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Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1907 - February 28, 2014
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1907 with a release date of February,
28 2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. An Ohio town challenges the states PRB-1 like
law; the Sun unleashes a powerful X Class Flare; GAREC 2014 to meet in
Huntsville Alabama this August; the 2014 National Hurricane Conference to
take place in Orlando Florida and researchers try to find out if salmon
follow magnetic force lines. Find out the details are on Amateur Radio
NewslineT report number 1907 coming your way right now.
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RADIO LAW: OHIO TOWN TAKES STATE PRB-1 LOSS APPEAL TO HIGHER COURT
An Ohio town is appealing the States PRB-1 like law into the court system.
This after it lost an appeal by a ham who was given the right to put up
an antenna that the municipality had denied. We have the latest from
Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB:
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On February 4th the Village of Swanton Ohio filed a notice of appeal of
its intention to challenge the decision of the Fulton County Common Pleas
Court in the case of Gary Wodtke versus the Village of Swanton.
The legal issue began when the Village denied Gary Woodtke's tower
application and Wodtke, who holds the call WW8N, appealed that decision to
the Fulton County Common Pleas Court. The Court ruled in favor of Wodtke
telling the Village that it must approve a variance to WW8N's antenna
support structure. Instead the Village is now appealing that order into
the Court of Appeals for the Sixth District.
In its docketing statement the Village of Swanton asserts four potential
issues including one that questions whether Revised Code Section enacted
by H.B. 158, which is Ohio's version of the Federal PRB-1 statute is
constitutional. It also questions whether H.B. 158 was constitutionally
applied in this case.
Ohio law grants a right of appeal from final decisions of a Common Pleas
Court. Appellate decisions are heard by a three judge panel that is
usually designated near the time for oral argument. Decisions normally
take a number of months after oral arguments are made.
Appellate decisions are generally final, unless further review is granted
by the Ohio Supreme Court. While such a Court of Appeals decision
represents the law only in that appellate district, it has the ability to
be used as a significant precedent in other Ohio courts. It also can be
cited in cases in other states that have passed similar state versions of
the FCC regulations that are outlined in the text of PRB-1.
Late word is that the ARRL has announced its intention to file a Friend of
the Court brief on behalf of Woodtke. This is likely because of the long
term potential a finding against WW8N might hold by impacting on any ham
living anywhere in the United States.
WW8N is represented by Toledo attorney Carey Cooper and by Fred
Hopengarten, K1VR. Hopengarten is considered a national authority on
zoning law and amateur radio antenna issues.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio.
--
Obviously this is one that hams nationwide will want to follow very
closely. (K8NAP, QRZ.com, others)
**
PROPAGATION: SUN UNLEASHES AN X CLASS FLARE TOWARD EARTH
If you are wondering about the strange band conditions the past few days,
the sun may be the culprit. According to Spaceweather sunspot AR1967
returned to the Earthward looking side of the of our home star on February
25th and promptly erupted. This sent an X4.9-class solar flare headed our
way. So far this is the strongest flare of the year and one of the
strongest of the current solar cycle. We suggest that you keep an eye on
http://spaceweather.com for updates about solar activity and its affect on
radio propagation. (Spaceweather.com)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: GAREC 2014 TO BE HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH 2014 HUNTSVILLE
HAMFEST
The 2014 Global Amateur Radio Emergency Conference will be held this year
just prior to the Huntsville Hamfest, in Huntsville Alabama. The
conference will take place August 14th and 15th at the Embassy Suites
Hotel which is adjacent to the convention venue at the Von Braun
Convention Center. The hamfest will immediately follow on the weekend of
August 16th and 17th.
Planners of the 2014 Global Amateur Radio Emergency Conference say that
all emergency communication minded radio amateurs and professionals
planners from around the world are invited to attend. They add that the
conference agenda, full information and a website are currently being
developed. More on the Huntsville Hamfest is on line at hamfest.org.
(VK3PC)
**
RADIO LAW: DARC QUESTIONS PLT MEASUREMENT STANDARDS
The German national amateur radio society the DARC is questioning the
measurement protocol used by the Federal Network Agency for Power Line
Data Transmission or PLT testing in that nation. According to the
society, it appears that measurements on PLT devices are carried out
partly in standby mode, with no data being exchanged. This may give the
misleading impression the equipment meets the emission standards. PLT is
better known here in the United States as Broadband over Powerline or BPL
transmission. More on this in Google translated English is on the web at
tinyurl.com/q5ozmdx (Southgate)
**
RADIO LAW: DOD RELEASES ENTIRE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM STRATEGY
The United States Department of Defense has released its complete 2013
Electromagnetic Spectrum Strategy. This to increase available spectrum in
order to meet growing demand from the commercial wireless industry.
The release follows the release of a memorandum issued in 2010 by
President Obama titled Unleashing the Wireless Broadband Revolution. In
it the Department of Defense is required to make available 500 MHz of
spectrum for commercial use by 2020.
It should be noted that a good number of amateur UHF and Microwave
spectrum allocations are shared with the Department of Defense but at
this point in time its not known what impact, if any, the release of the
required 500 MHz could have on future ham radio operations.
You can read the entire Department of Defense Electromagnetic Spectrum
Strategy document on line in PDF format at
http://www.defense.gov/news/dodspectrumstrategy.pdf (Various News
Sources)
**
DX UP FRONT: NL8F AGAIN PLANNING DOWN-UNDER OZ TOUR
In DX up-front: NL8F has told the Ohio Penn DX Newsletter that he is
heading down-under to Queensland, Australia, on March 6th. From there he
will travel to Frasier Island for a few days and be active as stroke VK4.
He will then go to Norfolk Island to be active as VK9NF if the paper work
done on time. If not he will sign VK9N stroke NL8F between March 15th
through to the 22nd. At airtime, he thinks his activity will be mostly on
the digital modes.
Next he will head to Christmas Island and be active as T32TM between March
25th and April 2nd, which will include his participation in the CQ World
Wide WPX SSB Contest from March 29th to the 30th. After his T32TM
operation is completed he plans on heading to Visalia, California, for the
International DX Convention before heading back to Alaska on April 6th.
QSL via K8NA for all of the listed NL8F operations. (OPDX)
**
DX UP FRONT: GM0KTO TO OPERATE FROM THE GAMBIA
Meantime the GB2RS News Service says that GM0KTO and his wife will be in
Gambia during the month of March. He has renewed his Gambian visitor's
amateur radio license and will be operating stroke C5 using an Icom IC-706
Mk II and a several wire antennas for the High Frequency bands. QSL this
one as directed by the operator and we will have more DX news later on in
this weeks newscast.
**
RESCUE RADIO: NATIONAL HURRICANE CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO FLORIDA
Planning is now underway for the 2014 National Hurricane Conference slated
to be held April 14th to the 17th at the Orlando Hilton Hotel in Orlando,
Florida. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom with the details:
--
The primary focus of this gathering is to improve preparedness, response,
recovery and mitigation regarding severe tropical weather. This in order
to save lives and property in the United States and the tropical islands
of the Caribbean and Pacific.
The meeting also serves as a national forum for federal, state and local
officials to exchange ideas and recommend new policies to improve various
aspects of emergency management. As in past conferences, there is good
reason to expect a strong amateur radio and A-R-E-S presence in the form
of workshops and discussion forums.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in a rather
wet City of Angels.
--
If you are planning to attend, registration is now open on-line at
tinyurl.com/hurricane-meeting-2014 (ARRL)
**
RESCUE RADIO: HAM RADIO OPERATORS HELP OFFICIALS TRACK DOWN LOCAL
DEMENTIA PATIENT
Amateur radio operators in Eugene, Oregon, recently helped authorities
track down a man with dementia after he had wandered away from his home.
Lane County sheriff's officials said that the ham radio T-hunting team
used its own radio direction finding gear to locate the unidentified man
who was wearing an electronic identification transmitter bracelet only two
hours after his wife had reported him missing from their home. The names
of the hams involved in this rescue radio operation were not mentioned in
the Oregon Register-Guard news story. More is at
www.registerguard.com/rg/news/31173142-75/radio-dementia-equipment-officia
ls-track.html.csp (registerguard.com)
**
RESCUE RADIO: NORTH CAROLINA HAMS RESPOND TO ICE STORM
Wilson County North Carolina Auxiliary Emergency Communications was
activated for the February12th severe winter weather. This after weather
officials began to predict a potential crippling ice storm for the Wilson
County area.
A number of team members manned the radio room at the Wilson County
Emergency Operations Center from where they provided weather reports of
precipitation changes to SKYWARN operations.
Journal entry logs to the WebEOC were posted to the Internet and the
Wilson County Auxiliary Emergency Communications Facebook page was updated
with alerts and weather information. At one point the groups social media
page was reaching over 700 citizens in both the county and city.
And while the potential was in place for the responders to pass traffic to
the Emergency Manager, thanks to changes in overall weather conditions
that need never arose. (W4BRG)
**
RESCUE RADIO: IDAHO COUNTY SENDING OUT CALL FOR HAM RADIO OPERATORS
Teton County in Idaho is encouraging more people to volunteer as emergency
radio operators to maintain communications in major emergencies.
The Teton Valley News quotes County Emergency Management Coordinator Greg
Adams, KE7SYB, as saying that in case of a disaster that knocks out cell
phone, landline and internet communications, ham radio is the only way to
be able to talk over any great distance.
But says the newspaper, right now John Kaelberer, KF7VXA, who lives south
of Driggs, Idaho, is, so far, the county's only volunteer radio operator.
Kaelberer is a retired telephone company worker and former reserve
police officer who moved to the valley 14 years ago.
The bottom line appears to be that Teton County needs more hams so as to
be ready for any emergency that might require volunteer two way radio
communications. You can read the story at tinyurl.com/mv9ljbr (Teton
Valley News)
**
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW: FCC TO PURSUE NEW NET NEUTRALITY RULES
The FCC has announced that it intends to pursue a new version of the Open
Internet rules that was struck down by a judge in January. In a recent
statement the agency's chairman Tom Wheeler says that he will begin taking
public input on an updated set of net neutrality rules.
According to Wheeler the FCC will not file an appeal in the case it lost
against Verizon. Instead it plans to use the authority that the court
granted in its decision to craft new regulations.
Wheeler says that preserving the internet as an open platform for
innovation and expression while providing certainty and predictability in
the marketplace is an important responsibility to his agency.
More is on the web at tinyurl.com/new-net-neutrality (The Verge ad other
news sources)
**
TECHNOLOGY: WINAMP TO CONTINUE
Media player Winamp which is a very popular free program used by many hams
to recreate MP3 files is not be dead after all. This after America Online
offers up some more detail on the fate of both Winamp and Shoutcast that
it owns
As previously reported AOL had originally planned to shut down both
services but then halted that pending a possible sale. Word is that both
of these properties have now been acquired by Radionomy which is an
international collective of online radio stations headquartered in
Brussels, Belgium.
Radionomy has some 6,000 stations in its catalog already, with an emphasis
on a do-it-yourself platform that anyone can use to create a channel.
Shoutcast's 50,000-strong catalog of radio stations will be a major boost
on that front. Winamp's media playing software will likely help program
and distribute those radio stations and offer additional services.
(Tech.eu, TechSpot.com, others)
**
PUBLIC RELATIONS: TX FACTOR TV PROGRAM COMES TO THE WEB
The United Kingdom's first television show dedicated entirely to amateur
radio was launched on the Internet just after midnight UTC on Friday 21st
February. The half-hour show is produced by a group of broadcast
professionals who are themselves radio amateurs.
Shot in full High Definition, episode one features Bob McCreadie, G0FGX,
exploring the Marconi Centre, at Poldhu in Cornwall. Nick Bennett 2EZ0FGQ
takes a hike up a mountain to discover the delights of Summits on the Air
operation. Finally Mike Marsh G1IAR takes the audience to meet the Norman
Lockyer Observatory Radio Group to find out what makes a 2 meter repeater
tick
Over the coming months and years the show hopes to explore all aspects of
our fascinating hobby and is free to watch at txfactor.co.uk. Just click
on the word "here" under "Watch Episode 1 Now." (GB2RS, TX Factor)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: PALM SPRINGS HAMFEST MARCH 15
The 2014 Palm Springs Hamfest is slated for March 15th at the Palm Springs
Pavilion in Palm Springs California. This one-day event will again be
hosted by the Desert Radio Amateur Transmitting Society better known as
the Desert Rats. Rehab Radio founder April Moell, WA6OPS and Ham Nation
co-host Gordon West, WB6NOA, will be the featured speakers. There will
also be demonstrations dealing with Amateur Television, microwave
communications as well hunts T-hunts and much more. Further information
on this event is on the web at palmspringshamfest.com. (Palm Springs
Hamfest)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: ORAC NY SPRING HAMFEST LOCATION CORRECTION
And a quick correction to the locality for the April 27th Orange County
New York Amateur Radio Club hamfest. It seems that last week we
mis-identified the town where it's to be held. The correct venue is the
Wallkill Community Center in Middletown, New York with the event running
from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. Our thanks to Tom Ray, W2TRR, who is
the clubs Vice President for his e-mail pointing this out. More
information on this event is on the web at tinyurl.com/ocarc-hamfest.
(W2TRR)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: SARL APPOINTS A YOUTH ACTIVITY COORDINATOR
Some names in the news. First comes word that Mitchel Mynhardt, ZS6YH, as
it's new youth coordinator the South African Radio League. Mynhardt has
been a radio amateur since his teen years and has been active on both
local and international competitions. He has served the East Rand Radio
Club as youth coordinator and was for the past six years also involved
with Jamboree on the Air activities. (SARL)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: GOULD SMITH, WA4SXM STEPS DOWN FROM AMSAT BOARD
G. Gould Smith, WA4SXM, has resigned as a member of the AMSAT Board of
Directors member as well as his position as Vice President of User
Services. Smith notified AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW of his
decision via an e-mail. In it he said in part that it was with deep
regret that he must resign his AMSAT positions.
In reporting Smith's decision to step down, AMSAT noted that WA4SXM had
persevered despite chronic health issues, but recent severe medical issues
have precluded him from active participation in AMSAT for some time.
Under the organizations By-Laws, the position of an AMSAT board member who
resigns is filled by the First Alternate elected in the prior election.
In this case JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JWM, will be Smith's replacement on the
Board. The position of Vice President of User Services is currently open.
(AMSAT)
**
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: VARIABILITY OF THE SUN AND ITS TERRESTRIAL IMPACT
A major university is joining in the ongoing research to better understand
the workings of our home star as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim
Davis, W2JKD:
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Montana State University will be a major player in a new international
program to better understand solar activity and its effect on the Earth.
MSU solar physicist Piet Martens is one of the leaders of a team that will
investigate a solar paradox, extreme solar events and solar dynamo
activity. One of the other two co-chairs is Dibyendu Nandi, a former
M-S-U researcher who continues to collaborate with the university's Solar
Physics Group. He is now Dean of Science at the Indian Institute of
Education and Research in Kolkata, India.
The new five-year program titled Variability of the Sun and its
Terrestrial Impact was launched Jannuary13th by the Scientific Committee
on Solar Terrestrial Physics and will among other things involve reports
radioed to the observers and researchers here on Earth.
Im Jim Davis, W2JKD
--
More is at tinyurl.com/llzrtow (Bozeman Daily)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: 2014 CUBESAT DEVELOPERS' WORKSHOP REGISTRATION NOW
OPEN
The 11th Annual CubeSat Developers' Workshop will be held April 23rd to
the 25th at the California State Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo
in the Advanced Technology Laboratories Presentation Room. There, members
of the CubeSat Community will gather with policy makers, government agency
representatives, distinguished scientists, and leading academicians from
all over the world for an educational and hopefully thought provoking
session with the theme of The Edge of Exploration.
The Cal Poly CubeSat Group is inviting authors to present papers in all
areas pertaining to the topics of CubeSat development and mission
research. So far papers have been submitted for the topics of Education
and Design Philosophy; University Missions; Science Missions; Launch
Capabilities; Enabling Technologies for Subsystems, Payloads and
Deployables plus one on Communication and Power.
For more information on submitting your paper please contact the event
sponsors by e-mail to cubesat (dot) workshop (at) gmail (dot) com. (ANS)
**
ON THE AIR: WORLD HERITAGE SITES AWARD FROM ITALY
The Italian National Society has created a new award to celebrate sites
declared as holding World Heritage status by the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization better known by the
acronym UNESCO. World Heritage Sites are located in 160 countries all
over the world. The information and rules about the award is at
www.whsa.info. A complete list of World Heritage Sites is at
tinyurl.com/unesco-heritage-list (GB2RS)
**
ON THE AIR: TESLA MEMORIAL HF CW CONTEST MARCH 8 - 9
The 2014 Tesla Memorial Contest will be held March 8th starting 18:00 UTC
and ending at 8:00 UTC on the 9th. The competition is open to operators
world-wide. Participants must use CW only on the 80 meter band. Points
are awarded for distance between stations. For full details are at
tinyurl.com/tesla-memorial (IRTS)
**
ON THE AIR: ST. PATRICK DAY SPECIAL EVENT STATION GB1SPD
March 17th is Saint Patrick's Day and not only will it be celebrated
world-wide but also on the ham radio bands. This with word that Irelands
West Tyrone Amateur Radio Club will be putting special event station
GB1SPD on the air from the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh in the County of
Tyrone some 70 miles from the city of Belfast. GB1SPD will be operating
on HF, VHF, UHF and Digital Modes. A special QSL card will be sent to all
who make contract. (Southgate)
**
DX NEWS
In DX, G3XAQ will return to Uganda to operate as 5X1XA until March 16th.
His activity will be CW only. QSL via G3SWH.
DK1AX and DK1MA will hold a holiday-style operation from Tonga through
March 7. They plan to use the call A35AX for a few days from Tongatapu and
from their main location on Vava'u running CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL only via
OQRS.
K1LI should be on the air from Dominica as J7Y through March 10th. His
plans included entry into the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via his home call.
WW2DX, W2RE and N2EIN should be active as VP2EZZ from Anguilla on 80
through 6 meters. Modes and times of operation were not announced but
there is the possibility of them including 160 meters in this operation.
QSL via N2IEN.
DS4DRE will be operational stroke 4 on a long term activation of Taehuksan
Island. He will be there through the remainder of 2014 operating 80
through 10 meters using SSB and CW. QSL via DS4DRE.
YB8XM plans to activate Sanana Island sometime from the end of February
through the beginning of April. No other information was provided. QSL
via YB8XM
Lastly, the ARRL's Bill Moore, NC1L reports that the recently concluded
FT5ZM Amsterdam and St. Paul Island operation has been approved for DXCC
credit.
(Above from various DX news sources)
**
THAT FINAL ITEM: DO SALMON TRAVEL MAGNETIC LINES OF FORCE
And finally this week a possible answer to the question of how young
salmon with no migratory experience somehow voyage through ocean waters to
wind up at specific feeding grounds that are hundreds or even thousands of
miles away from where they were hatched? It turns out that they may be
following magnetic lines of force. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather
Embee, KB3TZD, may have the answer:
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Researchers have long suspected that many animals that travel great
distances to wind up at particular spots visited by their ancestors may be
able to sense the Earth's magnetic fields. The ability has since been
found in a variety of creatures including certain migratory birds. Even
more remarkable is that many animals seem to use it to navigate with no
previous experience, like the Chinook salmon.
To figure out whether this species of salmon are also born with this
ability, a research team lead by Oregon State University tested the
abilities of young Chinook salmon that were less than 1 year old and
hadn't yet started their seaward journey. To accomplish this, the
researchers placed young fish in barrels surrounded with coils of wire and
exposed them to a simulation of the northern magnetic field. In response,
the salmon turned south-southwest. Conversely, when they exposed them to
a simulation of the southern magnetic field, the salmon turned
north-northeast.
So as to make certain their results were correct, the researchers then
subjected the salmon to a northern intensity with a southern inclination
field and a southern intensity with the northern inclination field. In
both cases the salmon chose no particular direction. The scientists
theorize that this was the result of the latter aspect of the experiment
not fitting anywhere in the salmon's internal magnetic map.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, in Berwick,
Pennsylvania.
--
The researcher's findings were published in a recent edition of the
Journal Current Biology. More is on line at
tinyurl.com/salmon-follow-magnetic-fields (The Guardian, Journal of
Biology)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE
With thanks to Alan Labs, AMSAT, the ARRL, CQ Magazine, the FCC, the Ohio
Penn DX Bulletin, Radio Netherlands, Rain, the RSGB, the South African
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