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Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1796 - January 13 2012
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1796 with a release
date of January 13th, 2012 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a Q-S-T. The Supreme Court hears an appeal
dealing with broadcast indecency that could eventually
impact ham radio and other services. Also, the FCC turns
away an ARRL vanity call sign appeal dealing with club
calls; Missouri exempts hams from a proposed cellphone while
driving law and ham radio to celebrate the life of famed
country music legend Johnny Cash. All this and more on
Amateur Radio NewslineT report number 1796 coming your way
right now.
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RADIO LAW: FCC HEARS CHALLENGE TO FCC INDECENT LANGUAGE
RULES
The United States Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday,
January 10th about whether the FCC should still have a role
in policing the nation's airwaves or whether its indecency
regulations violate guarantees of free speech and due
process. Whatever the justices decide could also impact on
other, non-broadcast services as well. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, has more:
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The broadcast networks have argued successfully in lower
courts that in a world where they exist side by side with
cable channels, the Internet and satellite provided
programming that it is beyond the FCC's jurisdiction and
that singling them out is not only nonsensical but totally
unconstitutional. And in a court brief, Washington attorney
Carter G. Phillips, who represents several networks, told
the court that broadcasting is neither uniquely pervasive
nor uniquely accessible to children, yet broadcasters are
still denied the same basic First Amendment freedoms as
other media.
Phillips continued by stating that to the average American
viewer, broadcasting is just one source among hundreds in a
media-saturated environment. He noted that with a mere
press of a button on the remote control one could switch
from other to fully protected sources.
On the other side of this issue is the Obama administration
which is defending the FCC's regulatory powers. It told the
court that in what it calls a new media world that the FCC
is still required to have continued federal oversight of the
public airwaves. This, to provide a haven for parents and
children from the unregulated world of cable television and
the Internet.
In his brief, U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
wrote that generations of parents have relied on indecency
regulation to safeguard broadcast television as a relatively
safe medium for their children. He notes that the current
regulations come from a 1978 Supreme Court's decision in the
case of the FCC versus the Pacifica Foundation. There the
court upheld the commission's decision that an afternoon
radio broadcast of comedian George Carlin's 1973 monologue
broadcast over New York City station WBAI about the so-
called seven words that could not be said on television
violated indecency standards. It was in that case where the
Supreme Court found that the FCC was well within
constitutional boundaries to police the radio and television
airwaves during the times children would probably be
listening, which was interpreted between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
As to the reason that this is an important case for ham
radio and other personal radio services? Simply because
traditionally enforcement of indecency violations in amateur
radio, CB and the like has long been predicated on and tied
to the standards used to guide commercial broadcasters. If
the Supreme Court rules that the FCC cannot control indecent
language in broadcasting it could be in effect saying that
the government has no power on this issue in other services,
including what's said on the ham radio bands.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I'm Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, in
Zion, Illinois.
--
In recent years, the Supreme Court has regularly ruled in
favor of free-speech claims. But during oral arguments none
of the justices voiced any support for making a major change
in the law barring broadcast indecency during safe haven
hours. As we go to air it's not known when the Justices
will render its decision in this case. (Various published
reports)
**
RADIO LAW: FCC REJECTS ARRL PARTIAL APPEAL ON CLUB
CALLSIGNS
The FCC has rejected a motion for partial reconsideration of
revised rules enacted by the FCC. These to limit the number
of vanity calls that any individual or club can hold.
In its petition the League stated that it supports the
Commission's efforts to prevent club stations from obtaining
an unfair share of desirable call signs. But it also
expressed concern that the precise rule language adopted by
the FCC did not preclude the abuses that the Report and
Order intended to prohibit. Specifically, the ARRL believes
that if a club has multiple station trustees, each of these
trustees could obtain a vanity call sign for the club. That
in turn could allow the club to obtain multiple vanity call
signs.
But in denying the ARRL appeal the FCC said that the Leagues
petition does not provide any grounds for reconsidering the
Commission's decision in the Report and Order. It said that
the concerns expressed by ARRL about licensees attempting to
evade the rules adopted in the Report and Order are already
addressed by the Commission's licensing rules and processes.
It notes that Section 97.5(b)(2) of its rules states, in
part, that a club station license grant may be held only by
the person who is the license or trustee designated by an
officer of the club. In simpler terms, only one vanity call
sign per club. (FCC)
**
RADIO LAW: FCC GREEN LIGHTS STA FOR TEXAS HAM TO RUN HF
SPREAD SPECTRUM
The FCC has granted Philip J. Williams, KA1GMN, of Euless,
Texas, a Special Temporary Authority or STA to conduct
Spread Spectrum experiments on 160 through 2 meters.
The 6 month authorization takes effect February 1st and
expires on July 31st. It limits Williams to a maximum 2.5
kHz of signal bandwidths at 100 watts effective radiated
power. Williams was directed by the FCC to use the
Experimental Station call letters WF9XJD during his
investigational Spread Spectrum transmissions.
Previous experiments with Spread Spectrum technology have
been conducted on the ham radio bands at 222 MHz and above
where this mode of transmission is already legal. The
Special Temporary Authority granted to Williams is the first
permitting Spread Spectrum experimentation on the High
Frequency and lower VHF bands. (FCC)
**
LOW FREQUENCY EXPERIMENT: OPERA ENCODED SIGNAL TRAVELS 2200
MILES
Opera has made a big debuet on the ham radio bands. Using
the new Opera data mode, Gary Taylor, G4WGT, in Lancanshire
in the United Kingdom has successfully transmitted a signal
on 137.5 kHz across the North Atlantic to Joe Craig, VO1NA,
in Toebay, Canada. This over a distance of 3,500 kilometers
or 2200 miles.
Taylor transmitted six full callsign frames in a two hour
period, which is a big time saving over other slow digital
modes like QRSS. Opera was created by Graham Brown, G0NBD
with the actual code written by Jose Ros, EA5HVK. This as a
way of providing data operations for stations that only had
the CW capability. The most up to date information on this
mode can be found at groups.yahoo.com. (Southgate)
**
RADIO SCIENCE: UK HAMS EXPERIENCE DELAYED ECHO PHENOMENA ON
80 METERS
Two UK amateurs have reported hearing strong echoes on their
80 meter CW signals in the evening. Tony Roskilly, G3ZRJ in
Herefordshire and Andrew Fairgrieve, GW3OQK in Swansea were
in QSO on January 1st when they could hear another signal
underneath theirs. It turned out to be an echo of their own
signals.
Roskilly said the echoes were initially so strong that he
had trouble monitoring his CW keying. The delay in the
echoes was of the order of a quarter to a half second and
the echo strength hit S9. Tests by Fairgrieve on the
evening of the 3rd of January revealed the same phenomena at
around 21.00 UTC, albeit weaker in signal strength.
Steve Nichols, G0KYA, is the chairman of the RSGB's
Propagation Studies Committee. He says that these were
unlikely to be round-the-world echoes, but could be due to a
form of magnetospheric ducting where signals follow the
earth's magnetic field lines down to the southern hemisphere
before being bounced back along the same duct. Nichols said
that this was quite rare and not really understood.
Amateurs are being urged to look out for any echoes on their
80 meter signals and report any findings to G0KYA (at) qsl
(dot) net. (GB2RS)
**
RESTRUCTURING: DUTCH HAMS GRANTED BANDS AT 500 KHZ AND 70
MHZ
Dutch amateurs have been granted access to two new bands.
The first is a low-band grant from 501 to 505 kHz on a
secondary basis with power and mode restrictions. And like
most of the European continent they also now are permitted
operations from 70 to 70.5MHz. This also on a secondary
basis with restrictions on the power output level that they
can run. (GB2RS)
**
BREAK 1
From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world
including the N8LFR repeater serving Bad Aex, Michigan.
(5 sec pause here)
**
RADIO LAW: MISSOURI EXEMPTS HAMS FROM PROPOSED CELLPHONE
AND TEXTING LAW
Some good news for hams in the show me state. They won't be
subject to a new law working its way through the Missouri
legislature to control cellphone and texting while driving a
motor vehicle. Matthew Chambers, NR0Q, is here with the
details:
--
If you live in Missouri you might have heard, there is a new
Senate Bill, SB 567, that has been introduced by State
Senator Robin Write-Jones, a Democrat-St Louis to be
considered in 2012 by the Missouri Senate. There is good
news though in this bill if you're a ham radio operator. The
last line of the bill contains the following exemption
language:
Exempt are the use of two-way radio transmitters or
receivers by a licensee of the Federal Communications
Commission in the Amateur Radio Service.
That means that the mobile use of amateur transceivers is
for now safe in Missouri.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, This is Matthew Chambers,
NR0Q. In Moberly Missouri
--
From its wording, the exemption is only for ham radio so
users of F-R-S, GMRS and CB might be subject to penalties
unless the regulation gets changed to exempt theses personal
radio services as well. (NR0Q)
**
RADIO LAW: LESS THAN ONE YEAR REMAINS FOR LAND MOBILE RADIO
LICENSEES TO NARROWBAND
Land mobile radio service licensees operating in the 150 to
174 Mhz and in the 421 to 512 MHz bands now have less than a
year to transition to FCC mandated narrowband operations.
This as the regulatory agency issues a Public Notice
reminding all licensees, frequency coordinators, equipment
manufacturers, and other interested parties of the
Commission's January 1, 2013 deadline to migrate to 12.5 kHz
or narrower channel spacing technology.
By January 1, 2013, all VHF/UHF Industrial, Business and
Public Safety Radio Pool licensees must operate on 12.5 kHz
or narrower channels, or employ a technology that achieves
the narrowband equivalent of at least one channel per 12.5
kHz of channel bandwidth. As of that same date equipment
manufacturers will no longer be permitted to manufacture and
import previously certified equipment that includes a 25 kHz
channel spacing mode.
The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Public Safety
and Homeland Security Bureau, and Office of Engineering and
Technology have issued prior guidance by Public Notice
regarding narrowbanding migration, compliance, and waiver
requests. In addition, detailed information and references
to other resources concerning narrowbanding are available at
www.fcc.gov/narrowbanding.
We should add that the amateur 2 meter and 70 centimeter
bands are not affected by this FCC mandated narrowbanding
order. It only affects commercial land mobile operations.
In the world of amateur radio FM and repeaters, most regions
already use 15 kHz channel separation on 2 meters. On 70
centimeters, some regions are reportedly considering a shift
from 25 to 12.5 kHz in crowded urban areas. And to be
different than the rest of the nation, Southern California
shifted from 25 to 20 kHz inter system spacing in the 70
centimeter repeater subband several years ago. (FCC,
ARNewslineT archive)
**
RADIO LAW: VERIZON PROCEEDS WITH SPECTRUM ACQUISITIONS
A big move by telecommunications provider Verizon to ease
its own spectrum crunch. Jim Davis, W2JKD, reports:
--
Verizon is set to invest in well over 100 licenses to
operate broadband systems between 1700 MHz and 2100 MHz.
This after spending $3.6 billion dollars to obtain spectrum
from cable companies Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright
House. Jim Davis, W2JKD, has the details:
Verizon says that the acquisition is a positive development
which would take spectrum that had been gathering dust in
the cable company's inventories and put it in the hands of a
company with the motivation and wherewithal to put it to
good use.
Lowell McAdam is Verizon's Chief Executive Officer. He
recently told the Communications Daily industry newsletter
that his company feels good about the acquisition from
another perspective. This is because as Verizon has
discussed its acquisition of spectrum with the FCC, it has
found that one of the problems was there is a lot of
spectrum that has been warehoused. This says McAdam takes
spectrum with no plans for commercial service and gets it
into the hands of somebody who will use it and allow
additional investment and development.
Im Jim Davis, W2JKD.
--
Congress and the FCC are trying to push through a spectrum
package involving the auction of spectrum in the television
band but that has become bogged down in partisan politics.
However it appears as if Verizon has taken the initiative to
let the free enterprise market set the value and proceed on
its own. (Future Communications)
**
DIY RADIO NEWS: CQ TO INTRODUCE MAKER COLUMN
CQ magazine will introduce a quarterly "Maker" column, to be
written by Matt Stultz, KB3TAN, that will appear in the
March, June, September and December issues of the magazine.
KB3TAN is the founder of "HackPittsburgh. This is a
community workshop for makers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He has been a ham since 2009 and has integrated amateur
radio into many of HackPittsburgh's activities.
As already reported, the hacker and maker movement is a
worldwide do-it-yourself phenomenon among mostly younger,
tech-savvy individuals who enjoy hands-on tinkering and
experimenting with electronics, crafts and similar projects.
Many "makers" are not familiar with amateur radio, even
though hams have been "makers" since the dawn of radio. CQ
says that the goal of this column to help build and
strengthen bridges between the amateur radio and the maker
communities. (CQ)
**
DIY RADIO NEWS: MULTIPLE LANGUAGE VERSIONS OF THE DIY MAGIC
OF AMATEUR RADIO
And speaking of the maker and hacker communities, while it's
not even been out a month, there appear to be several groups
that have either asked permission to translate the ARRL's
new the DIY Magic of Amateur Radio video into other
languages or are already undertaking such a project.
Since its release last December 27th, word is that versions
with either sub titles or over-dubbed audio are being
prepared by individuals or groups around the globe in the
Spanish, Portugese and possibly even Russian languages. And
these are the ones that are known about.
Also, Tom Medlin who hosted the December 27th release of the
video on his W5KUB website has made available some
statistics. These show that the new video had viewers in
Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, France, Cayman
Islands, Puerto Rico and New Zealand as well as across the
United States.
Those who have not yet seen the new video can do so on-line
on YouTube in English at tinyurl.com/arrl-diy-movie. You
can also watch it or download it at www.arrl.org/DIY.
(ARNewslineT)
**
HAM PUBLICATIONS: WINTER 5 MHZ NEWSLETTER NOW ON LINE
The Winter edition of the 5MHz Newsletter has just been
published and includes a chart of the current 5MHz
allocations worldwide. Although originating in the United
Kingdom the publication invites worldwide readers and
contributors to take an active part in its creation. The
latest edition of the 5MHz Newsletter can be downloaded free
of charge at tinyurl.com/72mozfx. (GB2RS)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: FORMER UK OFF SHORE DJ KNIGHTED
Some names in the news. First up is Roger James Gale, a
Disk Jockey on Radio Caroline North and Caroline South in
the 1960's, who has been knighted in the United Kingdom's
New Year's Honors List. Gale had a long career in radio
before becoming the member of Parliament for the North of
Kent. He is also the president of the group Conservative
Animal Welfare. More about Roger Gale is on-line at
www.rogergale.com.
(Southgate)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: G3KMA AND G3ZAY NAMED WINNERS OF YASME
AWARD
And congratulations to Roger Ballister, G3KMA and Martin
Atherton, G3ZAY on being named as recipients of the Yasme
Excellence Award for 2011. This, in recognition for their
dedicated work for the Islands on the Air program. The
Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized
to conduct scientific and educational projects related to
amateur radio, including DXing and the introduction and
promotion of amateur radio in underdeveloped countries.
(RSGB)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: VLA TO BE RENAMED KARL G JANSKY VLA
The world's most famous radio telescope will become the Karl
G. Jansky Very Large Array on March 31st. This, to honor
the founder of radio astronomy which is the study of the
universe using radio signals naturally emitted by objects in
space.
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory announced the new
name for the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array
at the American Astronomical Society's meeting in Austin,
Texas. The new name will become official at a rededication
ceremony at the radio telescopes site in New Mexico.
The new name was selected from among 23,331 suggestions
submitted by 17,023 people from more than 65 countries. The
National Radio Astronomy Observatory had asked the public
and the astronomical community to suggest names that
reflected both the proud heritage and the future promise of
the telescope array. More is on-line at tinyurl.com/jansky-
vla. (NARO)
**
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)
**
WORLDBEAT: THE HCJB COAX CABLE MIRACLE
Word that religious broadcaster HCJB has gotten its Radio
Rasuwa project on the air as of last December the 1st, but
not without a little divine guidance. An HCJB article about
the rural Nepal radio project noted that engineer Ty Stakes
fortuitously grabbed an extra length of coaxial cable as he
packed for the journey to that lonely corner of the world.
And it's a good thing that he did.
It turned out to be needed because the station's studio was
not where it had been planned. Once on-site, Stakes and
HCJB missionary Toffer King discovered the tower was not the
one they had requested. Using local talent, translations
and drawings solutions were crafted. A local welder found
himself quite busy and needless to say that the extra length
of coax that Stakes brought with him came to good use.
HCJB's Global Technical Center in Elkhart, Indiana provided
the FM transmitter. The station's coverage area is the
northern border of Nepal with an estimated 14,000 people as
its potential audience. This includes a large number of
Tibetan refugees fleeing Chinese control of their country.
The station will air 17 hours a day, in the local language.
It joins five other HCJB FMs in Nepal. Three more are
expected to launch during 2012. (RW, HCJB)
**
WORLDBEAT: RAC LOOKING FOR NEW DEFENSE OF AMATEUR RADIO
FUND TRUSTEE
Radio Amateurs of Canada is looking for a person to fill the
recently vacated position of trustee in the Canadian Defense
of Amateur Radio Fund. The Defense of Amateur Radio Fund
trustee must be a licensed Canadian radio amateur and may
not be an officer, employee, director or agent of Radio
Amateurs of Canada. The Defense of Amateur Radio Fund is a
Trust Fund established in the early 1990's to provide
financial support for travel expenses of an amateur radio
representative on the Canadian delegation to World Radio
Conferences to defend the amateur radio bands. If you fit
the requirements and are interested in this position please
provide your name and a brief resume of no more than 500
words by e-mail to Paul Burggraaf at Vo1prb73064 (at) rac
(dot) ca.
(RAC)
**
WORLDBEAT: IRTS TO CELEBRATE 80TH ANNIVERSARY WITH CONTEST
The Irish Radio Transmitting Society which is Irelands
national ham radio organization will be celebrating its 80th
anniversary by sponsoring a worldwide contest to commemorate
the event. Called CQIR, it will take place most
appropriately on Saint Patrick's Day, which this year
occurs on Saturday, March 17th. Full rules and information
are available on-line at www.irts.ie/cqir or by email to
cqir (at) irts (dot) ie. (IRTS)
**
WORLDBEAT: EMI SOUNDS PAGE FROM ON4WW
ON4WW in Westham, Belgium, has created a web page with sound
clips that covers the many cases of interference he's dealt
with over the years. The sounds cover everything from a
rain gutter noise to plasma TV interference and even L-E-D
lighting. The ON4WW RFI audio page page is on-line at
www.on4ww.be/emi-rfi.html (Southgate)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: DUTCH ANNOUNCE FUNCUBE LAUNCH AGREEMENT
An agreement has now been reached with ISIS Launch Services
BV, based in Delft in the Netherlands, for them to provide a
launch of the FUNcube-1 CubeSat satellite. It is
anticipated that this will be with a number of other
spacecraft from a DNEPR rocket, sometime in the
third quarter of 2012.
The orbit is still to be defined precisely but it is
expected to be nearly circular and approximately sun
synchronous. The FUNcube-1 spacecraft will transmit signals
that can be easily received directly by schools and colleges
for educational outreach purposes. In addition to providing
these educational services for schools and colleges around
the world, the spacecraft will also carry a UHF to VHF
linear transponder for radio amateurs to use during local
nights, weekends and during holiday periods.
The construction and testing of the spacecraft itself has
already been funded via a legacy and other sources. For
more information, check out www.funcube.org.uk (GB2RS)
**
SPACE SCIENCE: CHINA RELEASES FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR SPACE
EXPLORATION
China plans to launch orbital space laboratories and manned
ships and prepare to build space stations over the next five
years. This according to a plan released Thursday, December
29th that shows the country's space program is very quickly
gathering momentum.
China has already said its eventual goals are to have a
space station on-orbit and put an astronaut on the moon.
According to news reports, that nation has made systematic
progress with its ambitious human spaceflight programs, but
its latest five-year plan beginning signals a major
acceleration to its space exploration program.
According to the white paper setting out China's space
progress and future missions, by the end of 2016 China says
that it will launch space laboratories, manned spaceships
and ship freighters. It will also make technological
preparations for the construction of more than one space
station.
China's space program has already made major breakthroughs
in a relatively short time, although it lags far behind the
United States and Russia in space technology and experience.
More on China's plans for its future in space is on-line at
tinyurl.com/d52q2lj (Space Science)
**
ON THE AIR W4NH FOURLANDERS SEEK WSJT CONTACTS IN VHF SWEEPS
The W4NH Fourlanders group will again be operating in the
January VHF Sweepstakes from January 21st to the 23rd from
its location near Dahlonega, Georgia. That is in grid
square EM-84-ao.
According to Jim Worsham, W4KXY, the group will operate
limited multi category on 6meters through 432 MHz running a
full gallon into stacked beams on all four bands.
W4KXY notes that the group is looking for skeds, especially
6 and 2 meters with those operating WSJT. If you are
interested in such a scheduled contact please contact Jim
Worsham by e-mail to wa4kxy (at) bellsouth (dot) net. (VHF
Reflector)
**
DX
In DX, G3PHO will be on the air as 9H3C from Malta's Gozo
Island between March 8th and the 15th. Activity will be on
80-10 meters and possibly 160m. Look for him to be an entry
in the RGSB Commonwealth Contest. QSL via his home callsign
or Logbok of the World.
JS6RRR will be operational stroke KH2 from Guam between
February 10th and the 14th. Activity will be on 160 through
6 meters using CW, SSB, FM, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via JS6RRR.
IK2GZU will be in Tanzania to do some work at a new hospital
and orphanage between March 4th and April 4th. He plans to
be active during his spare time as 5H3MB on the HF bands.
QSL via IK2GZU, direct or by the Bureau. Also, via Logbook
of the World, but only after his return home.
IK2QPR will be active stroke PJ7 from Sint Maarten through
January 16th. This operation will be holiday style on the H-
F bands. QSL via IK2QPR.
IW2CXJ will be active portable YS3 from El Salvador through
January 24th. His operation will also be holiday style on 40-
10 meters using
a Cushcraft R7 vertical and 100 watts. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or
direct to
IW2CXJ.
Lastly, OE3GEA will take to the airwaves stroke 6Y5 from
Jamaica between February 2nd and the 12th. This will be yet
another holiday style operation, mainly using CW. QSL to
his home address.
And for those not familiar with the term holiday style, it
basically means that the ham in question is on vacation and
will get on the air anytime that he or she feels like
operating, if at all.
(Above from various DX news sources)
**
THAT FINAL ITEM: CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF COUNTRY MUSIC
LEGEND JOHNNY CASH
And finally this week, ham radio will help commemorate the
life of a country music legend. Tim Goodrich, N5ASH, better
known to radio listeners as Skeeter Nash, joins us with the
details:
--
Members of my club, the Northeast Arkansas Radio Club will
be sponsoring the first ever Johnny Cash Birthday
Celebration Special Event Station. This, on what would have
been the late Country Music Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame members 80th birthday.
The Johnny Cash Birthday Celebration Special Event Station
will take to the air on Sunday, February 26th using the
special call sign N5C. You can listen out for it beginning
at 18:00 hours UTC which is noon Central U-S time. We plan
to operate for a six hour period ending around 6 p.m.
Central US time. .
N5C will have stations operating SSB on the 80, 40 20 and 10
meter bands. At least one of these will be located in Dyess
Colony, not far from the house where the Cash family once
lived.
Johnny Cash never forgot his roots here in northeast
Arkansas, and we in the amateur radio community are looking
forward to having the opportunity to honor one of the most
recognizable figures in music history. Those making contact
with N5C will receive a commemorative certificate.
From Jonesboro, Arkansas, Im Tim Goodrich, N5ASH, a-k-a
Skeeter Nash of the Northeast Arkansas Radio Club reporting
for the Amateur Radio Newsline.
--
More information on this celebration can be found at the
Northeast Arkansas Radio Club website. It's located in
cyberspace at nea-rc.org. The club also maintains a
Facebook page at eww.facebook.com/nearadioclub (N5ASH)
**
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