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eHam.net News for Friday 12 January 2018
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/////////////////////////////////////////// AX Prefix on Australia's National Day: Posted: 11 Jan 2018 04:06 PM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40681 The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) automatically allows all radio amateurs to substitute their normal VK callsign prefix with the letters AX, every Australia Day. Our national day this year falls on Friday 26th of January. This gives radio amateurs the chance to be part of the commemoration the First Fleet's arrival in 1788 at Sydney Gove and the establishment of a European settlement at Port Jackson, with the raising of the British flag by Governor Arthur Phillip. /////////////////////////////////////////// The IARU Watches WPT Developments: Posted: 11 Jan 2018 04:06 PM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40680 Widespread interest continues in Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology, reflecting the considerable concern about its potential to cause radio frequency interference. Studies continue ahead of the World Radiocommunications Conference 2019 with its Agenda item 9.1.6 - Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) for electric vehicles. WPT applications are expanding to mobile and portable devices, home appliances and office equipment. The automotive industry looks to it for electric vehicle applications in the near future. Power levels range from milliwatts to hundreds of kilowatts and typical transmission ranges are up about 30 centimetres. /////////////////////////////////////////// CQ White Paper Follow-Up - ARRL: 'We Have Met the Enemy ... and He Is Us': Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:15 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40679 In our previous white paper on secrecy and censure at the ARRL, we asked "What is the ARRL So Afraid Of?" The answer is becoming disturbingly clear. The League's top leadership appears to be afraid of at least some members of its own board of directors, or to quote cartoonist Walt Kelly's Pogo Possum, "We have met the enemy \& and he is us." Proposed changes to the ARRL's Articles of Association and By-Laws, scheduled to be considered by the board later this month, appear to focus largely on tightening control over who may serve on the board of directors and impose Draconian sanctions on board members and officers who stray from the "party line." We find these proposals worrisome and feel they are inappropriate for a membership organization. Even more disturbing is a statement by the League's CEO that it's improper for the members to have seen these proposed changes before the board has had an opportunity to discuss and vote on them. /////////////////////////////////////////// DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #02: Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:07 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40678 This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. /////////////////////////////////////////// Just Ahead In Radiosport: Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:07 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40677 Just Ahead In Radiosport: /////////////////////////////////////////// Quantum Radio May Offer Twist on Communicating in Problematic Environments: Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:07 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40676 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that quantum physics might enable communication and mapping in locations where GPS, cell phones, and radio are not reliable or don't work at all, such as indoors, in urban canyons, underwater, and underground. NIST announced the technology advance on January 2. The technology may have marine, military, and surveying applications. The NIST team is experimenting with very-low-frequency (VLF) digitally modulated magnetic signals, which propagate farther through buildings, water, and soil than conventional electromagnetic signals at higher frequencies. /////////////////////////////////////////// Fox-1D Satellite Set to Launch this Week, China to Launch Five New CubeSats Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:06 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40675 The launch from India of AMSAT-NA's Fox-1D CubeSat will take place on January 12 (UTC). The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) flight had to be rescheduled from December 30. AMSAT Vice President Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, delivered Fox-1D to Spaceflight Inc. in Seattle last November for integration. /////////////////////////////////////////// Thomas Fire Response Also Demonstrates Amateur Radio's Social Media Value: Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:05 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40674 Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club (SBARC) members kept a close watch on the Thomas Fire after it broke out in early December. Using a variety of the club's analog and digital Amateur Radio assets, radio operators were able to observe fire-fighting efforts first hand and pass along immediate information, often before it was reported by official sources or by local news media. SBARC operates five communication sites in Santa Barbara County, including sites on Diablo Peak on the mostly uninhabited Santa Cruz Island, and on Santa Ynez Peak. /////////////////////////////////////////// Radio Amateurs Track Major East Coast Winter Storm: Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:06 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40673 WX1BOX, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Taunton, Massachusetts, joined numerous SKYWARN nets across New England in activating for an early-January nor'easter that brought significant coastal flooding, damaging winds -- with hurricane-force wind gusts downing trees and power lines -- and heavy snow accumulations to the region. The eastern coast of New England experienced high snowfall rates, whiteout conditions, and even "thunder snow." A dramatic drop in barometric pressure generated a so-called "bomb cyclone." /////////////////////////////////////////// The Doctor Will See You Now! Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:05 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40672 "Keeping Cool -- The Importance of Maintaining Proper Equipment Temperature" is the topic of the latest (January 4) episode of the "ARRL The Doctor is In" podcast. Listen...and learn! /////////////////////////////////////////// DXpedition Leader, Contester, Mentor David Collingham, K3LP, (SK): Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:05 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40671 Well-known DXpedition leader and contester David Collingham, K3LP, of Mt. Airy, Maryland, died on January 6 after falling through the ice on a pond near his home the previous evening while trying to rescue his stranded dog. An ARRL member, he was 59. Collingham was co-leader, with Paul Ewing, N6PSE, of the 2016 VP8STI/VP8SGI DXpedition to South Sandwich and South Georgia Islands, and he was president of the Intrepid-DX Group. /////////////////////////////////////////// In Brief... Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:04 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40670 In Brief... /////////////////////////////////////////// Getting It Right! Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:04 AM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/40669 In the article "Alabama Governor Kay Ivey Makes Ham Radio Debut with State's Bicentennial Call Sign," which appeared in the January 4 edition of The ARRL Letter, we got the capital of Alabama incorrect. It is Montgomery. |
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