Would AM Mandate Force Carmakers to Scrap Safety Features?

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Would AM Mandate Force Carmakers to Scrap Safety Features?

If Congress requires AM radio in new cars, vehicle manufacturers might have to drop safety features instead.

That’s the message from opponents of the proposed law in Congress. A guest commentary published by Automotive News restates the key points that opponents have been making since the legislation was introduced; but their blunt emphasis on a possible trade off with important safety features seems notable.

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ARRL Affiliated Club in MS Donates 3D Printer, Books, to Local Library

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ARRL Affiliated Club in MS Donates 3D Printer, Books, to Local Library

The Jackson Amateur Radio Club (JARC), serving the metropolitan area of Jackson, Mississippi, recently donated two 3D printers with a retail value of $3,000 to the Library System in Madison County (MCLS).

“Thank you, Jackson Amateur Radio Club, for all you have done for our library system. We so appreciate you,” said MCLS Director Tammie Terry. “The $2,000 donation of amateur radio books a few months ago [is] already in circulation.”

JARC President Jim Armstrong, AK5J, added, “We enjoy our hobby a great deal, but public service and teaching the public about it is an integral part of our 75-year history here in the Jackson metropolitan area. We have worked out a formal partnership between our club and the Madison County Library System. We are making our second donation of material and equipment, and STEM-oriented programming to Madison County’s libraries. Our intent is to make this support an ongoing project of our club."

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In Midst of Cyclone, Man Missing for 4 Years Returns Home

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Believed to be dead after he had gone missing four years ago, a fish merchant from Bangladesh was reunited with his family even as Cyclone Remal was poised to destroy thousands of others' lives. While evacuating a district in West Bengal to shelters to prepare for the coming storm, a civil defence worker, Anup Sasmal, noticed a man who was sitting alone at an embankment, talking quietly to himself incoherently. According to media reports, authorities recognised that the man was a Bangladeshi who had somehow become displaced. They contacted the West Bengal Radio Club, which has expertise in assisting in missing persons cases. The club had already sent many of its members to Sagar Island to assist with emergency communications during the cyclone but the hams remaining reached out to amateur radio operators in Bangladesh. Radio operators there were able to locate the man's village and ultimately his family by providing a physical description and other details. The man and his family were immediately reunited via an emotional video call and arrangements were made to have him return home after the storm. It is not known how or how long ago the Bangladeshi national ended up across the border from his home country or what happened to him in the years in between.

Source - ARNewsline