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Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1901 - January 17, 2014
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1901 with a release date of January
17, 2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Russia's Over The Horizon radar returns to the
ham radio bands, a Federal Appeals Court throws out the FCC's definition
of an Open Internet; the FT5ZM team is interviewed just before they depart
for Amsterdam Island and hams are asked to help the widow of a radio
amateur who was murdered back in 2011. Find out how you might be able to
assist on Amateur Radio NewslineT report number 1901 coming your way right
now.
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RADIO INTRUDERS: RUSSIAN OVER THE HORIZON RETURNS WITH A VENGEANCE
The just released December 2013 issue of the IARU Region 1 Monitoring
System electronic newsletter reports a new Russian over-the-horizon radar
signal has been heard loud and clear in the 20 meter band.
Wolfgang Hadel, DK2OhM, is the International Amateur Radio Union's Region
One Monitoring Service Coordinator. He says that this latest Over The
Horizon radar signal was about 10 kilohertz wide when it was heard and
recorded on 14.305 MHz. And that it kind of sounded a lot like the
infamous Russian Woodpecker radar system of days gone bye:
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Russian Radar audio from DK2OM
--
But that's not the only place this new woodpecker-like interference has
been heard. Other reports say this latest incarnation of the Russian
Woodpecker has also shown up on 15 and 10 meters making a pest of itself
on those bands as well.
And if that were not enough, DK2OM says that another growing problem out
of Russia is the unchecked proliferation of taxicabs being heard on 10
meter FM. While he did not post any sound file of this one, he did put up
a spectrum display photo taken on December 15th. It shows 10 Meter
Contest activity between 28.0 and 28.55 MHz with many Russian taxicabs
operating narrowband F-M just above. All and all, not a very good
situation for hams living in Europe and other near-by nations.
You can download and read the full DK2OM report in the English language at
tinyurl.com/the-woodpecker-returns. The document does require the free
Adobe Acrobat or a similar PDF reader program to display the text and
photos. (IARUMS-R1)
**
TELECOMMUNICATIONS RULES: COURT VACATES OPEN INTERNET
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia has unanimously vacated much of the FCC's Open Internet order and
remanded it back to the regulatory agency. Amateur Radio Newsline's Don
Wilbanks, AE5DW, has the details:
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In its finding the court said that although it rejects Verizon's challenge
to the Open Internet Order's disclosure rules, but that it vacates both
the anti-discrimination and the anti-blocking rules. It also concluded
that because the FCC has not classified Internet Service Providers as
common carriers, and as such that it cannot regulate them as though they
were.
The court finding went on to say that the FCC's decision is so deficient
as to raise serious doubts whether the agency can adequately justify its
decision at all. It then remanded the matter back to the Commission for
further proceedings consistent with its opinion.
Under current interpretation the FCC considers the "Open Internet" to be
the Internet as we all know it. The agency contends that it is open
because it uses free, publicly available standards that anyone can access
and build to. Also that it treats all traffic that flows across the
network in roughly the same way.
The principle of the Open Internet is sometimes referred to as "net
neutrality." Under this principle, consumers can make their own choices
about what applications and services to use and are free to decide what
lawful content they want to access, create, or share with others. The FCC
says that this openness promotes competition and enables investment and
innovation.
But this new ruling throws into confusion the efforts of the Federal
Communications Commission to limit telecommunications and cable firms from
discriminating against certain Internet traffic by slowing speeds,
impeding access or simply raising fees. If not appealed and overturned,
it can lead to higher Internet access fees for many users.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in New Orleans.
--
At this point the FCC can appeal the decision to the full court or simply
make changes suggested by the court finding. More on this decision and
how it could affect your use of the Internet can be found on the web at
tinyurl.com/no-open-internet (B&C)
**
DX UP FRONT: PLANNING OF THE AMSTERDAM ISLAND DXPEDITION
In DX up front, on the weekend of the January 11th and 12th Onno Benschop,
VK6FLAB, got to interview many of the members of the Amsterdam Island
DXpedition as they were ready to sail off to activate FT5ZM from Amsterdam
Island. This is a DX community funded operation with a $450,000 budget.
It involves shipping fourteen people to a spot in the Indian Ocean with
radios, antennas and computers and then operating the station for two
weeks. And how do you raise the level of funding needed for an operation
this immense? That's one of the questions that VK6FLAB put to Bob
Allphin, K4UEE:
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K4UEE: "The rule of thumb that I Use is that the operators in total
should contribute about half of the total budget and that's pretty much
the way this one is going to work.
"The other half has got to come from the DX community and basically there
are three sources: DX foundations such as the Northern California DX
Foundation, The International DX Association, German DX and other
foundations who use their funds to support difficult and expensive
DXpeditions.
"The second source of funds comes from the DX clubs themselves; the local
clubs. And at this point we probably have 70 to 80 DX clubs who have made
contributions. Some as small as $50 and others as much as $5000.
"And then the third source of income is from he individual DXers
themselves. And the truth of the matter is that when its all said and
done the majority of the money comes from individual DXers who are
donating anything from $5 to I guess the largest donation we've gotten
from an individual was about $4000."
--
Others interviewed include Bob Shenck, N2OO, Andy Chesnokov, UA3AB, and
expedition leader Ralph Fedor, KZ0IR, to name only a few. The interviews
range in length from about four to seventeen minutes each and cover all
aspects of the DXpedition, from planning, to building antennas, the
computing infrastructure, the journey itself, working a pile-up and of
coarse fund raising. All are in mp3 format, are licensed under Creative
Commons and can be downloaded from tinyurl.com/Amsterdam-Island-Sound.
The latest information on the progress of the DXpedition itself can be
found online at www.amsterdamdx.org. (VK6FLAB)
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DX UP FRONT: TRACKING THE AMSTERDAM ISLAND DXPEDITION TEAM
And in a related item, the Ohio Penn DX Newsletter reports that hams world
wide will be able to track and work the FT5ZM team on their journey to
Amsterdam Island aboard the on the ship the Braveheart.
By the time you hear this newscast the DXers should be well underway and
operating Maritime Mobile with the call VK6FZM. You can keep an eye on
their whereabouts at tinyurl.com/team-journey-live.
If you make contact with VK6FZedM Maritime Mobile QSL via N2OO direct, via
the bureau or electronically via ClubLog. And we will have more DX news
for you later on in this weeks newscast. (OPDX)
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BREAK 1
Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world including the KH6HPZ repeaters
of the Hawaii State RACES Net.
(5 sec pause here)
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RADIO NEED: WIDOW OF MURDERED HAM MAY LOOSE HER HOME
Back in October 2011, Newsline reported the story of David Caouette,
N6DAC, who was one of eight persons killed in a Los Angeles, California,
suburb by a mass shooter. Now his widow is in danger of losing her home.
Newsline's Joe Moell, K0OV, has the story:
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David Caouette N6DAC was one of eight persons alleged to have been killed
by Scott Dekraii. After he was murdered as he sat in his Range Rover
outside a beauty salon in Seal Beach, California, the nightmare for his
wife and family has never stopped.
According to ABC TV News in Los Angeles, Caouette was between jobs at the
time. His family says he had temporary life insurance, but the company
says he never signed the forms and is refusing to pay. Without that
income, his wife has fallen behind on the mortgage and it is nearing
foreclosure. The family says that without more income or someone to buy
the mortgage and lease back the condo, she will lose her home. Donations
are being accepted online at GoFundMe.com. Type the URL as one word,
GoFundMe.com, then search that site for "Seal Beach shooting."
Meanwhile, accused killer Scott Dekraii remains in county jail, segregated
from other inmates for his own safety. According to the Orange County
Register, deputies have had to pepper spray him at least once when he
became disruptive. Trial for the 44-year-old was scheduled to start last
November, but it has been delayed until March 24th of this year.
From Orange County, California, this is Joe Moell K0OV for Amateur Radio
Newsline.
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At the time of his murder news reports said that David Caouette was simply
in the wrong place at the wrong time and had no way to defend himself.
The Orange County District Attorney's office which is prosecuting the case
claims that Dekraai walked out of a beauty salon where he is said to have
methodically killed its staff and patrons including his ex-wife and then
shot N6DAC who was the driver of the vehicle that was simply parked next
to him. (K0OV)
**
PUBLIC SERVICE: HAM RADIO AND THE EAGLE CAP EXTREME SLED DOG RACE
Ham radio operators will once again support the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog
Race to be held January 22nd to the 25th that runs through the rugged
Wallowa Mountains in Northeastern Oregon. Radio amateurs will be
providing the event with vital communications using a remote-base and a
pair of linked repeaters on VHF. There will also be a Winlink data
connection on the High Frequency bands from the more remote check points.
This year the race communications can be heard world-wide on the DAWGGONE
Echolink Conference Server courtesy of the DoDropIn node. Communications
may also be heard on the Joseph Oregon Repeater web page at
www.josephoregonweather.com. Just click on Joseph Repeater link.
Full information on the Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race is on the web at
www.eaglecapextreme.com. (KB7DZR)
**
RESCUE RADIO: GEORGIA COMMUNITY GRADUATES NEW CERT TEAM
Members of Coweta County Georgia's fourth CERT or Community Emergency
Response Team graduating class were front and center at the January 7th
meeting of the County Commission.
Jay Jones is the Coweta County Emergency Management Agency Director. He
says the county has trained fifty CERT team members in the past two years,
with another class anticipated for the spring. He adds that the goal is
to have CERT members in every major neighborhood in the county.
Formed to provide assistance in times of disaster and community
emergencies, members of the new CERT team are also licensed amateur radio
operators. More about this story complete with a photo of the new team
members is on the web at tinyurl.com/new-cert-team. (Citizen.com)
**
RADIO LAW: REPUBLICANS CHALLENGE FCC STUDY
Republican lawmakers are banding together to keep the Fairness Doctrine
from being re-born. Amateur Radio Newslines Heather Embee, KB3TZD,
reports:
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An FCC study looking into how news stories are chosen and reported has
caught the eye of Republican members of the Commerce Committee who fear it
may be an attempt to revive the Fairness Doctrine.
In a recent letter to the FCC, the 16 lawmakers told the commission that
by looking into how editorial decisions are made by local news outlets,
the FCC is threatening their First Amendment rights.
The study, called the "Multi-Market Study of Critical Needs" plans to look
at how broadcast, print, radio and internet news stories are selected,
prioritized and produced. On its website, the FCC said the study looks at
the information needs of the American public, with special emphasis on
vulnerable and disadvantaged populations.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, in Berwick,
Pennsylvania.
--
The Fairness Doctrine required broadcasters to give equal time to both
sides of controversial issues of public importance. It was officially
dismissed back in 2011. (Radio OnLine)
**
TECHNOLOGY: RECORD ATTENDANCE AT CES 2014
The Consumer Electronics Association, which sponsors the Las Vegas based
Consumer Electronics Show says that year's CES hosted 3,200 exhibitors and
covered a record two million net square feet of exhibit space. Also there
were about 150,000 attendees of which some 35,000 or 23 percent were from
outside of the United States.
As to the technology shown, in general, the 2014 event featured devices
that seamlessly marry technology and lifestyle in ways mainstream
consumers can appreciate. Major trends this year at this years show
included wearable devices and 4K smart televisions.
As to what would be of interest to ham radio operators, shortwave
listeners and other electronics hobbyists? Gordon West, WB6NOA was there
and covered this in episode 130 of the TWiT TV program Ham Nation. You
can see and hear it on the web at twit.tv/HN. (ARNewsline from published
reports)
**
RADIO BUSINESS: ICOM MOVE INTO NEW KIRKLAND WA HEADQUARTERS
After some 30 years in Bellvue Washington, Icom America has relocated to
new and substantially larger headquarters not to far away. Their new
address is 12421 Willows Road North East, Kirkland, Washington, 98034.
All communications should be sent only to the new address. The main phone
number is still 1-800-USA-ICOM which translates into 1-800-872-4266. And
of coarse their website remains at icomamerica.com.
(VHF Reflector)
**
RADIO BUSINESS: ARC TO GO MONTHLY E-PUBLICATION AND QUARTERLY PAPER
Another change in the hobby radio publishing market. This with word that
Antique Radio Classified Magazine will resume publishing with the February
2014 issue but as a hybrid publication.
According to an announcement on its website, Antique Radio Classified will
be published monthly as an on-line magazine with a print edition to be
mailed out quarterly. This means that effective immediately, a one year
subscription will consist of twelve monthly online issues and four printed
quarterly issues. The monthly online issues will remain unchanged at 52
pages. The printed quarterly issues will mirror the previous three months
of online issues and include all articles and columns.
The next print edition will be made up of the February, March, and April
2014 issues. Antique Radio Classified says that all current subscribers
will receive the number of monthly print issues that they subscribed for.
Like other publications that have taken to electronic publication, Antique
Radio Classified says that these changes are necessary due to increased
costs in printing and postage. More is on the web at www.antiqueradio.com
As an aside, hybrid magazine is a relatively new term being used to
describe publications that are using both paper and electronic
distribution. (Antique Radio Classified)
**
SOCIAL SCENE: 2014 CONTEST DINNER TO BE HELD MAY 17 IN DAYTON OHIO
Turning to the ham radio social scene, word that the 22nd annual Contest
Dinner will be held in conjunction with the Dayton Hamvention and will
take place on Saturday night, May 17th. The venue will be the
Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Dayton, Ohio.
This years Master of Ceremonies will be Contest Hall of Fame member John
Dorr, K1AR. Doug Grant, K1DG who is the co-Chairman of WRTC 2014 will be
the featured speaker. Tickets for the 2014 Contest Dinner tickets are on
sale exclusively via the web at contestdinner.com. (K3LR)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: RETIRED ASTRONAUT VA3OOG CALLS FOR MORE SPACE
COOPERATION WITH CHINA
Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, VA3OOG, is calling for more
co-operation with China in future space exploration. He also says that he
wants this cooperation to be part of any international effort to return to
the moon.
In a recent interview with The Canadian Press Hadfield noted that China
sent its first astronaut into space in 2003 and that its ambitious space
program aims to eventually put an astronaut on the moon.
More is on the web at tinyurl.com/hadfield-on-china. (Global Mail)
**
BREAK 2
This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur. 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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WORLDBEAT: ZS9MADIBA CELEBRATES THE LIFE OF NELSON MANDELA
A just concluded ham radio operation honoring South Africa's late
President Nelson Mandela was a true on-the-air memory to the man known to
his countrymen as Madiba. Amateur Radio Newsline welcomes our new South
Africa correspondent David Conradie, ZR6DHC, who has the story of this
very special commemorative station:
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ZS9MADIBA, the special event call sign that commemorates the life of
former South African President Nelson Mandela obtained a Worked All States
award within the first 2 weeks of being on the air which is a remarkable
achievement. The callsign is also close to achieving a DXCC in all the
modes of operation, SSB, CW and Digtal.
At the time of compiling this report, ZS9MADIBA had achieved 12,846 QSO
records with 4,370 QSL records. The DXCC mode status is as follows:
Mixed 93, CW 80, Phone 65 and Digital 65.
If there was an award for the most enthusiastic radio amateur it would go
to Theunis, ZS2EC. Theunis just keeps on going day and night. Well done
Theunis.
A special word of thanks to Roger, ZS6RJ. His tally of contacts says it
all.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm David Conradie, ZR6DHC.
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Nelson Mandela passed away last December 5th at age 95. ZS9MADIBA
concluded its operation on January 11th. For more information and a final
QSO count please visit www.sarl.org.za. (ZR6DHC)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: AIST 1 AND 2 NOW ACTIVE ON 435 MHZ
Dmitry Pashkov, UB4UAD, reports transmissions have begun in the 70
centimeter band from a pair of Russian Aiat microsatellites.
Aiat 2 was launched last April 19th. It operates on 435.215 MHz. Its
companion Aisat One transmits on 435.265 MHz. It rode to orbit on
December 28th.
Until now no signals had been reported from these microsats in the amateur
bands but since January 3rd both of the tiny birds have been transmitting
a New Year's greetings on the 435 MHz frequencies.
Both satellites were developed by a group of students, postgraduates and
scientists of Samara Aerospace University. Aiat One and Aisat Two are also
known as RS-41 and RS-43 respectively. (UB4UAD via Southgate)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: FOUR NEW CUBESATS LAUNCHED TO ISS
Four new cubesats are now on board the International Space Station after
being carried to the orbiting outpost on January 9th by an Orbital
Sciences Antares launch vehicle and Cygnus space freighter. The four ham
radio birds are named LituanicaSat-1, LitSat-1, ArduSat-2 and UAPSat-1.
LituanicaSat-1 carries a 145 to 435 MHz FM transponder while LitSat-1 is
thought to be a 435 to 145 MHz linear transponder for SSB and CW
communications. It is expected the CubeSats will be deployed from the
International Space Station in the coming months but no specific dates of
deployment are known as we go to air. (ANS)
**.
ON THE AIR: W4G CELEBRATES 19TH CENTURY PIRATE JOSE GASPAR
On the air, the Tampa Florida Amateur Radio Club will be hosting special
event station W4G on January 24th to the 25th. This to celebrate the
110th Anniversary of the invasion and a parade in honor of the 19th
century Pirate Jose Gaspar.
Operation of W4G will be on 40 through 10 meters using SSB and CW. The
latter between 25 to 50 kHZ from bottom of General Class portions of each
band. Operating Hours will be 12 noon to 6 pm on January 24th and 9 am
till 4pm on parade day January 25th. More information can be found on the
web at WWW.hamclub.org. (W1GUD/4)
**
DX
In DX, F5GN is now on the air from Martinique signing stroke FM. His XYL
F4BMR will join him and be active as TO4YL between February 8th and the
24th. Their operations will be on 160 through 10 meters. QSL via F5GN.
Lastly, several sources are reporting that M0RCX will be active stroke 3B8
from Mauritius sometime around May 2nd and the 28th. Listen out for him
on 40 through 6 meters. Modes mentioned are digital plus some CW. QSL
via M0RCX, direct, via the bureau or electronically using eQSL.
(Above from various DX news sources)
**
THAT FINAL ITEM: NYC RADIO LEGEND "COUSIN BRUCIE" AND SATELLITE RADIO
And finally this week, word that a living legend, New York based radio
personality "Cousin" Bruce Morrow is combining new technology with his
historic career. Our producer Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, grew up in the Big
Apple and has the details:
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That's right, Hal. Actually I grew up in the borough of Brooklyn and can
well remember Bruce Morrow from his days on WINS and later at WABC AM.
This was during the era of the Top 40 playlist and when a career as a disk
jockey was considered as being almost royalty on the AM dial. And one of
the masters of the top 40 format is Bruce Morrow or "Cousin Brucie" as he
is known to those of us from the Big Apple.
Cousin Brucie is still on the air but now-a-days he is heard on SiriusXM
satellite radio several times a week. And in a recent telephone interview
he told us how satellite distribution has changed radio:
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Cousin Brucie: "I never thought that 40 years ago or even more that I
would be reaching just about the whole world via satellite. I'm getting
calls from the Ukraine and the Philippines besides the United States and
all over Canada and a great deal of Central America and all over the
world. This satellite thing is an amazing phenomenon and the density is
amazing. It just gets better and better every month"
--
Now it's been announced that Cousin Brucie will do one of his shows live
from the 2014 Fest for Beatles Fans in New York. We asked how it came
about:
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Cousin Brucie: "The idea of doing it on satellite radio is fabulous. I
do a lot of remotes. I do my San Gennaro Feast which brings it to the
nation. This is a New York phenomenon. I've been in Memphis, Tennessee,
at Graceland several times; the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; and so this
technology affords me the opportunity to reach a huge audience."
--
The Fest is being held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Manhattan and runs from
February 7th to the 9th. Cousin Brucie's satellite show will air on
February 8th between 6 and 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on SirriusXM and
will be a special celebration of sorts. This is because it was Cousin
Brucie who emceed the Beatles famous Shea Stadium concert way back in
1965. And he tells us that plans on having some very special guests with
him to help listeners re-live the past:
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Cousin Brucie: "We have Ronnie Spector coming down who had quite a bit to
do with the Beatles. We have Peter Asher, Donavan is going to be joining
me; Chad and Jeremy and Billy J Kramer and several of the stars that were
involved personally with the Beatles so it should be quite an interesting
show with the people on the air all relating their Beatles stories.
"And you know who is going to have the best time of all? Me; because I'm
having a great time doing what I love to do and talking about the Beatles.
What could be better?"
--
As anyone in radio will tell you, having a good time and enjoying every
moment is the main reason that they chose a career behind the mic. And in
this area of life there are none better than New York's Cousin Brucie.
Reminiscing the past, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, some 3000 miles away
from home, here in the City of Angels.
--
For anyone who loves the Beatles and the Top 40 radio era, this will be an
event that you won't want to miss. (RW, ARNewsline. Special thanks to
Art Vuolo and Jim Davis, W2JKD, in arranging this interview.)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE
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