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NEW HAM REGS NEW' Kit hase been granted to both (aneral and Novice Class amateurs in recent rulings by F(:(:. The pl sections of the 75- and 20 -meter bands. heretofore restricted to Advanced and Extra Class licenses, have been opened to General Class stations. General and higher class amateurs may also operate phone in the 7.2 -7.3 me. segment of the 40 -meter band. and in the new 15-meter band hetween 21.25 and 21.45 ntt. Frequency -shift keying, or Type Fl emission, is permitted in the segments 21.1) -21.25 nu.. and 7.1)- 7.2 me. Phone ens iss' s may be straight AN1. narrow -hand Fil or phase Inla The f.s.k. provin' s are a boon for radioteletype and other exper nters. Novices may now operate C.W. with their usual power limitai' in a segmnt of the 40-mter band. f 7175 to 7201) ice. The Novice band at 26.96- 27.23 nt(. has been eliminated, but a new band was opened for Novices on 15 meters. between 21.10 and 21.25 me. No addit I pl bands were granted Novices as was the ease with other classes. The Nov ice pl band remains at 145 -147 m('. TV SERVICE CONVENTION THE first annual convention of the National Alliance of Television & Electronic Service Associations will be held from April 10 to 12 in Kansas City. Missouri. One and a half floors of the Continental Hotel have been reserved for the vu s displays of u.h.f. tuners, boosters. antennas. and other tcicviequipment and parts made by the approximately fifty manufacturers who will participate. Host for the convention- to which all service shop operators and management personnel are invited. is the Television Service Engineers of Greater Kansas City, an affiliate of the National & Elet tr Alliance of Television Service Associai' The tentative program for the convention includes registra t and cocktail hour on Friday, April 10th; sessions on u.h.f. 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