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Greetings Y'all!
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1926 - July, 11 2014
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1926 with a release date of July 11
2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. The Hawaii to mainland US opens on VHF just after
the 4th of July weekend; UKube-1 ham radio satellite successfully
launched; a whole new set of amateur radio regulations to be introduced in
Thailand; Hurricane Watch nets activate for Hurricane Arthur; a United
States lightship is the 300th registrant for International Lighthouse and
Lightship weekend and a look at the recent HAM RADIO convention in
Germany. All this and more on Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1926
coming your way right now.
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PROPAGATION: WEST COAST TO HAWAII DUCTING ON JULY 4TH WEEKEND
The long awaited West coast to Hawaii ducting season has finally begun.
This according to a posting to the VHF Reflector by Wayne Overbeck, N6NB.
Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF has the details:
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Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, says that he first learned of the opening in a
message from Gordon West, WB6NOA. According to West, the KH6HME 2 meter
beacon was booming in and the opening might last two days. As it was,
N6NB said that it lasted much longer with both the KH6HME 2 meter and 70
centimeter beacon signals loud and clear at various points up and down the
California coast. Overbeck recorded the beacons as heard in Orange
County, California and posted it on YouTube. Heres a quick sample:
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Actual beacon audio
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According to N6NB, on Saturday, July 5th, Fred Honnold, KH7Y, made the
five-hour round trip from his home to the beacon site at 8,000' elevation
on Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano. He worked a number of California stations
on 144, 223.5 and 432 MHz with excellent signals. Here's a sample of
N6NB's QSO with KH7Y at the KH6HME station on 223.5 Mhz over a path of
2505 miles:
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KH7Y/KN6HME: ".an IC-37A. I think its about 10 or 15 watts.
N6NB: "15 watts out on 223.5. Oh my goodness! Im running a transverter
at about 100 watts out on 223.5. KH6HME from N6NB in DM-13, over."
KH7Y/KH6HME: "Its to bad that there aren't more people around with these
radios. Yes, its amazing. These antennas are 14 elements and theres a
pair of them up there stacked. They are actually tuned up on 222.1 when
we used to have a beacon up here."
--
Meanwhile, three other Hawaiian stations worked the mainland from much
lower elevations. These stations were KH6 stroke K6MIO, KH6SX and WH6XM.
According to Overbeck, the duct between Hawaii and the U.S. mainland
proved to be much like earlier ones. On the California end it was low,
perhaps as low as 1,000' above sea level at times. But on the Hawaiian
end, the duct was centered somewhere near the beacon site at 8,000 feet.
Stations at low elevations near Hilo were not nearly as loud as KH7Y who
was signing KH6HME in honor of the late Paul Lieb, who made this path
famous.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the
Newsroom, in Los Angeles.
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N6NB adds that on Sunday afternoon, July 6th the KH6HME beacons were still
loud into Orange County in Southern California. At the same time, Victor
Frank, K6FV, was hearing a 599 signal from the KH6HME 2 meter beacon on a
hand-held transceiver in the hills above San Mateo in northern California
overlooking the town of Half Moon Bay. Since then other trans-Pacific
openings are being reported and we will have more about those in next
weeks newscast.
Links to KH6HME beacon audio as received at N6NB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uucyw8YO9s0&feature=youtu.be
Link to QSO between KH7Y/KH6HME and N6NB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOyaUNMYIGg&feature=youtu.be
(VHF Reflector, N6NB)
**
UKUBE-1 SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED AND SIGNALS RECEIVED
The UKube-1 ham radio satellite was successfully launched on Tuesday, July
8th, from Kazakhstan. The UKube control team and radio amateurs across
Europe awaited the satellite coming within range. It's 145.84 MHz beacon
signal was received by the satellites control team at 19:16 UTC. Signals
have also been received from DX-1 and TechEdSat which rode to orbit on the
same launch as UKube-1. (Southgate)
**
RESTRUCTURING: NEW HAM RADIO REGULATIONS APPROVED FOR THAILAND
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission of Thailand's
has approved new amateur radio regulations that the agency has been
working on for almost three years. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather
Embee, KB3TZD, has the details:
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According to the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand the new rules to govern
amateur radio in that nation have been three years in the making. Some of
the key provisions include opening of the 6 meter band from 50 to 54 MHz;
the expansion of two meters to 146.5 MHz and giving Thai advanced class
license holders privileges that will allow power output levels of up to
1,000 watts. Additional spectrum will also be authorized in the 160 and
80 meter bands with more club stations and contest callsigns to be issued
as well.
Other changes include easing restrictions on the sale of High Frequency
radio gear that includes the six meter band and the easing of
type-approval restrictions so that Thai radio amateurs will be able to
purchase new models of transceivers. And while the Morse exam will remain
it will become a reception only test at 8 words per minute. Also, those
who do not yet hold an amateur radio license will be permitted to operate
under supervision at a club station.
By way of background, there are three amateur radio license classes
available to the public in Thailand. These are the Basic Amateur Radio
Operator who is permitted 100 watts out on 28 MHz and 60 watts on 144 MHz.
This is followed by the Intermediate Amateur Radio Operator License with
power output privileges of 200 watts and the Advanced Amateur Radio
Operator License with a full kilowatt of power now permitted. In reality,
the Thai Advanced license had been provided for in that nations
regulations since 1987 it had been activated until now.
Also, there is an Extra class license but that is held only the King of
Thailand.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reporting
--
The new regulations were signed by the Chairman of Thailand's National
Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission on June 20th and will
become effective within 30 days of that date. More information about
amateur radio in Thailand is on the web at www.qsl.net/rast
(HS0ZDX, W7VOA)
**
RESTRUCTURING: MOLDOVA HAS JOINED CEPT LICENSES
International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 reports that Moldova has signed
the pan-European CEPT Novice and Class 1 amateur radio license agreement.
The CEPT Radio Amateur License Class 1 corresponds to the United States
Extra and United Kingdom's Advanced and Full licenses. The CEPT Novice
License is closely compatible to the Unites States General and UK
Intermediate license.
There is also a CEPT entry class license which equate to the United States
Technician and United Kingdom Foundation class, however Moldavia is not
joining in that entry level system. At least not at this time. (IARU-R1)
**
RADIO STATS: FEWER UK HAM RADIO EXAM PASSES IN 2013
The United Kingdom's RCF Examination Committee has released its report on
the amateur radio exams for 2013 and it shows fewer people passed than in
the previous year. According to the published figures in 2012 there were
1599 candidates that passed the United Kingdom's Foundation class entry
level test. For 2013 that number dropped to 1508. The committee also
noted that pass totals for the United Kingdom Intermediate and Advanced
class licenses were also down as well. You can download the entire report
in PDF format at tinyurl.com/2013-uk-licenses. (RCF)
**
BREAK 1
Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world including the Okinawa Amateur
Radio Society club station JR6YQF.
(5 sec pause here)
**
RESCUE RADIO: HURRICANE WATCH NET AND VOIP HURRICANE NET ACTIVATE FOR
HURRICANE ARTHUR
The Hurricane Watch Net was activated twice during the recent storm known
as Hurricane Arthur. The first activation came on July 3rd as the storm
was headed toward North Carolina's Outer Banks. It made landfall at 11:15
p.m. Eastern Daylight time with maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per
hour retelling homes and cutting off island communities from the
mainland.
Also activated was the VoIP Hurricane Watch net which uses local FM
repeaters, Echolink, IRLP to provide information to and from volunteer
storm spotters along the storm's projected path:
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VoIP Net audio: ".Hurricane Arthur continues to develop a threat of
sustained high winds that may increase soon. The latest area forecast
maximum winds if of 70 to 90 miles per hour with gusts to 110 miles per
hour."
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Arthur made the North Carolina coastline as a category 1 hurricane and
remained that way as it worked its way northward along the Eastern
seaboard. This accounted for a second activation on July 5th before
Arthur deteriorated into a tropical storm as it neared Canada.
Net operations on the High Frequency bands were on 14.325 MHz and 7.268
MHz depending on propagation. The VoIP Hurricane Watch Net could be
monitored on several Echolink nodes, I-R-L-P and other monitoring services
world-wide. Both SKYWARN in the United States and CANWARN in Canada were
involved in this first hurricane callout of the 2014 season. (VoIP
Hurricane Net, various other sources)
**
ENFORCEMENT: FCC AFFIRMS $25,000 FINE AGAINST ANOTHER UNLICENSED FLORIDA
BROADCASTER
The FCC has affirmed a penalty of $15,000 against Jean Richard Salvador
for operating an unlicensed FM radio station on the frequency 89.5 MHz in
Miami, Florida.
On March 26, 2014, the Enforcement Bureau's Miami Office issued a $15,000
Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture to Jean Richard Salvador for
his alleged operation of the unlicensed FM radio station. This after its
agents used direction finding to pinpoint its location. They then
performed a station inspection during which Jean Richard Salvador admitted
that he turned the unlicensed station transmitter on and off at different
times on multiple days, but claimed that an unnamed friend actually
operated the station.
But agents later found evidence on the Internet identifying Jean Richard
Salvador as an organizer and DJ for the unlicensed station marketing
itself as BREEZ FM 89.5. As such the FCC says that the totality of the
evidence led the Enforcement Bureau to conclude that Mr. Salvador
exercised control over the unlicensed station by turning off the
transmitter on and operating it on several days.
Based on this, on June 24th the regulatory agency affirmed the fine and
gave Jean Richard Salvador 30 days to pay in full. It also warned him
that if the forfeiture amount is not paid within the period specified, the
case may be referred to the U.S. Department of Justice for further
enforcement action. (FCC)
**
ENFORCEMENT: FCC ISSUES $25000 NAL FOR INTERFERENCE TO AVIATION RADAR
A telecommunications organization in Puerto Rico has been issued a
proposed fine for interfering with aviation radar. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Hal Rogers, K8CMD, has more:
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The FCC has proposed a $25,000 Notice of Apparent Liability against CMARR,
Inc. of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This for apparently and willfully
interfering with a Federal Aviation Administration weather radar in San
Juan by operating a radio transmitter without a license.
The matter goes back to the fall of 2013. That's when the FCC's
Enforcement Bureau received a complaint from the Federal Aviation
Administration. At that time the FAA reported a signal centered on 5610
MHz was causing interference to the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
installation serving the San Juan International Airport.
On November 13th and 18th an FCC agent, using direction-finding identified
the source of the transmissions on 5610 MHz as coming from the rooftop of
a business in San Juan. On November 18th, the agent, accompanied by
CMARR's owner, conducted an inspection of the installation and found that
the transmissions on 5610 MHz were not present. The company's owner
stated that the transmitter had been tuned away from 5610 MHz minutes
before the agent arrived.
Now in issuing the Notice of Apparent Liability, the FCC said that given
the risk to public safety created by CMARR's unlicensed operations, and
the fact that the company had already received a warning for similar
violations, that the proposed $25,000 penalty is warranted.
I'm Hal Rogers, K8CMD
--
CMARR Inc. was given the customary 30 days to pay the fine or to file an
appeal. (FCC)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: EADX CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED
The European DX Council 2014 conference will be held from September 19th
to the 22nd in Southern France. The first part of the conference on the
19th to the 21st will take place in a village 50 miles North-East from the
city of Nice with the September 22nd conclusion in the city of Nice
itself. More information can be found at the events on-line blog at
edxcnews.wordpress.com. (EDXC)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: ASIA PACIFIC DX CONVENTION 2014 FEATURES ICOM TOUR
DXers and Contesters are invited to attend the 2014 Asia Pacific DX
Convention which will take place November 14th to the 16th, in Osaka,
Japan. In addition to presentations on recent DXpeditions, technical
sessions and other amenities this years convention will offer something
unique. As Japan is where most of today's amateur radio equipment is
developed, attendees will have the opportunity to join a tour to the Icom
factory and to participate in a technical session led by the Icom HF radio
design team. For more details, please visit www.apdxc.org on the
World-Wide-Web. (JA3USA)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: ASTRO-HAM KF5LKT TWEETING FROM THE ISS
Some names in the news. First up is astronaut Reid Weisman, KF5LKT, who
has been active on the Twitter social network as well as the ARISS space
station ham radio gear. According to several news reports Weisman has
literally been tweeting from space about the planet we live on describing
what he sees from his vantage point high above the Earth's surface. Since
he began his tweeting from the ISS his number of followers has risen from
37,000 when he started to over 126,000 today. You can follow him on the
web at twitter.com/astro_reid (Published news reports)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: WGMD PERSONALITY JIM RASH RECEIVES BILL LEONARD AWARD
Delaware radio personality Jim Rash of WGMD-FM has been chosen to receive
one of three annual Bill Leonard Awards from American Radio Relay League.
According to a an article on the stations website, Rash's contribution
consisted of a 2013 radio interview with local ham radio enthusiast Bill
Duveneck, KB3KYH, of Milton, Delaware where the discussion centered on the
then upcoming Field Day.
The other two 2013 Leonard Award winners were Rich Luterman in the video
category. Luterman is the Chief Meteorologist of Detroit's WJBK-TV which
aired a story titled "Ham Radio Operators Play A Crucial Role During
Weather Emergencies".
The print category award was shared by writer Kim Hoey and photographer
Gary Emeigh of the Delaware News Journal for a story titled "Calling Fans
Of Ham"
The Bill Leonard Award, named in honor of the late CBS Network President
and radio amateur W2SKE. Its purpose is to recognize journalists and
media personalities who help to support amateur radio. (WGMD.com, ARRL)
**
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)
**
RADIO RECORDS: BRENDAN QUEST TEAM HEARD ON 2 METERS IN THE UK
A quick follow-up on our earlier story regarding a group of hams on the
air from Newfoundland. This in the hope of garnering the elusive Brendan
Trophy for the first confirmed two-way QSO on two meters to Europe.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, has the latest:
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Operating as VC1T on 144.155 MHz, the signal from the Brendan Quest team
using the FSK441 transmission mode was heard and decoded by John Regnault,
G4SWX, in Suffolk, England. This, on July 6 at 13:41 hours UTC.
The stations continued to try to make it a complete two way contact for
something over the next four hours but nothing was heard back on this side
of the Atlantic from G4SWX or any European station.
Even if a two-way contact is not achieved the team is eligible to be
awarded the Breadan Plate. The Brendan Plate will be given for the first
verified reception of a transatlantic signal on 2 meters in any mode ad is
a part of the Brendan Trophy series of awards offered by the Irish Radio
Transmitters Society.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, in Zion,
Illinois.
--
We should know the results of this all out attempt by the Brendan Quest
Team in time for next weeks newscast. (ANS)
**
WORLDBEAT: UNITED STATES LIGHTSHIP IS 300 ILLW REGISTRANT
A United States lightship has garnered the position of being the 300th
registrant for the 2014 International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
operating event as we hear from WIA Newsman Graham Kemp, VK4BB:
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The prestigious 300th registration in the annual International Lighthouse
and Lightship Weekend held in August, goes to the Lightship Columbia
WLV-604, operated by the Sunset Empire Amateur Radio Club, W7BU.
The club puts the lightship on air because of the close link between radio
communication and the history of navigational aids for ships.
W7BU will be heard from the lightship's radio room. Now at Astoria in the
State of Oregon, it used to guard the Columbia River Bar in Columbia,
before being replaced by a lighthouse in 1979.
The last operational US West Coast lightship, the Columbia WLV-604 is on
the National Register of Historic Places and has guided tours.
Registrations have come so far from 36 countries in the annual fun-event.
The USA is in the lead with 53 including 14 first-time registrations,
ahead of Germany 52 and Australia on 51.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB, of the WIA News in
Australia.
--
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend takes place this year on
the weekend of August 16th and 17th. More on International Lighthouse and
Lightship Weekend and how to register to take part is on the web at
illw.net. (VK3PC, WIA News)
**
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: BROADBAND-HAMNET ADDS 5.8 GHZ SUPPORT
Broadband-Hamnet has announced a new firmware release in the form of an
update to the original Linksys WRT54G, GL and GS gear, and for the
Ubiquiti firmware originally released for the 2.4GHz ham band this past
February. With this publication, Broadband-Hamnet now supports the
Ubiquiti M5-series hardware, giving hams use of the 5.8 GHz band for mesh
networking. Among the many new features is the ability to easily connect
collocated nodes into clusters and to span the mesh across both ham bands.
More about the new software is on the web at www.broadband-hamnet.org
(Broadbabd-Hamnet, K5KTF)
**
HAM RADIO TECHNOLOGY: ENHANCED 2 METER PROPAGATION BEACON IN FRANCE
F6HTJ who operates the F5ZAL 2 meter propagation beacon in France has
announced the addition of the latest Opera OP05 format to the system.
Opera is a free running beacon system not to be confused with the Opera
web browser. Rather it's a transmission mode using upper sideband on/off
keying that can be received by feeding recovered audio to the Windows
based decoding software
The Opera signal from the F5ZAL beacon operates on 144.474.5 MHz Upper
Sideband. It also sends Morse on 144.476 MHz. In both modes it
identifies by signing F5ZAL plus the grid square locator JN12LL. Power
out is 10 watts out to a horizontally polarized Big Wheel antenna
Reception reports go to F6HTJ at his information found on QRZ.com.
(Southgate, G0NBD)
**
ON THE AIR: W8AL CELEBRATES 2014 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
The Canton Ohio Amateur Radio Club will celebrate the 2014 Pro Football
Hall of Fame Festival by operating club station W8AL from August 1st to
the 3rd. Listen out for W8AL on or near 7 dot 265; 14.265; 21.365 and
28.365 MHz. QSL's go to Roger Gray, W8VE, 3506 21st. Street N.W.
Canton, Ohio 44708. Please include two dollars to cover shipping and
handling if you wish to receive a commemorative certificate. (K8AGB)
**
DX
In DX, five operators will active as using their home call signs from
Kadok Island during the Radio Society of Great Britain's Islands on the
Air Contest on July 26th and 27th. QSL via their home callsigns direct
via the bureau or electronically using Logbook of the World.
WM2W and N0TW will be active as C6AMW and C6ATW, respectively from the
Bahamas between August 1st and the 4th. This as part of the 10-10 Summer
QSO Party. QSL via N0TW.
DF1YP will be active stroke F-Oh from Moorea Island in French Polynesia
between September 12th and October 8th. His operation will be holiday
style mainly on 20 meters on SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by
the bureau.
Lastly, DJ4EL will be operational stroke 5Z4 from Lamu Island, Kenya,
between October 4th and the 19th. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters
using SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct, via the bureau or
electronically via Logbook to the World.
**
THAT FINAL ITEM: A LOOK AT THE HAM RADIO CONVENTION IN GERMANY
And finally this week, according to several sources the recent European
Ham Radio convention held in Friedrichshafen, Germany, is being deemed to
be a major success. Attendance was up by some 1800 convention goers over
2013. Specific numbers say that this year's crowd hit 17,100 which is a
significant increase from 2013 when 15,300 showed up.
One of those attending from the United States was CQ Magazine's Kit
Building columnist Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB. He was there with a group
representing the Dayton Hamvention. Joe tells Amateur Radio Newsline that
this year the Maker World 2014 outing was held in parallel with the Ham
Radio:
(DX news courtesy of OPDX)
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K0NEB: "They added a Maker Fair in one of the halls. So you had a lot of
the makers who were not only making radios and stuff but they were also
modifying computers, using 3-D printers and all the interesting things
that makers do so that was a great addition to the convention."
--
According to K0NEB, the show attracted people from all over the world and
it was as much of a social gathering as it was a trade show:
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K0NEB: "I would say that in the main exhibit hall about 50% of the space
is actually devoted to clubs and organizations. It was a great way to get
to know people from all over Europe and actually from all around the
world. There were clubs from as far away as Thailand that had booths. I
was in the DARA booth which was the Dayton Amateur Radio Association
booth. Of coarse we prompting the Dayton Hamvention and DARA."
--
All in all K0NEB says it was a great experience that he tried to capture
in another of his on-line sound and video presentations. You can share
Joe's adventure at tinyurl.com/k0neb-at-ham-radio. More about the
convention itself is at tinyurl.com/Friedrichshafen-2014. (K0NEB,
ARNewsline, Southgate)
**
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
Radio League, the Southgate News, TwiT-TV, Australia's WIA News and you
our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Our e-mail
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Radio Newsline, 28197 Robin Avenue, Santa Clarita California, 91350.
Before we go some reminders of two upcoming events. First is the 2014
World Radiosport Team Championship will run from July 8th to the 14th in
and around the city of city of Westborough, Massachusetts. The actual
competition take place on Saturday, July 12th beginning at 1200 UTC and
concluding Sunday the 13th at 1200 hours UTC. Several social events as
well as the awards ceremony bookend the event.
This will be closely followed by the ARRL's Centenary Convention from
Thursday, July 17th to Saturday, July 19th. The venue for this event is
the Connecticut Convention Center in the city of Hartford. More on these
events are on the web at WRTC2014.org and www.arrl.org/centennial
respectfully. If you plan to attend either or both we hope that you have
a truly good time.
For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors' desk, I'm Jim Davis,
W2JKD, in Vero Beach, Florida saying 73 and we thank you for listening.
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