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Ärende: Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1743 - January 7 2011
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Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1743 with a release date of Friday,
January 7, 2011 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T. Hams in Missouri face a series of killer
tornados while their counterparts in Australia go on alert as massive
rains hit Queensland state. Also, the South African Radio League prepares
to ask that nations telecommunications regulators to expand 160 meters,
researchers say that cubersecurity is really the new civil defense and
Russia announces plans to take the Internet into space. Find out the
details on Amateur Radio NewslineT report number 1743 coming your way
right now.


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RESCUE RADIO: MISSOURI SKYWARN HAMS CALLED OUT AS TWISTERS HIT REGION

Ham radio first responders' associated with SKYWARN were called out as
killer storms swept across Southwest Missouri just before New Years. David
Black, KB4KCH, is in our South-East Bureau with the details:

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For amateur radio operators in Missouri, the end of 2010 was anything but
quiet. Killer storms roared across southwestern parts of the state
December 30th and 31st. Two of the twisters were rated as EF-3s. 3 people
were killed in Missouri, with three more deaths reported in Arkansas.

Rod Kittleman, K0ADI, is the ARRL's Information Officer in Southwestern
Missouri. He says hams monitored the storms including supercell
thunderstorms as they moved from Arkansas, across the state line, leaving
extensive damage:

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K0ADI: "We had storm spotters from our SKYWARN group out all the way from
Chhristian County ARES, Green County, Texas County, etc. Pretty much
(observing) as the storms tracked along through Arkansas through Missouri,
we had each of the ARES groups in the individual counties who where
continuing to track the storms and relay the information to the National
Weather Service.

"We had spotters that were out, chasing the storm and watching the stor. A
very, very active bunch of people."

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For at least 14 hours, radio amateurs stayed active, tracking storms and
reporting on their progress to National Weather Service forecasters in
Springfield. Kittleman says the storms hit with bad timing, which teaches
hams a valuable lesson:

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K0ADI: " You always have to be prepared because you never know whats going
to happen. The bad thing about this storm is that it happened on a holiday
when a lot of people are not thinking about these kind of storms. They are
out doing their holiday activities

"Everybody needs to be prepared for all times in all seasons, but this
shows that ham radio operators are always prepared all season long."

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Despite the large amount of territory affected, Kittleman says Skywarn and
ARES groups coordinated efforts closely. That resulted in an active flow
of real time information on the storms and the damage they were causing:

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K0ADI: "I was actually n the air about 7:30 in the morning and tracked one
tornado that went from the Missouri - Arkansas border all the way up to
the Ft. Leonardwood wild area. That was the one that ended up killing a
couple of people up there."

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The various amateur radio teams are being praised for their efforts to
keep the community safe. Weather Service Forecasters say they were
impressed at the amount of response and support hams in the state gave
when it was so badly needed.

From the Southeast Bureau in Birmingam, Alabama, I'm David Black, KB4KCH,
for The Amateur Radio Newsline.

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In all, At least 5 tornadoes, 2 of which produced fatalities and numerous
severe thunderstorms pounded the Missouri Ozarks for over 14 hours on
December 30th into New Years Eve.

(N0UAM, K0ADI, others)


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RESCUE RADIO: VK HAMS RESPOND TO QUEENSLAND FLOODING

Massive flooding in Australia's Queensland state puts that nations corps
of ham radio volunteers on alert. Les Unwin, VK4VIL, is in the city of
Rockhampton with the latest:

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Following widespread rains over the past several weeks, Queensland's
Fitzroy River is currently in full flood, with water inundating towns on
its movement downstream.
The Fitzroy basin, covering some 53,000 square kilometers is Australia's
second largest river system.

After completely drowning some towns such as Theodore in its more western
tributaries, then devastating the larger town of Emerald of 12,000 people,
Rockhampton, population 75000, is now facing what could be its second
largest flood in recorded history. The city is already totally isolated
with airport, all feeder highways and rail links underwater . Sadly,
several lives have been lost as a result of flood related incidents.

Rockhampton and District Amateur Radio Club President, Jack Chomley VK4JRC
has a good number of club members on standby and registered with State
Emergency Service and the Disaster Management Committee , with suitable
equipment available for activation if the situation worsens, for relief of
emergency workers or particularly in the case of power failure.
Fortunately, amateur radio operators contacted in upstream areas have also
not been called upon for assistance at this time.

The River is expected to take several weeks to return to its normal level.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Les Unwin, VK4VIL, in Rochhampton.
--

Expect more on this rescue radio effort in upcoming Amateur Radio Newsline
reports. (WIA News)

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ENFORCEMENT: ALLEGED HONEYBEE SHOOTER WAS A HAM

The ham believed to be the so called possible 'honeybee' shooter is dead.
Gary Amaya, 48, KC9AWD, was shot with his own gun while apparently trying
to rob an Orland Park, Illinois, tanning salon on Saturday, December 11th.

Last October, three men were shot, one fatally, near the Illinois-Indiana
border. The shootings appeared entirely random. One victim, a farmer, had
a conversation with the shooter about honeybees before he was shot,
earning the killer his nickname of the honeybee shooter.

Two months later, Gary Amaya was allegedly robbing an L.A. Tan location at
gunpoint when a customer, Jason McDaniel, came through the door. McDaniel
disarmed Amaya, and ultimately shot him twice, killing him.

Shortly after Amaya was killed, police released survailence video. The
tape shows Amaya, clad in black, having bound the attendant behind the
counter. McDaniel enters the store, and is brought behind the counter. At
one point, Amaya, having set the gun down, bends over, and McDaniel seizes
his opportunity, rushing forward to strike Amaya and grab the gun. The two
men then move into a hallway just out of the frame, where apparently Amaya
lunges at McDaniel. A shot goes off in the ensuing struggle, Amaya appears
dazed but still a threat. Then McDaniel shoots him in the stomach.

According to an unnamed family friend, Amaya showed no earlier signs of
violence. But something apparently changed in the man from tiny downstate
Rankin, Illinois this past summer after helost his job at a Milford
trucking company. By October, when the "honeybee" shootings started, Amaya
had cut off ties with even his closest friends. (WB9QZB, Chicago Tribune
OnLine, Morris Daily Herald, CNN, other sources)

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RESTRUCTURING: SARL PREPARING DOCUMENTATION TO INCREASE 160 METRE
ALLOCATION

The South African Radio League is preparing documentation to gain access
to additional spectrum on the 160 meter band for amateur communication in
that nation.

South African radio amateurs are invited to make input by sending their
views as to why it is necessary to expand the very narrow allocation
currently available. Responders are asked to include items such as
propagation studies and of what benefit an expanded 160 meter allocation
will be.

South African hams should send the information to zs6akv (at) sarl (dot)
org (dot) za by end January. The South African Radio League proposal will
be presented at the next SARL and the Independent Communications Authority
of South Africa liaison meeting planned for February of 2011. (SARL)

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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 W9BBK repeater
serving Bollingbrook, Illinois.

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ENFORCEMENT NEEDED: RESEARCHERS CALL CYBERSECURITY THE NEW CIVIL DEFENSE

A pair of University of Cincinnati researchers says the nation's
cybersecurity is being threatened because an important element in
establishing it is not being emphasized enough. That of citizen awareness
and participation. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, has
more:

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In equating today's citizen role in cybersecurity to the Civil Defense
efforts developed at the advent of the era of atomic weapons, Political
Science faculty members Richard Harknett and James Stever argue that an
active role for citizenry participation in security efforts is largely
being overlooked.

They make their case in a new paper published in the "Journal of Homeland
Security and Emergency Management." Harknett and Stever argue that a
three-pronged approach to cybersecurity is necessary. They note that ideas
of coordination within government agencies and also between government and
business interests surface in almost every discussion on the topic, but
engagement with the public about the role they can play in cybersecurity
rarely gets mentioned.

The two researchers say that the general population must be engaged as
active security providers, not simply beneficiaries of security policy.
This is because their practices often create the threats to which
government must respond. As an example, they cite the hijacking last July
of up to 50,000 computers for use in a botnet denial-of-service attack on
Web sites operated by the U.S. and South Korean governments.

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

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Currently, the government is in a period of re-examining policy towards
cybersecurity. The New York Times recently published an extensive story
examining U.S. deficiencies in policy towards cyber attacks, and a new
study of 600 computer and computer-security executives showed high levels
of concern that cyber attacks at any time could compromise our nations
energy and communication sectors. (University of Cincinnati via Science
Daily)

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ENFORCEMENT: FCC CITES MICHIGAN BUSINESS FOR SELLING UNAUTHORIZED CB SETS

The FCC has issued an Official Citation to to Doctor Radio's CB Shop of
Monroe, Michigan. This for marketing unauthorized radio frequency devices
in the United States in violation of Section 302(b) of the Communications
Act, and Section 2.803(a)(1) of the Commission's rules. The devices are
identified as high power CB radios that could operatr outside of bthe 11
meter Class D Citizens Radio B and.

By way of background, on October 20, 2010, an agent from the Enforcement
Bureau's Detroit Office visited the Doctor Radio. At that time he observed
that the store offered for sale the Cobra Sound Tracker and the Cobra 150
GTL DX. A store employee explained to the agent that the Cobra Sound
Tracker was modified to operate with 170 watts of power. The store
employee further explained that the Cobra 150 GTL DX was an amateur radio
that could operate on CB frequencies. Under current FCC Rules, both of
these radios are illegal to sell in the United States.

The Citation warns Doctor Radio's CB Shop that if, after receipt of the
Citation, that it violates the Communications Act or the Rules by engaging
in such sales that the Commission may impose monetary forfeitures of up to
$16,000 for each such violation or each day of a continuing violation and
up to $112,500 for any single act or failure to act. In addition,
violations of the Communications Act or the Rules can result in seizure of
equipment through forfeiture actions, as well as criminal sanctions,
including imprisonment.

Doctor Radio's CB Shop was given thirty days after the January 5th release
date of the Citation to reply either through a personal interview at the
closest FCC office, or through a written statement. Any written statements
must specify what actions have been taken by Doctor Radio to ensure that
it does not violate the Rules governing the marketing of radio frequency
devices in the future. (FCC)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS CORRECTION: IT'S A QSO A DAY FOR G6NHU DURING 2011

And a correction to last weeks story about Keith Maton, G6NHU, who has
embarked on an ambitious project throughout 2011 to have a QSO every day
of the year. Somehow we typo'ed his call the wrong way in the story
header. His correct all letters are G6NHU.

And as we noted correctly, there is a blog to follow the progress of this
project at www.qso365.co.uk. The blog won't necessarily be updated every
day but it will document how the project is going with updates as time
permits. (G6NHU)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: W4MD APPOINTED AS ALABAMA SM

David Drummond, W4MD, of Northport, Alabama has been appointed Alabama
Section Manager effective January 1st. He succeeds Jay Isbell, KA4KUN, who
had served as Section Manager
since January 2008 but had resigned in December 2010 due to health related
reasons. Drummond has served as Alabama Assistant Section Manager since
January 2008. He will complete the current Alabama Section Manager term
that continues through December 31st of this year. (ARRL)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: 2011 NEW ZEALIND DX HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

John N. Shaw, ZL1BYZ, Bryan Anderson, ZL2AFT, and the late Peter W.
Watson. ZL3GQ, have been selected asv the 2011 honorees have beem selected
for iunduction into the New Zealand DX Hall of Fame. Each was choen based
on his dedication to ham radio and the furthering of the art of DX
operation.

The New Zealand DX Hall of Fame was established in 2009 to honor those
outstanding ZL DXers and contesters who have excelled in the radio sport
aspect hobby over many years. The current panel of judges includes Ken
McCormack, ZL1AIH, Duncan McMahon, ZL3JT and Bill Carney, ZL3NB. (ZL2AL)

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THE SOCIAL SCENE: HAMVENTION AWARDS NOMINATING PERIOD ENDS JANUARY 15th

And a reminder that the deadline for Hamvention award nominations is
getting close. The Hamvention now sponsors four annual awards. These are
the Technical Excellence, Special Achievement and Radio Amateur of the
Year Awards. And as the special Radio Club of the Year was such a big
success in 2010, that Hamvention planners have decided to make it a
permanent addition to the Hamvention Awards program.

If you know of a radio amateur or a club deserving of recognition please
submit your nomination. Further information and nomination forms can be
found on-line at www.Hamvention.com in the awards section. To be
considered for any award the nominations must be submitted no later than
January 15, 2011. Nominations go by mail to Hamvention Awards, Post Office
Box 964, Dayton, Ohio, 45401.

Again, the cutoff date to submit nominations is January 15th which is less
than a week away. (Hamvention)


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WITH NEWSLINE: RADIO SCOOTER INTERNATIONAL TO AIR ARNEWSLINET

Some good news for those hams who have been asking if any Internet radio
stations retransmit these weekly Amateur Radio Newsline reports. Well Bill
Bergadano, KA2EMZ, reports that his station known as Radio Scooter
International began carrying Amateur Radio Newsline on January 9th.

According to Bergadano, Amateur Radio Newsline airs at 03:00 U-T-C on
Mondays. That translates into 7:30PM Eastern and 4:30PM Pacific Time.

To listen go to www dot radioscooterinternational dot net. Then click the
antenna and then the play button on the next page.

Bergadano tells Newsline that Radio Scooter International has been on the
air since 2005, and, has been heard in over 80 countries. (KA2EMZ)

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WITH NEWSLINE: PODCAST ADDRESS CHANGE

And a follow-up to last weeks report that some listeners with the latest
iPods cannot get Amateur Radio Newsline to play on their 4th generation
devices. We have received several listener responses with possible
answers, but Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, who sponsors the Podcast thinks he has
the best solution. Kevin has moved the Podcast file to a new server at
http://n5pre.squarespace.com/arnewsline. He says that the new server
should better serve listener needs. A live link to it in bright green is
now at our website at www dot arnewsline dot org. If you are one of those
suffering from the problem, please let us know if this fix helps you.
Also, keep in mind that this is a direct link and not the same as
available though the Apple iTunes on line store. (ARNewslineT and N5PRE)

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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)

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SWL CORNER: THREE DX TESTS SET FOR FEBRUARY

If you are an SWL or a ham with a good Medium Wave receiver, listen up. On
Saturday February 12th, at precisely oh-seven hundred and oh-eight-hundred
U-T-C, radio station KHMO 1070 Kilohertz in Hannibal, Missouri, will
conduct a DX test for SWL's worldwide. The test will be with Morse code,
sweep tones, and voice announcements for five-minutes at the top of the
first hour with its five-kilowatt, three-tower, day pattern, and then
five-minutes at the top of the second hour at its one-kilowatt, six-tower,
nighttime power.

Also on February 12th, from oh-nine hundred to oh-ten-hundred U-T-C, WLIQ
1530 Kilohertz in Quincy Illinois will conduct a DX test of its own WLIQ
will test for twenty minutes using Morse code, sweep tones, voice
announcement, special music, sound bites and the like at its
fourteen-hundred watts, non-directional, day power. Then WLIQ will test
for twenty minutes at two-hundred-ninety watts non-directional, critical
hours power. Finally, for the last twenty minutes of the hour, they will
test at three watts, non-directional, night power. That's right, we said
three watts which is almost miuceo power on the AM broadcast band..

The third, and last test is on Saturday, February 19th. This one will be
will be from oh-seven-hundred to oh-eight-hundred U-T-C from WLRB 1510
Kilohertz from Macomb Illinois. The WLRB test for the first thirty-minutes
will use Morse code, sweep tones, voice announcement, special music, sound
bites at one-kilowatt, non-directional, day power. For the second half of
the test, the content will be the same but the power will be reduced to
two-hundred-fifty watts, non-directional for its critical hours power.

If you would like to receive a Q-S-L, you can send a written report, or a
cassette or CD to the Chief Engineer of these stations by following the
rules and sending reports the following address: Gary Glaenzer, c/o (Put
the name of the station whose DX test your are reporting on the next
line), 325 East Douglas Avenue, Jacksonville, Illinois 62650.

Tapes or CDs will be accepted along with written reports but must be cued
up to the point of where the best reception is. If sending in a report by
mail, you must include a return, self addressed, stamped envelope if you
expect to get back a QSL or any reply.

The reports are being sent to the engineers home address, not the station.
So please be patient, as Mr. Glaenzer is the Chief Engineer for 16 radio
stations in Missouri and Illinois. E-QSLs are available. Send them to the
engineer at glaenzer (at) frontier dot com with both the station call
letters and the words "DX test" in the subject line. (W8HDU)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: TMA-20 LAUNCH VIDEO NOW ON LINE

Video of the spectacular night launch of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft can
be sewen on-line at tinyurl.com/2gx5hqd. The TMA-20 launch carried
Expedition 26 crew members NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Russian cosmonaut
Dmitry Kondratyev, and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli.
IZ0JPA to the International Space Station.

This is Nespoliu's second trip into space. In June of 2006, IZ0JPA was
assigned to the Space Shuttle mission STS-120, which is dedicated to the
build-up of the International Space Station. (UniverseToday.com,
ARNewsline.orgT)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: HOW TO WORK SATELLITES WITH YOUR HT

Clint Bradford, K6LCS, of Mira Loma California, has published an updated
copy of the "How to Work Ham Satellites With Your HT" tutorial. Its posted
on-line at www dot work dash sat dot com. (ANS)

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ON THE AIR: CELEBRATING FRANZ LISZT

A group of Hungarian radio amateurs from J noshalma will use the special
callsign HG200LST between January 1st and December 31st. This activity is
to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of composer and virtuoso
pianist Franz Liszt QSL this operation via HA5GY. (DX OnLine)

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HAM DX HELP WANTED: DX'ERS SOUGHT FOR LUXIUARY FILI OPERATION

VK4AN, OZ1IKY and possibly others are planning a major operation as 3D2A
to Fiji between March 15th and April 2nd and are currently looking for
experienced DXers to join them during this operation. They state that
their activities will be from Nadi in a 3 story 2 bedroom luxury air
conditioned apartment with roof top antennas including a full-size 160
meter Inverted Vee or delta-loop, Spiderbeam, DX-88 and other antennas.
Activity will be on 160 through 6 meters but concentrating on the lower
bands. If you would like to join their team, contact Eddie, VK4AN, at
vk4an at wia dot org dot au. More details on this upcoming ham radio
luxiary adventure are available at pacific-dxers dot com. (OPDX)

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DX

In DX, word that HA3AUI is shortly heading back to Western Africa. Look
for him to be active as 6W2SC from Senegal and J5UAP from Guinea-Bissau
between February 1st and March 31st. His activity will be on 160 through
10 meters, mainly on CW and the digital modes. QSL direct via HA3AUI.

VO1AU will be active stroke 9M6 from, East Malaysia between March 2nd and
the 15th. His operation will include the Commonwealth and
ARRL DX SSB Contests. QSL via VO1MX.

DC9TH is now on the air as 8Q7TH from Baa Atoll in the Maldives. He's
reporetedly been heard on 20 meter SSB. If you work him, please QSL to his
home callsign.

EI8CC, the former Honorary Secretary of the Irish Radio Transmitting
Societyt and new Irish ambassador to Lesotho will soon be on the air from
that nation on CW and SSB as 7P8CC. The final items of his station have
been shipped so expect to hear him on the air from Lesotho in the not to
distant future.

Lastly, ZS6TQ is now active as 9Q0HQ/6 from the Republic of the Congo. His
operation is primerally on weekends and during the week after 1800 UTC.
Listen out for him on 40through 6 meters using CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL via
K3IRV.

(Above from various DX ,news sources)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: RUSSIA TO TAKE THE INTERNET INTO SPACE

And finally this week, Russian engineers have started drawing up a plans
to take the Internet into space. They say that their new Kosmonet project
and its implementation will provide an opportunity for Runet users to
enter the Internet in a whole new way. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce
Tennant, K6PZW, has more:

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The developers of the system say that rapid access to the Internet is only
part of the task set before the Kosmonet. They give priority to
guaranteeing communications between spacecraft and establishing control
over Russian orbited flying objects from any point on the Earth and stable
communications with remote regions of Russia.

Vitaly Davydov is the deputy head of the Russian space agency. He says
that such a communication system is crucial for the north and in the Polar
Regions of Russia because satellites in the geostationary orbit cannot
provide access to these regions. He notes that for his nation to build
fixed transmitters there or lay optic fiber cables to these regions is
either economically inexpedient or technically impossible.

The new project is an upgraded version of the present system known as
Gonets which translates into the word Messenger in English. Davydov says
that it is crucial for Russia to have the possibility of ensuring
communication with any of its satellites at any time and linking them with
the mission control centers. In short, days Davydov, Russia is lifting the
Internet into orbit.

The developers emphasize that the "Kosmonet" does not depend on a ground
infrastructure. Rather, communications will be maintained with the
assistance of terminals and basic stations through satellites.
Consequently, emergency situations such as earthquakes or other calamities
cannot interrupt the proposed systems communications.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennent, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.

--

Davydov says that at present, there is no such a system, and his nation
hopes to enter into this market first. (Southgate)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE

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