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Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1867 - May 24 2013
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1867 with a release date of May 24
2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a Q-S-T. Ham radio joins other services in responding to
tornadoes in the Great Plains; Israeli hams get limited access to 5 MHz, a
distracted driving law that exempts ham radio is signed by Hawaii's
governor; a major DXpedition to Heard Island is delayed and an in-depth
look at Hamvention 2013. All this and more on Amateur Radio NewslineT
report number 1867 coming your way right now.
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RESCUE RADIO: RADIO SERVICES RESPOND TO MIDWEST TORNADOES
Several radio services including broadcasters and hams responded as
several days of severe weather including tornadoes hit the Central Plains.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, is here with what we know
so far:
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The pictures seen on cable and network news channels of the devastation in
Oklahoma have been gut-wrenching.
But emergency officials are saying the warnings and local broadcast
coverage by radio and television probably saved hundreds if not thousands
of lives.
Amateur radio played a part in the initial hours after the tornado went
through the community of Moore in the Oklahoma City area.
Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW, is the American Radio Relay League section manager
for Oklahoma. He tells Newsline in an interview that the real call-up
came through the Amateur Radio Emegency Service for operators to assist
the Red Cross chapter.
"We've had one specific request of ARES to assist with the Red Cross in
communications between the chapter office and their feeding area down at
the incident command post and we secured from that."
O'Dell says the operation secured Wednesday night.
"I do know of a couple of instances where there have been some other folks
that have been involved not for any real length of time. Once Comm-El got
their systems up and running, everything was in pretty good shape."
O'Dell, who lives about 75 miles north of the tornado-affected region of
the state, says while the devastation is vast, it is confined to a narrow
area. And that enabled emergency crews to keep police, fire and emergency
radios up and running and restore wireless service rapidly.
"What a lot of people don't understand is that this is a 17-mile-long
tract but it's only a couple of miles wide," O'Dell says. "You get outside
of that and things work pretty well. So, just the communication within
that strip is the only thing that's been really in question."
O'Dell says the Oklahoma City-Moore area has lots of experience dealing
with tornadoes....
"This isn't their first rodeo," O'Dell says. "These people know what
they're doing, they're very good at it. The communications systems because
of this and because of events they've had in the past, especially the May
3, 1999 storm that went basically through a very similar part of Moore, a
lot of the communications systems have been hardened a whole lot.
"And, have also been decentralized. So that the infrastructure issue isn't
quite as big a deal as you would have in a much broader situation."
O'Dell describes the people of Oklahoma as resilient.
Although he concedes there are a couple people who lost their homes in
1999 and on the same site in the most recent tornado.
O'Dell says he wouldn't be surprised if some of them took this second hit
as a divinely-inspired message to move elsewhere.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V.
--
As this newscast is being prepared rescue workers are still sifting
through the rubble of the twisters that brought death and destruction to
the area. Meantime ham radio operators remain on alert in case they are
needed. (ARNewslineT)
**
PROPAGATION ALERT: M5 X-RAY FLARE OF MAY 22, 2013
Some breaking propagation news. I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF
CQ Magazine reports via Facebook that a strong M5.0 solar flare occurred
on Wednesday, May 22nd at around 13:32 UTC. Its origin was on the sunspot
1745, on the west side of the Sun.
A CME or coronal mass ejection was projected into space and is clearly
visible in the images of NASA SOHO spacecraft. If the plasma is directed
Earthward the CME could soon trigger aurora and other geomagnetic activity
including some level of High Frequency radio degradation.
If you are on Facebook be sure to "Like" the CQ Magazine to have alerts
like this show up in your timeline. More information on this event, as
well as sunspots and solar flares is on-line at SunSpotWatch.com
I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF. Jim. (CQ via Facebook)
**
RESTRUCTURING: ISRAELI AMATEURS GET LIMITED 5 MHZ TEMPORARY ACCESSES
The Israel's radio regulator has decided to grant temporary permissions on
an individual application basis for use of eight discrete frequencies
between 5298.5 and 5.047 MHz. These channels are available to General and
Extra Class license holders. The maximum power allowed is 100 Watts Peak
Envelope Power measured at the Transmitter rather than Effective Radiated
Power from the antenna.
The Israel Amateur Radio Club is that nation's national amateur radio
society. It says that it's main goal in obtaining this allocation is to
experiment for local short range emergency communication readiness and
that long distance activity is a side product.
The validity of this temporary authority is from a given applications
approval date until mid March 2014 but it appears this could be extended.
Operation is on a secondary status and was coordinated with the Spectrum
Committee representing primary and other relevant spectrum users. More
information is on-line at tinyurl.com/Israel-5-mhz. (IARC, RSGB)
**
RADIO LAW: HAWAII CELL LAW EXCLUDING HAM RADIO SIGNED BUY GOVERNOR
Mobile ham radio operations have received an exclusion as Hawaii Governor
Neal Ambercrombie signed House Bill 980 on Monday May 20th. . This is
the State's new law that takes effect on July 1st and enforces a ban on
the use of mobile electronics and places strict limitations on text
messaging while operating a motor vehicle.
Specifically, with certain exceptions, House Bill 980 prohibits the use of
cellphones and other mobile electronic devices while operating a vehicle
statewide. It specifically prohibits activities such as texting,
instant-messaging, gaming and e-mailing, which take a driver's eyes and
mind off the road and hands off of the steering wheel.
The use of hands-free devices remain permitted but a new change is a
restriction for those under 18 years of age.
According to Ron Hashiro, AH6RH, the exemption for mobile amateur radio
use which was already available in four counties has survived the 2013
State Legislature and remains in effect state-wide.
Hashiro, who is the Hawaii State Civil Defense ARES Emergency Coordinator
and the State Civil Defense RACES Coordinator praised the amateur radio
operators who since 2009 who have been involved in the legislative effort
to preserve mobile amateur radio operating privileges. More is on the web
at tinyurl.com/hawaii-cell-law-signed
(AH6RH)
**
BREAKING DX NEWS: HEARD ISLAND DXPEDITION RESCHEDULED
Some breaking news in the world of DX. This with word that a planned
Cordell Expedition operation from Heard Island has been postponed until
January of 2015.
According to expedition organizer Robert Schmieder, KK6EK and co-planner
Rich Holoch, KY6R, the primary reason for the delay was the cost of using
the preferred vessel, the Marion Dufresne, to put the team on the island
for the required time.
In note to the Ohio Penn DX Newsletter and republished by the Southgate
News, KK6EK and KY6R say that despite extensive negotiations and
rescheduling of the cruise, it became clear that the cost of using this
vessel will exceed $1 million. Therefore the total cost for the project
would be about $1.5 million and that even increasing the team size to 50
to partially cover this cost was not enough. So the planners reluctantly
concluded that sponsorship at this level would be impossible.
KK6EK and KY6R say that they have therefore decided to delay the
expedition to the early 2015 date to allow more time to restructure the
project. It will also give them the ability to locate a more suitable
vessel and bring the cost more in line with projected available resources.
According to Club Log, Heard Island is Number 7 on its DXCC Most Wanted
List. The operations website is at www.heardisland.org. A detailed
account of the problems being incurred in planning this important
expedition is on line at tinyurl.com/Heard-Rescheduled and we will have
more DX related news near the end of this week's newscast. (OPDX,
Southgate)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: A LOOK AT HAMVENTION 2013
The 2013 Dayton Hamvention will likely go down in the amateur radio
history books as one of the best. And while it will be a while before we
know the actual number of those attending, all indictors say that it was
again a banner year. Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB,
reports:
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It was rather foggy on Friday, May 17th when the doors opened at the Hara
Arena for the 2013 Dayton Hamvention. But the gloom outside was quickly
replaced by crowds of hams inside the showplace ready for three days of
ham radio fun. One of these was Hollywood producer Dave Bell, W6AQ:
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Bell: "So the first thing I do is go down the ramp to deposit my ticket
stub; my winning ticket stub which has never won. And then down into the
main arena which I call the `snake pit' because it is always full and this
Friday it was even fuller than usual. It was packed/
"I turned around and went out the the way I came in and into a relatively
empty hallway to go around to where the rest of the merchants were and it
was busy over there too. I think the merchants must have done a
gangbusters business this time."
--
According to several long time attendees, numbers appeared good for an
opening day as its been the past two or three years. The ARRL reports
that its Expo area drew a substantial crowd with popular activities such
as the W1AW 75th anniversary exhibit, the Youth Lounge and spectral purity
testing provided courtesy of the ARRL Lab. And as usual, lines formed
immediately for DXCC card checking.
There were several new products introduced at Hamvention 2013 and while we
do not have time this week to cover all of them, perhaps one of the most
interesting was Yaesu's new High Frequency transceiver. Tim Phactor,
KT7F, of Yaesu described the new entry:
--
Phactor: "Weve come out with a very new HF rig which is called the
FTDX-1200 which is an entry level TFT screen radio.
"Last year you may remember that we came out with the FTDX-3000 which was
an opportunity for those who liked the 5000 to have a price point a little
less. So this year we just topped that with now an entry level TFT screen
radio with a built-in bandscope and the kind of features you would find on
a higher priced radio."
--
Not to be outdone, Icom was there with two new products. The company
showcased both its ID-51A portable and IC-7100 mobile radios. Both are are
D-STAR ready and as such they facilitate clear digital voice, short data
messages, worldwide D-STAR linked repeater access over the Internet and
more.
The IC-7100 is particularly of interest in that it combines VHF and UHF
analog and digital with all-band all-mode mobile operations using a new
slanted control head with what is the amateur industries first
touchscreen interface. This is the radio many saw previewed on the Ham
Nation Internet TV show a few months ago.
Icom, along with several other manufacturers were also prize contributors
to one of the highlights at the Hamvention for over a quarter of a
century. That being the Youth Forum hosted by New York City educator
Carole Perry, WB2MGP. This session usually pulls one of the largest
crowds of any session and 2013 was no exception:
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Perry: "Well this year was a banner year for the Youth Forum. It was our
26th year and we had close to 300 people in what I refer to as the love
audience. Those who come out to support the kids.
"I had six young speakers age 10 to 18 who gave phenomenal presentations.
We had a scientist doing a live demonstration on cloaking (which is) a new
technology and he tied it into his childhood involved with amateur radio.
And we had twenty-two radios that were donated by the manufacturers Icom,
Kenwood and MFJ. And it was simply wonderful!"
--
Meantime, over in the ARRL Expo area there was also an emphasis on youth
and according to the Leagues president Kay Cragie, N3KN, this young
peoples interest in ham radio bodes well for the future:
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Cragie: "One of the things I think is most positive is that young people
who are in technical and engineering fields `get' amateur radio today. A
lot of them are going to spend their careers in the wireless industry so
radio makes sense to them in a way that it might not have twenty or
twenty-five years ago when everything was computer programming."
--
Even though the theme of this year's Hamvention was DX, there was a lot
there dealing with ham radio technology as well. One of the most
interesting hi-tech displays was over at the Amsat booth where AMSAT-North
America had the engineering model of the Fox-1 satellite on display. The
satellite is presently scheduled to fly in November 2014.
But for the average ham in the street it was a book that caught a lot of
attention. The Heil Ham Radio Handbook, Edition 2 is a newly revised
edition of Bob Heil, K9EID's earlier work but updated for ham radio in the
21st century. And according to K9EID, this was for him a labor of love:
--
Heil: "The big focus here for us this year is our book. Thanks to a lot
of people, Stephan Kinford probably being one of the most valuable, we
were able to take our book from 1976 and we've enhanced it. A lot of the
old stuff left there but we also put a lot of new stuff in it. And its
really been successful here; everybody is thrilled with it and I am
honored to bring things to this industry that haven't been here before."
--
Thank you for the compliment Bob. I can tell you that working with you on
this project was one I enjoyed as well.
Theres lots more to tell you about Hamvention 2013, but that's all the
time we have right now. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephan
Kinford, N8WB, in ham radio city, U.S.A.
--
Stephan will be back next week with more on Hamvention 2013. Meantime if
you were not there and did not see any of the live streaming video of this
years event there's still a way to get a peak at some of the highlights in
a slide show video posted to YouTube by Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB, Just take
your web browser to tinyurl.com/freeze-frame-video, sit back and enjoy.
(ARNewslineT)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: NORTHERN NEVADA SWAPFEST ON JUNE 1ST
Turning to other events on the ham radio social calendar, the 8th annual
Northern Nevada Swap Meet is slated for Saturday, June 1st at the Brad
Hollander N7RCA Ranch in the city of Minden. That's about 15 miles South
of Carson City. Anyone interested in radio from the latest and greatest
to old boat anchor gear is welcome. A map and contact information is
on-line at www.N7RCA.info. (N7RCA)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: SEA-PAC AMATEUR RADIO CONVENTION MAY 31 - JUNE2
The SEA-PAC Amateur Radio Convention takes place in Seaside, Oregon, May
31st to June 2nd. SEA-PAC is the Northwest's largest amateur radio
gathering with communication equipment dealers and factory representatives
on hand to demonstrate the very latest in ham radio technology. Also
seminars will be held on emergency communications, digital communications,
the national electrical code for amateur radio and there will also be
amateur radio licensing testing. For more information on this fun event
take your web browser to seapac.org.
(SEA-PAC)
**
ENFORCEMENT: PITTSBURGH CB OPERATOR ISSUED $18000 NAL
A Pennsylvania Citizens Band radio operator has been issued an $18,000
Notice of Apparent Liability for several violations of Part 95 of the FCC
rules. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reports:
--
In its May 14 order the FCC alleges that Pittsburgh resident Nathaniel
Johnson failed to comply with restricted hours of station operation as
required in an official notice. Also that he failed to make his CB
station available for inspection by authorized FCC representatives.
This story goes back to January 19, 2012. Thats when the FCC received a
complaint alleging that Nataniel Johnson's CB station was causing
interference to his neighbors' telephone and television reception.
When agents in the Enforcement Bureau's Philadelphia Office attempted to
conduct an on-scene inspection at Johnson's residence on February 16,
2012, no one answered the door. So on March 19, 2012, the Philadelphia
Office sent a Warning Letter to Johnson, directing him to contact the
Philadelphia Office within ten calendar days to schedule an inspection.
The Warning Letter also specified that if the harmful interference
continued, and arrangements were not made with the Philadelphia Office to
schedule an inspection, the Commission might impose restricted hours of
operation for the CB station. Johnson did not contact the Philadelphia
Office to schedule an inspection as directed.
This pattern repeated itself even after the FCC sent Johnson two separate
warning letters and imposed quiet hours on his operation.
On October 11, 2012, agents from the Philadelphia Office performed an
on-scene investigation to confirm the source of continuing interference to
televisions and telephones in Nathaniel Johnson's neighborhood. At 9:55
a.m., during the Quiet Hours period, the agents monitored multiple radio
transmissions on the frequencies 27.025 MHz, 27.055 MHz, and 27.015 MHz.
They then T-Hunted the interference directly to Johnson's residence.
Agents then knocked multiple times on the door but no one answered but the
transmissions on 27.025 MHz, 27.055 MHz, and 27.015 MHz ceased. The
agents left copies of the June 12 Warning Letter on Johnson's front door,
back door, and in his mailbox to remind him of the operational
restrictions and the directive to immediately contact the Philadelphia
Office to schedule an inspection.
However the FCC says that to the day it issued the Notice of Apparent
Liability that Nathaniel Johnson still had not contacted the Philadelphia
Office, and that Office continues to receive interference complaints
concerning Johnson's CB station operation.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, in Berwick,
P.A..
--
In addition to the $18,000 proposed fine which he was given the customary
30 days to pay the FCC has also ordered Johnson submit a written
statement, signed under penalty of perjury, confirming compliance with the
Quiet Hours restriction. He is also ordered to specify a date and time no
later than forty-five calendar days from issuance of the NAL when FCC
agents can inspect his CB radio station. (FCC)
**
PUBLIC SERVICE: HAM RADIO COMMUNICATORS NEEDED FOR 2013 SUMMER SPECIAL
OLYMPIC GAMES
Ham radio volunteers in Southern California are needed to provide
communicators for the 2013 Special Olympics Summer Games. The dates are
June 8 and 9 with the venue being the California State University in the
city of Long Beach.
More than 1,100 athletes from throughout the region will showcase their
determination, courage, and skills at this years summer games. This event
is free and open to the public. If you or your group is available to
volunteer please contact Mark Lidikay, KE6TNM, by e-mail to MLidikay (at)
holdenandrew (dot) com (KE6TNM via N6ZXJ)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: CLYBURN NOW ACTING CHAIR OF THE FCC
Some names in the news. First up is FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn who
became acting chair of the agency, effective Monday, May 20th. She is
temporarily replacing former FCC chairman Julius Genachowski who retired
from that position on Friday, May 17th.
Clyburn is the first woman to hold that post and will continue to helm the
agency until President Obama's nominee for Chairman, Tom Wheeler can
receive his nomination hearing. According to a Senate Commerce Committee
spokesman that's not likely to happen any earlier than sometime in June.
Also up for grabs is the seat of now retired Commissioner Robert McDowell
who is headed for a new position at the Hudson Institute. That could take
from several weeks to several months. Until at least one of the two
vacant positions can be filled the FCC will be at operating with the bare
minimum of three seated commissioners that is required for a quorum. (RW)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: JUSTIN JOHNSON, G0KSC RECEIVES AWARD FROM RSGB
InnovAntennas, Ltd. founder Justin Johnson, G0KSC, has been awarded the
Harold Rose Plate by the Radio Society of Great Britain. This in
recognition of Justin's many contributions to 50 MHz antenna technology
and the amateur radio community.
The award citation was presented to G0KSC at the RSGB's Annual General
Meeting in April. This is considered to be a very prestigious honor and
was made in recognition of Justin's years of design, development and
teaching of the tools and techniques that have led to the introduction of
several novel antenna designs. These include such antennas as the Loop
Fed Array and the Optimized Wide-band Low-Impedance Yagi. (GB2RS)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: CQ MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES HALLS OF FAME INDUCTEES
CQ magazine has announced eight inductees to its Amateur Radio Hall of
Fame. Its also adding two members each to the CQ DX and Contest Halls of
Fame.
The 2013 inductees to the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame are longtime
amateur radio industry leader Evelyn Garrison, WS7A; former QST Magazine
Managing Editor Joel Kleinman, N1BKE; well known BBC correspondent Laurie
Margolis, G3UML/GPC3L; former Wireless Institute of Australia leader and
Chairman of IARU Region 3 Michael Owen, VK3KI; Harry Rubinstein the
ex-9EEV who is credited as the inventor of the printed circuit and several
other devices; journalist, author and historian Walker Tompkins, K6ATX;
famed guitarist and performer Joe Walsh, WB6ACU, and former CQ Novice
Editor Bill Welsh, W6DDB. Evelyn Garrison, Joel Kleinman, Michael Owen,
Harry Rubenstein and Bill Welsh are being honored posthumously for their
contributions.
The 2013 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are Vladimir Bykov,
UA4WHX/AC4LN and Robert "Gary" Dixon, K4MQG. CQ Contest Hall of Fame
inductees are Dale Green, VE7SV, and Charles Fulp, K3WW.
Formal ceremonies to the CQ Contest and CQ DX Halls of Fame took place at
last weeks Dayton Hamvention. A more detailed descriptions of this years
inductees will appear in the July 2013 issue of CQ magazine. (CQ)
**
RADIO HISTORY: FIRST RADIO REPORT OF SPORTING EVENT COMMEMORATED
A bit of radio history. Were you aware that the first reporting by
wireless of a sporting event took place in Dublin Bay during the Kingstown
Yacht Regatta way back in July 1898? It did and plans are afoot for ham
radio to commemorate the event.
The story goes this way. At the request of the Express newspaper, famed
inventor Guglielmo Marconi installed wireless equipment aboard the vessel
the Flying Huntress and transmitted reports to the harbormaster's office
in the town of Kingstown which is now known as Dun Laoghaire. The results
were posted in a window and published even before the yachts returned to
port.
Now in 2013, to commemorate the event Ireland's Howth Martello Radio Group
and the South Dublin Radio Club plan to set up two special event stations.
As the races took place off Howth Head, one station will operate from the
Martello Tower in Howth and the other from the Maritime Museum in Dun
Laoghaire.
The weekend of 20-21 July is proposed for this operation but it has to be
added that planning is at an early stage. As such things are still
subject to change. (IRTS)
**
RADIO SCIENCE: NASA ROVER EXPLORING GREENLAND ICE SHELF
A new NASA wheeled explorer has been released here on mother Earth. Named
Grover which is an acronym for the Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for
Exploration and Research the radio equipped rover will explore Greenland's
ice sheets to better understand how they form, and how quickly they may be
melting.
Grover was developed by teams of students in the 2010 and 2011 summer
engineering boot camps at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland,
according to a release from NASA. The 6-foot-tall, 800-pound vehicle is
equipped with ground-penetrating radar that will send pulses into the ice
sheet, and measure the reflections to tell researchers about the
characteristics of the snow and ice layers.
While radio equipped, Grover is solar-powered and semi-autonomous. It
began its first mission on Friday, May 3rd, and will continue through
Saturday, June 8th. More about this Earth based NASA explorer is in line
at tinyurl.com/meet-grover (NASA, Live Science)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: CALL FOR PAPERS FOR 2013 DIGITAL ARRL-TAPR DCC
Hams worldwide are invited to submit papers for publication in the printed
proceedings of the joint ARRL and Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Digital
Communications Conference. The conference slated for September 20th to
the 22nd in Seattle, Washington but you do not have to attend to submit a
paper for consideration. Submissions will not be edited and authors will
retain all rights. If you have such a presentation that you would like to
see included, please send it before July 31st to Maty Weinberg, ARRL
Headquarters, 225 Main Street, Newington, Connecticut, 06111 or by e-mail
to maty (at) arrl (dot) org. (ANS)
**
WORLDBEAT: DARC AWARDS: PDF VERSIONS AND PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL
The national amateur radio society of Germany says that following a
successful test certain Deutscher Amateur Radio Club awards will become
available as PDF printable file at reduced fees, and payment via PayPal
will be accepted. At the same time fees for printed awards were adjusted
to their actual costs.
The DARC says that as of June onwards printed awards will cost 7 Euros
while an e-mailed PDF file award will be available for only 3 Euro.
Implementation of this new payment system will begin with the Worked All
Europe Award with others to follow.
(DARC)
**
WORLDBEAT: THREE DECADE OLD TI9CCC DATES FINALLY APPROVED
Bill Moore, NC1L, at the ARRL DXCC Desk reports that an almost three
decade old operation from Cocos Island has been approved for DXCC credit.
According to Moore, over the years some applicants have had the TI9CCC
operation rejected in their DXCC application mostly due to an "Incorrect
Date Period." Now, the issue with the dates for this operation has been
resolved. If you had this operation rejected, and your confirmation falls
between February 15 through February 28, 1984 you are invited to send an
e-mail to bmoore (at) arrl (dot) org to be placed on the list for an
update to your record.
(ARRL DXCC)
**
DX
In DX, word that OD5SK is currently active from Jordan as JY8KS. He is
reported to be on the HF bands only. QSL via IZ8CLM.
Five English amateurs will use the callsign SZ8S from the Greek island of
Samos through the 30th of May. This will count as EU-049 for the Islands
on the Air Award. QSLs go via G1LAT for direct cards or via M0SCG for
bureau cards.
VE3DZ will be active from Bermuda through May 30th as VP9FOC He will be
operational on all of the High Frequency bands QSL via home call.
DJ2II will visit IOTA reference EU-042 through May 30th working stroke P
on 80 through 10 meters. He will be using SSB and CW only. QSL via DJ2II
either direct or via the bureau.
K9VV and WP2XX will be visiting the Radio Reef DXers super station on St
Croix Island from May 21st to 28th. They will be on the air with their
own callsigns and as KP2M for the CQ WPX CW contest. QSL for KP2M go via
Logbook of the World or direct via AI4U.
UT6UD will be operational from Hiva Oa Island in the Marquesas from July
7th to the 13th and from Rurutu in the Austral Islands from July 14th to
the 22nd operating stroke F Oh. He will be active on 30 through 10 meters
on CW , SSB , RTTY. QSL via his home call of UT6UD.
Lastly, WB8BZK will be on the air stroke VE3 from Seseganaga Lake in
Ontario. Canada between May 26th and 31st. He will be operating only on 6
meters, primarily on 50.135MHz running SSB and CW. Operating times are
tentatively each morning at 1230 GMT and then again between 22.30 and
23.00 GMT each evening. If you make contact, please QSL with a self
addressed, USA- stamped envelope to WB8BZK at his address on QRZ.com.
**
THAT FINAL ITEM: DAYTON 2013 - THE MARGELLI REPORT
And finally this week, no report on the Dayton Hamvention would be
complete without a few words from someone who has quite literally devoted
his entire life and professional career to amateur radio. Heres a quick
assessment of this years Dayton gathering from Chip Margelli, K7JA:
--
Margelli: "Ive seen a lot of excited people this weekend looking to put
up new antennas or get new radios or looking tp learn something new.
"The theme of the convention this year is DX and to me DX is what ham
radio is all about. It's right at the heart and soul of everything to do
with ham radio.
"Everybody seems to be having a good time learning, seeing, meeting up
with old friends and just having a ball in Dayton."
--
Thank you Chip and our thanks also to the organizers of Hamvention 2013
for yet another great show. Ands less we forget to mention, mark your
calendars now with the dates of next May 16, 17 and 18 for Hamvention
2014. We will see you there. (ARNewslineT)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE
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Before we go a reminder that the there are only about a week and a half
left to nominate a young ham age 18 or under for this years Amateur Radio
Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award. The closing date is midnight on May
30th and any nominations postmarked or sent to us electronically after
that date will not be counted for this years judging. This years winner
will receive an expense paid trip to the Huntsville Hamfest courtesy of
Yaesu USA, a week at Spacecamp Huntsville from CQ Magazine, a prize of ham
radio gear and a plaque commemorating the event from us here at the
Amateur Radio Newsline. Full details and a nominating form are on our
website at www.arnewsline.org/yhoty. We look forward to receiving your
nominations.
For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors' desk, I'm Jim Davis,
W2JKD, saying 73 from Florida's Treasure Coast, and we thank you for
listening.
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