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Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1512 - August 4, 2006
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1512 with a release date of Friday,
August 4th, 2006 to
follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a Q-S-T.
Mumbai India embraces Amateur Radio emergency communications, Radio
Amateurs of Canada
renews an important rescue radio agreement and the 2006 Young Ham of the
Year Award to be
televised live from Huntsville. Find out where to watch it on Amateur
Radio Newsline report
number 1512 coming your way right now
(Billboard Cart Here)
**
RESCUE RADIO: MUMBAI INDIA TEAMS UP WITH HAM RADIO
A new agreement between a major city in India and its ham radio population
will mean greater
safety for all. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, has the
details:
--
Eager to prevent a repeat of the communication failure that occurred
during last years rain
storms, the Mumbai, India's civic council has found help from ham radio
operators. This, as the
JNA Wireless Association teams up with the Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation to set up an
Amateur Radio emergency communication system, which switches on when land
based
telephones or mobile networks fail.
The JNA has put in place a 20 member team that's ready to move to
locations where
communication is needed for disaster management. This close-knit crew
consists of radio
amateurs trained in various aspects of emergency communications and
equipped with state-of-
the-art ham equipment including satellite gear.
JNA was founded in 1988. It boasts of a dedicated, self-motivated and
self-funded scramble
team. As a result, the JNA has responded to many natural disasters in
India including the 1993
Latur earthquake. In fact, JNA members were the first to reach the city
of Killari which was the
epicenter of that tembler, handling thousands of health and welfare
messages in addition to post
quake damage assessment.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, reporting.
--
The JNA Wireless Association is named in memory of one of India's
pioneering hams in the area
of emergency service communications who passed away in 1987. (Bombay
News)
**
RESCUE RADIO: RAC AND PERC RENEW LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
A renewed Letter of Understanding between the Field Services Organization
of Radio Amateurs
of Canada and the Provincial Emergency Radio Communications Service of the
British Columbia
Provincial Emergency Program has been ratified. The agreement clarifies
the relationship, roles,
responsibilities and terminology between the two groups to continue joint
coordinated efforts to
provide an emergency communications capability for the Province of British
Columbia. (RAC)
**
RESCUE RADIO: HAMS FACE NEW MEXICO FACES FLOODING
Back on this side of the Atlantic, first it was wildfires. Now its rain
and flooding that's hit New
Mexico. We have more in this report:
--
In the past week, several towns in central New Mexico have suffered
significant flood damage
from drenching rains. Amateur Radio Emergency Service groups have been
responding to
provide back up communications and to act as weather spotters during the
sever storms.
Sandoval County ARES has been activated multiple times the last two weeks
for Skywarn duty as
slow-moving, heavy thunderstorms have pounded the area. Roads in Rio
Rancho have been
washed away making four-wheel drive almost a necessity in parts of the
city. Arroyos not only
have reclaimed the roads there, but also threaten to wash away some homes
as the water erodes
the banks of the arroyos.
In another rain related incident, Valencia County ARES was called out at
the request of Manny
Garcia, KE5AEF, the County Emergency Manager, as seventy-five of Belen's
flooded homes
were evacuated. Steve Friis, WM5Z, the Dona Ana District Emergency
Coordinator, reported that
a surge of water in the Rio Grande River was pushing south from northern
Doa Ana County late
Tuesday night, Auygust 1st near the Village of Hatch. Doa Ana County
Flood Director Paul
Dugie said water flows of 9,000 cubic feet per second are being measured
south of Hatch with all
the water in the river is storm-related.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Evi Simons, reporting.
--
The weather forecast calls for a break from the rains in central New
Mexico as the storm focus
shifts to the eastern part of the state. But, more rain is forecast for
the Rio Grande Valley as this
newscast goes to air. (K5CEC, New Mexico ARES)
**
RESCUE RADIO: UPGRADED EOC OPENS IN SAN DIEGO
San Diego, California has an improved Emergency Operations Center that
includes a home for
ham radio. Amateur Radio Newsline's Tuck Miller, N-Z6T, has more:
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Located in the in Kearny Mesa area of San Diego, the renovation of the
Emergency Operations
Center was expected to be completed by mid-August. But the remodeling was
far enough along
to open the center Monday, July 24th to work the raging Horse blaze east
of the town of Alpine.
That was a fire where a thousand homes were threatened before it was
contained.
Tom Amabile, KC6NGG, is the county's Operations Chief at the center. He
says that when
wildfires raced through the region almost three years ago, the old center
could get only one video
image at a time and there were a couple of TV sets to monitor the news.
There were no satellite
phones, cellular phones or backup systems.
The redesigned center features a 300 inch wide video wall that can be
split into 12 channels.
This, to monitor developments during a disaster. There is also a video
conference room, large
electronic status boards, and six plasma screens tuned to local and
national news stations. This
means that emergency services personnel can see what is happening in the
field as well as
monitor new developments.
For communications with first responders and other personnel there are now
four different
computer systems and five different voice radio networks. And of
importance to hams, Amateur
radio operators who help to fill key communications roles can now work out
of a room of their own
in the center. Designed to be earthquake-resistant, the cost of the
upgrades to the center cost
close to a million dollars that was covered by a Federal Homeland Security
grant.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Tuck Miller, NZ6T, in San Diego.
--
County Supervisor Bill Horn says that the improved center will be used by
law enforcement, fire
agencies, emergency assistance and utilities personnel during emergencies.
He says that it
allows officials to fight disasters on more than one front. (CGC,
ARNewslineT)
**
Break 1
From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin
stations around the world including the WM7K repeater serving Grants Pass,
Oregon.
(5 sec pause here)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: LIBYA TO ALLOW NOVEMBER OPERATION
Following years of silence, an international team of operators will
activate Libya from November
14th to the 28th. The goals of this DXpedition are to support the
development of ham radio in
Libya while bringing a rare country onto the airwaves. Activity will be
on all bands running CW,
SSB, FM, RTTY, SSTV and PSK. The operators hope to provide more than
50,000 QSOs
during the 14 day operation using the callsign will be 5A7A. They also
plan to take part in
CQWW DX CW Contest as a Multi/Multi entry. (WIA News)
**
ENFORCEMENT: HAM HAS LICENSE TAGGED FOR HEARING
A ham convicted of a felony and reported to be currently living in a
California hospital has had his
Amateur Service license designated for a hearing before an Administrative
Law Judge. This, to
see if Robert D. Landis, N6FRV, is qualified to remain a Commission
licensee.
After receiving a complaint alleging that Landis had been convicted of
child molestation and was
living in a mental hospital, the Enforcement Bureau began its own
investigation. That inquiry
confirmed that on October 28, 1991, the Superior Court of California,
County of Riverside,
convicted Landis of two counts of a lewd act with a child under the age
of fourteen. The Court
sentenced Landis to a term of eleven years in state prison and fined him
$10,000.
On January 11, 2001, the FCC says that Landis reported a change of address
from Corona,
California to one in the city of Atascadero, California. The latter
address is the locale of the
Atascadero State Hospital.
The FCC says that Landis felony convictions raise serious questions as to
whether he possesses
the requisite character qualifications to be and to remain a Commission
licensee and whether his
license should be revoked. The agency says that before revoking a
license, it must serve the
licensee with an order to show cause why revocation should not issue and
must provide the
licensee with an opportunity for hearing. Accordingly, it has designated
the matter for hearing
before a Commission Administrative Law Judge. The hearing will provide
N6FRV with an
opportunity to demonstrate why his license should not be revoked. (FCC)
**
ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: ALLEGED MURDERER OF TWO HAMS FACES CHARGES OF
TRYING TO ARRANGE TO KILL HIS OWN FATHER
A man accused in the death of ham radio operators Thomas and Jackie Hawks,
KD7VWJ, and
KD7VWK, is now facing charges that he tried to arrange two more murders.
On Monday, July
31st, Skylar Deleon pleaded not guilty in Orange County, California,
Superior Court to new
allegations that he attempted to solicit the killings of his own father
and a cousin while behind
prison bars.
Deleon, who changed his name from John Jacobson Jr., was arraigned on
charges of soliciting a
jail inmate to kill his father, John Jacobson Sr., on Jan. 24, 2004. He
was also arraigned on a
charge of requesting that another inmate to kill his cousin, Mike Lewis,
on July 26, 2005.
Deleon is awaiting trial on charges of murdering the Hawks who were last
seen on Nov. 15, 2004.
Prosecutors claim that Deleon approached the couple with an offer to buy
their 55-foot yacht
called the Well Deserved. The state alleges that Deleon and accomplices
then killed the couple
when they took him and two other men out for a test run. Prosecutors
claim that the couple was
handcuffed, tied to an anchor and dumped alive into the ocean after being
forced to sign
paperwork transferring the boat's title to Deleon.
Deleon is also awaiting trial on charges that he killed John Jarvi, of
Anaheim in December 2003
for financial gain. Lewis is charged with helping Deleon conceal Jarvi's
alleged murder.
(Published news reports)
**
RADIO SAFETY: COACH ELECTROCUTED MOVING GOAL POST
A high school football coach in Girard, Kansas, was electrocuted and a
teenager severely burned
Friday, July 21st. This, while trying to move a metal goal post near
power lines on a High School
practice football field.
A Crawford County Sheriff's Department spokesman said that the two were
moving the steel pipe
goal post when it grazed a 7,200-volt line. Pronounced dead at the scene
was coach Craig
Crespino. The unidentified 16 year old boy was taken to St. John's
Regional Medical Center in
Joplin, Missouri.
This accident again points out the need to look up and be very vigilant
when working near power
lines. Whether its putting up a new antenna or just moving a tall
metallic object, it only takes one
slip-up to put you in the hospital or in your grave. If you have any
reservations about your ability,
spend the money and call in a professional to do the job. It's a decision
that could save your life.
(Broadcast Reflector)
**
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SHOOTING: CELL SITE WORKER SHOT AT NIGHT BY POLICE
DIES ON THE JOB
A telecommunications engineer working after midnight at a cellular tower
site in a "rough" part of
Charlotte, North Carolina was shot and killed by a police officer. This,
after authorities responded
to a suspicious person call in the wee hours of Friday, July 21st.
According to the police report a man from a business near the cell phone
site called police about
a suspicious vehicle backed up at the tower's base. A officer arrived and
was told by the caller
that he saw a man walking to the fenced-in building at the tower's base.
Officers Anthony Payne and Steven Branan then came to the site and started
searching for the
man, as the first officer started to look over the white pickup loaded
with equipment. The police
noticed that the lights were on inside the shed and the door was open.
They said Payne entered
the building and saw telecommunications site technician Anthony Wayne Furr
inside.
Police said Payne, a uniformed officer, identified himself and told Furr
not to move. But police
say he reached behind his back and pulled a gun. Police go on to state
that Furr refused to obey
the officer's repeated commands ands raised his gun in the direction of
the officer and started to
walk toward Payne. The officer fired his gun three times. Furr did not
shoot.
It must be noted that Furr's truck was labeled AFL Network Services, and
that company
employees are required to wear white golf shirts and khaki pants as a
uniform.
No one knows exactly what went wrong except the officer who was inside the
shed with Furr.
Police are investigating what happened but homicide Capt. Sean Mulhall
says that it appeared
the officer acted properly. (CGC, Charlotte Observer, others)
**
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW: XM AND SIRIUS STOP MAKING RECEIVERS WITH OUT OF
SPEC MODULATORS
Sirius Satellite Radio says that it has instructed some of its
manufacturers to stop making radios
with built in modulators that do not comply with federal emissions and
frequency rules. The move
follows a similar action by rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings based on
complaints to the FCC from
listeners who clain satellite radio modulators are interfering with
terrestrial reception on their FM
broadcast receivers.
The situation was first brought to everyone's attention last Spring by the
C-G-C Communicator
industry newsletter written by Bob Gonsett, W6VR. In all cases the
problem is related to models
with FM mini transmitters often called modulators that allow consumers to
play the satellite
services on a traditional radio by tuning to an open spot on the FM
broadcast band.
Sirius believes its radios currently in production comply with applicable
FCC rules. A few days
earlier XM had asked two manufacturing partners to suspend production of
receivers that exceed
emissions limits after the FCC dismissed its proposed changes to them. XM
announced on April
27th that it had been informed by the FCC about the emissions issue.
Bob Gonsett tells Amateur Radio Newsline that a lot of the credit in
getting the action has to go
the the National Association of Broadcasters. W6VR says that without the
support of the NAB
this whole issue might not have gone very far. (W6VR)
**
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW: LOJACK SEEKS RULES CHANGE TO BROADEN USE OF
173.075 MHZ
LoJack, the fine people who can easily locate a stolen car equipped with
one of its transponders
is seeking a rules change to broaden the use of 173.074 MHz where its
system operates. The
FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rule Making and wants comments on
proposed
relaxation for the use of that frequency. LoJack would like to increase
mobile output power,
transmit digital emissions in addition to analog, and transmit more often
than the current duty
cycle rules allow. The full story is at
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-107A1.pdf )
(CGC)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: N8BJQ TAKES OVER CQ WPX AWARD PROGRAM
CQ Magazine has has announced the appointment of Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, as
its new manager of
the CQ WPX Award program. Biola replaces Norm Koch, WN5N, who held the WPX
reins for the
past 25 years.
Steve Biola is far from new to CQ Magazine or its readers. From 1982 to
2003 he served as CQ
WPX Contest Director, is a member of the CQ Contest Committee and of the
CQ Contesting Hall
of Fame.
His DXing credentials are even more impressive. He holds the CW, SSB and
Mixed Worked All
Zones awards, is on the DXCC Honor Roll for Mixed and CW modes, holds
5-Band DXCC, RTTY
DXCC and 160-Meter DXCC.
The WPX Awards are issued for confirmed contacts with stations having
different callsign prefixes. WPX Award applications and updates previously
filed with WN5N have
been transferred to N8BJQ and will be processed as quickly as possible.
See the upcoming
September issue of CQ for address information for award submissions. (CQ)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: VK2FMYL SINGS ACROSS EUROPE
And words of congratulations to Australia's VK2FMYL on being one of the
Australian Youth Choir
International Tour singers who recently sang their way across Europe.
Michelle, who was
licensed under Australia's new Foundation Class licensing system, became a
promotional choir
member in 2000. She is now part of the Sydney Chamber Choir. With the
choir she has
performed at numerous sporting events, and at gala events attended by the
Prime Minister. (WIA
News)
**
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: SSTV RETURNS TO EARTH ORBIT
It was one of the first modes hams took into space and now its there once
again. Of coarse we
are talking about slow-scan television or S-S-T-V and using it you may be
receiving images from
the International Space station over the next few weeks. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Bill
Pasternak, WA6ITF, has more:
--
The first time SSTV flew to Earth orbit was in 1985 when Astronaut Tony
England, W0ORE, flew
the Space Amateur Radio Experiment during the STS-51F Spacelab-2 mission.
And its been 26
years since this sound was heard from space:
--
SSTV audio from STS-51F Mission
--
Putting slow-can amateur television back into space with more modern gear
was the idea of Miles
Mann, WF1F. Mann operates Marex, the Manned Amateur Radio Experiment,
North American
Division which is sponsoring the SSTV experiment. And on Friday, July
28th the crew on board
the International Space station activated the Slow Scan project for the
first time.
According to Mann, ISS Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov, brought
the system to life.
He then manually sent a few test Images from ISS to Earth. Those pictures
were received in
Russia and South America. The SSTV system was then switched off and the
Packet system
reactivated.
As time permits the ISS crew may reactivate the SSTV system for more
testing. Eventually when
that phase is completed the Space Cam 1 software may be left
running in automatic "Slide Show" mode. While in Slide show mode, the
system will
automatically send to Earth up to 400 images per day from ISS.
The tentative down link for SSTV will be on 144.490 using FM. The uplink
will not be published
until testing has been completed.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, repotting.
--
At the present time there is no time schedule as to when Slide Show mode
will be activated and
its testing may be very limited. Nor is it known when the project will be
officially opened to the
ham radio public, world-wide. (ARISS Remailer)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: NASA MAY HALT ISS ON-ORBIT RESEARCH
A NASA spokesman confirms that the space agency is considering shutting
down all the research
programs it conducts aboard the International Space Station for at least a
year. This, to fill a
projected budget shortfall of up to $100 million.
Kirk Shireman is Deputy Space Station Program Manager. When asked if it
was true as reported
on NASAWatch.com that the agency was considering shutting down its
research for a year or
more for budget reasons or pursue other steps, he said that all those
things are under
consideration
Space station research has already slashed to just over $200 million last
year to help the United
States space agency pay for Hurricane Katrina losses and cost overruns in
the space shuttle
program. Less than $100 million was requested for station research for the
year beginning on
October 1st. What impact such a cutback might have on the operation of
the I-S-S ham station is
at this time unknown. (Space)
**
HAM RADI IN SPACE: CUBESAT 2 LAUNCH SET FOR SEPTEMBER 20
Despite the July 26th setback which saw the loss of 14 CubeSatsn when thei
launched failed, the
Amateur CubeSat program is continuing. Southgate News reports that
another launch is
scheduled for September 20th of four CubeSats known to be carrying Amateur
Radio payloads.
Like the last attempt, these mini satellites will be orbited using a
Rusian built booster launching
from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (AMSAT)
**
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: AMSAT TO SUPPORT SDR PROJECT
AMSAT, the Amateur Satellite Corporation, says that it will immediately
begin support for The
High Performance Software Defined Radio or H-P-S-D-R project. H-D-S-P-R
is an independent
team dedicated to bringing high performance software defined radio devices
within the reach of
amateurs in terms of access to the hardware and software at manageable
prices.
AMSAT describes the High Performance Software Defined Radio project as
completely open
source software under G-N-U Public License along with open hardware
design. It has an
extremely capable group of core designers, many of whom are also key AMSAT
design team
members who are supported by a cast of hundreds. To learn more, take your
web browser to
http://hpsdr.org (AMSAT)
**
WORLDBEAT - IRELAND: IRTS WANTS 500 KHZ
The Irish Radio Transmitters Society has applied to Ireland's
telecommunications regulator
ComReg for a small allocation in the region of 500kHz. This for use by
Amateur Radio
experimenters.
The move follows a similar proposal made by the Radio Society of Great
Britain to U-K regulator
Ofcom in 2004. Ofcom has not yet made a decision on the RSGB proposal but
the society is
hopeful of an allocation between 501 and 504kHz.
The GB2RS News Service says that there is a possibility that Ofcom might
designate the spot
frequency of 500 kHz a maritime memorial frequency. In recent years,
there has been little traffic
on the band 415 to 526.6kHz, after most countries stopped using it as a
Morse emergency
maritime frequency in the 1990s. (IRTS, WIA)
**
WORLDBEAT - PORTUGAL: 4 METER LICENSES TO EXPIRE
Unless telecommunications regulators act swiftly, all Portuguese 4 meter
licenses expire on
August 31st. At airtime it is not clear whether the Portuguese
authorities will extend the grant or
issue 4 meter licenses in the future.
CT1HZE, has offered to arrange keds, before the deadline, with any UK
amateur who still need
Portugal for a DXCC. He can be contacted at info@dubus.de.
The 4 meter band is an isolated allocation to a small number of European
countries. (RSGB)
**
DX
In D-X, word that YU1AB and T-91-S will be active portable YU6 from
Montenegro through
August 10th. Their activity will b focused on SSB and CW. QSL via YU1AB.
And be sure to listen out for G3OCA and DL6DQW operating portable from
Mozambique from
August 5th through the 14th as C94KF. During their stay they plan to
activate the Island of
Inhacamba which is the last "never activated" Islands On The Air entity in
the Mozambique group.
Look for them on 40 through 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via
G-3-O-C-A.
Lastly, SV5FRI, will be active from Symi Island, Dodecanese, from August
6th to the 19th. Listen
for him an 80 through 10 meters CW and SSB. QSL direct to SV5FRI at his
address on
QRZ.com.
(All D above from various DX newsletters.
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: YHOTY 2006 VIDEO TO BE STREAMED LIVE FROM THE HUNTSVILLE
HAMFEST
And finally this week, when Catherine Ferry, NC8F receives the 2006
Amateur Radio Newsline
Young Ham of the Year award in a few weeks, you will be able to see it
happen in real time from
the comfort of your hamshack computer. Amateur Radio Newsline's Henry
Feinberg, K2SSQ,
has more:
--
The live Internet television coverage is happening thanks to Tom Medlin,
WA5KUB. Tom, who
has televised other ham radio events on the Internet has now announced
plans to bring the world
of Amateur Radio some live video and audio from this years Huntsville
Hamfest.
This years Huntsville Hamfest takes place the weekend of August 19th and
20th. The Young
Ham of the Year Award presentation is slated for 2 p.m. Central Daylight
Time on Saturday the
19th.
WA5KUB says that he plans to be streaming on his way to and from
Huntsville. He will then be
live from the Hamfest all day on Saturday and again on Sunday. Tom tells
Amateur Radio
Newsline that at times the camera may be in a fixed location showing just
the flea market but at
other times Tom will on the move wearing his famed Helmet Cam. With this
device you will
actually feel as though you are walking around the Hamfest and visiting
the exhibitors.
The Huntsville Hamfest is among the biggest events for radio amateurs
living in the Southeastern
United States. Its held every year at Alabama's Von Braun Center In
downtown Huntsville and its
been the home of the Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award
since 1993.
Tom says that the actual streaming video of the Huntsville Hamfest will be
found at his website.
Visit it now for more information. Its in cyberspace at
http://wa5kub.com.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Henry Feinberg, K2SSQ, in New York.
--
Again, Tom's live streaming webcast will be available Huntsvile Hamfeast
weekend at
http://wa5kub.com
And this just in. Word that the League has chosen the 2007 Huntsville
Hamfest as its site for next
years ARRL National Convention. Knowing the great hospitality afforded by
the fine folks that put
on the Huntsville Hamfest, 2006 and 2007 should be great years for this
truly fun show.
(ARNewslineT)
**
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