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Next Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Gwinnett County EOC 800 Hi-Hope Road Lawrenceville, GA 30045

Upcoming Events
January 6, 2019	Metro Atlanta ARES Net, 4:00pm, 146.805+, PL100
January 12 , 2019	State ARES Meeting in Forsyth, GA. Course schedule HERE.
January 22, 2019	ARES Planning Committee Meeting, 6:30pm,Gwinnett County EOC 800 Hi-Hope Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30045
January 22, 2019	ARES General Meeting, 7:30pm, Gwinnett County EOC 800 Hi-Hope Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30045 Program: TBA
January 26, 2019	GARS Techfest 9:00 am – 2:00 pm. Sign-up to volunteer HERE.

FCC Reactivating Equipment Authorization System
The FCC says it will reactivate its Equipment Authorization System (EAS), which had been unavailable since the FCC ran out of funds on January 3 because of the partial government shutdown that began a month ago. RF devices, including most Amateur Radio equipment, must be properly authorized before being marketed or imported into the US. The FCC […]
Hams in Indonesia Get New Bands
OPDX Bulletin Mailing List is Victim of Hamnet.org Server Hack
The Ohio/Penn DX (OPDX) Bulletin mailing list is reported to be “in limbo” after a January 11 hack of the Hamnet.org server. OPDX Bulletin Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, reports that the server, which he’d used since the late 1980s, was “hacked and wiped” on January 11. The OPDX Bulletin mailing list was among the casualties. […]
Reports of Knacksat CubeSat Reception Requested
The Knacksat 1U CubeSat launched on December 3 by a SpaceX vehicle may be in safe mode. The Knacksat project team at King Mongkut’s University of Technology-North Bangkok, Thailand, has speculated that launch delays may have led to battery depletion, preventing normal antenna deployment. Safe mode will let the spacecraft recharge its battery and receive […]