to 20…
TLARC Field Day 2023 *PHOTOS*
The Tellico Lake Amateur Radio Club, in conjunction with Loudon County ARES and Monroe County ARES, held the 2023 Field Day operation at the EOC in Loudon, TN.
Update: FCC ULS System Restored
The FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS) has resumed operations, including the Electronic Batch Filing system (EBF).
Congresswoman Lesko Reintroduces Bill to Replace Symbol Rate Limit with Bandwidth Limit
05/12/2023 Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) introduced The Amateur Radio Communications Improvement Act (H.R. 3241) on May 11, 2023, to require that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) eliminate the obsolete HF digital symbol…
ARRL Advocates for Radio Amateurs as FCC Proposes Changes to 60-Meter Band
04/28/2023 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comments about changing the secondary allocation available to radio amateurs on 60 meters. The FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)…
TLARC Net Schedule – 2Q 2023
Happy Spring! The new TLARC Net Schedule is now available…
MCARES Looking for W1AW/4 VOTA volunteers
We are looking for volunteers to participate in the W1AW/4 special event! Please join the MCARES groups.io, on the bottom of the mcares.net main page, or email aec@mcares.net to get…
Skywarn Training Held in Monroe County
The Monroe County Amateur Radio Emergency Service is happy to report a good turnout to the Skywarn Training session presented by meteorologist and Senior Forecaster Jeremy Buckles, WX4JLB, from the…
Articles Wanted!
Do you have a topic you think needs to be discussed? Is there an issue which you are bursting at the seams to present? Got a hot new project you’d…
POTA-Palooza 2022 – Report and Photos!
What a beautiful fall day for the 2022 POTA-PALOOZA, which was held at K-0034 Look Rock Picnic are up on Foothills Parkway just outside of Maryville, Tennessee. I was told…
Interviews with ARRL CEO David Minster, N2AA, and DX Engineering CEO Tim Duffy, K3LR
W1DED recently conducted a nearly hour long interview with the current CEO of the ARRL on his YouTube channel. He’s also recently interviewed Tim Duffy, K3LR, of DX Engineering. For…
Filers Seek Extension on Shortwave Petition. ARRL to File Comments.
07/31/2023 [Updated 7/31/2023] Since May, ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® has been reviewing the rules proposed in a petition before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from the “Shortwave Modernization Coalition”…