Following in the footsteps of various other states, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed HB 1390 — a state-level PRB-1 law — on June 30, effective immediately. PRB-1 (as codified in Section 97.15(b)) was released by the FCC in 1985 and states that “[s]tate and local regulation of a station antenna structure must not preclude amateur service communications. Rather, it must reasonably accommodate…
American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources
The ARRL has just released two new books and a digital software library that you are going to want to have in your shack: Hints & Kinks for the Radio Amateur (18th edition) and Short Antennas for 160 Meter Radio by Grant Bingeman, KM5KG. The newest version of Software Library for Hams is also available for both as an immediate download or on CD-ROM.
Hints & Kinks for the Radio Amateur (18th Edit…
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