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Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1934 - September 5 2014
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1934 with a release date of September
5th 2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a Q-S-T. Japan's upcoming space mission to an asteroid
will carry a ham radio satellite; a new study in the United Sates
challenges the so-called broadband spectrum crunch; a DXpedition to
Navassa Island will take place within the next 18 months; AMSAT North
America adds an auction at its upcoming space symposium and pirate radio
causing aviation safety concerns in China. All this and more on Amateur
Radio Newsline report number 1934 coming your way right now.
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: JAPANESE ASTEROID MISSION TO CARRY AMATEUR RADIO
A news report out of Japan says the asteroid mission called Hayabusa 2
with a planned launch this December will also carry the amateur radio
satellite. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD has the
details:
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Shin'en 2 will be among the first ham radio satellite go into orbit
outside the influence of the Earth's gravity. The relatively small bird
will be put into an elliptic orbit around the Sun and travel to an orbit
between Venus and Mars. Its inclination will be almost zero degrees,
which means Shin-en 2 will stay in the Earth's equatorial plane. Its
distance from the Sun will be between 0.7 and 1.3 Astronomical Units. An
Astronomical Unit is 149,597,871 km which equates to about 92,955,807
miles.
Looking at its technology, Shin'en 2 is described as a polyhedron
measuring 490x490x475 mm and weighing 17 kilograms. It was built in Japan
by students at Kyushu Institute of Technology and carries a Mode J linear
transponder for amateur radio communications along with CW and WSJT
beacons.
The satellite will operate on 437.505 MHz for its CW beacon and 437.385
MHz for the WSJT telemetry. The inverting C-W and SSB transponder will
uplink on 2 meters from 145.940 to 145.960 MHz using Lower Sideband. The
downlink will use 435.280 to 435.260 MHz on upper sideband. All in all a
very ambitious project for ham radio in space.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reporting.
--
Another amateur radio satellite called ARTSAT 2 DESPATCH will also be
carried into space on the same launch. More is on the web at
tinyurl.com/ham-radio-orbital-mission. (Southgate, Kyushu Institute of
Technology)
**
RESTRUCTURING: NEW STUDY CHALLENGES SPECTRUM CRUNCH CLAIMS
There may not be as much of a spectrum crunch as broadband providers and
government officials claim. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak,
WA6ITF, is in the newsroom with the details:
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J. Armand Musey is the managing director at Goldin Associates, and Aalok
Mehta is a doctoral candidate at the University of Southern California and
the two have authored a new paper on the so-called spectrum crunch. In it
the two researchers find that estimates of future demand for wireless
spectrum use made by the FCC and other government agencies have been
clearly overstated. None the less, they have remained the basis for
policy direction on this issue.
The paper points to the National Broadband Plan`s spectrum shortage
estimate of 275 MHz by the end of 2014 and an ITU Radio-endorsed estimate
of a spectrum shortage of 1,280MHz to 1,720MHz by 2020 as two examples of
overstated demand. The paper continues by saying the potential for the
persistent bias in these projections may allow policy errors based on
these data sources to compound over time as opposed to self-correct.
One source the FCC relied on to help advance its broadband plan was Cisco
Corporation's forecasts of mobile traffic in North America. But the
research paper claims that the last seven Cisco forecasts have made
overestimates nearly twice as often as underestimates and that the
magnitude of overestimates is greater than that of the underestimates.
Given the unreliability of demand projections for wireless spectrum, the
paper says that regulators should focus on spectrum policy decision that
maximize reversibility and/or flexibility. This so that they can make
timely and proportional adjustments to allocations.
This study is important to the ham radio community because several UHF and
microwave allocations could be adversely affected by whatever happens in
spectrum reallocation over the next several years.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in Los Angeles
--
The research paper carries the title "Overestimating Wireless Demand:
Policy and Investment Implications of Upward Bias in Mobile Data Forecast.
It will be presented later this month at the 42nd Telecom Policy Research
Conference to be held in Washington, D.C. You can find the entire text on
the web at tinyurl.com/no-spectrum-crunch. (TV News Check and other
published reports)
**
DXCC APPROVAL : FOUR NEW DXCC APPROVALS
Some news from the ARRL DXCC Desk. ARRL Staff Liaison Dave Patton, NN1N
reports that A52JR, 4W/HB9FLX, 4W/N1YC and 4W/PE7T have all been approved
for DXCC credit. If you have had cards for these operations rejected in a
recent application, please send an E-mail to the ARRL DXCC Desk at
dxccadmin (at) arrl (dot) org and you will be placed on the list for an
update. (ARRL)
**
BREAKING DX NEWS: NAVASSA ISLAND WITHIN 18 MONTHS
The KP-5 Project has announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
have agreed to allow an amateur radio operation from Navassa National
Wildlife Refuge. This, to occur within the next 18 months as coordinated
with the agency's work flow.
According to a press release, over the past year, the KP-5 Project had
numerous meetings with various levels of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
management. As with the Desecheo operation in 2009 the service has
requested proposals for the amateur radio operation from those individuals
and groups that have already applied for such a Special Use Permit in the
past.
The KP-5 Project says that it will be submitting a proposal and hoping to
be selected. Updates will be posted at kp1-5.com (OPDX)
**
HUMANERIAN EFFORTS: JH1AJT TO ERITREA ON MISSION FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR
GLOBAL CHILDREN
Zorro Miyazawa, JH1AJT, will be visiting the State of Eritrea with a
member of Japan's House of Representatives and several others. This from
September 15th until the 22nd as a part of a mission for the Foundation
for Global Children.
During their time in Eritrea the group will have meetings with that
nations Ministries of Health, Transportation, Communications, Education,
Foreign Affairs, Information, and the Eritrean Sports Commission.
Eritrea's Ambassador to Japan will also be at the meetings.
One of the main objectives of this trip is to finalize a draft Memorandum
of Understanding regarding the Eritrea and Japan Sports Collaboration that
will run through the year 2020. Through this project both nations will
make efforts to promote sports for the handicapped in Eritrea and to
improve the environments such events are held in. The Foundation will
also support activities for the betterment of education and sanitation for
the children of Eritrea.
During the stay, JH1AJT says that he will try to get on the air but that
his time for operating will be very limited. If he does make it to the
airwaves he says to listen out for him after Thursday, September the 18th
mainly on SSB and CW. As we go to air the call sign he will use is still
unknown. (JH1AJT Press Release via OPDX)
**
DX-UP FRONT: K2HVN FIRST DX ADVENTURE TO BERMUDA
K2HVN will be active stroke VO9 from Bermuda from November 3rd to the
10th. He plans to operate 17 and 20 meters using CW and SSB and 30 meters
on CW only. While not a truly rare location, this operation marks the
first DX adventure for K2HVN and we know that you will join us in wishing
him all the best. And if you do make contact, please QSL via his home
address.
(OPDX)
**
ENFORCEMENT: FCC PROPOSES $22000 FINE AGAINST NY CB OPERATOR
The FCC has proposed a fine of $22,000 against James Engle, of Lewiston,
New York. This, for allegedly operating a radio transmitter without the
requisite Commission authorization and causing interference to other users
of Channel 32 in the 11 meter Citizens Radio Service. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, reports:
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The story goes back to October 23rd of 2013. That's when agents from the
FCC's Philadelphia office, responding to a complaint from a CB operator on
27.325 MHz tracked the interfering transmissions to James Engle's
location. During their monitoring the agents say that they heard a person
that they claim was Engle repeatedly interrupt the transmissions of
another CB operator.
On October 24th, the agents returned and inspected Engle's CB station. At
that time they discovered two non certified linear amplifiers. The FCC
said Engle admitted that he used one of the power amplifiers during his
operations the previous evening. An on-site test showed that the
amplifier in question was capable of 148 watts output and there-by making
the CB radio station non-compliant with Commission Part 95 regulations.
Now in issuing the $22,000 Notice of Apparent Liability, the Commission
notes that the base forfeiture for operations without authorization is
$10,000 and the base forfeiture amount for interference to radio
communications is $7,000. However the agency retains the legal right to
upwardly adjust the proposed fine based on various factors in a given
case. Noting that prior to October 23, 2013 that Engle had received two
written warnings from the Enforcement Bureau advising him that operating a
linear was against its Part 95 rules, that his case warrants an upward
adjustment in the forfeiture amount of $5,000.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH.
--
This $5000 upward adjustment brings the total proposed fine to the $22,000
mark to which Engle was given the customary 30 days to pay or to file an
appeal. (FCC)
**
ENFORCEMENT: TEXAS MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULT AND CRIMINAL MISSCHIF TO HAM
RADIO OPERATOR
An Austin, Texas man is facing assault charges after police say he tossed
a drone aircraft and an amateur radio transceiver over the fence because
he was tired of his neighbor getting in his head.
According to the arrest affidavit filed by Austin Police, Steven Anthony
Garza stormed into Matthew Hammons' yard while Hammons was using his
amateur radio equipment to talk with his father. Hammons who holds the
call KE5WRU told police Garza charged him while making gestures indicating
he was looking to fight.
Hammons then told officers Garza first broke his radio's antenna and then
head butted him. At this point KE5WRU went inside his home from where he
watched as Garza allegedly threw Hammons' Yaesu transceiver and a personal
DJ- Phantom drone over the fence causing an estimated $4,000 in damage.
Garza claimed to the officers Hammons was using the equipment to spy on
him and using triangulation to speak to him in his head. Garza was taken
into custody and booked into the Travis County Jail on charges of assault,
causing bodily injury and criminal mischief. At last report he was still
being held in lieu of $10,000 bond. (Statesman.com, KXAN, others)
**
RADIO LAW: BROADCASTERS SUE FCC OVER SPECTRUM AUCTION RULES
The broadcasting community has sued the Federal Communications Commission
over rules for an upcoming spectrum reallocation bid as we hear from
Amateur Radio Newsline's Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.
--
On Monday August 18th television and radio broadcasters filed a lawsuit
against the regulatory agency over its rules for an upcoming spectrum
auction in 2015.
Next year's auction which was ordered by Congress forces the FCC buy back
portions of what is now broadcast spectrum and then resell it to wireless
broadband providers. The latter are companies that are in need of added
band space to meet subscribers' demands for added data and numerous
streaming services.
In the suit, the National Association of Broadcasters argues that the
FCC's rules for next year's auction would allow fewer people access over
the air stations while at the same time forcing broadcasters to spend
hundreds of millions of dollars out of their own pockets in a process
known as repacking. Repacking is a fancy way of saying that stations
would have to once again change frequency and in some cases may have share
a channel with other broadcasters.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.
--
An FCC spokesperson said in a statement that the commission was confident
that its plan fulfills the mandates established by Congress on this
complex matter. More is on the web at
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/215439-broadcasters-sue-fcc-over-airw
ave-auction (The Hill)
**
HAM READING: FREE SEPTEMBER 2014 CQ-DATV NOW AVAILABLE
The September 2014 issue of the free amateur television magazine CQ-DATV
is now available for download. This months issue contains articles on the
MAX7456 OSD Computer USB Controller; the DATV Express Project update and
the latest Digital amateur television news. You can download your copy as
a PDF file at tinyurl.com/cq-datv-september (CQ-DATV)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: OH-KY-IN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY HAMFEST RETURNS SEPTEMBER
21
After several years in limbo after loosing its site the OH-KY-IN Amateur
Radio Society Hamfest is back. According to Bruce Vanselow, N8BV, the new
Hamfest will take place on Sunday, September 21st at the Aiken High School
in Cincinnati, Ohio from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern time. According to N8BV
this is an air-conditioned indoor venue so the Hamfest will take place be
it rain or shine. (N8BV)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: 15TH ANNUAL ROUTE 66 ON THE AIR
It's time once again to 'Get Your Kicks On Route 66.' This as the annual
Route 66 on the Air operation takes place from September 6th to the 15th.
Route 66 is the famed 2451 mile highway opened back in 1926 connecting
Chicago, Illinois with Los Angeles, California. It was immortalized in
the 1960's with the television show of the same name.
With the introduction of the Interstate Highway System Route 66 began its
decline and was eventually replaced by new super highways. On June 27,
1985 the government decertified the highway and U.S. 66 ceased to exist.
Now in 2014, some twenty one special event stations located city's along
the route will join together for the 15th annual Route 66 on the Air.
Operations are planned for all bands using all modes. A certificate will
be available to those who work at least one of these stations. Complete
information is available on the Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club website at
www.w6jbt.org. (N7UR)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: AMSAT SPACE SYMPOSIUM AUCTION ANNOUNCED
In preparation for its upcoming 2014 Space Symposium, AMSAT North America
is seeking donations of specialty items for a fund raising auction to be
held at the event. Proceeds from the auction will help supplement the FOX
satellite and Amateur Radio on the International Space Station and other
AMSAT projects. Donated items should have a minimum value $100 and are
not necessarily limited to amateur radio. If you have something to donate
to the Symposium auction, please send an e-mail to Frank Bauer at ka3hdo
(at) verizon (dot) net. This years AMSAT Space Symposium will be in
Baltimore, Maryland, from October 10th to the 12th. More information is
at www.amsat.org. (ANS)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: K3LR RELEASES DAYTON ANTENNA FORUM SLIDES
Some names in the news. First up is Tim Duffy, K3LR. He has announced
that the 2014 Dayton Hamvention Antenna Forum slide presentations in PDF
format are now posted on line at www.k3lr.com. To download and view them
simply click on the left side box marked Dayton Antenna Summary. In
addition to the latest set of presentations, those going back as far as
2004 are also available. (K3LR.com)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: OE1WHC RELEASES SEVERAL FRIEDRICHSHAFEN POWERPOINT
FORUMS
Wolf Harranth, OE1WHC of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation has
informed the Ohio Penn DX Newsletter that several of the 2014
Friedrichshafen Ham Radio convention Powerpoint lectures are now available
on-line. These include such topics as Yagi and Quad antennas for High
Frequency Shortwave by Martin Steyer, DK7ZB; The Enigma and Others famous
Cipher Machines that was presented by Tom Perera, W1TP and the FT5ZM
Amsterdam Island DXpedition by Ralph Fedor, K0IR. Look for them at
www.dokufunk.org/talk. (OPDX)
**
WORLDBEAT: CHINA FACING PIRATE RADIO PROBLEM ON ITS AVIATION BAND
The United States is not the only place where pirate broadcasters appear
to be thriving. Now comes word out of China that law enforcement agencies
there have uncovered unlicensed stations operating in some cities and
provinces that could and have disrupted communications between pilots and
air traffic controllers. But not for political or anti-government
purposes.
According to a news report, these are mostly home grown FM commercial
stations whose transmitters have already caused problems for airports in
some locations. A commercial airline pilot was quoted as saying that his
in-flight navigation system and communications with control towers was
often disturbed by these unlicensed radio broadcasts.
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Radio and Television recently uncovered a
pirate radio station that was transmitting advertisements. These stations
try to sell ads for escort agencies, medical products and other services.
The bureau recently seized a 2,000 watt transmitter whose signal could
reach most parts in that city.
A more in depth look at this problem and what authorities in China are
doing to try to combat it as at tinyurl.com/pirate-radio-in-china (
SCMP.com, South China Morning Post)
**
WORLDBEAT: FRENCH SUBTITLED VERSION OF TX FACTOR NOW AVAILABLE
The United Kingdom produced television show the TX Factor is now available
in a version especially for French speakers. TX Factor is the only
European television program devoted exclusively to ham radio. Episode 1
is now available with French subtitles thanks to the work of F6FVY, F8BXI
and F8GQH. That same team plans to do the same with the rest of the shows
episodes. To view the TX Factor with or without the French sub titles
simply take your web browser to www.txfactor.co.uk. (TXFactor)
**
RADIO FROM SPACE: ROSETTA ARRIVES AT COMET 67P
After a decade long journey the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft
carrying three NASA instruments became the first to rendezvous with a
comet.
This following the last of a series of 10 rendezvous maneuvers that began
in May to adjust Rosetta's speed and trajectory to gradually match those
of comet 67P. These trajectory adjustments proved successful even though
the comet and spacecraft were some 252 million miles from Earth at that
time.
At last report, Rosetta is some 62 miles above the comet's surface. Its
first mission will be to fly a number of triangular-shaped trajectories in
front of 67P which will likely have been completed by the time this
newscast goes to air. Meantime, the spacecraft's instruments will provide
a detailed scientific study of the comet while scanning its surface to
identify a target site for its lander named Philae.
As many as five possible landing sites will be identified before the
primary site is identified in mid-September. The final timeline for the
sequence of events for deploying Philae will be confirmed by the middle of
October. Meantime, the latest images of the comet taken by Rosetta are
available to view at www.nasa.gov/rosetta (NASA, JPL)
**
ON THE AIR: SPAIN SOCCAR AWARD SEPTEMBER 9 TO 29
On the air, Spain's Football League Teams' ham radio awards and trophies
will be available to any licensed radio amateur worldwide. This, by
providing proof of valid contacts made with the 20 special event stations
using the special EG prefix between September 9th to the 29th. The full
list of EG stations and other pertinent information on this award program
is on-line at www.eafltaward.com. (EAF release)
**
ON THE AIR: MALAYSIAN NATIONAL FIELD DAY SEPTEMBER 15 - 16
The Malaysian Amateur Radio League will be sponsoring that nations 2014
National Field Day for 24 hours beginning from Monday, September 15th
September and concluding on Tuesday the 16th. Like other Field Day
operations around the world, all of those participating in this event are
requested to use only batteries or a generator to power their stations
equipment. An overview of this years Malaysia National Field Day is at
www.marl.org.my/download/nfd2014.pdf (MARL, QRZ.com)
**
DX
In DX, five operators will be operational as BO0D from Tung Yin Island
between September 13th and the 20th. Activity will be on all HF bands
using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via the BV Bureau.
JI3DST will be active stroke 5 from Shodo Island in the Kagawa Prefecture
between September 20th and the 22nd. Operations will be on 40 through 6
meters using CW, SSB, FM and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign direct or
via the bureau.
LU5BE, LU8EFF and LU3AAL will be active stroke T from Purmamarca Jujuy
region in Argentina from September 24th through the 30th. Operations will
be 80 through 10 meters using CW, SSB, PSK31 and SSTV. They will also try
to have a beacon on 6 meters. QSL via LU8EFF.
Depending on transportation, G4DBW should be active as ZD8RH from
Ascension Island between September 22nd to the 30th. Operations will be
mainly on CW. QSL direct via G4DBW or via RSGB Bureau. But be aware that
bureau replies can take up to 18 months.
IZ1MHY will be operational as 5H1MD from Zanzibar Island between September
28th and October 10th. Activity will be on 20 through 6 meters using CW,
SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via home call, the bureau or direct. See
his listing on QRZ.com for more details.
Lastly, KC9W, will be active stroke HH5 from Haiti between January 11th
and February 3rd, 2015. As of airtime his operations will be on 160, 80
and 40 meters using CW only. QSL direct via KC0W.
(This weeks DX news courtesy of OPDX)
**
THAT FINAL ITEM: VOYAGER 1 - WHERE ARE YOU
And finally, last year the Voyager One mission control team announced that
the spacecraft had reached interstellar space but many in the academic
community remained skeptical. Now, two researchers working with the
spacecraft are looking to put any doubt to rest with a new test designed
to show conclusively whether or not Voyager One has made it into
interstellar space. Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB, has
the details:
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According to The Space Reporter, the test will determine whether the
spacecraft is inside or outside the heliosphere. That's the so-called
bubble of solar particles and magnetic fields that the sun creates around
itself.
The researchers who developed the test believe that Voyager 1 will cross
out of its current layer of the heliosphere within the next year or two.
When that occurs, astrophysicists expect to see a reversal in the magnetic
field around the spacecraft. The lack of a reversal would show that
Voyager 1 is still inside the heliosphere.
That said, other information already in the hands of researcher's points
to the fact that Voyager One has already left the heliosphere. After
gathering data from a solar eruption that shook particles around the
probe, scientists determined that the density of the spacecraft's
surroundings was much higher than the figures taken in earlier
measurements when Voyager One had yet to cross into interstellar space.
It currently takes radio signals from Voyager One take over 17 hours to
reach Earth.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, reporting.
--
Voyager One and Voyager Two were both launched in 1977. Their initial
goal was to simply study the planets of our solar system. Now, a quarter
of a century later both probes are still operational. Predictions are
that Voyager Two will likely follow Voyager One and enter interstellar
space in a few years. A more detailed look at this experiment is on the
web at tinyurl.com/latest-on-voyager-one. (SpaceReporter, Wikipedia)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE
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