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Greetings Y'all!
Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1914 - April 18, 2014
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1914 with a release date of April 18
2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. The new Digital Ham Video system on the
International Space Station is fully commissioned; another shortwave
intruder is found in the 40 meter band; United Kingdom hams petition their
telecommunications regulator to get back to enforcing the rules; Vietnam
confirms expanded ham radio spectrum; the Crimea will not count as a new
DXCC entity and radio is used to wake up a comet exploration probe. Find
out the details are on Amateur Radio NewslineT report number 1914 coming
your way right now.
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: NEW ISS DIGITAL HAM VIDEO FULLY COMMISSIONED
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KC5ZTA from the ISS: "It is my pleasure to proceed to the Ham Video's
functional commissioning. I feel honored to inaugurate this new amateur
radio educational facility which will enhance space conversations between
crew members and students. I congratulate ARISS for this acquisition and
I wish Ham Video a long life and plenty of successful school conmtacts."
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That's the voice of International Space Station Commander Koichi Wakata,
KC5ZTA, operating station OR4ISS from the International Space Station.
This, during the live ceremony commissioning the new digital Ham Video
station on board the orbiting outpost.
Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, is the ARISS Europe chairman. In a press release
Bertels said that at 18:23 UTC on Sunday, April 13th that Commander Wakata
placed the digital Ham Video system into full operation while ground
monitors G4KLB, F6DZP, IK1SLD and others received the signal. It was also
streamed live over the British Amateur Radio Club's video server.
The high quality digital amateur television signal was received for about
6 minutes.
During that time Commander Wakata answered a series of questions that had
been prepared in the manner of a school contact and performed a
microgravity experiment. Here's just a quick sample:
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KC5ZTA from the ISS:
"First question `Is it noisy in Columbus?'
"(Answer) No, it is very quiet and comfortable to work in Columbus.
"Second question: `Is there a constant airflow that one can feel?'
"(Answer) Yes. We have intra-module ad inter-module ventilation and we
can feel a constant airflow in the ISS."
--
The full commissioning of the Ham Video system recorded and is now on-line
at several sources for anyone to watch. One is on YouTube at
tinyurl.com/new-iss-ham-video (ON4WF with audio from YouTube)
**
WORLDBEAT: RADIO HARGEISHA ON THE 40 METER BAND
The IARU Monitoring System newsletter reports interference from broadcast
stations to amateur radio operations in the hobby's exclusive segment of
the 40 meter band. The report notes that the source of the interfering
signals has been traced to Radio Hargeisha in Somaliland on 7120 kHz and
Khartoum in the Sudan on 7200 kHz. The complete International Amateur
Radio Union Monitoring System Region newsletter can be read at
http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2014/news1403.pdf (IARU-R1)
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WORLDBEAT: UK HAMS PETITION OFCOM TO TAKE ON REPEATER PROBLEM
Over in the United Kingdom, the Southgate News reports that a petition is
being circulated in the hope of getting the telecommunications regulator
back into the ham radio enforcement business. At least in regard to one
repeater that is reportedly suffering from user abuse. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD, has more:
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The petition from the UK ham community to telecommunications regulator
Ofcom reads as follows and we quote:
"As you are aware, the GB3PZ amateur radio repeater has been plagued by,
amongst others, a particular unlicensed individual for many months.
Through lack of action by yourselves, you are effectively allowing him /
them to continue to prevent licensed operators using it.
"Most licensed users of GB3PZ are now very frustrated by the lack of any
help from Ofcom in this matter. Action is long overdue, and an example
needs to be made, to prevent copycat abusers.
"The repeater keeper has invested a considerable sum in the development of
what was once a very popular repeater, which is now in danger of becoming
a white-elephant.
"The address of the most prolific abuser has been located, and provided to
yourselves some months ago. We ask you to take action now!"
According to Southgate, after the 2008 through 2009 fiscal year, Ofcom
ceased publishing its Prosecution and Formal Warning Statistics and
removed all prosecution statistics from its website. Some U-K hams have
openly speculated that the reason these statistics are no longer available
is because the regulatory body had stopped undertaking enforcement action,
at least in regard to those instances involving amateur radio. The ham
radio community contends that this is a breach of the United Kingdom's
Wireless Telegraphy Act of 2006.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, in Berwick,
Pennsylvania.
--
As we go to air there's been no statement from Ofcom in regard to this
petition or what enforcement action it might eventually take. (Southgate)
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RESCUE RADIO: INTERNATIONAL SHORTWAVE BROADCASTING DISASTER TEST
Members of the amateur radio and shortwave listening communities are
invited to take part as monitoring stations in the upcoming High Frequency
Coordination Commission of the International Radio for Disaster Relief or
IDAR project. This event will take place during the Media Summit on
Climate Change, Information, Communication Technologies and Disaster Risk
Reduction slated Jakarta, Indonesia on June 4th and 5th. The exercise
will simulate a major disaster occurring in Southeast Asia, and multiple
international broadcasters will be cooperating to support coordinated
humanitarian coverage for the impacted region. As such, SWL reports will
be very much welcome. More is on the web at tinyurl.com/IDAR-2014.
(ReliefAnalysis.com, WIA News)
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WORLDBEAT: VIETMAM CONFIRMS HAM RADIO SPECTRUM EXPANSION
Some previously rumored news regarding spectrum expansion for hams in
Vietnam is now official. Following the new national radio band plan
published in november 2013 and now signed by the nations president,
Vietnamese amateurs can now apply to operate between 7100 KHz and 7200 KHz
on 40 meters. This in addition to 7000 to 7100 KHz that they already had.
But that's not all. On 80 meters the band now runs from 3500 to 3900 KHz
which is an increase of 100 KHz, and on 30 meters from 10.1 to 10.15 MHz.
And more remarkably, the Vietnamese Amateur Radio Club says hams in that
nation have also been officially granted access to 472 to 479 KHz on 600
meters in addition to 1800 to 2000 KHz on 160.
There's only one caveat. To gain access to this new spectrum, hams in
Vietnam must apply to use of each of these new or expanded band when they
get or renew their license. More information is on the web at
http://varc.radioclub.asia (VARC Radio Club of Asia, DXNL)
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DX UP FRONT: THE CRIMEA WILL NOT COUNT AS A SEPARATE DXCC ENTITY
In DX up front, word that the Crimea will not be counted as a separate
entity for DXCC credit.
After the Crimea voted last month to break way from the Ukraine to become
a part of the Russian Federation, the ARRL Awards committee was tasked
with evaluating the situation against the DXCC rules. Its findings are
that neither Russia nor the Ukraine is a rare entity and the vast majority
of confirmations used for DXCC credit for either do not involve Crimea.
In other words, a QSL with a call sign issued by the administration of
Ukraine and showing the entity name as Ukraine counts as Ukraine. A QSL
with a call sign issued by the administration of Russia and showing the
entity name as Russia counts as Russia. A QSL that satisfies neither
condition does not count for either entity. This means the Crimea is not
a DXCC entity unto itself. (ARRL DXCC)
**
DX UP FRONT: CAMB-HAMS TO OPERATE GS3PYE/P FROM ISLE OF LEWIS
Thirteen members of Camb-Hams group will be operating GS3PYE/P from the
Isle of Lewis from April 26th April to May 3rd. The Isle of Lewis is the
northern part of Lewis and Harris and is the largest island of the Outer
Hebrides of Scotland. Activity will be on 80 through 2 meters using all
bands and modes. A pair of 2 meter to 70 centimeter and 2 meter to 23
centimeter station's will be dedicated to satellite contacts. 2 meter and
23 cm EME will be attempted using a low power portable station into yagi
antennas with this part of the operation mainly focused on digital
operation using modes developed by Joe Taylor, K1JT. In addition to the
ham bands the group will be active on the major social networks before,
during and after the trip. You can check on progress or interact with the
operators via their blog at dx.camb-hams.com. (RSGB)
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DX UP FRONT: VK9MT MELLISH REEF APPROVED FOR DXCC
And while it did not last as long as its planners had hoped but the good
news is that the recently concluded VK9MT operation from Mellish Reef has
been approved for DXCC credit. Once the confirmation is in your hands you
can request credit for having made contact with VK9MT. DXCC)
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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 N5YYU repeater
serving Clinton Arkansas.
(5 sec pause here)
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ENFORCEMENT: MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES SEIZURE OF RADIO EQUIPMENT
FROM ALLEGED PIRATE RADIO STATIONS
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara
and FCC Acting Enforcement Bureau Chief Travis LeBlanc have announced the
unsealing of two complaints. Both seeking the forfeiture of radio
transmission and production equipment that was allegedly used in the
illegal broadcast of pirate radio stations on a total of four different FM
frequencies in the metro New York City area. This was followed by an
April 2nd raid by FCC agents and Deputy U.S. Marshals who served warrants
and seized the radio transmission and production equipment identified at
two separate locations in the metro New York City area.
According to the complaints made public in Manhattan federal court, and
various unsealed documents associated with the two warrants, FCC agents
had identified a commercial space on West 181st Street in the Bronx as the
production studio for Rika FM which the FCC says was illegally
broadcasting its programming on 94.5 and 94.9 MHZ. FCC agents also
identified a residence on St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan as the location
of the radio transmission equipment by means of which Rika FM was also
illegally broadcast. Those frequencies were not announced.
According to the FCC's LeBlanc, these alleged pirate radio stations were
for-profit businesses that broke the law to line their own pockets while
disrupting legitimate broadcasters. LeBlanc added that they should be out
of business and off the air.
What further punitive action may be taken against the operators of these
stations is at this time unknown. (FCC)
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ENFORCEMENT: CITATION ISSUED FOR OPERATION ON NON ASSIGNED FREQUENCY
The FCC has issued an official citation to CAM Electronics Distributing,
Inc. for programming into a transmitter frequencies for which the operator
of the device was not authorized in violation of Section 90.427(b) of the
Commission's rules.
This past January 28th, agents from the Enforcement Bureau's New York
Office conducted an investigation and observed Private Land Mobile Station
WPZV506 transmitting on 455.500 MHz from the 30th Street Men's Shelter on
East 30th Street in Manhattan. The FCC says that the license for that
station does not authorize operation on 455.500 MHz. A representative
from FJC Security Corporation to whom the license is issued informed the
agents that its radio vendor, CAM Electronics Distributing had programmed
the frequency into its radio equipment. In a subsequent telephone
conversation on January 29th and in an e-mail on February 20th, a CAM
representative acknowledged that the company had programmed the radio
transmitting equipment that FJC Security Corporation was using.
Now, in issuing the citation to CAM the FCC has told the company that if
it again violates Section 90.427(b) of the Rules, the Commission may
impose monetary forfeitures not to exceed $16,000 for each such violation
or each day of a continuing violation, and up to $122,500 for any single
act. In addition, further violations can result in seizure of equipment
as well as criminal sanctions, including imprisonment. (FCC)
**
RESCUE RADIO: MARYLAND CITY GETS TO RADIO STATIONS FOR SERIOUS SITUATION
ALERTS
Ocean City, Maryland officials have announced that the resort town will be
getting into the radio business. This by acquiring two FM stations
through a FEMA sponsored hazard mitigation grant.
The FM stations that Ocean City has just acquired with a $55,000 grant
could be live by summer. Once operational they will be primarily used as
a way to get out critical emergency information in the event of massive
storms like Hurricane Sandy and Irene that rocked the resort in
consecutive years.
Ocean City officials say those two storms showed just how ineffective the
town's longstanding AM station was in disseminating critical emergency
information. They believe that these two FM stations, which will
broadcast out of the Ocean City Public Safety building, will provide the
emergency dissemination channels needed. (RW)
**
RADIO BUSINESS: VIBROPLEX LLC TO DISTRIBUTE SSB-ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS IN
UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Germany's SSB-Electronic GmbH and Vibroplex LLC here in the United States
have announced an exclusive agreement for Vibroplex to distribute the
SSB-Electronic product line in north America.
Vibroplex is the oldest continuously operating business in amateur radio,
founded Horace Martin, inventor of the semi-automatic Morse Code key in
1905. The company is now located in Knoxville, Tennessee and continues to
manufacture the original Martin key as well as a complete line of some 30
keys including bugs, iambic paddles, single-lever paddles and traditional
straight keys.
On the other side of the Atlantic SSB-Electronic is well-known for its
range of VHF high performance products including both standard and
auto-switchable receive preamps, sequencers and switches. It also
produces the EcoflexT coaxial cable, the Zeus ZS-1 SDR transceiver and a
line of VHF preamps and accessory equipment.
A completely revamped product line has been released for 2014. You can
find that and more on the web at www.vibroplex.com. (Press Release)
**
RADIO BUSINESS: SANGEAN TURNS 40
And a very Happy Birthday to the Sangean Company which is marking the
company's 40th year of operation. The Los Angeles based Sangean USA is
best known to hams and SWL's for its shortwave and long-wave receiver
designs including the iconic ATS-803A. A private label version of the
ATS-803A was sold by Radio Shack as the Realistic DX-440 with both still
in demand on the used gear market. Since then, Sangean has expanded its
product line and now includes AM/FM, HD Radio, DAB and DAB+, and Internet
connectivity receivers as well as pocket, portable and utility tuners.
(RW, ARNewsline)
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RADIO SOFTWARE: MACLOGGERDX VERSION 5.53 RELEASED
Mac users take note. Dog Park Software has released version 5.53 of its
Mac Logger DX. The new version includes Direct Apple Script logging from
Mac Doppler; added CW Macro file blank line separators; faster split
setting; a new Google Maps API and much more. More is on the web at
dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX.html (WSI)
**
RADIO EDUCATION: HAM RADIO IN INDIA SCHOOL TEXT BOOK
Amateur radio is featured in the 9th grade school book "Our World Through
English" published by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India. A
four-page section concentrates on the Disaster and Emergency
Communications capabilities of amateur radio. For those interested the
book it is available via the web at tinyurl.com/india-ham-schoolbook for
35 Rupees which is about 60 cents in United States currency plus shipping.
(Southgate)
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RADIO EDUCATION: SIMPLE WEBSITE TO ASSIST NEW HAMS
Miles Burke, VK6MAB, has put together a web site for those who are
considering taking up ham radio as a hobby, or for those who have
recently got their license and want to learn more. The site is written in
plain language and avoids all of the specialized ham speak words that
often confuse newcomers to the hobby. And while located down-under in
Australia, its definitely a site for newcomers and those wanting to become
hams living anywhere in the world. You can sample it for yourself at
www.enjoyhamradio.com (WIA News)
**
SOCIAL SCENE: THE 2014 ARRL ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION CONVENTION CHANGES
DATE AND VENUE
Due to circumstances beyond planner's control, the 2014 Rocky Mountain
Division ARRL Convention planned for Laramie, Wyoming as been cancelled.
Instead for this year it's been merged into the famed Duke City Hamfest
slated to take place August 8th to the 10th in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Duke City Hamfest is an annual three-day Amateur Radio convention this
year to be held at the Hotel Albuquerque which is one of the Duke City's
largest hotel and convention venues. Details of the hamfest are on the
web at dukecityhamfest.org. A separate website for the ARRL Rocky
Mountain Division aspect of the gathering is reported to be under
construction. (ARRL)
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NAMES IN THE NEWS: NOBEL LAUREATE K1JT REOPENS RESTORED RADIO TELESCOPE
Some names in the news. First up is Nobel Laureate Joe Taylor, K1JT, who
was the guest of honor at the ceremony to reopen the restored 25 meter
Dwingeloo radio telescope in the Netherlands. With the renovation
complete, the radio telescope will be used by amateur radio experimenters,
amateur astronomers and budding researchers. It had previously been used
for several years by Dutch radio amateurs for EME work, including stints
during past ARRL EME Contests. The dish is already slated to see some
amateur radio use on the 23 centimeter band.
(GB2RS)
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NAMES IN THE NEWS: N0JY AND K8UD SELECTED TO FILL VACENCIES CREATED BY
THE PASSING OF AA2TX
In a special meeting held on Tuesday, April 1st, AMSAT Board of Directors
unanimously approved the selection of Jerry Buxton, N0JY of Granbury,
Texas, as its new Vice President of Engineering.
N0JY became involved in amateur radio satellites with AO7 and joined AMSAT
in April 1983. He currently holds an Extra Class License and is also
licensed in Colombia as HK5JY. He is also active on terrestrial ham radio
from the High Frequency bands through 1.2 GHz.
Also, Steve Coy, K8UD, of Beavercreek, Ohio, has assumed the seat on the
AMSAT Board of Directors formerly held by AA2TX. Coy was originally
elected by the AMSAT membership as a Board alternate in the 2013 election
and will hold a voting seat through the next Board election that takes
place later this year.
Buxton and Coy replace Tony Monteiro, AA2TX who passed away on March 26th.
(AMSAT-NA)
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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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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ANOTHER DELAY IN SPACEX LAUNCH AFFECTS THE KICKSAT
PROJECT
Another delay in the SpaceX re-supply mission to the International Space
Station also put on hold the orbiting of more than 100 tiny short lived
satellites called Sprites. Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford,
N8WB., reports:
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The Space X Falcon booster and its Dragon delivery container was last
slated to go toward orbit on Monday April 14th. But the discovery of a
last minute technical problem placed the launch on hold until April 18th
at the earliest.
In addition to several tons of supplies for the crew on board the ISS, the
Dragon is also carrying the Kick-Sat cubesat which in turn is loaded with
the Sprite micro birds. And now comes word that Zac Manchester, KD2BHC,
of the KickSat project is offering prizes to the first stations to copy
telemetry from KickSat and from the Sprite pico-sats. The prizes will
include a number of articles related to the flight including patches
prepared for the mission.
Unless there are further launch delays, KickSat will release the Sprites
on April 30th. The KickSat mother ships telemetry will be on 437.505 MHz
and 2401 to 2436.2 MHz. All of the Sprites are on 437.240 MHz but each
Sprite has a unique pair of Pseudo-Random Number or PRN codes that marks
its transmissions and allowing those on the ground to tell them apart.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, reporting.
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More information is on this near-space experiment is on the web at
tinyurl.com/kicksat and at https://github.com/zacinaction/kicksat/wiki
(Southgate, KickSat, others)
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HAM RADIO NEAR SPACE: GREECE TO LAUNCH HIGH ALTITUDE APRS BALLOON MAY 11
The special callsign J43VHF will be used by the Greek AELOUS balloon
flight slated for May 11th. As of now, the balloon will be carrying a
payload of an APRS transmitter along with QRP gear for 2 and 10 meter CW.
According to M0LPT, the high altitude balloon will be released from the
area of Megalopolis. It's primary goal is to reach an altitude over 98000
feet to gather propagation data from any station being able to copy its
beacons.
The balloon will provide real time location data on 144.899 MHz and will
be trackable on-line at aprs.fi. Reception reports can be filed on-line
at j43vhf.wordpress.com. (J43VHF team)
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: JUNO SPACECRAFT QSL'S ON THEIR WAY
QSL cards have been sent out to those radio amateurs who participated in
the Juno Earth flyby experiment on October 9th of 2013. During the
experiment, hams worldwide were requested to send the word HI in very slow
Morse at about 1/25th of a word per minute toward the Juno Spacecraft
during its Earth flyby. The Juno team confirmed that more than 1400 radio
amateurs participated, representing all seven continents. (NASA,
Southgate)
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VIDEO FROM SPACE: SOHO RADIOS APRIL 2 SOLAR FLARE VIDEO TO EARTH
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a stunning video of the
mid-level solar flare on April 2nd. According to the space agency this
his particular mid-level flare of Magnetude M 6.5, erupted from the sun
on April 2nd. This video from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the
flare in a blend of two wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light at 171
Angstroms and 304 Angstroms, colorized in yellow and red respectively to
make them visible to the human eye. You can see it for yourself at
tinyurl.com/april-solar-flare (NASA)
**
ON TH AIR: HO100CANAL TO CELEBRATE 100 ANNIVERSARY OF THE PANAMA CANAL
On the air listen out for special event station HO100CANAL between April
19th and August 15th to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Panama
Canal. This operation is being sponsored by Radio Amateurs of the
Republic of Panama with activity planned on 160 through 10 meters using
CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY. The QSL manager for the operation is HP1AVS. For
more information on the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, take your
web browser to micanaldepanama.com/centennial (Press release)
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ON THE AIR: GB0STG CELEBRATES ST. GEORGES DAY
And a special event station will be on the air on April 23rd to celebrate
St. George's Day from the church of St. George and St. Mary at Gresley in
the United Kingdom. GBZ0STG will be operating on the 40 meter band from
around 09.00 to 18.30 UTC, plus 2 meters and other HF bands if conditions
permit. For more information please visit GB0STG on QRZ.com. (GB2RS)
**
DX
In DX, E20HHK will lead a group of operators to activate Nu Island in the
Southern part of Thailand between April 18th and the morning of April
20th. Nu Island also known as AS-145 is a rare Island on the Air entity
in Thailand and was last activated in 2000 as E29DX. QSL via E21EIC.
A group of Colombian operators will activate the callsign 5K0M from San
Andres Island between April 19th through the 24th. This operation will
take place from the Colombian Red Cross facility with stations on on 40
through 6 meters. Their primary purpose is to encourage local amateur
radio operators on the island to return to their activities within the
hobby. QSL via HK7IPT.
Members of the Kilmarnock and Loudoun Amateur Radio Club will be operating
from Scotland's Isle of Canna from April 21st to the 25th. Stations will
be on 160 through 2 meters using CW, SSB and several data modes. QSL as
directed on the air.
DL3LUM will be on the air as D44TXU from Santa Maria, Sal Island between
April 19th and the 25th. This operation will be holiday style on 20
meters and up using QRP CW only. QSL via DL3LUM direct or by the DARC QSL
bureau.
Lastly, IW5ELA will again be active stroke TK from Corsica between April
25th and May 1st. This operation will be holiday style on 40, 20, 15, 12
and possibly 6 meters as well. Mode mentioned is mainly CW. QSL via his
home callsign.
(Above from OPDX and other DX news sources)
**
THAT FINAL ITEM: ESA PHILAE COMET LANDER WAKES UP
And finally this week, a successful wake-up call has gone out to an
interesting space probe and it has responded in the positive as we hear
from Amateur Radio Newsline's Hal Rogers, K8CMD:
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The Philae lander which Europe hopes to put on the surface of a comet
later this year, has been re-activated. This after three years in
deep-space hibernation.
The small probe is currently riding piggy back on the Rosetta space probe
which was launched a decade ago to rendezvous with the Comet 67P and was
itself brought out of space sleep in January. Both have radioed back to
controllers that they are healthy and ready for their mission.
The Rosetta probe and Philae lander should arrive at the ice comet in
August. After a period of mapping, Rosetta will then release Philae in
November on its challenging attempt to attach itself to 67P. Being only 3
and one half miles in diameter the comet's gravitational field will be
very weak, and the 220 pound lander will use harpoons and ice screws to
try to hold itself to the surface of 67P.
Philae's wake-up is part of a sequence of commissioning activities taking
place over the next few weeks.
I'm Hal Rogers, K8CMD
--
The twin scientific space probes are currently 407 million miles from
Earth with about 237 million miles to go until they reaches comet 67P.
(BBC, Guardian Liberty)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE
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