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Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1817 - June 8 2012
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1817 with a release date of June 8,
2012 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a Q-S-T. A famed German DXer is arrested in Greece but
nobody seems to know why, including Greece. Also, medical wireless
network to operate adjacent to ham radio satellites on 13 centimeters;
Malaysia says emergency agencies should embrace amateur radio and a primer
on International lighthouse and lightship weekend. Find out the details
are on Amateur Radio NewslineT report number 1817 coming your way right
now.
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RADIO LAW: FAMED GERMAN DX'ER DJ6SI ARRESTED IN GREECE
In what has to be one of the strangest international legal issues
involving a ham radio operator, famed German DXpedition leader Baldur
Drobnica, DJ6SI, has been arrested in Greece. But in a strange turn of
events he was permitted to return to Germany if he promised that he would
come back to Greece for trial. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak,
WA6ITF, is in the newsroom trying to sort it all out:
--
Let me start by saying that it is very hard to know what has really taken
place because most of the news sources are foreign language ham radio
blogs and other news reports that have been electronically translated into
English. Also, as we go to air there comes a purported statement in
German from the person in the center of the controversy, DXer Baldur
Drobnika, DJ6SI. It was posted to QRZ.com by YO4PX after being translated
by DK5KF. As that is the latest information, lets start there and then
take a look at the rest of the story as it seemed to unfold.
The statement credited to DJ6SI reads as follows:
"June 3rd, 2012, 20:46 (UTC 2)
Dear Michael,
I wasn't charged with espionage. As a reason of my arrest it was stated
that:
1. I performed radio traffic without the approval of the Greek
authorities;
2. I owned transmitting equipment which enabled the reception of other
frequencies;
To the accusation was later added an other point:
I hindered the visualization of the content of my notebook.
I would like to ask you to eliminate the information that I was arrested
for espionage, or to replace it with my statement.
Vy 73 Baldur DJ6SI"
Now, the back story:
According to news reports, 75 year old Baldur Drobnica, DJ6SI was on
holiday on the Greek island of Kos. That's where he was reportedly taken
into custody for the crime of espionage which was quickly reduced to
operating amateur radio equipment. This, even though both Greece and
Drobnika's home country of Germany are both signatories to the CEPT
pan-European Amateur Radio licensing agreement.
Even so, Greek news reports appear to indicate DJ6SI was actually arrested
under a 1929 Greek law covering illegal operation of radio telegraph
equipment even though the CEPT agreement would likely superscede the older
law.
According to Greek ham radio blogs the accusation of espionage was based
on a complaint that he was "producing strange noises" with his computer.
Those strange noises turned out to be CW and RTTY. This was corroborated
by many who notice reports of his operation on Internet-based DX spotting
clusters.
Quite quickly the espionage charge appeared to disappear and the reduced
charge under the 1929 law implemented. And in a strange turn of events,
DJ6SI was permitted to return to Germany but he was told that he must
return to Greece to stand trial on June 7th. That hearing is likely
taking place as this newscast goes to air. But as several Greek hams have
pointed out, DJ6SI would have not been permitted to leave the country if
there were any real case or even a suspicion that he was engaged in spying
activities.
And one Greek ham radio blog took the matter a lot further. The Radio
Amateur Association of Greece issued an angry statement defending DJ6SI.
It claims that the responsibility for the entire matter should be placed
on the to the shoulders of the officer that ignored laws and regulations,
arrested DJ6SI and led him to court. They also place blame on the
prosecutor who they say was quick to suggest his conviction based on a law
passed in 1927, in the year 2012.
The hams also point out that radio amateurs have been complaining for
years to the responsible Ministry that public services and institutions
and particularly police have not been informed properly about ham radio.
The association says that it's the governments duty to inform all relevant
authorities about amateur radio and its operations.
Obviously. This story is far from over.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the
Newsroom in Los Angeles.
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You can read the Aegea News report in Google English at
tinyurl.com/DJ6SI-Aegea-News. An article by Greek amateurs protesting
Drobnika's arrest is at www.radiofono.gr/node/3251 (SV5YR, DK5KF, YO4PX,
RadioInfo.gr, QRZ.com, others)
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RESCUE RADIO: MALAYSIA SAYS EMERGENCY AGENCIES SHOULD WORK WITH HAMS
Emergency Agencies in Malaysia should work with Radio Amateurs. So says
that nations Information Department director-general Ibrahim Abd Rahman.
Director-general Rahman has been quoted in the Straits Times newspaper as
saying that integration between the two should be encouraged as it helped
the agencies to build good rapport and teamwork spirit.
Rahman said that agencies like the Fire and Rescue Department, Civil
Defense, police, the Malaysian Red Crescent Society, hospitals, the Royal
Malaysian Air Force and the Department of Civil Aviation should work
together with amateur radio operators. He notes that hams could be the
key to communicate with people in distress and, therefore, a collaboration
between government agencies and amateur radio users should be intensified.
You can read the entire story of Malaysia's new emergency response
proposal to include ham radio in its emergency communications system
on-line at tinyurl.com/malaysian-emcomm. (Straits Times)
**
RESTRUCTURING: NEW BANDS MADE AVAILABLE IN POLAND
Some new spectrum for hams in Poland. Pawel Zakrzewski, SP7TEV, reports
via the I-A-R-U Region One website that the Regulation of the Council of
Ministers from April 3rd and published in the Journal of Laws of the
Republic of Poland on May 17th has made available several new bands.
These include 70.1 to 70.3 MHz on a secondary basis with a power limit of
20 watts.
Also available to radio amateurs will be 2.400 to 2.450 Gigahertz without
causing interference to the other services in line with the article number
5 of the ITU Radio Regulations. Lastly is 3.400 to 3.410 Gigahertz on a
secondary basis, with no more than 20 watts effective radiated power.
The changes to Poland's National Table of Allocation of the Radio
Frequency Spectrum will come into effect on June 1st. (IARU R-1)
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RESTRUCTURING: BAND COVERAGE CHANGES IN DENMARK
The Danish regulator the ERST has announced the availability for of 5250
to 5450 kHz and 472 to 479 kHz and an expansion to 70 MHz to that nation's
amateur radio service.
Effective this past June 1st, the pilot program at 5 MHz ceased. It was
replaced by the new permanent allocation of 5250 to 5450 kHz. This
spectrum can be used by that nation's A certificate holders at a power
level of up to 1000 watts and B certificate holders at up to 100 watts out
using all modulation types. Previously issued trial licenses are valid
until their expiration date.
Additionally ERST announced an expansion of 70 MHz which will become
69.9375 to 70.0625 MHz, 70.0875 to 70.1125 MHz and 70.1625 to 70.5125 MHz.
No changes were implemented to the current modes and power levels for
this band.
Lastly, Denmark will also open a new amateur radio band at from 472 to 479
kHz as of January 1, 2013. (ERST)
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RESTRUCTURING: NEW LOW FREQUENCY BAND IN MONACO
The telecommunications regulator of the Principality of Monaco has
allocated the band segment of 472 to 479 kHz to its amateur service. This
is on a secondary status basis and limited to a maximum power of one watt
effective radiated power. (GB2RS)
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RESTRUCTURING: SA AGREEMENT FOR HAM RADIO AT YOUTH DAY EVENT
The South African Radio League has signed an agreement with
telecommunications regulator the Independent Communications Authority of
South Africa that will allow unlicensed persons to operate an amateur
radio station under the supervision of a licensed radio amateur. This
without the need to register as an educational station.
The agreement comes in time for implementation for the June 16th South
Africa Youth Day event. Both SARL and ICASA look at this agreement as a
further incentive to set up a demonstration station, involve more young
people in the youth day sprint and show the average man in the street how
great amateur radio is. (SARL)
**
RESTRUCTURING: MED ELECTRONICS TO OPERATE ADJACENT TO HAMSATS 13 CM
Medical electronics will soon be operational adjacent to ham radio in the
13 centimeter band. Amateur Radio Newsline's Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, has
more:
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The ARRL and AMSAT are reporting on a First Report and Order and a Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released by the FCC on May 24. In it the
regulatory agency decided to expand the Part 95 Personal Radio Service
rules to allow medical devices to operate on a secondary basis in the
spectrum from 2360 to 2400 MHz.
The new allocation came in a Report and Order on ET docket 08-59 and is
specific for Medical Body Area Networks. These provide a way for health
care facilities to monitor their patients without confining them to wired
hookups.
The use of these frequencies will be on a secondary basis. This means
that Medical Body Area Networks stations will not be allowed to cause
interference to, and must accept interference from, any primary services
using the spectrum. This includes amateur radio which operate on a
terrestrial primary basis in the 2390 to 2395 and 2395 to 2400 MHz bands.
International amateur satellite operations are allocated between 2400 to
2450 MHz, which is adjacent to the new medical devices shared spectrum.
For the amateur Radio newsline, I'm Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, in Zion,
Illinois.
--
The assignment of this new medical service to the to the shared 13
centimeter band was not much of a surprise to those who have been
following the communications politics taking pace in Washington of late.
(ARRL, ANS)
**
RADIO PLANNING: ARRL BOD APPROVES NEW 9CM BANDPLAN
The ARRL Board of Directors has unanimously voted to approve a news 9
centimeter band plan. This, as presented to it by the League's UHF and
Microwave Band Plan Committee.
In its findings, the committee recognized that local conditions or needs
may necessitate deviations from a band plan. Also that regional frequency
coordinating bodies may recommend alternatives for use in their respective
regions.
Several interesting notes about the new bandplan include an advisory that
weak signal terrestrial legacy users should be encouraged to move to
3400.3 to 3401.0 MHz, as time and resources permit. Also that broadband
segments may be used for any combination of high-speed data, amateur
television and other high-bandwidth activities. Division into channels and
or separation of uses within these segments may be done regionally, based
on need and usage.
The new plan also notes that per I-T-U Radio Regulation 5.149 that in some
regions these band segments are also used for Radio Astronomy. As such,
amateur radio use of these frequencies should be first coordinated with
the National Science Foundation.
Earlier this year, the committee asked radio amateurs for comments on a
proposed 9 cm band plan. At that time it explained that the purpose of
these band plans is to share information about how the amateur spectrum
is being used and to suggest compatible frequency ranges for various types
of application. (ARRL)
**
RADIO LAW: FCC DENIES CALL IDENTIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST
The FCC has again denied a rule making petition from Glen Zook, K9STH, of
Richardson, Texas. One that requested that Section 97.119(a) of the
Commission's Rules be amended to include an exception to the station
identification rule.
Accorsding to the FCC, Section 97.119(a) provides that an amateur station
must transmit its assigned call sign on its transmitting channel at the
end of each communication, and at least every 10 minutes during a
communication.
In his petition Zook asserted that the requirement that a station transmit
its assigned call sign at the end of each communication is routinely
violated by amateur operators.
The FCC says that Zook proposed to address this by adding to Section
97.119(a) which was an exception formerly contained in the Commission's
regulations pertaining to the Amateur Radio Service. Specifically, K9STH
requested that the rule be amended to provide that if an amateur station
transmits its call sign during its first transmission, the call sign need
not be transmitted at the end of the communications if the total
communication is less than three minutes. Zook referred to this as the
"3-minute rule."
In denying Zook's request the FCC noted that his proposal to reinstate the
"3-minute rule" was dismissed twice in the last five years. It says that
his latest petition sets forth no new facts or changed circumstances
warranting further consideration of the proposal. As such, the FCC
concludes that the current petition is repetitive and as such it is being
dismissed. (FCC)
**
FCC NEWS: SEAN LEV NAMED NEW FCC GENERAL COUNSEL
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has
announced that Sean Lev, currently Deputy General Counsel and Special
Advisor to the Chairman, will become FCC General Counsel. This after
Austin Schlick announced his decision to step down as the agency's General
Counsel, effective mid-June.
According to his bio, Lev came to the FCC from the Department of Energy,
where he served as the Acting General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel
for Environment and Nuclear Programs. Before joining the D-O-E in June
2009, Lev was a partner at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel,
where his practice focused on telecommunications, administrative law, and
appellate and general litigation. (FCC)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: HAM RADIO AT THE 2012 MENSA ANNUAL CONVENTION
The 2012 Mensa Annual Gathering and National Convention will be held July
4th through the 8th in Reno, Nevada. During the gathering, the on-line
Mensa amateur radio special interest group will be sponsoring the Special
Events Station N-7-M. According to Bil Munsil, K1ATV, of Mesa, Arizona,
there will be field day-type operation from the parking structure on top
of the Silver Legacy resort. There also may be a 2 meter station and
possibly an amateur fast scan ATV station in the lobby of the Reno
Ballroom. More about the Mensa convention is on-line at
www.ag.us.mensa.org. (K1ATV)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: FOX CITIES ARC TO COMMEMORATE AIRVENTURE 2012
Jon Oldenburg. AB9AH, tells Newsline that the Fox Cities Amateur Radio
club will once again be hosting a special event amateur radio station at
the EAA Airvenute 2012. This from July 25th to the 29th.
Station W9ZL will operate each day from 1500 to 0000 UTC from the
Airventure venue in Oshkosh Wisconsin. Stations will be active on 7.250
and 14.250 MHz SSB. Also on 52.550 MHz FM.
For a commemorative please QSL with a large self addressed stamped
envelope to FCARC AirVenture 2011, PO Box 2346, Appleton Wisconsin, 54912.
According to AB9AH this will be the 19th year that the Fox Cities club
will be hosting this commemorative Airventure station event. (AB9AH)
**
HAMVENTION 2012: OFFICIAL FIGURE SAYS OVER 24000 ATTENDED THIS YEAR
The numbers are out and they show conclusively that attendance at the
Dayton Hamvention is on the rise. Amateur Radio Newsline's Don Wilbanks,
AE5DW, has more:
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The official attendance of Hamvention 2012 reached 24,483. This good news
was announced by 2012 Hamvention General Chairman Mike Kalter, W8CI, at
the Dayton Amateur Radio Association meeting Friday night, June 1st.
According to Kalter, this was an increase over last year. He attributed
it in part to the excellent weather during Hamvention weekend.
W8CI also noted that many vendors reported excellent sales during the
three days of Hamvention. Also that many restaurants, hotels and motels
also reported increased sales. This contributing to an estimated $10
million economic impact for the region.
For the first time this year, a $3 Dayton Attractions Tour Shuttle ran
from Hara's main entrance Friday and Saturday. Stops included the National
Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright Dunbar Interpretive Center, the
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park and Carillon Park.
In his address to the club, Kalter said that Hamvention would not be
possible without the 500 plus volunteers who manage every aspect of the
event. For those not aware, the Dayton Hamvention is the largest amateur
radio gathering in the world and one of the largest events of its type
operated entirely by volunteers.
Planning is already beginning for the 62nd Hamvention which will be held
at Hara Arena May 17, 18 and 19, 2013. We plan to be there and hope that
you will be too.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Wilbanks AE5DW, in southern
Mississippi.
--
And one side note. Not to be forgotten was a high altitude balloon launch
that was again part of Hamvention activities. The two-hour flight reached
an altitude over 87,000 feet and landed in a pasture approximately eight
miles southwest of the Hara Arena launch point. Ironically, the pasture
was owned by a ham, Donald Fourman, AB8OS. (DARA)
**
THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD: VHF/UHF EXPERT EUGENE ZIMMERMANN, W3ZZ - SK
We seem to say it more and more of late, but the changing of the guard in
amateur radio continues with word of the passing of VHF and UHF expert
Eugene Zimmerman, W3ZZ.
Zimmermann, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, passed away on Sunday, June 3rd,
was likely best known in ham radio circles as the author of the popular
QST column "The World Above 50 MHz" that he wrote from 2002 to 2011. He
also served on the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee, edited the VHF
contesting column for CQ Contest magazine during its five-year lifespan
and was director of the CQ VHF Contest from 2000 through 2002.
First licensed in 1956, Zimmerman earned the coveted VUCC award on 50,
144, 222, 432, 903 and 1296 MHz, as well as DXCC, Worked All States and
Worked All Continents on 6 meters. He also logged several national Top-10
finishes in the ARRL November Sweepstakes as well as a second-place North
American finish in the CQ World Wide CW Contest operating from VP2MDD.
W3ZZ also placed in the Top 10 several times in the ARRL VHF QSO Parties
and in the ARRL VHF Sweepstakes.
Zimmerman was an ARRL Life member. He earned a PhD in Microbiology from
the University of Maryland in 1968. He began his professional career at
the National Institutes of Health where he spent a year as a technician
studying respiratory viruses. This experience sparked an interest in
virology and conquering the common cold. After this, he conducted early
research at National Institutes of Health, studying the relationship
between retroviruses and cancer, the use of the simian model for studying
leukemia and the use of interferon as an immune system modulator.
In 1976, he joined the National Institutes of Health Grants Associate
Program, which groomed promising scientists for careers in managing N-I-H
research programs. Zimmerman was then recruited to be the Scientific
Review Administrator of the Allergy and Immunology Study Section of the
Immunological Sciences Integrated Review Group, where he evaluated
research proposals to provide funds for research in immunology.
Eugene Zimmerman, W3ZZ, was a member of the Delmarva VHF and Microwave
Society, the Grid Pirates Contest Group, a Past President of the Potomac
Valley Radio Club and an honorary member of the Connecticut Wireless
Association.
As we go to air memorial services had not yet been announced. At the time
of his passing Gene Zimmermann, W3ZZ, was age 71. (ARRL)
**
WORLDBEAT: 2012 OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY TRACKED ON APRS
The 2012 Olympic Torch Relay route is being tracked on the APRS.fi web
site. To see it go to http://aprs.fi/ and enter Torch2012 in the Track
Callsign field. Also information on the Worked All Britain Follow the
Torch Award is on-line at www.worked-all-britain.co.uk. (GB2RS)
**
WORLDBEAT: SPECIAL CENTENIARY CALL FOR WIA
2012 is the Centenary of the Wireless Institute of Australia being
established in the State of Queensland. The special Centenary callsign,
VK-100-WIQ, was activated on June 1st and will be active through July 31st
by way of the W-I-A affiliated radio clubs in Queensland. There is also a
Centenary QSL card and a Centenary award available. Details can be found
at www.wia.org.au. (WIA)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: LISTEN TO HORYU-2 ON THE WWW
YO8SSQ and YO8TLC have made available a web based receiver to enable
listeners to hear the new HORYU-2 amateur radio satellite. This when the
new bird is within range of Romania.
The WebSDR receiver is located at the Astronomical Observatory Department
of the University in Suceava. That in grid locator KN 37 at a height of
350 meters above sea level.
The hardware consists of two SDR receivers which are fed into 48 kHz sound
cards on an AMD Sempron 2600+ computer running Vector Linux. The web page
displays a track showing the current position of HORYU-2. It also
provides coverage of the 3.65 to 3.710 MHz portion of the 80 band.
You can listen to the HORYU-2 and 80 meter WebSDR receivers at
tinyurl.com/sdr-sat-receiver
(HORYU-2 TEAM)
**
DX
In DX Word from the ARRL that 2012 XX9E operation from Macao has been
approved for DXCC credit. If you worked that operation you can submit it
for DXCC.
On the air, ON8ZZ, ON3JA and ON3NT will be active as MU stroke OT9Z from
Guernsey between July 16th to the 20th. During their stay on Guernsey,
they plan to activate Herm Island on the 17th, Sark Island on the 18th and
Alderny Island on the 19th. The group will then head south to be active
from Chausey Island between July 27th and the 29th using the call F/OT9Z
from . QSL all operations via OT9Z.
OE4JHW reports that he will do a suitcase DXpedition to Kuredu Island
between September 2nd and the 4th. More details including the QSL route
will be forthcoming in the near future.
AC8G who was planning a 6 night stay in Grenada for the CQ WW SSB Contest,
October 27th and 28th, has announced that the airline that was to
transport him has cancelled his flight. Other dates offered were not
acceptable, so he has terminated his plans the operation.
DL9WVM, will once again be active portable A6 from Dubai through June
30th. . His activity will be on 80 through 10 meters. QSL via Logbook of
the World or via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
DL2RMC is also on the air slash A6 from Abu Dhabi which started around May
29th. He will be there for 3 weeks depending on his job in United Arab
Emerites. QSL as directed on the air.
Lastly N0TG has announced a 2013 operation to Sint Maarten between
March 15th to the 23rd. He states that he has the facility arranged, as
well as tickets, and all other aspects required so you can look for N0TG,
AA4VK and N1SNB to sign slant PJ during that operation. Activity will
probably be on all bands and modes. QSL's all three callsigns will go via
N0TG.
(Above from various DX news sources)
**
THAT FINAL ITEM: A PRIMER ON ILLW
And finally a bit of ham radio history on International Lighthouse and
Lightship Weekend. From down-under here's Felix Scerri, VK4FUQ:
--
The 15th annual International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend in August
has inspired many to register early with 32 countries and nearly 250
registered already.
Although this is just over half of the countries normally attracted by the
event it is slightly ahead of expectations with ten weeks to go.
The weekend increases the public awareness of lighthouses and lightships
and their need for them to be preserved, promotes amateur radio and
fosters international goodwill.
The event was started mainly by late Mike Dalrymple GM4SUC and the Ayr
Amateur Radio Group in 1995 as the Northern Lighthouse Activity Weekend
with stations at Scottish lighthouses. It quickly went international.
The third weekend in August coincides with the worldwide lighthouse open
day organized by the Association of Lighthouse Keepers that sees public
access to many of the featured lighthouses.
During the weekend a group or individual sets up an amateur station at or
adjacent to a lighthouse, lightship or marine beacon that is listed.
To register, complete a short online form, read the event rules and have
lots of fun. You will see complete statistics on past events, reports from
previous years and ILLW are on Facebook too.
--
This year's International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend is slated for
August 18th and 19th and runs 48 hours. If you have access to a
lighthouse or lightship you want to activate, you can register for the
event on-line at www.illw.org. (WIA News)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE
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