Friday, May 31, 2013

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1868 - May 31 2013




Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1868 with a release
date of May 31   2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T.  Ham radio stands down following
response to Oklahoma Tornadoes; Louisiana implements ALERT
FM system state-wide, Expedition 36 arrives at the
International Space Station; Ham Nation celebrates its 100th
netcast and a final wrap-up on Hamvention 2013.  All this
and more on Amateur Radio NewslineT report number 1868
coming your way right now.


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RESCUE RADIO:  OKLAHOMA ARES RELEASES TORNADO RESPONSE TEAMS
GO HOME

Hams in Oklahoma who volunteered when tornadoes hit that
state have gone home.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill
Pasternak, WA6ITF, reports:

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Amateur Radio Emergency Service operators have been released
from assisting the American Red Cross with communications
during the response to the Moore, Oklahoma tornado recovery.
This, according to Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW, who is the ARRL
Oklahoma Section Manager.

Odell says that all ARES volunteers were released from
scheduled duty and have returned to volunteer status.  He
noted that some 25 local hams volunteered their help along
with over 15 out-of-state radio operators who also offered
their services.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF,
in the newsroom in Los Angeles.

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More information can be found at the Oklahoma ARES website.
It's in cyberspace at aresok.org.  (KC5FM)

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RESCUE RADIO:  LOUISIANA IMPLEMENTS ALERT FM STATE WIDE

The Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and
Emergency Preparedness has announced that the it has
completed the implementation of the ALERT FM and GSSNet
systems.  This as a way of improving the method used to
deliver voice and text emergency notifications to the
public.

Louisiana will use ALERT FM to send out its emergency
alerts, as will emergency managers from all 64 parishes and
42 colleges and universities across the state.  ALERT FM is
an FM radio-based emergency notification system that will
help Louisiana better keep citizens, schools, businesses,
and first responders informed of critical information during
natural or man-made disasters.

ALERT FM delivers emergency messages using the data
subcarrier of local FM radio stations.  The use of this pre-
existing network of FM broadcasters provides overlapping and
redundant signal coverage for the state.

Around 90 FM stations will participate in the Louisiana
ALERT FM network.  This overlapping coverage will ensure
message distribution over a large footprint and gives
emergency managers the ability to reach their intended
recipients.

More on this Louisiana state wide implementation of ALERT FM
is on line at tinyurl.com/louisiana-emergency-alerting.
(RBR)

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RESCUE RADIO:  HAMS RESCUED FROM FLOODED CAMPGROUND THANKS
TO THEIR HOBBY

Two hams have been rescued from a flooded campground thanks
to their hobby.  Sunday morning, May 19th at about 4:40 a.m.
Eric Heaton, KF4LJN, and Henry Miller N4VG, were awakened by
a flooding situation at Lake Chinabee in Munford, Alabama
east of Birmingham.  The two had been camping when Miller
noticed water getting into his tent.

Miller and Heaton moved their cars several times to stay
above the flooding line.  They soon realized that the only
road out of the area was submerged in 2 to 3 feet of water
and impassable.  So Miller made contact with a ham in
Talladega, Alabama, over the Mt. Cheaha 147.69/ .09
repeater.  That ham in turn notified authorities of the two
trapped radio amateurs.

The Cleburne County Sheriff's Rescue Squad was dispatched
and both Heaton and Miller were soon brought to safety by
boat.  There was very poor cellphone coverage in the area
but thanks to ham radio everyone is safe.  (KB4KCH)

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RADIO POLITICS:  REP. GREG WALDEN W7EQI CONTINUES TO LOOK
TOWARD FCC REFORM

House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman
Greg Walden, W7EQI of Oregon has praised interim FCC Chair
Mignon Clyburn.  But he also told C-SPAN's "The
Communicators" last weekend he has some concerns about Tom
Wheeler.  Wheeler is President Obama's pick for chairman of
the regulatory agency.

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Rockefeller has said
he plans to hold nomination hearings in June for Wheeler who
is a former telecommunications industry lobbyist.  Walden is
concerned about Wheeler's position on some past
telecommunications deals.  He told C-SPAN that the
commission shouldn't use the extraordinary power it has to
approve or deny a merger to exercise market changes it can't
do through a regulatory environment.

Walden has let it be known at Commission reform is still on
his agenda.  While he praised former FCC Chairman Julius
Genachowski for some of his moves to modernize the agency he
also noted that the FCC needs more checks to keep it on
schedule and make sure the it doesn't loose sight of  the
progress it's made as it transitions to new leadership.

Walden plans to reintroduce an FCC reform measure containing
shot clocks for decisions on proposed transactions and on
other agency processes.  He also wants to relax the ban that
prevents all the commissioners from getting together to
discuss pending issues.  (RW, C-SPAN)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  EXPEDITION 36 ARRIVES AT ISS

Three new crew members have arrived at the International
Space Station (ISS) after launching from Kazakhstan.

The Soyuz rocket carrying Fyodor Yurchikhin, Karen Nyberg
and Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP, lifted off from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome at 20:31 GMT on Tuesday, May 28th.  They arrived
at the orbiting space outpost five hours and 46 minutes
later.

To speed up their ascent, the Soyuz capsule was using a new
flight profile that dramatically reduces the rendezvous time
from the traditional two days.  It is technically more
difficult and requires some very precise orbital
adjustments, but it is deemed to be easier on the crew.
This is because it means they do not have to spend so long
inside the cramped launch vehicle.

Yurchikhin and Nyberg have both been into space before.
Parmitano is a first-timer on-orbit.  The trio, whose
designation is Expedition 36, was greeted by the current
three member crew already on the ISS.  They are Russians
Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin, along with American
Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR.  Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano
will be on the ISS until November.  (Published news
reports.)

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HAM CELEBRATION:  HAM NATION CELEBRATES SHOW NUMBER 100

The popular Internet television program Ham Nation
celebrated its 100th netcast on Wednesday, May 29th.  We
have more in this report:

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It's a voice that so many in ham radio know and on
Wednesday, May 29th, ham radio's Mr. Audio, Bob Heil, K9EID,
celebrated the 100th consecutive week of his video podcast
Ham Nation.  And this is the way it sounded when he opened
the show:

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Heil:  "Good evening everybody.  It's a very special
historic night.  It's the 100th broadcast of Ham Nation from
the TWiT network, and we are so happy; so thrilled and a
little bit surprised that we made it this far and that its
turned out so well.  Its because of one thing and that's the
team behind us.

"This started out with Leo's dream of having a ham radio
show and he said `you do it.'

"I of coarse am not the show.  We started picking on the
great people who make ham radio happen and that's what goes
on.  And we continued to add people as you will see tonight
some of the great people behind the scenes."

--

Leo of coarse if Leo Laporte, W6TWT, who owns the TWiT TV
network.  The others alongside Bob are Gordon West WB6NOA,
and George Thomas, W5JDX.  Also on hand for this 100th
episode, albeit pre-recorded, was Ham Nation's first guest
and the person who wrote and performed the shows theme song:
Famed Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, WB6ACU:

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Walsh:  I want to wish everybody at Ham Nation a very happy
100th anniversary and I'm glad that I could help to get it
started."

--

Other guests included 38 Special bass player Larry Junstrom,
K4EB along with Ham Nation post show net control stations
Dale Puckett, K0HYD and Al Matthews K1LTJ.  Also on hand was
Don Wilbanks AE5DW, to introduce and narrate the shows news
segment and Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK who hosts the shows on-line
chat room.

Like all previous Ham Nation episodes, number 100 is
available to both watch and listen to at
www.twit.tv/hamnation.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP,
watching from Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Our congratulations to Bob Heil, K9EID, Gordon West WB6NOA,
George Thomas, W5JDX and of coarse TWIT TV founder Leo
Laporte, W6TWT, on this milestone.  (ARNewslineT)

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BREAK 1

From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world
including the Southern Suburbs Amateur Radio Club UHF
Repeater Network serving South Africa.

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RADIO LAW:  VANITY CALL FEE MAY BE GOING UP

The price of a vanity call sign may be going up.  This as
the FCC releases a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in which
it requests a very modest 20 cent increase in the cost of a
vanity call over its 10 year term.

Currently the free for a vanity call is $15.  That would go
to $15.20 if the measure is approved and acted into law.

As you know, The FCC is authorized by to collect vanity call
sign fees to recover the costs associated with administering
that program.  (FCC)

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RADIO AND LAW:  UK POLICE LOOKING FOR VEHICLE WITH HAM
ANTENNA IN ROAD RAGE INCIDENT

Dorset England police are trying to locate what they
describe white VW transporter van with a large amateur radio
aerial on the roof that was recently involved in a road rage
incident.

Investigators allege that the van overtook a silver Audi
driven by a Portland man.  Police said the van driver and a
passenger approached the driver of the Audi and threatened
him.  They then took the automobiles keys and threw them
down the road.

No one was injured in the incident, which took place at
around 6 p.m. local time on Thursday, May 16th.  An
unidentified 35-year-old male was subsequently arrested and
released on bail pending further enquiries.
(Dorset Echo)

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ENFORCEMENT:  MAJOR FINES AFFIRMED TO A PAIR OF MIAMI
UNLICENSED BROADCASTERS

Two Miami Florida unlicensed broadcasters have been ordered
to pay some rather stiff monetary forfeitures.  Jim Davis,
W2JKD, reports:

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The higher fine was levied against Gary Feldman for
operating an unlicensed transmitter on 97.9 MHz in Miami.
The FCC originally proposed a $25,000 penalty in February
after tracing the source of the unlicensed transmissions to
an FM antenna mounted on the roof of Feldman's residence.
According to the commission Feldman during an inspection
admitted to FCC personnel that he was the only one operating
the station.

But it did not end there.  In June of 2012 FCC agents found
he stopped broadcasting from his home but continued to do so
on 97.9 MHz from a commercial building.  The FCC also dug
through its records and found Feldman had previously been
fined for operating an illegal station in Tampa and had not
paid that $10,000 fine.

The FCC Feldman didn't respond to them about the original
penalty which the agency has now reaffirmed.  And as the
result of the evidence before it the higher amount has been
affirmed as well.

The commission has also upheld a $15,000 fine proposed in
February against Bernard Veargis for operating an unlicensed
station on 91.7 MHz in Miami.  In that case, FCC agents
traced the source of an unlicensed signal to an FM antenna
mounted to the roof of a commercial building.  In response
to a complaint from the FAA about interference to Miami
International Airport departure frequency 119.45 MHz, agents
found the source was the same antenna.

The FCC agents soon linked the transmitter ownership to a
website for "Chico the Leo Grown Folks Radio Miami."  The
site and a Facebook page listed the same number for Veargis
that the property owner had provided to the FCC.  He also
told agents that Veargis installed the transmission
equipment in the building, which Veargis later admitted to
the agents.  However the Enforcement Bureau says Veargis
never respond to the earlier notice, and that's why it
reaffirmed the fine.

Im Jim Davis, W2JKD.

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Both Feldman and Veargis have 30 days from the May 16th of
release of the orders to pay up or file an appeal.  (FCC)

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RADIO BUSINESS:  HEATHKIT LAUNCHES NEW SURVEY

After the apparent final demise of the Heathkit Company last
year hams on several websites are reporting that they were
surprised to learn of a new consumer survey from whomever
now owns the company name.

The fairly lengthy on-line survey asks responders to relate
what is important to them, their kit-building interests,
their thoughts about the many vintage Heathkits and their
interest if any in amateur radio.  It also requests thoughts
and ideas about Heathkit while offering the opportunity to
sign up to join a mailing list.

The opening page instructions note that Customer privacy is
very important to them.  As such that they do not release
personally-identifying customer information outside our
company as explained in it's Privacy Policy.  As such, those
responding to the survey can choose which questions that
they wish to answer.

You can find more on-line at tinyurl.com/new-heathkit-
survey.  (G3ZOD, others)

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NEW PRODUCT:  DIRECT ANTENNA CONTROL FROM QUATTRO

While not directed at the ham radio market, those who run
mega DX and contest stations may find this new product of
interest.  The Direct Antenna Control system from Swiss firm
Quattro identifies any type of malfunctioning, even partial
damage, in antenna array systems used for radio and
television broadcasting.

Comprising a series of a series of sensors that are placed
on each branch of an antenna's array, the Direct Antenna
Control system, measures the direct and reflected power
values of the relevant coaxial supply line compared to its
standard levels.

Any deviations from the standard supply values of the direct
power measurement indicate a problem above the sensors
threshold while the deviation of reflected power reveals a
problem below the sensor.  A combination of these signals
identifies the part of the antenna that has malfunctioned.
The system then converts the corresponding signals of power
transmitted and power received into lines with low
sensitivity to radiation fields. The lines, which are
protected from external interference, are transmitted by a
unit that collects all of the signals arriving from the
individual sensors of the various antennas.

The unit also collects the pre-processing and formatting
information in order to allow for the transmission through a
network to a router that then renders the data available
both locally and remotely.  More information should soon be
available at www.dacsystem.ch.  (RW)

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HAM HAPPENINGS:  INDIA SMALL SATELLITE WORKSHOP FEATURES HAM
RADIO

A Small Satellite Developer Workshop featuring Amateur Radio
is now slated for July 8th to the 13th in Chennai, India.
The amateur radio segment is being conducted by the National
Institute of Amateur Radio with topics to be discussed to
include Software Designed Receiver design and Basics of
Spacecraft Technology among others.  Further details are on
the web at www.spaceschool.co.in.  (NAIR)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS:  LOOKING FOR WW2 SWL LOGS

Some names in the news.  First up is Helena E. Wright,
Curator of Graphic Arts National Museum of American History.
She reports that David Hochfelder, a Professor of History at
the State University of New York at Albany, together with
his wife Anne Pfau, are searching for letters, or other
documents about American shortwave radio listeners during
WWII.  Specifically from those who were hoping for news of
Prisoners of War.   The two have already located some radio
logs about listening activities but need much more.  If you
can help in this research project, please contact processor
Hochfelder by e-mail to dhochfelder (at) albany (dot) edu.
(W3BE)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS:  SSB USING A RASPBERRY PI

Guido Pen Dolle, PE1NNZ, has released the code to enable the
Raspberry Pi computer board to generate SSB on the 7 and 14
MHz bands.

According to PE1NNZ, the computer code he has written
generates SSB modulation just by controlling a Phase Locked
Loop or PLL based carrier.  He says that he has applied this
method on the RapsberryPi PLL, and made several contacts
with it on 40 and 20 meter bands.

To find out more on how PE1NNZ makes this happen, please
visit his blog at tinyurl.com/raspberry-ssb.  (WIA News)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS:  UK ASTRONAUT ASSIGNED ISS DUTY IN 2015

The United Kingdom's Guardian newspaper reports that Major
Tim Peake has been selected to fly on a five-month mission
on the International Space Station in 2015.

Peake, from Salisbury in Wiltshire, was chosen for astronaut
training in 2009. Since then has been undergoing mission
preparation in a number of locations around the world
including Star City in Russia and the Johnson Space Center
in Houston in Texas. He had previously served in the army
for 18 years primarily flying Apache helicopters and has
seen active service in Afghanistan.

The Guardian newspaper says that the 41-year-old Peake has
been assigned a lengthy stay in orbit.  He will be
transported to the ISS space on a Russian Soyuz launch
vehicle in November of 2015 where will be able to take part
in spacewalks and other complex scientific activities.

Currently it does not appear that Peake is a licensed radio
amateur, but instruction in ham radio is still a part of
Astronaut and Cosmonaut training.  This is so that those
serving on an ISS mission will be familiar with the amateur
gear aboard the orbiting outpost and can use it for
recreational and educational purposes as well as a back-up
communications system should all other gear fail.

A detailed article about Peakes assignment to the ISS is on
line at tinyurl.com/British-Astronaut-ISS.  (AMSAT-UK)

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This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur.  From the
United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline
with links to the world from our only official website at
www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the volunteer
services of the following radio amateur:

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DXCC UPDATE:  E51WL WAS THE PREVIOUS ZK1WL AND GOOD FOR DXCC

If you are DXCC hunting and has a card for E51WL for North
Cook Island rejected, here's some good news.  According to
Bill Moore at the ARRL DXCC Desk, it turns out that the
operator is a native of the island and that his previous
ZK1WL had previously been approved. The bottom line is that
this is just a callsign change, so if you had E51WL rejected
in a recent submission send an e-mail to bmoore (at) arrl
(dot) org for an update to your record.  (NC1L)

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DX

In DX, W5JON will be operating as V47JA from his Calypso
Bay, St. Kitts, West Indies vacation home from July
9th until August 10th.  Listen out for John on 160 through 6
meters using SSB, RTTY and several digital modes.  He will
also be using his newly issued contest call V49J in the IARU
and Islands on the Air contests on SSB.  Johns wife Cathy,
W5HAM, may get on the air occasionally operating as V47HAM.
All QSL's go direct or via Logbook of the World to W5JON.

PA3A, PD1AEG, PA8AD and PA8AN will be active from Congo
September 28th to  October 11th as TN5MS.  They will be
active on H-F Bands.  QSL via PA3AWW, either direct, or
Logbook of the World.

ZL2JU is currently active from Rarotonga in the South Cook
Islands as E51JJU. He is operational on most of the High
Frequency bands but no exact schedule of operating times is
mentioned.  QSL via home call.

OO9O will be on the air portable LX from Luxembourg from
June 17th to the 20th.  He plans to focus on 30 meter CW and
PSK.  QSL via home call, or electronically using eQSL or
Logbook of the World.

Five operators will be active using the call will be active
from Ustica Island from July 24th to the 29th signing IE9
stroke IK6JRI.  They also plan to take part in the RSGB
sponsored Islands on the Air contest that takes place during
their stay.  If you make contact please QSL via IK6JRI

Lastly, G0MGX is currently working in Qatar and has obtained
a permit to operate stroke A7.  He says to listen out for
him during evenings and some weekends primarily using RTTY
and JT65.  He adds that the Qatar Amateur Radio Society has
made him feel very welcome and that he is very grateful to
them for the support and help they have given to him.  He
adds that he has provided the ARRL with the necessary
documents of licensing for all his callsigns and uploads to
Logbook of the World regularly.  QSL as directed on the air.

(Above from various DX news sources)

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HAMVENTION 2013:  PART 2 - WRAPPING IT UP

And finally this week we conclude our coverage of the 2013
Dayton Hamvention by looking at activities that do not
usually fall into the spotlight. Also a quick glimpse of the
concurrent Four Days in May event.  Here's Amateur Radio
Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB:

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While most tend to report on the Dayton Hamvention based on
number of attendees and new equipment released or at least
previewed, there is a lot more to this annual gathering.
This is also a place where braking news is first reported
and according to AMSAT North America President Barry Baines,
WD4ASW, hams involved in space communications had at least
two things to smile about.  The first was the announcement
of a launch commitment for one of the group's newest birds:

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Baines:  "The biggest project we are doing is called Project
Fox.  It's a 4 inch by 4 inch cube that will weight about
three pounds that will be an amateur radio repeater plus
carry a scientific payload that will be flown into orbit.

We have learned this week that NASA is assigning us to a
launch opportunity to be flown in November of 2014 so that's
when we expect Fox 1 to be flown".

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Baines also told Newsline that it looks as if there will
soon be some good news on the cooperation front with other
AMSAT groups around the world.  This, thanks to a pending
change in US laws:

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Baines:  "Congress in 1999 passed a law called ITAR, the
International Traffic in Arms Regulations that decided that
satellites no matter what their purpose or how sophisticated
or unsophisticated their purpose was is are considered to be
a munition and subject to regulation.  So under ITAR we
cannot have collaboration with foreign nationals on evolving
technology that's being developed.  We can only talk about
it with foreign nations once its completed placed in the
public domain.  So we publish what we do and then we can
talk about it after the fact.

"Congress passed a bill called the National Defense
Authorization Act last December which gives the President at
his discretion to transfer items from ITAR to a less
restrictive category under Export Arms Regulations.  We are
now waiting for the Department of State to come out with
revised rules."
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Also at Hamvention 2012 were representatives from our
neighbors to the North in a delegation representing Radio
Amateurs of Canada.  Its President is Geoff Bawden, VE4BAW,
said that they were happy to be there once again:

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Bawden:  "It's really good to be here in Dayton.  We have
been here at Dayton three times in a row raising our profile
within the States and also to (serve) the many Canadians
that come down here.  It's not only a mecca for United
States radio amateurs but also for many Canadian amateurs
from across Canada who come down.  So it's not only a chance
to shake hamns with out friends the Americans but also to
meet with our colleagues and neighbors across Canada."

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But the Hamvention was not the only happening in the Dayton
area that weekend.  Only a few miles away was a smaller show
devoted to low power operation and kit building.  Its called
Four Days in May and who better to explain it than the kit-
building master himself, Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB:

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Eisenberg:  "Four Days in May for those who don't know of it
is a QRP convention that kind of wraps around the
Hamvention.  It doesn't block anything going on at the Hara
Arena.  "It just operates in the evenings when the
Hamvention itself is closed and the main day which is the
day before Hamvention on that Thursday.  And during the day
on Thursday we have seminars all day long as well as an
evening where we have a vendors night where we have a lot of
kits and where a lot of QRP stuff is traded and sold.  There
are some pretty amazing bargains there as well."

--

Joe tells Newsline that some of the most interesting
highlights came in kit form:

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Eisenberg:  "One is a very sensitive RF voltage probe called
the Acu-Probe.  There were other kits including an antenna
analyzer which is simply a Dip Meter.  All you do is that
you tune it until the light goes out and that tells you what
frequency your antenna is resonant on."

--

Meanwhile, back at the Hara Arena the 2013 Hamvention came
to end midday on Sunday May 19th with the long awaited prize
drawing.  From there it was off to the open road, the rail
station or the airport for the short ride or long flight
home.  Hamvention 2013 was now history with planning for
Hamvention 2014 already underway.

From ham radio city USA, I'm Stephan Kinford, N8WB, for the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

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And those dates for the next Dayton Hamvention are May 16,
17 and 18 of next year.  We hope to see you there.
(ARNewslineT)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE

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Friday, May 24, 2013

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1867 - May 24 2013



Please note that this is an extended Amateur Radio Newsline
report and contains three breaks.  Newscast begins after the
tone.

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Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1867 with a release
date of May 24   2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T.  Ham radio joins other services in
responding to tornadoes in the Great Plains; Israeli hams
get limited access to 5 MHz, a distracted driving law that
exempts ham radio is signed by Hawaii's governor; a major
DXpedition to Heard Island is delayed and an in-depth look
at Hamvention 2013.  All this and more on Amateur Radio
NewslineT report number 1867 coming your way right now.


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RESCUE RADIO:  RADIO SERVICES RESPOND TO MIDWEST TORNADOES

Several radio services including broadcasters and hams
responded as several days of severe weather including
tornadoes hit the Central Plains.  Amateur Radio Newsline's
Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, is here with what we know so far:

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The pictures seen on cable and network news channels of the
devastation in Oklahoma have been gut-wrenching.

But emergency officials are saying the warnings and local
broadcast coverage by radio and television probably saved
hundreds if not thousands of lives.

Amateur radio played a part in the initial hours after the
tornado went through the community of Moore in the Oklahoma
City area.

Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW, is the American Radio Relay League
section manager for Oklahoma.  He tells Newsline in an
interview that the real call-up came through the Amateur
Radio Emegency Service for operators to assist the Red Cross
chapter.

"We've had one specific request of ARES to assist with the
Red Cross in communications between the chapter office and
their feeding area down at the incident command post and we
secured from that."

O'Dell says the operation secured Wednesday night.

"I do know of a couple of instances where there have been
some other folks that have been involved not for any real
length of time. Once Comm-El got their systems up and
running, everything was in pretty good shape."

O'Dell, who lives about 75 miles north of the tornado-
affected region of the state, says while the devastation is
vast, it is confined to a narrow area. And that enabled
emergency crews to keep police, fire and emergency radios up
and running and restore wireless service rapidly.

"What a lot of people don't understand is that this is a 17-
mile-long tract but it's only a couple of miles wide,"
O'Dell says. "You get outside of that and things work pretty
well. So, just the communication within that strip is the
only thing that's been really in question."

O'Dell says the Oklahoma City-Moore area has lots of
experience dealing with tornadoes....

"This isn't their first rodeo," O'Dell says. "These people
know what they're doing, they're very good at it. The
communications systems because of this and because of events
they've had in the past, especially the May 3, 1999 storm
that went basically through a very similar part of Moore, a
lot of the communications systems have been hardened a whole
lot.

"And, have also been decentralized. So that the
infrastructure issue isn't quite as big a deal as you would
have in a much broader situation."

O'Dell describes the people of Oklahoma as resilient.

Although he concedes there are a couple people who lost
their homes in 1999 and on the same site in the most recent
tornado.

O'Dell says he wouldn't be surprised if some of them took
this second hit as a divinely-inspired message to move
elsewhere.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V.

--

As this newscast is being prepared rescue workers are still
sifting through the rubble of the twisters that brought
death and destruction to the area.  Meantime ham radio
operators remain on alert in case they are needed.
(ARNewslineT)

**

PROPAGATION ALERT:   M5 X-RAY FLARE OF MAY 22, 2013

Some breaking propagation news.  I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF

CQ Magazine reports via Facebook that a strong M5.0 solar
flare occurred on Wednesday, May 22nd at around 13:32 UTC.
Its origin was on the sunspot 1745, on the west side of the
Sun.

A CME or coronal mass ejection was projected into space and
is clearly visible in the images of NASA SOHO spacecraft.
If the plasma is directed Earthward the CME could soon
trigger aurora and other geomagnetic activity including some
level of High Frequency radio degradation.

If you are on Facebook be sure to "Like" the CQ Magazine to
have alerts like this show up in your timeline.  More
information on this event, as well as sunspots and solar
flares is on-line at SunSpotWatch.com

I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF.  Jim.  (CQ via Facebook)

**

RESTRUCTURING:  ISRAELI AMATEURS GET LIMITED 5 MHZ TEMPORARY
ACCESSES

The Israel's radio regulator has decided to grant temporary
permissions on an individual application basis for use of
eight discrete frequencies between 5298.5 and 5.047 MHz.
These channels are available to General and Extra Class
license holders. The maximum power allowed is 100 Watts Peak
Envelope Power measured at the Transmitter rather than
Effective Radiated Power from the antenna.

The Israel Amateur Radio Club is that nation's national
amateur radio society.  It says that it's main goal in
obtaining this allocation is to experiment for local short
range emergency communication readiness and that long
distance activity is a side product.

The validity of this temporary authority is from a given
applications approval date until mid March 2014 but it
appears this could be extended.  Operation is on a secondary
status and was coordinated with the Spectrum Committee
representing primary and other relevant spectrum users.
More information is on-line at tinyurl.com/Israel-5-mhz.
(IARC, RSGB)

**

RADIO LAW:  HAWAII CELL LAW EXCLUDING HAM RADIO SIGNED BUY
GOVERNOR

Mobile ham radio operations have received an exclusion as
Hawaii Governor Neal Ambercrombie signed House Bill 980 on
Monday May 20th.   . This is the State's new law that takes
effect on July 1st and enforces a ban on the use of mobile
electronics and places strict limitations on text messaging
while operating a motor vehicle.

Specifically, with certain exceptions, House Bill 980
prohibits the use of cellphones and other mobile electronic
devices while operating a vehicle statewide. It specifically
prohibits activities such as texting, instant-messaging,
gaming and e-mailing, which take a driver's eyes and mind
off the road and hands off of the steering wheel.
The use of hands-free devices remain permitted but a new
change is a restriction for those under 18 years of age.

According to Ron Hashiro, AH6RH, the exemption for mobile
amateur radio use which was already available in four
counties has survived the 2013 State Legislature and remains
in effect state-wide.

Hashiro, who is the Hawaii State Civil Defense ARES
Emergency Coordinator and the State Civil Defense RACES
Coordinator praised the amateur radio operators who since
2009 who have been involved in the legislative effort to
preserve mobile amateur radio operating privileges.  More is
on the web at tinyurl.com/hawaii-cell-law-signed
(AH6RH)

**

BREAKING DX NEWS:  HEARD ISLAND DXPEDITION RESCHEDULED

Some breaking news in the world of DX.  This with word that
a planned Cordell Expedition operation from Heard Island has
been postponed until January of 2015.

According to expedition organizer Robert Schmieder, KK6EK
and co-planner Rich Holoch, KY6R, the primary reason for the
delay was the cost of using the preferred vessel, the Marion
Dufresne, to put the team on the island for the required
time.

In note to the Ohio Penn DX Newsletter and republished by
the Southgate News, KK6EK and KY6R say that despite
extensive negotiations and rescheduling of the cruise, it
became clear that the cost of using this vessel will exceed
$1 million.  Therefore the total cost for the project would
be about $1.5 million and that even increasing the team size
to 50 to partially cover this cost was not enough.  So the
planners reluctantly concluded that sponsorship at this
level would be impossible.

KK6EK and KY6R say that they have therefore decided to delay
the expedition to the early 2015 date to allow more time to
restructure the project.  It will also give them the ability
to locate a more suitable vessel and bring the cost more in
line with projected available resources.

According to Club Log, Heard Island is Number 7 on its DXCC
Most Wanted List.  The operations website is at
www.heardisland.org.  A detailed account of the problems
being incurred in planning this important expedition is on
line at tinyurl.com/Heard-Rescheduled and we will have more
DX related news near the end of this week's newscast.
(OPDX, Southgate)

**

BREAK 1

From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world
including the N8URW repeater serving Jackson, Michigan.

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**

HAM HAPPENINGS:  A LOOK AT HAMVENTION 2013

The 2013 Dayton Hamvention will likely go down in the
amateur radio history books as one of the best.  And while
it will be a while before we know the actual number of those
attending, all indictors say that it was again a banner
year.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB,
reports:

--

It was rather foggy on Friday, May 17th when the doors
opened at the Hara Arena for the 2013 Dayton Hamvention.
But the gloom outside was quickly replaced by crowds of hams
inside the showplace ready for three days of ham radio fun.
One of these was Hollywood producer Dave Bell, W6AQ:

--

Bell:  "So the first thing I do is go down the ramp to
deposit my ticket stub; my winning ticket stub which has
never won.  And then down into the main arena which I call
the `snake pit' because it is always full and this Friday it
was even fuller than usual.  It was packed/

"I turned around and went out the the way I came in and into
a relatively empty hallway to go around to where the rest of
the merchants were and it was busy over there too.  I think
the merchants must have done a gangbusters business this
time."

--

According to several long time attendees, numbers appeared
good for an opening day as its been the past two or three
years.  The ARRL reports that its Expo area drew a
substantial crowd with popular activities such as the W1AW
75th anniversary exhibit, the Youth Lounge and spectral
purity testing provided courtesy of the ARRL Lab.  And as
usual, lines formed immediately for DXCC card checking.

There were several new products introduced at Hamvention
2013 and while we do not have time this week to cover all of
them, perhaps one of the most interesting was Yaesu's new
High Frequency transceiver.  Tim Phactor, KT7F, of Yaesu
described the new entry:

--

Phactor:  "Weve come out with a very new HF rig which is
called the FTDX-1200 which is an entry level TFT screen
radio.

"Last year you may remember that we came out with the FTDX-
3000 which was an opportunity for those who liked the 5000
to have a price point a little less.  So this year we just
topped that with now an entry level TFT screen radio with a
built-in bandscope and the kind of features you would find
on a higher priced radio."

--

Not to be outdone, Icom was there with two new products.
The company showcased both its ID-51A portable and IC-7100
mobile radios. Both are are D-STAR ready and as such they
facilitate clear digital voice, short data messages,
worldwide D-STAR linked repeater access over the Internet
and more.

The IC-7100 is particularly of interest in that it combines
VHF and UHF analog and digital with all-band all-mode mobile
operations using a new slanted control head with what is the
amateur industries first  touchscreen interface.  This is
the radio many saw previewed on the Ham Nation Internet TV
show a few months ago.

Icom, along with several other manufacturers were also prize
contributors to one of the highlights at the Hamvention for
over a quarter of a century.  That being the Youth Forum
hosted by New York City educator Carole Perry, WB2MGP.  This
session usually pulls one of the largest crowds of any
session and 2013 was no exception:

--

Perry: "Well this year was a banner year for the Youth
Forum.  It was our 26th year and we had close to 300 people
in what I refer to as the love audience.  Those who come out
to support the kids.

"I had six young speakers age 10 to 18 who gave phenomenal
presentations.  We had a scientist doing a live
demonstration on cloaking (which is) a new technology and he
tied it into his childhood involved with amateur radio.  And
we had twenty-two radios that were donated by the
manufacturers Icom, Kenwood and MFJ.  And it was simply
wonderful!"

--

Meantime, over in the ARRL Expo area there was also an
emphasis on youth and according to the Leagues president Kay
Cragie, N3KN, this young peoples interest in ham radio bodes
well for the future:

--

Cragie:  "One of the things I think is most positive is that
young people who are in technical and engineering fields
`get' amateur radio today.  A lot of them are going to spend
their careers in the wireless industry so radio makes sense
to them in a way that it might not have twenty or twenty-
five years ago when everything was computer programming."

--

Even though the theme of this year's Hamvention was DX,
there was a lot there dealing with ham radio technology as
well.  One of the most interesting hi-tech displays was over
at the Amsat booth where AMSAT-North America had the
engineering model of the Fox-1 satellite on display. The
satellite is presently scheduled to fly in November 2014.

But for the average ham in the street it was a book that
caught a lot of attention.  The Heil Ham Radio Handbook,
Edition 2 is a newly revised edition of Bob Heil, K9EID's
earlier work but updated for ham radio in the 21st century.
And according to K9EID, this was for him a labor of love:

--

Heil:  "The big focus here for us this year is our book.
Thanks to a lot of people, Stephan Kinford probably being
one of the most valuable, we were able to take our book from
1976 and we've enhanced it.  A lot of the old stuff left
there but we also put a lot of new stuff in it.  And its
really been successful here; everybody is thrilled with it
and I am honored to bring things to this industry that
haven't been here before."

--

Thank you for the compliment Bob.  I can tell you that
working with you on this project was one I enjoyed as well.

Theres lots more to tell you about Hamvention 2013, but
that's all the time we have right now.  For the Amateur
Radio Newsline, I'm Stephan Kinford, N8WB, in ham radio
city, U.S.A.

--

Stephan will be back next week with more on Hamvention 2013.
Meantime if you were not there and did not see any of the
live streaming video of this years event there's still a way
to get a peak at some of the highlights in a slide show
video posted to YouTube by Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB,  Just take
your web browser to tinyurl.com/freeze-frame-video, sit back
and enjoy.  (ARNewslineT)

**

HAM HAPPENINGS:  NORTHERN NEVADA SWAPFEST ON JUNE 1ST

Turning to other events on the ham radio social
calendar, the 8th annual Northern Nevada Swap Meet is
slated for Saturday, June 1st at the Brad Hollander
N7RCA Ranch in the city of Minden.  That's about 15
miles South of Carson City.  Anyone interested in radio
from the latest and greatest to old boat anchor gear is
welcome.  A map and contact information is on-line at
www.N7RCA.info. (N7RCA)

**

HAM HAPPENINGS:  SEA-PAC AMATEUR RADIO CONVENTION MAY 31 -
JUNE2

The SEA-PAC Amateur Radio Convention takes place in Seaside,
Oregon, May 31st to June 2nd.  SEA-PAC is the Northwest's
largest amateur radio gathering with communication equipment
dealers and factory representatives on hand to demonstrate
the very latest in ham radio technology.  Also seminars will
be held on emergency communications, digital communications,
the national electrical code for amateur radio and there
will also be amateur radio licensing testing.  For more
information on this fun event take your web browser
to seapac.org.
(SEA-PAC)

**

BREAK 2

This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur.  From the
United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline
with links to the world from our only official website at
www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the volunteer
services of the following radio amateur:

(5 sec pause here)

**

ENFORCEMENT:  PITTSBURGH CB OPERATOR ISSUED $18000 NAL

A Pennsylvania Citizens Band radio operator has been issued
an $18,000 Notice of Apparent Liability for several
violations of Part 95 of the FCC rules.  Amateur Radio
Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reports:

--

In its May 14 order the FCC alleges that Pittsburgh resident
Nathaniel Johnson failed to comply with restricted hours of
station operation as required in an official notice.  Also
that he failed to make his CB station available for
inspection by authorized FCC representatives.

This story goes back to January 19, 2012.  Thats when the
FCC received a complaint alleging that Nataniel Johnson's CB
station was causing interference to his neighbors' telephone
and television reception.

When agents in the Enforcement Bureau's Philadelphia Office
attempted to conduct an on-scene inspection at Johnson's
residence on February 16, 2012, no one answered the door.
So on March 19, 2012, the Philadelphia Office sent a Warning
Letter to Johnson, directing him to contact the Philadelphia
Office within ten calendar days to schedule an inspection.
The Warning Letter also specified that if the harmful
interference continued, and arrangements were not made with
the Philadelphia Office to schedule an inspection, the
Commission might impose restricted hours of operation for
the CB station.  Johnson did not contact the Philadelphia
Office to schedule an inspection as directed.

This pattern repeated itself even after the FCC sent Johnson
two separate warning letters and imposed quiet hours on his
operation.

On October 11, 2012, agents from the Philadelphia Office
performed an on-scene investigation to confirm the source of
continuing interference to televisions and telephones in
Nathaniel Johnson's neighborhood.  At 9:55 a.m., during the
Quiet Hours period, the agents monitored multiple radio
transmissions on the frequencies 27.025 MHz, 27.055 MHz, and
27.015 MHz.  They then T-Hunted the interference directly to
Johnson's residence.

Agents then knocked multiple times on the door but no one
answered but the transmissions on 27.025 MHz, 27.055 MHz,
and 27.015 MHz ceased.  The agents left copies of the June
12 Warning Letter on Johnson's front door, back door, and in
his mailbox to remind him of the operational restrictions
and the directive to immediately contact the Philadelphia
Office to schedule an inspection.

However the FCC says that to the day it issued the Notice of
Apparent Liability that Nathaniel Johnson still had not
contacted the Philadelphia Office, and that Office continues
to receive interference complaints concerning Johnson's CB
station operation.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD,
in Berwick, P.A..

--

In addition to the $18,000 proposed fine which he was given
the customary 30 days to pay the FCC has also ordered
Johnson submit a written statement, signed under penalty of
perjury, confirming compliance with the Quiet Hours
restriction.  He is also ordered to specify a date and time
no later than forty-five calendar days from issuance of the
NAL when FCC agents can inspect his CB radio station.  (FCC)

**

PUBLIC SERVICE:  HAM RADIO COMMUNICATORS NEEDED FOR 2013
SUMMER SPECIAL OLYMPIC GAMES

Ham radio volunteers in Southern California are needed to
provide communicators for the 2013 Special Olympics Summer
Games.   The dates are June 8 and 9 with the venue being the
California State University in the city of Long Beach.

More than 1,100 athletes from throughout the region will
showcase their determination, courage, and skills at this
years summer games.  This event is free and open to the
public.  If you or your group is available to volunteer
please contact Mark Lidikay, KE6TNM, by e-mail to MLidikay
(at) holdenandrew (dot) com  (KE6TNM via N6ZXJ)

**


NAMES IN THE NEWS:  CLYBURN NOW ACTING CHAIR OF THE FCC

Some names in the news.  First up is FCC Commissioner Mignon
Clyburn who became acting chair of the agency, effective
Monday, May 20th.  She is temporarily replacing former
FCC chairman Julius Genachowski who retired from that
position on Friday, May 17th.

Clyburn is the first woman to hold that post and will
continue to helm the agency until President Obama's nominee
for Chairman, Tom Wheeler can receive his nomination
hearing.  According to a Senate Commerce Committee spokesman
that's not likely to happen any earlier than sometime in
June.

Also up for grabs is the seat of now retired Commissioner
Robert McDowell who is headed for a new position at the
Hudson Institute.  That could take from several weeks to
several months.  Until at least one of the two vacant
positions can be filled the FCC will be at operating with
the bare minimum of three seated commissioners that is
required for a quorum.  (RW)

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS:  JUSTIN JOHNSON, G0KSC RECEIVES AWARD
FROM RSGB

InnovAntennas, Ltd. founder Justin Johnson, G0KSC, has been
awarded the Harold Rose Plate by the Radio Society of Great
Britain.  This in recognition of Justin's many contributions
to 50 MHz antenna technology and the amateur radio
community.

The award citation was presented to G0KSC at the RSGB's
Annual General Meeting in April.  This is considered to be a
very prestigious honor and was made in recognition of
Justin's years of design, development and teaching of the
tools and techniques that have led to the introduction of
several novel antenna designs.  These include such antennas
as the Loop Fed Array and the Optimized Wide-band Low-
Impedance Yagi.  (GB2RS)

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS: CQ MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES HALLS OF FAME
INDUCTEES

CQ magazine has announced eight inductees to its Amateur
Radio Hall of Fame. Its also adding two members each to the
CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame.

The 2013 inductees to the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame are
longtime amateur radio industry leader Evelyn Garrison,
WS7A;  former QST Magazine Managing Editor Joel Kleinman,
N1BKE; well known BBC correspondent Laurie Margolis,
G3UML/GPC3L; former Wireless Institute of Australia leader
and Chairman of IARU Region 3 Michael Owen, VK3KI; Harry
Rubinstein the ex-9EEV who is credited as the inventor of
the printed circuit and several other devices; journalist,
author and historian Walker Tompkins, K6ATX; famed guitarist
and performer Joe Walsh, WB6ACU, and former CQ Novice Editor
Bill Welsh, W6DDB.  Evelyn  Garrison, Joel Kleinman, Michael
Owen, Harry Rubenstein and Bill Welsh are being honored
posthumously for their contributions.

The 2013 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are Vladimir
Bykov, UA4WHX/AC4LN and Robert "Gary" Dixon, K4MQG.  CQ
Contest Hall of Fame inductees are Dale Green, VE7SV, and
Charles Fulp, K3WW.

Formal ceremonies to the CQ Contest and CQ DX Halls of Fame
took place at last weeks Dayton Hamvention.  A more detailed
descriptions of this years inductees will appear in the July
2013 issue of CQ magazine. (CQ)

**

BREAK 3

With you 52 weeks a year, every year since 1976.  From the
United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline
with links to the world from our only official website at
www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the volunteer
services of the following radio amateur:

(5 sec pause here)

**

RADIO HISTORY:  FIRST RADIO REPORT OF SPORTING EVENT
COMMEMORATED

A bit of radio history.  Were you aware that the first
reporting by wireless of a sporting event took place in
Dublin Bay during the Kingstown Yacht Regatta way back in
July 1898?  It did and plans are afoot for ham radio to
commemorate the event.

The story goes this way. At the request of the Express
newspaper, famed inventor Guglielmo Marconi installed
wireless equipment aboard the vessel the Flying Huntress and
transmitted reports to the harbormaster's office in the town
of Kingstown which is now known as Dun Laoghaire.  The
results were posted in a window and published even before
the yachts returned to port.

Now in 2013, to commemorate the event Ireland's Howth
Martello Radio Group and the South Dublin Radio Club plan to
set up two special event stations.  As the races took place
off Howth Head, one station will operate from the Martello
Tower in Howth and the other from the Maritime Museum in Dun
Laoghaire.

The weekend of 20-21 July is proposed for this operation but
it has to be added that planning is at an early stage.  As
such things are still subject to change.  (IRTS)

**

RADIO SCIENCE:  NASA ROVER EXPLORING GREENLAND ICE SHELF

A new NASA wheeled explorer has been released here on mother
Earth.  Named Grover which is an acronym for the Goddard
Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research the
radio equipped rover will explore Greenland's ice sheets to
better understand how they form, and how quickly they may be
melting.

Grover was developed by teams of students in the 2010 and
2011 summer engineering boot camps at Goddard Space Flight
Center in Maryland, according to a release from NASA.  The 6-
foot-tall, 800-pound vehicle  is equipped with ground-
penetrating radar that will send pulses into the ice sheet,
and measure the reflections to tell researchers about the
characteristics of the snow and ice layers.

While radio equipped, Grover is solar-powered and semi-
autonomous.  It began its first mission on Friday, May 3rd,
and will continue through Saturday, June 8th.  More about
this Earth based NASA explorer is in line at
tinyurl.com/meet-grover  (NASA, Live Science)

**

HAM HAPPENINGS:  CALL FOR PAPERS FOR 2013 DIGITAL ARRL-TAPR
DCC

Hams worldwide are invited to submit papers for publication
in the printed proceedings of the joint ARRL and Tucson
Amateur Packet Radio Digital Communications Conference.  The
conference slated for September 20th to the 22nd in Seattle,
Washington but you do not have to attend to submit a paper
for consideration.  Submissions will not be edited and
authors will retain all rights.  If you have such a
presentation that you would like to see included, please
send it before July 31st to Maty Weinberg, ARRL
Headquarters, 225 Main Street, Newington, Connecticut, 06111
or by e-mail to maty (at) arrl (dot) org. (ANS)

**

WORLDBEAT: DARC AWARDS: PDF VERSIONS AND PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL

The national amateur radio society of Germany says that
following a successful test certain Deutscher Amateur Radio
Club awards will become available as PDF printable file at
reduced fees, and payment via PayPal will be accepted.  At
the same time fees for printed awards were adjusted to their
actual costs.

The DARC says that as of June onwards printed awards will
cost 7 Euros while an e-mailed PDF file award will be
available for only 3 Euro.  Implementation of this new
payment system will begin with the Worked All Europe Award
with others to follow.

(DARC)

**

WORLDBEAT:  THREE DECADE OLD TI9CCC DATES FINALLY APPROVED

Bill Moore, NC1L, at the ARRL DXCC Desk reports that an
almost three decade old operation from Cocos Island has been
approved for DXCC credit.  According to Moore, over the
years some applicants have had the TI9CCC operation rejected
in their DXCC application mostly due to an "Incorrect Date
Period."  Now, the issue with the dates for this operation
has been resolved.  If you had this operation rejected, and
your confirmation falls between February 15 through February
28, 1984 you are invited to send an e-mail to bmoore (at)
arrl (dot) org to be placed on the list for an update to
your record.

(ARRL DXCC)

**

DX

In DX, word that OD5SK is currently active from Jordan as
JY8KS. He is reported to be on the HF bands only. QSL via
IZ8CLM.

Five English amateurs will use the callsign SZ8S from the
Greek island of Samos through the 30th of May. This will
count as EU-049 for the Islands on the Air Award. QSLs go
via G1LAT for direct cards or via M0SCG for bureau cards.

VE3DZ will be active from Bermuda through May 30th as VP9FOC
He will be operational on all of the High Frequency bands
QSL via home call.

DJ2II will visit IOTA reference EU-042 through May 30th
working stroke P on 80 through 10 meters.  He will be using
SSB and CW only. QSL via DJ2II either direct or via the
bureau.

K9VV and WP2XX will be visiting the Radio Reef DXers super
station on St Croix Island from May 21st to 28th.  They will
be on the air with their own callsigns and as KP2M for the
CQ WPX CW contest.  QSL for KP2M go via Logbook of the World
or direct via AI4U.

UT6UD will be operational from Hiva Oa Island in
the Marquesas from July 7th to the 13th and from Rurutu in
the  Austral Islands from July 14th to the 22nd operating
stroke F Oh.  He will be active on 30 through 10 meters on
CW , SSB , RTTY.   QSL via his home call of UT6UD.

Lastly, WB8BZK will be on the air stroke VE3 from Seseganaga
Lake in Ontario. Canada between May 26th and 31st.  He will
be operating only on 6 meters, primarily on 50.135MHz
running SSB and CW.  Operating times are tentatively each
morning at 1230 GMT and then again between 22.30 and 23.00
GMT each evening. If you make contact, please QSL with a
self addressed, USA- stamped envelope to WB8BZK at his
address on QRZ.com.

**

THAT FINAL ITEM: DAYTON 2013 - THE MARGELLI REPORT

And finally this week, no report on the Dayton Hamvention
would be complete without a few words from someone who has
quite literally devoted his entire life and professional
career to amateur radio.  Heres a quick assessment of this
years Dayton gathering from Chip Margelli, K7JA:

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Margelli:  "Ive seen a lot of excited people this weekend
looking to put up new antennas or get new radios or looking
tp learn something new.

"The theme of the convention this year is DX and to me DX is
what ham radio is all about.  It's right at the heart and
soul of everything to do with ham radio.

"Everybody seems to be having a good time learning, seeing,
meeting up with old friends and just having a ball in
Dayton."

--

Thank you Chip and our thanks also to the organizers of
Hamvention 2013 for yet another great show.  Ands less we
forget to mention, mark your calendars now with the dates of
next May 16, 17 and 18 for Hamvention 2014.  We will see you
there.  (ARNewslineT)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE

With thanks to Alan Labs, AMSAT, the ARRL, the CGC
Communicator, CQ Magazine, the FCC, the Ohio Penn DX
Bulletin, Radio Netherlands, Rain, the RSGB, the Southgate
News, TWiT-TV and Australia's WIA News, that's all from the
Amateur Radio NewslineT.  Our e-mail address is newsline
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at Amateur Radio NewslineT, 28197 Robin Avenue, Santa
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Before we go a reminder that the there are only about a week
and a half left to nominate a young ham age 18 or under for
this years Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year
Award.  The closing date is midnight on May 30th and any
nominations postmarked or sent to us electronically after
that date will not be counted for this years judging.  This
years winner will receive an expense paid trip to the
Huntsville Hamfest courtesy of Yaesu USA, a week at
Spacecamp Huntsville from CQ Magazine, a prize of ham radio
gear and a plaque commemorating the event from us here at
the Amateur Radio Newsline.  Full details and a nominating
form are on our website at www.arnewsline.org/yhoty. We look
forward to receiving your nominations.


For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors' desk,
I'm Jim Davis, W2JKD, saying 73 from Florida's Treasure
Coast, and we thank you for listening.

Amateur Radio NewslineT is Copyright 2013.  All rights
reserved.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1866 - May 17 2013





Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1866 with a release
date of May 17   2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T.  Hamvention 2013 is here; D-Star
and kids become an important part of Hamvention; Russian
Radar invades 80 meters; a California ham seeks signatures
for petition on public warning legislation; the Hurricane
Watch Net says it could use more Net Control Stations;
registrations for International Lighthouse and Lightship
Weekend ramp up and the tale of some newly developed self
healing integrated circuit chips.  All this and more on
Amateur Radio NewslineT report number 1866 coming your way
right now.


(Billboard Cart Here)


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HAMVENTION 2013:  THE GATES SWING OPEN AND HAMVENTION BEGINS

Its Hamvention time in Dayton, Ohio.  This as the gates at
the HARA Arena swing open for this years show of shows in
amateur radio.  And in an interview with Rain's Hap Holly,
KC9RP, Hamvention spokesman Dave Kalter, W8CI, there's a lot
to look forward to including some spectacular prizes:

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Kalter:  "Our prize committee has been really busy.  They
want to out-do what they did last year.  Last year we had
over $80,000 in prizes and this year we want to surpass
that."

--

But while prizes are an important aspect of Hamvention, so
are other activities with the many forums being front and
center:

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Kalter:  "We get a lot of questions about forums and how
important forums are to amateur radio.  And a lot of people
love to mix their day
And sit down, watch a forum and learn something.  All that
information can be found at our website at
www.hamvention.org."

--

As this year's theme is the DX Hamvention, there are a lot
of visitors from outside the United States.
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Kalter:  "We have people coming literally from all over the
world.  A large contingent is coming in from China this
year.  We had  large group from India last year.  And of
coarse Qatar and all throughout the middle-East, Europe; a
very strong (presence) from South America and throughout
Africa.  And that's the big thing about amateur radio:  When
you see people with a call that you know is a foreign call -
most of these people I find are just absolutely delighted to
get to know you and (have you) talk to them face to face."

--

According to Kalter, its not easy for some foreign visitor
to get to the Hamvention, but planners are always ready to
assist:

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Kalter:  "People come from a lot of countries for which they
need an actual written.  The city of Dayton; the city of
Trotwood; the counties around have all joined in to help us
to make amateur radio operators from all over the world feel
welcome.  Sometimes as many as four letters to one person
(are needed) just so they can get their visa."

--

And says Kalter, the Hamvention would not be possible
without the volunteers who make it happen.

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Kalter:  "This is an all volunteer undertaking.  From the
General Chairman all the way through.  We do contract for
some emergency services; for bus services; we lease out the
Hara Arena but as far as the nitty-gritty work and the
planning, all of that is done by volunteers."

--

Kalter adds that not all of the volunteers live in the
Dayton area:

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Kalter:  "We are really pound of our amateur radio community
here.  We are also proud of the fact that there are amateur
radio operators that come from all over the United States
and other parts of the world just to help volunteer for this
great event."

--

By the way, if you are in Dayton for Hamvention 2013 and
find yourself in need of any kind of assistance, simply dial
your 2 meter mobile or handheld to the repeater pair of
146.34 in and 146.94 out.  That's the official repeater for
Hamvention.  Its call is W8BI and no PL tone is required.

OK.  Its time for our reporters in Dayton to grab their
audio recorders and go to work.  You will hear their reports
on Hamvention 2013 beginning next week.

(ARNewsline with audio supplied by RAIN)

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HAMVENTION 2013:  KIDS AND D-STAR MIX AT HAMVENTION 2013

Kids and D-Star were to be part of Hamvention 2013's
activities.  This as the Texas Interconnect Team announces
that for the Hamvention weekend, reflector REF033B will
officially be the Dayton Kids Reflector.

Megan McClellan, K5MEM, will spearhead the project from the
ARRL Youth Booth starting Friday morning and continuing
during show hours on Saturday and Sunday.  The objective is
to give the future young hams an opportunity to experience
the fun and excitement of talking with someone far-away
place using the magic of Amateur Radio.  The participants in
the Youth area will have access to handheld radios and a DV-
AP, and will operate under the supervision of an experienced
Control Operator.

Even if you not at this years Hamvention you can assist in
this effort by connecting using D-Star to Reflector REF033B
during event hours Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  If nobody
is talking, give them a call.  Remember, for any QSO to
begin it takes someone calling the first CQ.  (N9JA, others)

**

HAMVENTION 2013:  UPDATED AMSAT LVB TRACKER SHOWN AT DAYTON

One product at Dayton that likely won't make headline
reviews but which is certain to be of interest to satellite
enthusiasts is a new version of AMSAT G6LVB Tracker.  The
new unit replaces the original amber only LCD display with
an O-LED or Organic Light Emitting Diode display will be
available in blue, green and amber.  The new display offers
a high visibility contrast with a wide angle of view.  More
information and a photo showing the old and new displays can
be found on-line at amsat.org.  (ANS)

**

INTRUDER WATCH:  RUSSIAN RADAR ON 75 - 80 METERS

In other news, the latest IARU Monitoring System Newsletter
reports the Russian Over The Horizon Radar that has invaded
the 3.5 MHz band is still very active.  The interfering
Radar system is believed to be located in the area of
Makhachkala, on the Caspian Sea and transmits simultaneously
between 3.515 to 3.545 and 3.560 to 3.590 MHz.  As a result,
amateur radio and other services are suffering interference
during the evening hours.  The German and Dutch
telecommunications regulators have been informed and have
been asked to intercede. (IARUMS)

**

HURRICANE WATCH NET SEEKS NEW MEMBERS FOR NET CONTROL
STATIONS

The ARRL Letter says that with the 2013 hurricane season
approaching, the National Hurricane Center in Miami,
Florida, and the Hurricane Watch Net are gearing up for what
could be a very active storm season.  And in preparation for
what Mother Nature might have in store the Hurricane Watch
Net is seeking new members who can serve as net control
stations.

For those not aware, the Hurricane Watch Net provides on-the-
ground, real-time weather data from amateur radio operators
who volunteer their time to monitor their own properly
calibrated home weather stations. The hams then report the
data collected to the Hurricane Watch Net, which in turn
forwards it to WX4NHC which is the amateur radio station at
the National Hurricane Center.

For more information on the role played by hams in this
vital, life saving service, and how you can become a part of
it, take your web browser to tinyurl.com/hurricane-net-2013.
(ARRL)

**

STORY CORRECTION:  PROPER SOURCE CREDIT ON DARC AND UBA
SUPPORT AMATEUR RADIO IN TUNISIA STORY

And before we go any further, a correction to the source
credit in last weeks newscast concerning the story about
Germany's DARC and Belgium's UBA supporting amateur radio in
Tunisia.  In the print edition we gave the source credit to
an organization called A-R-A-T.  Well it turns out that the
groups actual name is ASTRA which stands for Association
Tunisienne des Radio Amateurs that translated into English
is the Association of Tunisian Radio Amateurs.  How the
credit which was only seen in the print edition got typo'ed
remains a bit of a mystery, but we are sincerely grateful to
our listeners and readers across Europe and in Tunisia for
bringing this discrepancy to our attention.  (ARNewsline)

**

BREAK 1

From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world
including the W8BI repeater of the Dayton Amateur Radio
Association serving the Hamvention City of Dayton, Ohio.

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RESCUE RADIO:  W6TIA SEEKS SIGNATURES ON PUBLIC WARNING
LEGISLATION PETITION

Richard Rudman, W6TIA, who is a core member of the Broadcast
Warning Working Group, has posted an online petition urging
Congress and the Executive Branch of government to enact
legislation for a national public warning strategy.  This so
emergency public information is always coordinated with
other emergency response measures.

In the petition Rudman and the Broadcast Warning Working
Group advocate that Emergency Public Information be treated
as a true response resource within the culture of emergency
management professionals and to be legislated by
Congress. And in an interview with Amateur Radio Newsline,
W6TIA, explained the importance of getting the government to
pay attention to this special need:

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Rudman:  "The petition was started because we feel that two
pieces of legislation that died in the last session (of
Congress) should be brought back and strengthened, so that
for one thing there is a unified strategy for emergency
management and tying it to emergency public information
including warnings."

--

The legislation referred to by W6TIA was based on the
Partnership for Public Warning report titled "A National
Strategy for Integrated Public Warning and Capability."  He
noted that this was reinforced with language from the
previous legislative attempts and feels this proposal can
finally give real, wide-ranging value and meaning to FEMA's
Common Alerting Protocol warning tool called the Integrated
Public Alert and Warning System.

Rudman tells Newsline that he hopes to collect between 100
and 200 signatures.  He then plans to present them to what
he terms as key people in Congress who supported past
attempts at such legislation in the hope of getting them to
introduce them again, and get them passed.  W6TIA has about
75 signatures so far.  You can read and sign the petition at
tinyurl.com/true-response-resource or tinyurl.com/epi-
strategy.  (RW, ARNewsline)

**

RESCUE RADIO:  EMCOMM HAM RADIO REPEATER EVICTED BY AMERICAN
TOWER

A decision by American Tower Corporation to evict an amateur
radio emergency communications system from a tower the
company recently acquired in New Mexico has both the
sponsoring radio club and many of the people working in
local emergency services very concerned.  Amateur Radio
Newsline's Norm Seeley, KI7UP, reports:

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The repeater in question is located on Buck Mountain
overlooking the community of Ruidoso. New Mexico, and is
operated by the Sierra Blanca Amateur Radio Club.  The
equipment was installed on the tower in 2004 and except for
when the tower suffered some damage three or four years ago
the repeater has been used continuously for emergencies such
as the Little Bear Fire in June 2012, and in the Rio Ruidoso
flood of July 2008.

Tony Davis is the president of White Mountain Search and
Rescue.  He said that he learned late Wednesday May 8th that
the tower holding the amateur radio repeater that is owned
and maintained by Rick Sohl, K5RIC, had been sold to
American Tower Corporation.  Despite attempts by Sohl to
negotiate an arrangement, American Tower has decided to
terminate amateur radio use of the facility, effective
immediately.   Davis said that there are other towers near
the same location, but they are largely occupied.

Ruidoso Acting Fire Chief Harlan Vincent also serves as the
village emergency services manager.  He says that he is not
happy about the decision of the Boston-based American Tower
company.  He noted that Ruidoso relies heavily on heavily on
ham operators in time of emergency.  He said that when
emergency service repeaters go down, the ham radio repeaters
are still functioning and able to get information from point
A to point B.

According to the Ruidoso News article reporting the
repeaters eviction, this system is used by amateur operators
not just in Lincoln County.  It also provides coverage into
Otero, Chaves and Eddy County, and as far away as the
Panhandle of Texas and into the city of El Paso.

Davis and Doug Thompson, W5DET, who is president of the
Sierra Blanca Amateur Radio Club, have sent an "open letter"
for publication in the Ruidoso News to the chairman,
president and chief executive officer of American Tower
Corporation.  It asks him to reconsider the company's
stance.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, in
Scottsdale, Arizona.

--

More on this story can be found on-line at
tinyurl.com/repeater-evicted.  (Ruidoso News, Southgate)

**

ENFORCEMENT:  FCC UPHOLDS $15000 FINE AGAINST UNLICENSED
OREGON BROADCASTER

The FCC has upheld a $15,000 fine against an Oregon resident
for allegedly operating an unlicensed radio station.

Following up on a complaint from a local broadcaster in
2011, the Portland office of the Enforcement Bureau traced
the signal on 97.9 MHz in Prineville, Ore. to the residence
of Joshua McMurchie's.  A police officer accompanied the FCC
agent to the address where the FCC agent inspected the
station and issued McMurchie a Notice of Unlicensed
Operation.

Following another complaint in 2012, an agent again T-
hunted the source of the signal to McMurchie's residence and
found a transmitter there.  The commission said that
McMurchie admitted operating the station and offered to
surrender the transmitter.

Last July,  FCC issued McMurchie a Notice of Apparent
Liability in the amount of $15000 raising by $500 it from
the base amount of $10,000 because the unlicensed
transmissions continued even after McMurchie was ordered to
cease operation.

But in its May 9th release the FCC says that McMurchie never
answered the original Notice of Apparent Liability.  Based
on that and the evidence before it the agency has now issued
a Forfeiture Order for $15,000 giving him 30 days to pay or
the case may be referred to the Justice Department for
collection.  (FCC)

**

RADIO BUSINESS:  PUBLISHER SOUGHT FOR VHF COMMUNICATIONS
MAGAZINE

A small but popular magazine targeted at those who operate
50 MHz and above is on the block.  This as Andy Barter,
G8ATD, announces his intention to retire from publishing the
currently U-K based VHF Communications Magazine

According to Barter, he has published VHF Communications
Magazine for the past 13 years and now wants to retire.  He
says that he will publish all 4 issues in 2013 but if anyone
in the group would like to take over publication of the
magazine from 2014 on and give it a new lease of life please
contact him.

Barter says that the job of publisher involves translating
articles from the German magazine UKW Berichte plus finding
additional articles to fill the VHF Communications.  In
addition there is the work of producing the magazine,
getting it printed and distributed, handling subscriptions
plus orders for back issues and the like.

The current circulation of the magazine is 349 with just 80
of those from the UK.  If this interests you, please contact
G8ATD by e-mail to andy (at) vhfcomm (dot) co (dot) uk.
(Southgate)

**

ARRL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION: ARRL PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE
SPONSORING "I AM THE ARRL" VIDEO CONTEST

As part of the ARRL's Centennial Celebration in 2014, the
League's Public Relations Committee is sponsoring an "I am
the ARRL" video contest.  The Committee is looking for pairs
of short video clips featuring ARRL members.  One clip
should show the radio amateur on the radio, while the other
should show the same ham in his or her work setting saying
who they are, that they like ham radio and that they are the
ARRL.

As explained by ARRL Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts,
W1AGP, an example might be a car mechanic in coveralls
working over an engine who looks at the camera and says 'I
am Henry Smith, N0XCC. I like to talk to people in exotic
countries and I am the ARRL.'  This clip would then be
paired with a shot of him at home talking on the radio.

Pitts says that the ARRL is looking for videos that
communicate that you are that
guy or gal down the street and you are an important part of
the ARRL.  W1AGP adds that with Field Day coming up next
month, there is a great opportunity for filming clips.

If this project interests you can find out more is on-line
at tinyurl.com/arrl-second-century-video.  (ARRL)

**

SOCIAL SCENE:  AMSAT ANNOUNCES DATE AND LOCATION OF 2013
SPACE SYMPOSIUM

And if you are an amateur radio space enthusiast the mark
down November 1st to the 3rd as the dates for this years
AMSAT Space Symposium.  The venue will be the Marriott Hobby
Airport Hotel not far from the grounds of the grounds of
NASA's Johnson Spaceflight Center in Houston, Texas, which
is the home of the famed ham radio station W5RRR.

The AMSAT Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with
the Space Symposium.  This will provide you with an
opportunity to hear about AMSAT's plans for the future and
voice your own thoughts and opinions to organization's Board
of Director members and other officials.

Over the coming months both the AMSAT Journal and AMSAT News
Service will be issuing timely updates on plans for this
years Space Symposium.  More information will also be
available on-line at www.amsat.org. (ANS)

**

HAM HAPPENINGS:  OLE VIRGINIA HAMFEST JUNE 9

On the social scene, word that the Ole Virginia Amateur
Radio Club will be holding its 39th Hamfest in Manassas
Virginia on June 9th, and you are invited to be a part of
the festivities.

This year in partnership with the 4 H, the club the
gathering will be hosting a Youth Lounge to provide teen and
preteen youth complete with on the air ham radio
demonstrations.  There will also be a number of educational
events to foster amateur radio awareness among the younger
members of the community.

Andrea Hartlage, KG4IUM, will be organizing and chairing the
Youth Lounge.  Hartlage, was the 2004 Amateur Radio Newsline
Young Ham of the Year and a former ARRL Vice-Director.  She
is nationally known as a promoter of Youth in Amateur Radio
and is an active member of the Youth in the Second Century
Committee sponsored by the American Radio Relay League.

More about both the Ole Virginia Amateur Radio Club hamfest
and its dedicated youth activities can be found on-line at
www.manassashamfest.org.  Organizers say that they hope to
see you there.  KC4DV

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BREAK 2

This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur.  From the
United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline
with links to the world from our only official website at
www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the volunteer
services of the following radio amateur:

(5 sec pause here)

**

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  GOOGLE ASKS FCC PERMISSION TO CREATE
EXPERIMENTAL 2.5 GHZ NETWORK

Google may be trying to create an experimental wireless
network covering its Mountain View, California,
headquarters.  This in a move that some analysts say could
be a sign that the company may be planning the creation of a
super-fast wireless networks in other locations that would
allow people to connect to the World-Wide-Web using mobile
devices.

Google recently submitted an application to the Federal
Communications Commission, asking for an experimental
license to create an experimental radio service with a two-
mile radius covering its headquarters.  The network would
only provide coverage for devices built to access
frequencies from 2524 to 2625 megahertz.  This is spectrum
which could work well in densely populated areas and which
mobile operators in China, Brazil and Japan are already
building wireless networks using.  This in turn means that
compatible devices can eventually be manufactured.

According to Communications News, much of Google's
application is confidential, but it does say that the first
deployment of the experimental network would take place
inside a specific building on Google's property.  That
building reportedly houses the company's Fiber Team, which
is part of the Google Access unit that has introduced high-
speed wired Internet and video in Kansas City.

A Google spokesperson declined to comment on the purpose of
the application, saying the company regularly experiments
with new ideas.  More is on the web at tinyurl.com/google-2-
ghz.  (TechNewsNow.com, ARSTechnica, CommNews, others)

**

WORLDBEAT:  ILLW REGISTRATION TIE

The battle for the most registrations for the 2013
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend leadership
appears at this moment to be a tie between Australia and
Germany with 40 registrations each.  This out of more than
220 from 30 countries around the world.

Looking at other nations, the United States has registered
23 lighthouse and lightship entities.  It's followed by
England at 18, Argentina with at 12, Ireland and Scotland
with 9 each, with Canada, Netherlands and Sweden at 8 a
piece.

With registration only at about the half-way mark, it so far
appears that the number of entities planning to take part is
ahead of last year at this same time.  If you plan to
activate a lighthouse or lightship for this fun operating
event and want to register it, simply take your web browser
to www.illw.net.

This year's International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend
takes place the weekend of August the 17th and 18th and
planners say that they hope you will be there.  (VK3PC)

**

WORLDBEAT:  RADIO AND TV MARTI BACK ON THE AIR AFTER FIRE

Radio and Television Marti broadcasts to Cuba from the
United States government resumed on Monday, April 22nd.
This after a trashcan fire forced the temporary evacuation
of the headquarters of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting in
Miami the day before.

According to the United States Broadcasting Board of
Governors, the building that houses Marti and its website
reportedly sustained damage due to an accidental fire caused
by a lighted cigarette left in a container in a designated
smoking area outside the building.  While windows cracked
due to the heat, no one was injured and sprinklers were
automatically set off.

Carlos Garc�a P�rez, director of the Office of Cuba
Broadcasting said he was grateful for a quick response from
firefighters, and for the continued work of the station's
broadcasters through the ordeal.

In Cuba, Radio Mart� is available on 1080 AM and also on
1260 AM as Radio Caracol.  (RW)

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ON THE AIR:  GB4PEN - THE PENLEE LIFEBOAT SPECIAL EVENT

On the air, keep an ear open for Geoff Powell, M1EDF, will
be on the air as GB4PEN through the 24th of May.  This, to
commemorate the crew of the United Kingdom lifeboat the
Penlee.

According to Wikipedia, the lifeboat Penlee sank off the
coast of Cornwall in the UK on December 19, 1981.  This
after it had gone to the aid of the vessel the Union
Star after its engines failed in heavy seas.

The story goes that after the Penlee had managed to rescue
four people that both vessels were lost with all hands.  In
all, sixteen people died including eight volunteer
lifeboatmen.

M1EDF says that he will be operating on 160, 80, 40, 30
meters using CW only.  QSL's go direct to M1EDF who adds
that any donations received with QSLs will benefit the
United Kingdom's Royal National Lifeboat Institution.  More
is on-line at www.qrz.com/db/GB4PEN  (Southgate)

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ON THE AIR: NEW REGIONAL NET SERVING TN, VA, MC AND BEYOND

The State of Franklin Friendship net is a brand new regional
net serving East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and
Northwest North Carolina.  This new ragchew net is held on
several linked local repeaters in the area and also
worldwide via Echolink.  You're invited to join in every
Thursday evening at 9:30PM EDT.  More details and a list of
net repeaters and Echolink nodes can be found at
facebook.com/stateoffranklinnet.  Stateoffranklin is all one
word.  (AE5DW)

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DX

In DX, 7Z1HL will be active from Saudi Arabia until May 31st
as HZ1FOC He is active on the various H-F Bands.  QSL only
Heribert Lennertz, HZ1FOC , P.O.Box 85661 , Riyadh 11612 ,
Saudi Arabia.

PB2T is currently operational stroke TF from Iceland on the
High Frequency bands.  If you make contact please QSL via
his home call

OD5SK is currently active from Jordan as JY8KS.  He is
reported to be on the H-F bands only.  QSL via IZ8CLM

OH6VM will be on the air from Market Reef from June 2nd to
the 5th.  He will be using the call sign OJ0VM also on the
various High Frequency bands QSL OH6VM.

HA0NAR will be active as 3D2AR from Viti Levu Island in the
Fiji Island group sometime in October.  His operation will
likely on 160 through 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL
via his home callsign and for updates please visit
www.ha0nar.hu on the World-Wide-Web.

Lastly, G3SXW and G3TXF are on the air from Jersey Island on
all of the HF bands using the call sign GH4FOC for the FOC
commemorative operation as well as GJ3SXW and GJ3TXF.  QSL's
for GH4FOC go via G3SWH while GJ3SXW go via G3SXW and GJ3TXF
via G3TXF.  All calls can be either paper or electronic
using Logbook of the World.

(Above from various DX news sources)

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THAT FINAL ITEM:  SELF HEALING CHIPS ARE A REALITY

And finally this week, indestructible electronics are a step
closer to reality thanks to engineers at the California
Institute of Technology who have developed what they are
calling self-healing integrated chips.  Amateur Radio
Newsline's Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, has more:

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The team from the High-Speed Integrated Circuits laboratory
in Caltech's Division of Engineering and Applied Science
repeatedly blasted tiny power amplifiers with a high-power
laser, vaporizing many of their components.  They then
watched the chips develop their own work-arounds in less
than a second.

The new integrated circuits are so small that 76 of them,
including the amplifier and everything needed to heal it,
can fit on one penny.  The amplifiers developed by the team
use on-chip sensors that monitor temperature, current,
voltage, and power.  These sensors send the information to a
custom application-specific integrated circuit or ASIC which
is a central processor on the same chip that functions as
the system's brain. The ASIC evaluates the information it
receives from the sensors about the amplifier's performance,
decides what adjustments need to be made to the system's
actuators, and makes those changes. The unit was designed to
get to the optimum state for all actuators in any situation
without outside intervention.

The benefits of this approach go beyond overcoming severe
damage.  Because of the self sensing, these amplifiers used
about half as much power as those without the self-healing
capability, and performance was more predictable and
reproducible.

In addition to working around damage to parts of the
circuits, the amplifier's self-healing can repair static
variation due to differences across components and long-term
aging problems that arise over time as use changes the
internal properties of the system.  It can also handle
short-term variations caused by changes in load,
temperature, and differences in supply voltage.

Since chips such as these are useful for next-generation
communications, imaging, sensing, and radar applications,
showing successful self-healing here should mean that it
also can be done in less cutting-edge electronic systems
such as cellphones and maybe someday even in ham radio gear.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, in
Zion, Illinois.

--

Research on this project was funded by the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency and the Air Force Research
Laboratory.  More on this story is on-line at
tinyurl.com/self-healing-chips.  (CalTech, WIA)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE

With thanks to Alan Labs, AMSAT, the ARRL, the CGC
Communicator, CQ Magazine, the FCC, the Ohio Penn DX
Bulletin, Radio Netherlands, Rain, the RSGB, the Southgate
News, TWiT-TV, Australia's WIA News and the 2013 Dayton,
Hamvention, that's all from the Amateur Radio NewslineT.
Our e-mail address is newsline (at) arnewsline (dot) org.
More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline'sT
only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.  You
can also write to us or support us at Amateur Radio
NewslineT, 28197 Robin Avenue, Santa Clarita California,
91350

A reminder that the there are only about two and a half
weeks left to nominate a young ham age 18 or under for this
years Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award.
The closing date is midnight on May 30th and any nominations
postmarked or sent to us electronically after that date will
not be counted for this years judging.  This years winner
will receive an expense paid trip to the Huntsville Hamfest
courtesy of Yaesu USA, a week at Spacecamp Huntsville from
CQ Magazine, a prize of ham radio gear and a plaque
commemorating the event from us here at the Amateur Radio
Newsline.  Full details and a nominating form are on our
website at www.arnewsline.org/yhoty. We look forward to
receiving your nominations.

For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors' desk,
I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in South Mississippi saying 73 and
we thank you for listening.

Amateur Radio NewslineT is Copyright 2013.  All rights
reserved.

Friday, May 10, 2013

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1865 - May 10 2013





Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1865 with a release
date of May 10   2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T.

A new 24 Gigahertz E-M-E record claimed between Australia
and the Czech Republic; new life for ham radio in Tunisia;
NASA and ham radio assemble a PhoneSat image of Earth and an
in-depth preview of the 2013 Dayton Hamvention.  All this
and more on Amateur Radio NewslineT report number 1865
coming your way right now.


(Billboard Cart Here)


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HAMVENTION 2013 PREVIEW:  DOORS OPEN FRIDAY MAY 17

It won't be long before the gates at the Hara Arena in
Dayton, Ohio swing open for the 2013 Dayton Hamvention.
This year's gathering runs May 17th to the 19th and for the
first time ever, its theme is the DX Hamvention.  And in a
recent interview with Hap Holly, KC9RP, of the RAIN Report,
Hamvention spokesman Michael Kalter, W-8-C-I, explained the
reasoning for this choice:

--

Kalter:  Our theme this year, the DX Hamvention, seemed to
resonaste with us because in order to have good DX and to
make contact, toy reach out to the world.  That's literally
what Hamvention is tryiong to do; we reach out to the world
and bring amateur radio operators in throughout the whole
world.

--

And says Kalter, this appears to be a record year for those
showing and selling their wares at Hamvention:

--

Kalter:  "We have more vendors inside this year than we have
ever had.  Last year was a big year so we nearly sold out
inside.  It appears as if its going to be another great year
inside.  Its hard to keep up with all of the folks that are
coming but you know that's part of the surprise of Dayton is
that a new vendor comes in and you go: `.oh my gosh, I
didn't know about these people and you find some new and
interesting radio gear.'"

--

And will there be anything really special taking place?
Kalter says most definitely:

--

Kalter:  "One of the big things this year is that Homeland
Security is going to be involved with us.  They approached
us last year and they are going to have a special emergency
(class) this year.  I think you can get your different
certificates from the 100B through the 800B certificate.
That's a new thing for this year."

--

As usual, Amateur Radio Newsline has its team of reporters
at Hamvention 2013.  We also will be hosting the annual Ham
Radio Town Meeting on Saturday, May 18th where the central
topic will be "What DX Means to Me."  In keeping with the
theme of this years Hamvention, this will be a non-technical
look at working and being DX from a very personal point of
view.  Among our presenters will be world-class DX operator
Chip Margelli, K7JA, of Innov Antennas; Hollywood film maker
and DX'er Dave Bell, W6AQ and the United States Coordinator
of the International Morse Code Preservation group FISTS,
Nancy Kott, WZ8C, to mention only three.  So if you will be
at Hamvention 2013, please stop by Meeting Room 2 on
Saturday, May 18th from 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Meeting Room
2 for this year's Ham Radio Town Meeting.  We are looking
forward to seeing you there.  (ARNewslineT with audio
supplied by The RAINReport)

**

HAMVENTION 2013:  LIVE NETCAST COURTESY OF W5KUB

And speaking about Hamvention, if you cannot be there in
person, then you can travel to Dayton vicariously again this
year thanks to Tom Medlin, W5KUB and his live television
streaming at W5KUB.com.

Tom's live broadcast begins on Wednesday May 15th at 8:00 AM
Central time as he starts the 550 Mile drive from Memphis to
Dayton.  On Thursday you can get a peak of the various
vendors setting up and then enjoy the next three days of the
Hamvention itself.  And if you make it to Hamvention, Tom
says that he and his crew will be set up at space SA302 and
to drop by and say hello.

Once again, that's the 2013 Hamvention live on your computer
or tablet courtesy of Tom Medlin at W5KUB.com.  (W5KUB)

**

HAMVENTION 2013: ICOM TO STREAM LIVE FROM HAMVENTION

And this just in.  In addition to exhibiting some new
products, Icom says that it will transmit a live video
stream across the Internet from its Dayton Hamvention booths
on Saturday, May 18th.  At airtime, guest speakers include
Emmy-nominated television producer John Amodeo, NN6JA of the
hit ABC sitcom "Last Man Standing;" noted ham radio educator
Gordon West, WB6NOA and AmateurLogic.TV host George Thomas,
W5JDX.  Thomas is also the recipient of this years Dayton
Hamvention Special Achievement Award.  A complete webcast
schedule and other Dayton-related information can be found
at www.icomamerica.com/dayton2013.  (Icom)

**

RADIO IN SPACE:  M CLASS SOLAR EVENT CAPTURED ON MAY 3RD

In other news, an intense solar storm erupted from the Sun
on Friday, May 3rd in what astronomers have described as a
dazzling solar display.  The solar flare discharged from the
left limb of the Sun peaked at 17:32 GMT, registering as a
medium-strength M 5.7-class event that launched hot solar
plasma about 200,000 kilometers above the surface of the
Solar Disc.  Photos of the event were captured by NASA's
Solar Dynamics Observatory and sent back to Earth by radio.

The May 3rd solar storm was the second major space weather
event in three days, but was not aimed at Earth.  The Solar
Disc fired off an eruption on Wednesday, May 1st from the
same region, which at the time was at the very leftmost limb
of the Sun as seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Astronomers predict that this active region will be rotating
to face Earth fairly soon.

So far the strongest solar flare of the year occurred on
April 11 and registered as an M 6.5 class storm.  M-class
solar flares are medium-strength events and are the weakest
type of storm that can still have an impact on Earth.  When
aimed directly at our planet they can cause aurora displays
and some short term radio communications outages.  The
stronger X class flares are the ones that can interfere with
communications satellites and cause major radio blackouts on
Earth.

The Solar Dynamics Observatory is a NASA mission in launched
in February of 2010 to study the Sun for over five years.
It is one of several spacecraft constantly monitoring the
our star to track these solar weather events as we approach
what's believed to be near the peak of Solar Cycle 24.
(Space.com, Spacenews, Wikipedia)

**

BREAK 1

From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world
including the Hamvention repeater, W8BI, serving Dayton,
Ohio.

(5 sec pause here)


**

WORLDBEAT:  DARC AND UBA SUPPORT AMATEUR RADIO IN TUNISIA


Amateur radio could soon have a new life in Tunisia as we
hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Norm Seeley, KI7UP:

--

The Deutscher Amateur Radio Club, which is Germany's
national amateur radio society, reports that after the
political changes in Tunisia amateur radio in that North
African country has a new opportunity to expand.  This as
members of the Association of Tunisian Radio Amateurs used
World Amateur Radio Day on April 18th to inform the that
nations public and in particular its Minister for
Technology, Information and Communication about amateur
radio in its various forms.

Representatives of European amateur radio organizations were
there to support the event.  This included the International
Office of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club in the person of
Mustapha Landoulsi, DL1BDF.   Landoulsi gave a presentation
on the important role of amateur radio in emergency and
disaster situations.

Stefan Dombrowski, ON6TI, from the Belgian federation the U-
B-A was also on hand.  He explained the history of the
development of amateur radio satellites, and in particular,
the construction of CubeSat spacecraft and the AMSAT-UK
FUNcube satellite.

According to reports, the Tunisian Minister was quite
impressed by the potential of amateur radio.  As a result he
has promised to ensure that the necessary statutory basis
for granting individual licenses would be created as soon as
possible.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, in
Scottsdale, Arizona.

--

This information appears to open up the prospect for the
successful development of amateur radio in Tunisia.  (ARAT)

**

RADIO RECORDS:  NEW 24 GHZ EME WORLD RECORD OF 16383 KM

Rex Moncur, VK7MO, has completed a Earth-Moon-Earth QSO with
the OK1KIR EME Team in the Czech Republic with some 10,180
miles between.  This, to claim the new world EME record on
24 GHz.

To accomplish this feat VK7MO used just a 1.14 meter dish
and 10 watts which he has designed for portable operation.
On the other end of the path OK1KIR used a 4.5 meter dish
and 22 watts.

According to the VK7 News, this has been a 12 month project
for VK7MO during which he collaborated with famed Digital
low noise mode developer Joe Taylor, K1JT.  The two worked
to produce improved decoders that could cope with the very
wide spreading of signals on the 24 GHz E-M-E path.

Word is that VK7MO and K1JT will be publishing this work in
the next edition of DUBUS magazine.  This is a publication
which is devoted to VHF and Microwave amateur radio
communications.  More information is at www.dubus.org.
(vk7news)

**

HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  NASA AND HAM RADIO ASSEMBLE THE
PHONESAT PICTURE

Engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center in California and
amateur radio operators around the world recently
collaborated to reconstruct an image of Earth sent to them
from three smartphones launched into a low Earth orbit.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee KB3TZD, reports:

--

The joint effort was part of NASA's nanosatellite mission
called PhoneSat.  The first phase was launched on Sunday,
April 21st aboard the Antares booster from NASA's Wallops
Island Flight Facility in Virginia.

Although the ultimate goal of the PhoneSat mission was to
determine whether a consumer-grade smartphone can be used as
the primary flight avionics for a satellite in space, the
three miniature satellites also used their smartphone
cameras to take pictures of Earth.  These images were then
transmitted to multiple ground stations as data packets with
each packet holding a small piece of the big picture.

As the data became available, the PhoneSat Team working with
multiple ham radio operators pieced together a high-
resolution photograph from data sent back by the tiny birds.
Amateur radio operators from every continent except
Antarctica contributed in capturing the data packets needed
to piece together the final image.

This first PhoneSat mission successfully ended Saturday,
April 27th after atmospheric drag caused the tiny satellites
to re-enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up as predicted by
the mission planners.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD,
in Berwick, Pennsylvania.

--

The PhoneSat project is a technology demonstration mission
funded by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate and
the Engineering Directorate at NASA Ames Research Center.
The project started in summer 2009 as a student led project
between the Ames Research Center and the International Space
University at Strasbourg.  For more information about the
PhoneSat mission and the part played by amateur radio please
visit www.phonesat.org on the World-Wide-Web.  (NASA
Release, Southgate)

**


RESCUE RADIO:  PREMIERE NETWORKS JOIN FEMA IN EAS

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, says it will
add Premiere Networks as a Primary Entry Point station for
the nations Emergency Alert System or EAS.  FEMA has already
been installing satellite receivers at Primary Entry Point
stations, intending to use satellite delivery of emergency
alerts as an alternative distribution method.

According to reports Premiere Networks will use its
satellite program receivers at its affiliates as another
tool for delivering national EAS messages. The radio
affiliates would in turn broadcast the emergency messages to
the public.

Primary Entry Point stations are private or commercial radio
broadcast stations that cooperatively participate with FEMA
to provide emergency alert and warning information to the
public before, during, and after incidents and disasters.
Since the national EAS test in 2011, both FEMA and the FCC
have been studying the results and executing fixes.  (RW)

**

RADIO POLITICS:  PRESIDENT OBAMA TO NOMINATE TOM WHEELER AS
NEXT FCC CHAIRMAN

President Obama says that he will nominate wireless
telecommunications and cable executive Tom Wheeler as the
next FCC chairman.  He will also designate Commissioner
Mignon Clyburn to act as "acting Chairwoman" once current
Chairman Julius Genachowski leaves the agency.

In a press statement, Genachowski said he's known Wheeler
for 20 years and he's made strong contributions to the FCC's
work.  This includes unleashing spectrum for mobile,
removing barriers to private investment, and strengthening
our cyber security.  Genachowski called Clyburn a strong,
experienced and thoughtful leader who's distinguished
herself as a champion for closing America's digital divide.
(Published news reports)

**

RADIO POLITICS:  W7EQI SAYS TV SPECTRUM AUCTION SHOULD BE
UNENCUMBERED

Representative Greg Walden, W7EQI, of Oregon is worried that
the FCC could mess up its planned auctions of TV broadcast
frequencies by imposing too many restrictions on the
process.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Davis, W2JKD, has
more:

--

In a recent statement Walden, who the chairman of the House
Communications and Technology subcommittee, endorsed the
recommendations of the Expanding Opportunities for
Broadcasters Coalition, a group of TV stations interested in
participating in the auctions.

In his statement Walden asked the rhetorical question of
what if the FCC held a broadcast incentive auction and no
one came?   He went on to note that could be a distinct
possibility if the Commission does not heed the advice that
the coalition of television stations filed recently with the
agency.

Walden also agreed with the broadcasting group that the FCC
should not exclude any wireless carriers, such as AT&T and
Verizon, from the auctions.  They argue that restricting
bidders would likely suppress the final bid amount, leaving
crucial revenue on the table.

Consumer advocacy groups have urged the FCC to prevent
Verizon and AT&T from buying up the entire TV spectrum at
auction.  They argue that it would further consolidate
market power in the top two carriers and stifle competition
in the industry.

I'm Jim Davis, W2JKD.

--

Last year, Congress authorized the FCC to encourage TV
stations to voluntarily give up their rights to some of
their spectrum for auction to cellular and broadband
carriers.  These broadband suppliers claim that they are
struggling to keep pace with the booming demand for mobile
data spectrum.  (The Hill)

**

HAM HAPPENINGS: ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND MILITARY/AMATEUR
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TEST HELD EARLY

The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard co-
sponsored the annual military to amateur radio
communications tests in celebration of the 63rd Anniversary
of Armed Forces Day a bit early this year.  That's just
after this newscast goes to air.

Although the actual Armed Forces Day is celebrated on May
18th, the Crossband Communications Test was conducted May
11th to prevent conflict with the Dayton Hamvention, which
is the same weekend.

The annual celebration featured traditional military to
amateur cross band communications using both SSB voice and
Morse code.  These tests give Amateur Radio operators and
Short Wave Listeners an opportunity to demonstrate their
individual technical skills, and to receive recognition from
the appropriate military radio station for their proven
expertise.

QSL cards will be provided to those stations that made
contact with the military stations.  Full details can be
found at tinyurl.com/crossband-2013.  (US MARS, ICPO,
Southgate)

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS:  RAC NAMES SCOTT WOOD VE1QD AS CANADIAN
RADIO AMATEUR OF 2012

The Radio Amateurs of Canada Board of Directors has
announced the selection of Scott Wood, VE1QD of Halifax,
Nova Scotia, as the Canadian Radio Amateur of the Year for
2012.

Wood celebrated sixty years in Amateur Radio in 2012.  Over
these years he has contributed enormously, and in many and
varied ways both to our hobby and to radio in general.  In
his youth as a net controller in the Oregon State Fire
Service, later as a radio operator in the US Naval Reserve,
as a member of the Board of Directors for Radio for Peace
International, in contesting and DXing, and in elmering
aspiring new hams, both young and old.  However, it is the
leadership in Amateur Radio that Scott has demonstrated
locally, regionally, and internationally that is being
recognized with this award.

According to Radio Amateurs of Canada, Wood has demonstrated
vision, enthusiasm, and a commitment to excellence in the
area of Amateur Radio DXing.  This through the establishment
and management of the Maritime DX Forum for eight
consecutive years.

Radio Amateurs of Canada says that VE1QD envisioned the
forum to be a venue where DX'ers in the region could come
together annually to hear world-class, as well as local DX
experts speak about important and current DX topics.  The
gathering would also provide a forum in which to share ideas
with some of the best operators and leaders within the
amateur radio community.

Presentation Canadian Radio Amateur of the Year for 2012
will be made to Scott Wood, VE1QD at the Radio Amateurs of
Canada booth at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention.  (RAC)

**

BREAK 2

This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur.  From the
United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline
with links to the world from our only official website at
www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the volunteer
services of the following radio amateur:

(5 sec pause here)

**

HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  VO-52 SATELLITE COMPLETES EIGHT YEARS
ON ORBIT

VU2WMY reports that AMSAT-India's VO-52 hamsat completed 8
years on-orbit on Sunday, May 5th.   He notes that the
overall health of the satellites parameters are excellent
and that AMSAT-India hopes that transponders on-board VO-52
will continue to render services for many more years to
come.  He also notes that during the time it has been in
space that VO-52 has proven to be a valuable communications
resource for the amateur radio community.  (VU2WMY,
Southgate)

**

HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  DEAD SATELLITE COMES ALIVE

The Times of India reports that a three-kilogram student
satellite named Jugnu that was thought to be dead has come
back to life.

Jugnu was launched on October 12, 2011 with a one year
mission life.  After it stopped transmitting controllers
stopped tracking it.

Now comes word from the Nitte Amateur Satellite Tracking
Centre in Bengaluru that it has been heard once again.  Also
that while its signals were strong, some of its internal
functions had apparently weakened.

You can read the entire story on the re-birth of this bird
at tinyurl.com/india-satellite-lives.  (Tmies of India)

**

WORLDBEAT:  SULTAN ORDERS CONSTRUCTION OF HEADQUARTERS FOR
ROARS

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said has ordered the
construction of a permanent headquarters for the Royal Omani
Amateur Radio Society also known as ROARS.  This on a piece
of land allocated for the ham radio society.

The plan was recently unveiled by the Secretary General of
the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society.  In a speech during
opening the regular session of the General Assembly, the
Secretary General extended the thanks and appreciation of
ROARS members to His Majesty the Sultan for the support
given to the group since its establishment in the 1970's.
He also noted that is what he termed as the wise vision of
the Sultan that has played a major role in moving forward
with all of the activities that may advance the nation's
youth while giving them the opportunity of added scientific
and technical progress.  (ROARS)

**

WORLDBEAT:  LONDON GB3LV IRLP/ECHOLINK NODE UP-AND-RUNNING
AGAIN

Some good news for hams in North London, England.  After
some software hardware problems along with extensive radio
room refurbishments, the GB3LV I-R-L-P and Echolink node is
back in service.  The node holds the IRLP designation of
5600 and Echolink assignment of 155403.  It was off the air
for several weeks during the upgrade.  (G4CJC)

**

WORLDBEAT:  SARL PLANNING YOUTH WEEK IN FEBRUARY 2014

The South African Radio League is planning to hold a Youth
Week in mid February of 2014.  This to coincide with the
ARRL School Club Round-up from February 11th to the 15th of
2014 in the United States.

The South African Radio League's newly appointed Youth
Councilor is Gerhard Coetzee, ZS3TG.  He says that he is
looking for input and suggestions on the type of activity
young radio amateurs in South Africa would like to see
included.  If you have any ideas, please e-mail then to
youth (at) sarl (dot) org (dot) za before the end of May.
(SARL)

**

ON THE AIR:  BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC SPECIAL EVENT

G0ELZ and G3UFO have announced that special event call signs
GB70BOA and GB70WA will be on the air between May 20th to
the 27th.  This to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the
Battle of the Atlantic.

Operations using all modes will take place on 80 through 10
meters as well as on 144 and 432 MHz.  Station operators are
hoping to make over 2800 contacts during this period. A
special commemorative QSL card will be available.  More
details can be found on line at tinyurl.com/cmvdvq8
(G0LEZ)

**

DX

In DX, word that HD2A and HC2AQ will be active
from Galapagos Islands May 15th to the 20th as HD8A.
Operations will be on all of the High Frequency bands.  QSL
via HD2A.

OY1CT will be active from the Faroe Islands during May with
special call OW75FOC.  He will be operating on the High
Frequency bands only.  If you work him please QSL via
Carsten Thomsen, OW75FOC, Kvivik, the Faroe Islands or as
directed on the air.

UA4WHX is currently operational portable CP1 from Bolivia.
You will find him on the various HF bands.  QSL via UA4WHX.

ZL2AGY will be active from Rarotonga Island from May 9 to
the 29th as E51FOC and E51AGY.  QSL either via his home
call.

Members of F6KUF Club station will be operating
from Noirmoutier Island from May 18th to the 20th as F6KUF
stroke P.  They will be active on 80 through 2 meters using
CW, SSB and RTTY.  QSL via F6KUF

F4CZU will be on the air from Gozo Island through May 18th
as 9H3ZU.  He will be active on most HF Bands.  QSL via
F4CZU

Lastly, HA0NAR will be operational from Viti Levu Island,
 Fiji Islands in October 2013 as 3D2AR.  Listen out for him
an all of the High Frequency bands.  QSL via his home call

(Above from various DX news sources)


**

THAT FINAL ITEM:  GLOW IN THE DARK SHEEP

And finaly this week, word that scientists in Uruguay have
announced the world's first genetically-modified
phosphorescent sheep.  No, we are not kidding as we hear
from Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, who has
this glowing report:

--

According to news reports, nine glow-in-the-dark sheep were
born in October of 2012 at Uruguay's Institute of Animal
Reproduction in a genetics experiment in conjunction with
the Institut Pasteur.  The scientists say that they used the
fluorescent protein from a species of jelly fish to give
sheep a distinct glowing green color when exposed to
ultraviolet light.

One of the team's lead researchers is Alejo Menchaca.  In a
recent press conference he noted that the genetic
modification was done in the desire to fine tune the
technique.  Other researchers believe that these genetically
modified, glow in the dark animals can help mankind to
better understand diseases and how they develop in both the
animal kingdom and in human beings.

The scientists say the nine sheep developed normally.  They
claim there are no differences between them and their non-
genetically modified siblings other than that they can be
made to glow from head to toe.

And before you ask, we have no idea if they can been trained
to blink on and off in Morse code nor if they did if they
would be considered for bonus points on Field Day.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW,
not all that far from the glow of Hollywood.

--

More can be found on line at various on-line news sites
including tinyurl.com/sheep-glow.  (Various news sources)


**

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