05/13/2021

The Volunteer Monitor (VM) Program is a joint initiative between ARRL and FCC
to enhance compliance in the Amateur Radio Service.

A General class renewal applicant withdrew his application after FCC notice
that the renewal application would be held up pending review of Volunteer
Monitor complaints. As a consequence, the Quakertown, Pennsylvania, applicant
has no operating privileges.

Twenty-one operators in 14 states received Advisories because of their
operation in the March CQ World Wide DX Contest. While making contacts with
VC3T and VC2W, their LSB signals extended below 7.125 MHz, which is the lower
limit of the 40-meter amateur phone band.

Volunteer Monitors participated in a nationwide training program on April 7
that was conducted by ARRL and the FCC.

Volunteer Monitors had two meetings in April with FCC Enforcement Bureau
personnel.

The totals for VM monitoring in March were 1,394 hours on HF frequencies and
2,515 hours on VHF and above frequencies.

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