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Ärende: Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1917 - May 9, 2014
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Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1917 - May 9, 2014



Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1917 with a release date of May 9
2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.



The following is a Q-S-T.  The killer of 8 people including a ham radio
operator admits his guilt; Canadian hams granted new band from 472 to 479
KHz; KickSat may not be able to deploy its cargo of Sprite picosats;
United States ARDF registration extended to June 1st and a long trek
across Europe and Asia for a ham radio floater balloon.  All this and more
on Amateur Radio NewslineT report number 1917 coming your way right now.





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RADIO JUSTICE:  KILLER OF 8 INCLUDING A HAM RADIO OPERATOR PLEADS GUILTY



The Southern California man who killed 8 people including a ham radio
operator sitting in his truck has pleaded guilty to all charges.  Amateur
Radio Newsline's Joe Moell, K0OV, has the details:



--

David Caouette N6DAC, was a star high-school athlete who turned down
college scholarships and NFL scouts so he could join the Navy and serve in
Vietnam.  He became a father of three who loved offroading in his Land
Rover.  David was age 64 on October 12, 2011 when he was shot down in cold
blood outside Salon Meritage in Seal Beach, California.  He was the last
of the eight persons killed by 44-year-old Scott Dekraai, a man enraged by
a custody dispute with his wife, who was the first of the victims.
Dekraai, who was heavily armed and wearing a bulletproof vest, says he
shot N6DAC because he thought he was an off-duty or undercover officer.

After Dekraai initially pled Not Guilty, the goal of Orange County's
District Attorney was to have Dekraai's trial within a year.  But that was
not to be.  First the defense wasn't ready, then there were more delays
when his public defender alleged that Dekraai's rights were violated
because a jailhouse informant in an adjacent cell enticed Dekraai to make
statements that were recorded.  But on Friday, May 2, Dekraai went back to
Superior Court and pleaded guilty to all eight murders, telling the judge,
"It's the right thing to do, your honor."

Prosecutors were quick to point out that this was not a plea bargain and
they are still seeking the death penalty.  The judge is expected to rule
on that matter in June after fully examining defense allegations regarding
the informant.  Even if the judge leaves the death penalty on the table,
Dekraai's fate is not expected to be placed into the hands of a jury until
some time next year.

After the May 2 hearing, N6DAC's son Paul Caouette is quoted as saying
that he does not believe that Dekraai is remorseful and that if anybody
deserves the death penalty, he does.  From Orange County, California, this
is Joe Moell, K0OV for Amateur Radio Newsline.



--

Dekraai still faces eight life sentences without the possibility of parole
if the judge rules out the death penalty.  (K0OV from published news
reports)



**



RESTRUCTURING:  CANADIAN HAMS GRANTED ACCESS TO 472 TO 479 KHZ



Hams in Canada will soon have access to the 472 to 479 Kilohertz band.
This with the release of the new Canadian Table of Frequency Allocations
by telecommunications regulator Industry Canada.



While approved by the International Telecommunications Union at WRC 2012
each country had to implement regulations for its amateurs before the band
is available.  Operations are subject to the international foot notes,
which limit power to 5 watts effective radiated power except in certain
areas within 500 miles of certain other countries.



Radio Amateurs of Canada says that its Zero to Thirty Megahertz Band
Planning Committee will be proposing a suitable band plan to enable best
use of this new very narrow band.  Canadian hams with comments and
suggestions can send them to the committee via e-mail to rachq (at)
rac.ca.



Canadian amateur operators have recently secured two new segments of
spectrum thanks to the hard work of their national society. The 60 meter
band channels were made official a few month ago as well.  (RAC)



**



RESCUE RADIO:  HAMS RESPOND TO MIDWEST TORNADOES



Ham radio volunteers affiliated with SKYWARN and ARES were called out when
an outbreak of severe weather raked across about one third of the United
States beginning on Sunday, April 27th.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce
Tennant, K6PZW has more:



--



The powerful thunderstorms across the Midwest and South, sparked a deadly
outbreak of severe weather that would span five days and sweep across 20
states.  The brutal weather system soon spawned a series of lethal
tornadoes, torrential downpours, life-threatening floods, wind gusts up to
80 miles per hour and a number of landslides.  At least 34 deaths occurred
in Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee with hundreds of
injuries also reported.



Mike Corey KI1U, is the ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager.  He said he
had received reports of weather observations from hams involved in SKYWARN
helping by providing tornado warnings issued by the National Weather
Service.  Corey said that many people heeded those warnings sheltered in
underground bunkers as homes and buildings buckled above them.



According to Corey, in one instance, SKYWARN volunteers traced a tornado's
movement throughout Arkansas.  While forecasters watched by radar, they
also were able to monitor real time reports from SKYWARN on one of its
nets.  All of these sightings came from very reliable on-the-ground
observations.



With the severe weather of late spring and summer now here, SKYWARN and
Amateur Radio Emergency Service volunteers across the Midwest and South
Central states will be on stand-by alert for some time.



For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, reporting.



--



According to the ARRL, members of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service were
also involved as severe rainstorms led to flood warnings being issued for
some areas.  (ARRL, other published news reports)



**



HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  KICKSAT SPRITE DEPLOYMENT MAY NOT HAPPEN

An unexpected reset of the master clock on KickSat may mean that the
deployment of the 104 Sprite 437 MHz micro-satellites will not take place
before the KickSat CubeSat burns up as it reenters the Earths atmosphere.



It appears the reset happened some time in the morning of Wednesday, April
30th and was not the result of a power issue as the batteries have been
holding steady around 6.5 volts.  Rather it seems the likely cause was
radiation setting the deployment countdown for KickSat back to 16 days.



Controllers of KickSat have been trying every possible contingency.
KickSat's uplink radio which could use to command the deployment, can't
turn on unless the batteries reach 8 volts, and it doesn't look like
they'll reach that level in time.  (KD2BHC)



**


HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  NASA TELEVISION TO AIR EXPEDITION 39 CREW'S RETURN
FROM SPACE STATION



Three crew members currently aboard the International Space Station are
scheduled to end more than six months on the orbiting laboratory Tuesday,
May 13th U.S. time, and NASA Television will provide complete coverage of
their return to Earth.


Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA, Flight Engineer Rick
Mastracchio, KC5ZTE and Soyuz commander Mikhail Tyurin, RA9ANS, will
undock their Soyuz spacecraft from the station at 6:33 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time. The spacecraft will land in Kazakhstan at 9:57 p.m..


NASA TV coverage of Expedition 39's return to Earth will begin Monday, May
12, with the change of command ceremony in which Wakata will turn over
command of station operations to Steve Swanson. Coverage will continue
Tuesday and Wednesday with Expedition 39 landing and post-landing
activities.  The return of the three space-farring astro-hams will wrap up
their 188 days on-orbit since launching from Kazakhstan last November 7th.
 (NASA TV via K6LCS)



**



NEWSLINE UPDATE:  USA ARDF CHAMPIONSHIP REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO JUNE 1


An update to a story in last week's Newsline regarding the USA's National
Championships of on-foot direction finding will take place June 5th
through 8th near Boston.  After our newscast went to air we received word
that the deadline for signing up to compete has been extended until June
1st.



These Championships are open to anyone who can safely navigate the woods
by themselves.  Competitors bring their own direction-finding gear, and
extra gear is sometimes available for loan from other attendees.



For more about the international sport of on-foot Amateur Radio Direction
Finding, plus details about the Boston competitions, go to
www.homingin.com.  (K0OV)



**



DX UP FRONT:  NEW THAI CLUB STATION ON THE AIR

In DX up front, E21EIC has told the Ohio-Penn DX Newsletter that he
received a new Thailand club callsign of E20AX that will be hosted by his
station. This new call will be used for training new hams, for contest
operations and by guest operators.  If you make contact QSL via E21EIC
electronically using OQRS or Logbook to the World.  (OPDX)



**



DX UP FRONT:  SOUTH COOK ISLANDS



And four members of the Yamato Amateur Radio Club will be on the air from
Rarotonga in the South Cook Islands, between May 22nd to the 31st.
Activity will be on all High Frequency bands from 160 through 10 meters
using CW, SSB and RTTY.  QSL via each operator's home callsign with a Self
Addressed Stamped Envelope or via the bureau.  (OPDX)



**



BREAK 1



Time for you to identify your station.  We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world including the N0DRC repeater
serving Trinidad, Colorado.





(5 sec pause here)





**



ENFORCEMENT:  FCC ISSUES CITATION TO WASHINGTON STATE RESIDENT OVER
INTERFERENCE TO 40 METERS



A Washington sate resident has been warned by the FCC that he could face
some severe penalties unless he terminates the use of what the regulatory
agency calls an incidental radiator that is interfering with amateur radio
communications in the 40 meter band.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephen
Kinford, N8WB, has the details:



--



In an April 23rd Citation and Order issued to Thomas Edward Rogers of
Woodinville, the FCC noted that on May 22, 2013, in response to complaints
of interference to licensed Amateur Radio Service operations, an agent
from the Enforcement Bureau's Seattle Office located the source of
transmissions radiating on numerous frequencies between 7 and 8 MHz to Mr.
Rogers residence.



On June 17, 2013, an RFI letter was issued to Mr. Rogers concerning his
responsibilities to resolve radio frequency interference issues.  Rogers
did not respond to the letter and the Seattle Office continued to receive
complaints of interference.  Agents from the Seattle Office returned to
Rogers' home on October 30, 2013, and confirmed that the signals emanating
from the  residence on frequencies between 7 and 8 MHz were still active,
and continued to cause interference to a licensed radio service.



Now, in its Citation and Order the FCC has ordered Thomas Edward Rogers to
stop operating devices that are causing interference to licensed radio
operations and to comply with federal rules and regulations related to
radio frequency devices.   This includes consumer and industrial devices
such as lighting ballasts that utilize radio frequencies in their
operation.  Failure to take action to resolve the interference may result
in severe penalties, including fines of up to $16,000 per day.



For the Amateur Radio Newsline, Im Stephen Kinford, N8WB, reporting



--



Rogers was also given 30 calendar days to respond in writing to the
Citation and must state that he has ceased operating the incidental
radiators and describe the specific actions taken or planned to eliminate
all harmful interference.  The response must be signed under penalty of
perjury.  (FCC)



**



ENFORCEMENT:  LOUISVILLE UNLICENSED BROADCASTER FACES $15000 NAL



The FCC has proposed a penalty of $15,000 against Jose Alejandro Aguilar
for apparently operating an unlicensed radio station in Louisville,
Kentucky.  The Commission says that it had previously warned Aguilar in
person that such unlicensed operations are illegal and he admitted that he
operated the radio station without a license.  But says the FCC, Jose
Aguilar continued to operate the radio station notwithstanding the
warning.  This says the regulatory agency says that this demonstrates a
deliberate disregard for the Commission's authority and its rules and as
such warrants a significant penalty.  Agular was given the usual 30 days
to pay or to file an appeal.  (FCC)



**



RADIO RULES:  FCC COMMISSIONER PAI WANTS AM REVITALIZATION SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BY END OF OCTOBER



FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai has set the end of October as the target for
getting the regulatory agency's AM Revitalization plan completed.  He made
that commitment on Monday, May 5th in a speech to the Pennsylvania
Association of Broadcasters gathered in Hershey Pennsylvania.



During his talk, Pai said that time isn't on the side of the grand old AM
band, so he wants to  commit to getting the FCC's work done by Haloween.



Pai noted that the FCC proposals will not be a panacea for the real
problems confronting AM broadcasters, that they will help.  He added that
he plans to hold a series of meetings with stakeholders to discuss these
proposals.  (B&C)



**



RESCUE RADIO:  HWN LOOKING FOR MORE NET CONTROL STATIONS



The Hurricane Watch Net that provides communications to and from hurricane
threatened and affected areas is looking to add to its roster of net
control stations.



In addition to severe weather spotting, Net Control Stations have added
responsibilities that include the relaying of weather reports to and from
the National Hurricane Center in Miami and to other net controllers as
long as a storm is within 300 miles of the U.S. coast.  They also spend a
time monitoring the Hurricane Watch Net on-line chat room for developments
coming their way via the Internwt.



Living in a location on the East Coast or Gulf Coast is desirable as are
bi-lingual operators.  Prospective members in Latin America or the
Caribbean are needed as well.

More information can be found at tinyurl.com/join-hwn-ncs  (HWN via RW)



**



HAMVENTION NEWS:  REPEATER NETWORK TO AGAIN SERVE INDIANA TO DAYTON



If you will be driving from Indiana to this years Dayton Hamvention you
will find some good VHF and UHF communications along the way.  This as
K9NZF Systems and the Chief Anderson Amateur Radio Club announce the
MegALinK special event wide area voice network for this years event.



The MegALinK Network was conceived as a way to provide FM mobile voice
coverage from central Indiana all the way to Dayton, Ohio, and onto the
grounds of the Hara Arena which is the Dayton Hamventions home base.



Core systems participating in the operation are located in Anderson, Modoc
and Greenwood Indiana, along with a repeater on-site at the Hamvention
itself.  More information including frequencies, coverage area and
Echolink connections is on-line at www dot k9nzf dot com.  Simply click on
the words Hamvention Megalink.  (Megalink Network)



**



HAM HAPPENINGS:  MICROWAVE UPDATE 2014



The annual Microwave Update or MUD conference will be held on October 24th
and 25th in Rochester, New York at the Rochester Marriott Airport Hotel.
The Rochester VHF Group conference where hams from all over the world have
the opportunity to discuss the latest technical developments and operating
achievements taking place in the 902 MHz-and-up amateur radio frequencies.
There will be test equipment for measurements including noise figure up to
47 GHz available on-site. For full details and registration, go to the
Microwave Update 2014 website at microwaveupdate.org.  (MUD2014)



**



NAMES IN THE NEWS:  2 INDUCTED INTO ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME



Some names in the news.  The accomplishments of two astronauts who helped
inspire another generation of space explorers have been honored for their
achievements on-orbit.  Shannon Lucid and Jerry Ross, the former N5SCW, of
the space shuttle era were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
during a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on May 3rd.



Shannon Lucid flew aboard the Atlantis three times and is the only
American woman to serve aboard the Russian Mir space station from where
she operated the R0MIR radio gear.  Jerry Ross was the first person to
complete seven space shuttle missions. Five of those were aboard Atlantis.
He spent more than 1,393 hours in space and 58 hours, 18 minutes on nine
spacewalks.



During the ceremony, each told of the challenges, triumphs and lighter
moments of their careers in space to an audience assembled underneath
shuttle Atlantis.  (Published News Reports)



**



NAMES IN THE NEWS:  500 MILE MARATHON WALK TO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN



As reported in the current issue of the German magazine 'FUNK Amateur',
retiree Volker Loose, DK2MT, will start a almost 500 mile walk from his
home in Haltern, Germany to the HAM RADIO hamfest in Friedrichshafen.



But that's not all.  Loose is not planning to walk on flat ground.  Rather
he is a Summits on the Air enthusiast and his route will take him up and
down 40 mountains during his 47 day walk.



DK2MT plans to cover about 12 miles a day including stops to operate with
his Elecraft  KX3 and a VHF hand held.  His on the air operation will
mainly be on CW using an Inverted V antenna supported a telescope pole.
(DD5LP / VK2JI)



**



NAMES IN THE NEWS:  YOUNG SISTERS IN IRELAND NOW BOTH LICENSED



Mid-Ulster Ireland Amateur Radio Club member Summer McCormick, MI6YLT, was
only 12 when she received her amateur radio license in 2013.  Now her
sister Grace, aged 10, has received her license and the call sign MI6YLG.
Both sisters are now members of the British Young Ladies Amateur Radio
Association.  A video of Summer on 20 meters is at
tinyurl.com/summer-on-the-air.  (Southgate)



**



NAMES IN THE NEWS:  LAS VEGAS EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PASSES FCC HAM TECH TEST



And not to be outdone, back here in the United States Las Vegas
Review-Journal reports that Zorion Connell, KG7KNK has passed his amateur
Technician class exam at the age of eight.



Connell, who is in third grade, passed his test on April 5th, and received
his license on April 11th.  He is thought to be the youngest radio amateur
in at the state of Nevada.



By the way, KG7KNK is no stranger to radio communication.  He obtained his
General Mobile Radio Service authorization and call sign WQNZ596 when he
was age 5.

You can read the full Las Vegas Review-Journal story at
www.reviewjournal.com/news/education/8-year-old-passes-fcc-s-amateur-radio
-license-exam   (Southgate, reviewjournal.com)



**



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)



**



EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  SPIN WAVES INCREASE SOLID STATE EFFICIENCY



Something new called Spin waves could make electronics one thousand times
more efficient than current machines.  This by using magnetic materials to
control the passage of electrons through transistor switches.  Here's
Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD:



--



As computers become more advanced, the silicon chips that house the
infinitely small switches that make up logic gates used to perform
computing functions get smaller and smaller.   As the chips and switches
get smaller and more are squeezed closer together however, it gets harder
to keep the electrons flowing where they need to without jumping to other
components.



Now researchers at UCLA found that by introducing multiferroic magnetic
materials they created a switch that could be turned on or off simply by
applying alternating voltage.  This creates an oscillating electric field
within a piezoelectric material which generates spin waves that induced
along a nickel film.  These steps cause power to move through the material
in a wave that matches the oscillation frequency of the electromagnetic
field called a spin wave bus.



The difference between using spin waves to carry electrons and letting
them flow naturally is similar to the difference between a river and wave.
 By powering future devices by varying the amount of voltage used, less
power is used over-all by virtue of the low voltage part of the wave. At
the same time the leaking transistor problem is solved, eliminating wasted
power and allowing for the potential that spin waves could make
electronics one thousand times more efficient in the future.



For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reporting.



--



You can find a link to the complete and in-depth report on this subject is
at http://tinyurl.com/spin-waves-2014.  Backround information on Spin
Waves  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_wave  (Guardian, Wikipedia)



**



WORLDBEAT:  ICASA AWARDS LONG-TERM 5MHZ LICENSE TO SARL



Some good news out of South Africa.  Almost a year ago the South African
Radio League obtained a license from the Independent Communications
Authority of South Africa or ICASA to do propagation research on 5250 and
5260 kilohertz.  This work is in support the 2015 World Radio Conference
agenda item 1.4 which will consider a possible new allocation to the
amateur service from 5250 to 5450 kHz.



To support the agenda item propagation conditions, frequency sharing
studies on the impact to other services currently allocated in the band
and in the adjacent bands would need to be carried out.  So last year the
South Africa Radio League submitted a proposal to the Council of ICASA for
the sponsorship of long term license.   The South Africa Radio League has
now received the official license which is valid through October 31st of
2015.



Now, in association with the Kempton Park Amateur Radio Technical Society
some early result of the recent WSPR (pronounced wisper) digital mode
experiment have been released.  More about on this is at www.sarl.org.za
on the propagation research page.  (SARL)



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WORLDBEAT:  HAM RADIO IN DR. WHO THEME MUSIC ARTICLE



Amateur radio got a very brief mention in an article on making music for
the British Doctor Who series from broadcast test equipment at the
Radiophonic Workshop.  The story in the United Kingdom newspaper the
Register titled "Delia and the Doctor: How to cook up a tune for a Time
Lord." Among other things it describes the BBC's Wobulator which was
basically a Beat Frequency Oscillator used by hams to receive CW and SSB
and how it was used in the creation of the tune.   (Southgate)



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DX



In DX, LA0HF is now operational as TY2BP from Benin.  Activity is on 20,
17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 meter SSB but the length of his stay is not known at
this time. QSL via IK2IQD.



VAO1AXC stroke CY0 is now active from the Sable Islands for two months as
a part of his work rotation. If you work him please QSL via JE1LET.



EA5IDQ will be active stroke TF from Iceland between May 11th and the
22nd. This will be his first DXpedition and he will be operating holiday
style on 40 through 10 meters using SSB and several digital modes. QSL via
his information on QRZ.com.



DK7TX will be active as stroke P from Spiekeroog Island between June 11th
to the 17th.  Listen out for him mainly on 20, 15 and 10 meters.  QSL's go
to his home callsign either via the bureau or electronically using eQSL.



AI2N, N2ZN and WJ2O will be operational as PJ4J from Bonaire between May
21st to the 28th.  Their trip is timed to coincide with the CQ World Wide
CW Contest an May 24th and 25th which they plan to enter as a
multi-operator, single transmitter all band station.  QSL as directed on
the air.



DK2WV and DJ9AF will be active as 7Q7WV from the Karonga Museum in Malawi
through May 21st.  Listen out for them on 160 through 6 meters using CW,
SSB and RTTY.  QSL direct, via the bureau or electronically using Logbook
to the World.



Last but by no means least, JA1N-LX will be active as 3D2YA from Mana
Island in the Mamanuca group between October 3rd and the 9th.  His
operations will be on 30 through 10 meters using mainly CW with some SSB
and digital, if possible.  QSL via JA1NLX, direct or via the OQRS.  Do not
send cards via the bureau for this operation.



(Above from OPDX and other DX news sources)



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THAT FINAL ITEM:  ASIAN TREK FOR RADIO HAM'S B-47 PARTY BALLOON



And finally this week, another success for Leo Bondar, MZ0XER and his long
duration radio balloon flights equipped with ham radio positioning gear.
Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Hal Rogers, K8CMD, with the details:



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Last week it was Leo Bondar's floater balloon called B 46 which flew from
the United Kingdom Eastward over Greenland and then looping back over
Europe and finally ending its adventure near the Ukrainian border.  Now
comes Leo's balloon B 47 which was launched on Monday, April 28th.  It
spent the next 8 days floating across Europe and Asia at an altitude of
around 39,000 feet, all the while sending back telemetry on 434.500 MHz
Upper Sideband using the amateur radio data mode Contestia 8/250.


B 47's journey took it from its launch point in the United Kingdom, then
over the English Channel to France, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine,
Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, North Korea before flying over Japan
where it was last reported on Monday, May 5th.  From there it was headed
out North East over the Sea of Okhotsk toward the Bering Sea on a direct
course toward Alaska if it makes it that far.  If it does go out to sea,
tracking may be difficult for a while as there are very few land masses
over most of the projected flight path.  Depending on the altitude, the 12
gram, three foot balloon could have had a radio range of between 180 and
300 miles but that may be out of range of any tracking station as B 47
floats along.



For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Hal Rogers, K8CMD



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You can see the latest update on this medium altitude ham radio floater at
tinyurl.com/leo-balloon-b47.   (Southgate, others)



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