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Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1918 - May 16, 2014
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1918 with a release date of May 16
2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. The gates of the Hara Arena swing open for
Hamvention 2014; IARU Region 1 successfully removes illegal traffic from
10 MHz; Report says the young ham population is declining in the UK; Alpha
amplifiers and Ten-Tec announce merger under the RF Concepts name; Amsat's
Fox 1 hamsat launch delayed until 2015 and are migrating birds loosing
their way because of radio waves? Find out more on Amateur Radio
NewslineT report number 1918 coming your way right now.
**
HAMVENTION 2014: THE GATES OF THE HARA OPEN
As this newscast goes to air, the gates are opening at the Hara Arena for
the 2014 Dayton Hamvention. This is the largest three day gathering of
amateur radio operators held anywhere in the world, and according to its
Public Relations Coordinator Henry Ruminski, W8HJR, in an interview with
Hap Holly. KC9RP, there are a number of changes this year as the
Hamvention celebrates the theme of "Makers - The Future of Ham Radio."
--
W8JHR: "There are several forums related to the new technologies lie
using Android for ham radio purposes; some of the single stamp type
computers. For the younger people there are some robotic events planned
so that young people can get involved in it that acknowledges the
important part that hams play in creating new communications technologies
and some other technologies too."
--
To help make this knowledge available to the next generation Ruminski says
that youngsters and most school age students were eligible for free
admittance to Hamvention 2014:
--
W8HJR: "If you are bringing young people with you, anyone under the age
of 12 does not need a ticket; anyone 12 to 18 can get a student ticket if
they go to the main entrance and show proof that they are a student and
they can get a free student ticket."
--
And to carry this even further, W8HJR says that the Hamvention had a new
meet and greet area where young hams can mingle with others their age:
--
W8HJR: "There is going to be a table for presenters to answer questions
from other young people. It's a little easier for a young person to
relate to another young person who is in the hobby than it is to relate to
someone who may be as old as his grandfather. So we are definitely trying
to get some of the young people in and we are definitely trying to get
some of the new technology in. Ham radio is moving pretty quickly and we
are trying to acknowledge that."
--
One other change this year was that license exams had to be moved to a new
location. Henry Ruminski explains why:
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W8HJR: "License exams at Hamvention have become quite a popular thing and
so we had to move it this year to the Grace Brethren Bayshore Church which
is located really close to Hamvention. We are going to have a shuttle bus
running down to the church for those people who are taking tests. And we
had to do that simply because the popularity of the license exams simply
outgrew the space available in Hara Arena we had for them."
--
And what about those who could not attend in person? Ruminski says
Hamvention has that covered too:
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W8HJR: "For the first time, Hamvention itself is going to put streaming
on the Internet. How successful it will be, it's the first time and its
going to be an experiment for us, but we are going to have a camera roving
around Hamvention throughout all three days is our current plan.
"W5KUB also broadcasts from there. Ham Nation and a number of the
Internet outlets are going to be there. There will be an opportunity to
see some of it (Hamvention) live on the Internet and there obviously will
be other opportunities to see it afterward from recorded materials; DVD's
and those kind of things."
--
And less we forget, as Hamvention 2014 is one of the regional ARRL
centennial conventions, a number of special fun events were planned.
W8HJR, tells us about two of them:
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W8HJR: " There's one forum on Friday that looks at the history of ham
radio and the ARRL in particular tracing some of the things that have
occurred over the years. And then on Sunday which is officially the
birthday of the ARRL there's going to be a birthday party at 9:30 in the
morning. I'm told there's going to be cake and I hope a lot of people can
make that."
--
Amateur Radio Newsline has several reporters at Hamvention 2014. Look for
a full wrap-up in next week's newscast. Meantime, we say Happy 100th
Birthday ARRL and a great 2014 Hamvention to the Dayton Amateur Radio
Association from all of us here at Amateur Radio Newsline. (ARNewsline
with interview audio supplied by KC9RP / RAIN)
**
RADIO LAW: FCC DISMISSES LOCKHEED MARTION 433 MHZ PART 15 REQUEST
The FCC has dismissed without prejudice a Petition for Rule Making filed
by aerospace giant Lockheed Martin. One that would have amended the
Commission's Part 15 rules to expand deployment of the company's radio
frequency identification system in the 433 MHz band. Lockheed Martin sold
its RFID business 2 years ago, but the company only this month requested
that the Petition be withdrawn and the proceeding terminated. The ARRL
had vigorously opposed this Lockheed Martin rules change request. More is
on the web at www.arrl.org (ARRL)
**
INTRUDER WATCH: ILLEGAL FISHERY TRAFFIC REMOVED FROM THE 10 MHZ BAND
The latest issue of the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System newsletter reports
on action by UK telecommunications regulator Ofcom's Baldock Monitoring
Station. This against an intruder in the 10 MHz band.
The report credits Peter Jost, HB9CET, as finding illegal fishery traffic
on 10 point 123 MHz USB daily. After receiving the report, the Radio
Society of Great Britain's Intruder Watch Coordinator, Chris Cummings,
G4BOH, asked the Baldock Monitoring Station for Assistance. As a result,
the British Coast Guard contacted the offenders to tell them that their
phone traffic was illegal. A few days later the frequency was clear.
(IARU - R1)
**
RADIO POLITICS: IARU REGION 3 DIRECTORS AT ASIA-PACIFIC TELECOMMUNITY
MEETING
The International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 Directors will be at the
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity meeting being held June 9th to the 13th in
Brisbane, Australia. This in the lead-up to the 2015 World
Radiocommunications Conference known as WRC-15.
This third preparatory group meeting is one of a series of regional
gatherings at which the IARU is seeking support for an allocation at 5
MHz, to fill the gap between existing bands allocated to then in Region 1.
To head toward that and other goals, IARU Region 3 will submit an
information paper on the WRC-15 agenda items which are of concern to the
amateur service in that part of the world. Immediately after the Brisbane
gathering, and also in that city, the IARU Region 3 Directors will hold
their own annual meeting. (WIA)
**
DX UP FRONT: VU4K OPERATIONS FROM ANDAMAN AND NICOBAT APPROVED FOR DXCC
In DX up front, Bill Moore, NC1L at the ARRL Awards desk says that the
2014 VU4K operation's from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2014 Operations
have been approved for DXCC credit. If you worked this operation you can
put in for credit as soon as your card arrives at your QTH. (NC1L -
DXCC)
**
DX UP FRONT: ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON AIR IN JUNE
Also, the special event call VI2R operated by the Rotarians on Amateur
Radio will take to the air from May 31st to June 4th. This from the Rotary
International Convention to be held in Sydney, Australia. If you work
VI2R please QSL as directed on the air. (VK3PC)
**
DX UP FRONT: ISLE OF MAN OPERATION TO TWEET UPDATES
Also, members of the United Kingdom's Telford and District Amateur Society
will be operating from the Isle Of Man as GT3ZME stroke P between June
26th and the 30th. Activity will be on 160 though 10 meters plus all
other bands up to and including 24 gigahertz. You can follow the
DXpedition planning and operation on Twitter @paulbowen18. (OPDX)
**
RECRUITMENT: REPORT SAYS YOUNGER RADIO HAMS DISAPPEARING IN THE UK
The Radio Society of Great Britain has released the figure for the number
of members aged under 25 and the news is not very good. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB, has the details:
--
According to the Southgate ham radio news service, membership in the Radio
Society of Great Britain is completely free for United Kingdom radio
amateurs aged 25 and under who are full time students. As such, you think
that almost every younger person involved in the hobby to be a member of
the Society. This in turn would provide a good estimate for United
Kingdom amateurs in that age group.
But a recently released figure says otherwise. Numbers are falling with
only 295 UK hams who are aged 25 or younger hams.
Take almost any UK radio club and you will find many members who have been
licensed for 40, 50 or 60 years, having first taken up the hobby in their
teens or early twenties. The latest figure suggests a declining
demographic which could conceivably see amateur radio in the United
Kingdom all but disappear in 20 years time.
But says Southgate, all is not doom and gloom. For instance, this year
the Radio Society of Great Britain has decided to take part for the first
time in the annual International Amateur Radio Union Region One
Youngsters On The Air event. The RSGB also intends to run a separate
event for youngsters called YOTA UK on July 19th and the 20th. All this
in the hope of reversing the current downward trend.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, reporting.
--
Southgate ends by noting that many United Kingdom amateurs at grassroots
level are now becoming involved in attracting younger-blood into the
hobby. It singles out at least two major groups it says have been doing a
great job in promoting amateur radio to a new generation.
(Southgate)
**
RESCUE RADIO: OKLAHOMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GRANT AWARDED HELP TRACK
STORM SPOTTERS
The Okmulgee County Oklahoma Emergency Management has been awarded a
$3,670 in a Grant award from Operation Round Up and the ECE Foundation.
These funds will allow the purchase of an amateur radio based location
tracking system for use by SKYWARN storm spotters in and around the
County.
In Oklahoma most SKYWARN storm spotters report their observations via
amateur radio to local emergency management. The tracking and guiding
storm spotters to safe observation locations during a severe weather
events can be a challenge. To benefit the spotters as well as the citizens
of Okmulgee and neighboring counties, Okmulgee County Emergency Management
plans to use the funds to construct and maintain several APRS based
digital systems. These include a number of APRS based digital repeaters,
an APRS receiving station for the county's Emergency Operations Center,
add APRS systems to several County Emergency Management vehicles, and
developing several portable APRS tracking systems. (N7XYO)
**
RESCUE RADIO: INMARSAT OFFERS FREE OVER WATER AIRCRAFT BASIC TRACKING
Inmarsat, the global mobile satellite provider, says it will offer free
basic tracking services for planes flying over oceans. This in the hope
of preventing another incident like the loss of Malaysian Airlines Flight
370 in late March.
The company says that the service is being offered to all 11,000
commercial passenger aircraft already equipped with an Inmarsat satellite
connection. This accounts for most of the world's long haul commercial
fleet. (Published News Reports)
**
PUBLIC SERVICE: THE BOSTON HEARTBREAK HILL HALF AND FESTIVAL
Hams in the Boston, Massachusetts area are being asked to provide public
service communications for a new race. The Heartbreak Hill Half and
Festival features combined 5K and 10K marathons on Saturday, June 7th,
and a half marathon on Sunday, June 8th. The medical staff has asked for
amateur radio volunteers to provide communications and logistics support.
The only required equipment is a dual band 2 meter and 70 centimeter
handheld radio, preferably with a gain antenna. Anyone interested in
volunteering their services should contact Brett Smith, by e-mail to
ab1rl (at) arrl.net (KG1H)
**
RADIO BUSINESS: ALPHA AMPLIFIERS AND TEN-TEC MERGE UNDER RF CONCEPTS
BANNER
The May 9th announcement that RF Concepts, LLC the maker of Alpha
Amplifiers and Sevierville, Tennessee-based TEN-TEC Inc. were merging
literally caught the worlds ham radio community by surprise. The merger
creates a multi-million-dollar company with products that span from QRP
transceivers to full-legal-limit amplifiers. It also establishes an
organization with the size and scale to continue to innovate into the next
decade and beyond.
The new company will retain the RF Concepts name but operations will now
be shared between its Longmont Colorado and its Sevierville Tennessee
facilities. The company is currently seeking a new operations location in
the Sevierville area to more efficiently house factory operations, part of
the engineering resources, as well as technical and customer support
services. The Colorado facility will house engineering resources,
technical and customer support services, and much of the front-office
operations.
Both Jim Wharton, NO4A, who in January of this year took the reins of
TEN-TEC after the retirement of founder Jack Burchfield, K4JU and Ken
Long, N0QO, who has been overseeing the operations at Alpha Amplifiers
will be presidents of their respective group. (RF Concepts)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: MT. BEACON HAMFEST JUNE 8
The Mt .Beacon Amateur Radio Club will hold a "Ham Flea Market" on Sunday
June 8th at the Pavilion on the grounds of the Downstate Correctional
Facility in Fishkill, New York. If you will be in the area that day and
want to attend, you can get more information by e-mail to Adam Nowik,
KC2DAA, at president (at) wr2abb.org or click on the flyer found at
wr2abb.org (WA2BSS)
**
AMATEUR RADIO ON TV: LAST MAN STANDING RENEWED FOR 4TH SEASON
Last Man Standing, the hit situation comedy that stars Tim Allen as an
outdoors store marketing manager who's also a ham, has been renewed for a
fourth season, for 22 new episodes. This, according to Co-Executive
Producer John Amodeo, NN6JA.
Allen's character, Tim Baxter, KA0XTT, has a ham station in his office as
well as his basement at home, and both are often seen in background shots.
Amateur radio has already played a significant part in two episodes so
far and a number of the shows staff have become licensed radio amateurs
since the show began..
Last Man Standing" airs Friday nights at 8 PM Eastern and 7 PM Central on
the ABC Television Network. (NN6JA)
**
RADIO READING: SPRING 2014 OF 5 MHZ NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE
The Spring 2014 edition of the 5 MHz Newsletter is now available for free
download in PDF format. According to its editor Paul Gaskell, G4MWO, this
latest edition features information on new allocations of the band; news
of preparations going on in preparation for the 2015 World
Radiocommunications Conference; United Kingdom Cold War era communications
using 5 MHz and various updates on activity in a number of countries. To
get your copy, simply go to tinyurl.com/lyofs36 (G4WMO)
**
RADIO READING: K6LCS FREQUENCY LIST FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
If you are planning a vacation or visit to Southern California and will
have a radio with you then take note. Clint Bradford, K6LCS, has just
updated his Southern California Ham Radio Frequency List' for the 2nd
quarter of 2014.
K6LCS list contains more than 80 repeater systems, simplex frequencies,
and miscellaneous frequencies that he himself keeps programmed into his
own radios. He says that the list is weighed towards enjoyment of the 144
and 440 MHz amateur radio airwaves. Most listings contain website
addresses to repeater owner sites and/or club sites.
The list in PDF file format is available on the DOCS page at
www.k6lcs.com. Bradford adds that he has been on most of these repeaters
and found them to be open and welcoming of hams.
(K6LCS)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: CQ MAGAZINE NAMES 2014 HALLS OF FAME INDUCTEES
Some names in the news. CQ magazine has announced its 2014 Hall of Fame
inductees, adding two members each to the CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame,
as well as eight new members of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.
CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame:
The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether
licensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to amateur
radio; and those amateurs who have made significant contributions either
to amateur radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of
life on our planet. The 2014 inductees (listed alphabetically) are:
Clifford Berry, W9TIJ, who helped usher in the computer age as co-inventor
of the Atanasoff-Berry computer (or ABC), the precursor of virtually all
electronic computers.
Warren Bruene, W5OLY, prolific radio designer and innovator who designed
many Collins radios and helped the company introduce single-sideband voice
communications.
John Huntoon, W1RW, former ARRL General Manager, QST Editor, helped bring
about international allocation of the 30-, 17- and 12-meter bands.
Mike Koss, W9SU, DXer and DXpeditoner; founder and owner of filter
manufacturer ICE (Industrial Communications Engineers); key player in
establishment of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Amateur Radio Club, W9IMS;
organizer of special event station W87PAX at 1987 Pan American Games in
Indianapolis.
Nancy Kott, WZ8C, former Editor of WorldRadio and WorldRadio Online and
tireless promoter of Morse Code as U.S. coordinator of the FISTS CW Club.
Paul Laughton, N6BVH, software designer whose accomplishments include
developing Apple's disk operating system and Atari's operating system.
Ralph Showers, ex-W3GEU, expert on electronic interference and leader of
efforts to set national and international standards for electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC). He holds several awards from the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE).
Steve Wozniak, ex-WV6VLY and ex-WA6BND, co-founder of Apple Computers.
CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame:
The CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame honor those amateurs who not only
excel in personal performance in these major areas of amateur radio but
who also "give back" to the hobby in outstanding ways.
The 2014 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are:
Joe Reisert, W1JR, a DXer and DXpeditioner since the 1950s, Joe has DXCC
Mixed, Phone, CW, Digital and QRP with over 300 entities confirmed for
each, along with 13-band Worked All States, 13-band Worked All Continents
and CQ's USA-CA All Counties award. Joe is also a pioneer in 432-MHz EME
(Earth-Moon-Earth) communications, ran his own antenna manufacturing
company (Antennaco) and is a prolific writer and public speaker.
David Collingham, K3LP, a leading DXer and DXpeditioner who is also
focused on using amateur radio as an educational tool, at home and around
the world. He has equipped a complete station at his hometown elementary
school and has taught amateur radio to young people in Iraq, Ethiopia and
Rotuma.
The 2014 inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame are:
J. Scott Redd, K0DQ, is already a member of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of
Fame for his service to our nation as an Admiral, Deputy Administrator of
the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and the first Director of the
National Counterterrorism Center. Scott has always found time within his
professional duties for amateur radio and his first love, contesting. He
is one of only two people to have won the single-operator category of all
of the world's major contests.
Ed Muns, W0YK, is a noted RTTY contester with 9 single-op all-band and one
multi-two championships and six world records. Ed is also Director of the
CQ World Wide RTTY DX and RTTY WPX Contests, and manager of the North
American Sprint RTTY Contest. He is also very active in the Northern
California Contest Club and is a past club officer and director.
Formal inductions to the CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame were scheduled
for the Dayton Hamvention. More detailed descriptions of inductees will
appear in the official announcement in the July 2014 issue of CQ magazine.
(CQ)
**
HAMES IN THE NEWS: ASTRO-HAM CHRIS HADFIELD HONORED FOR HIS SPACE
PHOTOGRAPHS
Canada's most famous astronaut is now a professionally-recognized
photographer. Chris Hadfield, VA3OOG, has been awarded an honorary
Service of Photographic Arts designation by the Professional Photographers
of Canada for his photos from space.
Once Hadfield had returned to Earth, members of the organization began a
campaign to give tribute his work. Hadfield said he was honored by the
designation that was bestowed in recognition of contributions made to
photography in Canada.
(DO NOT READ: The complete story of this honor bestowed on Chris Hadfield
can be found at tinyurl.com/Hadfield-Photo-Honor) (Vancouver Sun)
**
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: SARL PRESENTS RADIO TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION
The first South African Radio League Radio Technology in Action symposium
will be held at the University of Kwa Zulu Natal on Saturday June 21st.
The program features a great variety of subjects of interest to radio
amateurs and electronic enthusiasts with a number of presentations to be
supported by practical demonstrations. The full program and registration
form are now available at sarl.org.za. Simply select the Radio Technology
in Action link on the left hand side of the home page. (SARL)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: AMSAT FOX 1 LAUNCH DELAYED TO 2015
The launch of Amsat's Fox 1 ham radio satellite will now take place in
2015. Fox 1 was originally manifested to be carried to orbit from
Vandenberg AFB this December. But due to what is being termed as
governmental priorities, Fox 1 will likely launch in the summer of 2015.
This delay is mixed news for Amsat. While it is disappointed that this
will keep Fox-1 reaching space this year, it also means that the
organization has more time to complete and test the spacecraft prior to
delivery. Amsat says that in the overall scheme of things, the delay
allows it to have greater confidence in the delivery of a thoroughly
tested spacecraft by taking more time to allow for unforeseen
contingencies and to do more ground testing.
More information on the Fox 1 project is on the web at
http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1113 (AMSAT)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: JUNE 19 LAUNCH FOR FUNCUBE 2
Some better news from the United Kingdom. This with word from the FUNcube
team that it has received confirmation that the FUNcube-2 payload remains
scheduled for a Soyuz launch on June 19th.
Those involved in the project do not yet have any lift off times or
orbital data but will make these available as soon as possible. It is
believed that, immediately after deployment and activation that the
UKube-1 host vehicle will start transmitting a CW beacon and that this
will be later followed by an AX25, 1200 BPSK beacon. Both of these will
be on 145.840 MHz. The FUNcube-2 payload, with its telemetry downlink for
educational outreach, is expected to be tested at a later date.
(Southgate, FUNcube Team)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: DELFI-C3 CELEBRATES 6 YEARS IN SPACE
Delfi-C3 also known as DO-64 celebrated its 6th birthday in space on April
28th. Delfi-C3 has exceeded its mission lifetime by six times and
on-board telemetry still does not indicate any degradation in performance.
As such, the spacecraft is still operational, telemetry only, on 145.870
MHz USB.
Delfi-C3 is a CubeSat satellite was constructed by students at the Delft
University of Technology in the Netherlands. It is a 3-unit CubeSat and
was launched in 2008 as part of the NLS-4 mission from the Satish Dhawan
Space Centre in India.
The original team of students that developed the bird has long graduated.
These days Delfi-c3 operations have been taken on by a small number of
volunteers who continue to monitor the live telemetry in their spare time.
(PA3WEG, ANS)
**
TV FROM SPACE: COMMERCIAL HDTV STREAMING LIVE FROM ISS
A new commercial video service called the High Definition Earth Viewing or
HDEV was launched the International Space Station on April 18th on board
the SpaceX Dragon re-supply mission.
The set of four High Definition video cameras and are now operational,
after being installed on the External Payload Facility of the Columbus
module. The cameras and electronics are enclosed in a pressurized box to
provide protection to the equipment from the harsh environment of space.
This is not the HAMTV experiment and your screen will appear black when
the ISS is in its orbital night. You can see the new live ISS video feed
anytime at tinyurl.com/iss-to-earth
( UniverseToday.com, ANS)
**
ON THE AIR: CELEBRATING THE POPES VISIT TO ISRAEL
On the air, be on the lookout for special event stations 4X266POPE and
4Z266POPE to be active between May 20 to the 27th. This to celebrate Pope
Francis's visit to Israel. QSL both callsigns via 4Z1TL. (OPDX)
**
DX
In DX, Tim Beaumont, M0Z0URX, and his team say that they have completed
the design of the VK9MT Mellish Reef QSL cards. The design and layout
went to the printer the week of May 11th. If all goes as planned, all
QSL's from this operation should be in the mail by sometime in June.
N7HX is now operational from Rarotonga as E51NHX where he is reported to
be vacationing. Activity has been mainly on 20 and 15 meters SSB but the
length of his stay is not known. If you make contact, please QSL via his
home callsign.
DG5LAC will be active stroke EA8 from Fuerteventura Island between through
May 23rd. His operation is reported to be on 80 through 10 meters using
only SSB at 100 watts. QSL via DG5LAC, direct or via the bureau.
KK9A will once again be on the air from Aurba as P40A between May 17th to
the 25th. Activity will be on 80 through 10 meters and including the CQ
World Wide CW Contest on May 24th and 25th. QSL via WD9DZV.
Lastly, LW9EOC will be operational from San Andres Island between November
26th and December 9th also to take part in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest
as well as the ARRL 160 meter CW Contest during his stay. No callsign for
this operation has been announced, but there is the possibly it could be
5JZ0T. QSL via his home callsign.
(Above from QRZ-DX and other DX news sources)
**
THAT FINAL ITEM: RADIO AND THE BIRDS
And finally this week a story that's kind of for the birds. This in a
study reported in the journal Nature says that AM radio signals can send
out interference that can disrupt the internal magnetic compasses of
migratory birds. We have more in this report:
--
Biologists at Germany's University of Oldenburg studied migratory robins
and found that the birds could not orient themselves when on the schools
city campus but could while they were kept in the countryside. Further
experimentation showed that when the huts in which the birds were housed
were screened with grounded aluminum reducing electromagnetic
interference, the birds could easily orient themselves. When the
grounding was disconnected, the birds again lost their sense of direction.
According to the report, the frequency range that was found to disorient
the birds is from about 50 kHz to about 5 MHz. This implies that it is
not mobile phones nor power lines that are disrupting the birds ability to
fly in the proper direction but rather radio waves in that spectrum.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, watching the
birds fly by from here in the City of Angels.
--
The team did seven years' worth of double-blind tests. The conclusion is
that Migratory birds can sense the Earth's magnetic field and use it as an
in-built compass to help them fly in the right direction. (Telegraph, The
Register, All Access News)
**
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