Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1626 - October 10, 2008

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1626 with a release date of Friday,
October 10th, 2008 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T. Scouting hams prepare for an out of this world
experience, China prepares to launch its first ham radio satellite, a
DXpedition to Afghanistan is put on hold and a strange twist in the
California trial of a man accused of killing two ham radio operators at
sea. All this and more on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1626
coming your way right now.


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HAM RADIO SCOUTING: JOTA PREPARES FOR OUT OF THIS WORLD CONTACTS

The 2008 Scouting Jamboree on the Air is getting prepared for a vicarious
ride into space. Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, has the
details:

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As we told you here on Newsline a few weeks ago, Richard Garriott, W5KWQ -
the son of retired astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL - is scheduled to ride
into space as a tourist aboard a Soyuz craft set for an Oct. 12 blastoff.

He's set to dock with the International Space Station on Oct. 14 and
expected to get pretty radio-active right away.

We told you of plans to hook up with schools through the Amateur Radio on
the International Space Station program.

Now, we have confirmation that the younger Garriott plans to work stations
operating on the Jamboree on the Air the third weekend of October.

Wil Marchant, KC6ROL, is one of the volunteers with the ARISS team and
helping to coordinate activity.

"Richard is planning on during some of his free time, his limited free
time, to try to get around and call CQ to JOTA stations on the normal ISS
frequencies, the regional frequencies," Marchant says. "So, that's 145.80
MHz downlink worldwide and then there are a couple different uplinks
depending on which region you're in."

Marchant says if you'd like to work Garriott, there is a protocol that has
to be followed to make it work.

"You need to wait and not transmit until you hear Richard or one of the
other astronauts or cosmonauts call 'C-Q,' " And, when they start talking
to somebody else, that means that there's somebody else on the ground that
they're trying to listen to.

"And if everybody is yelling, trying to call the space station at that
point, it will interfere with that station on the ground and their attempts
to finish the QSO. So that the cosmonaut or astronaut can call 'C-Q' again."

Marchant says there's a reason for the protocol.

"One of the things that's very important for people to remember is that the
space station is like a repeater that essentially has a large footprint on
the ground. So, the space station can hear everybody from a radius of I
don't know, probably 500 to 1,000 miles."

Marchant says there's a website you can visit where the ARISS frequencies
and lots of other good information can be found.

"I would recommend that people go to ARISS-dot-o-r-g, which is maintained
by the Radio Amateurs of Canada in English and there are other ARISS web
pages linked from there in other languages," Marchant says. "And, if you go
there is information about frequencies and also operational practices."

Marchant says Garriott also is planning extensive use of Slow-Scan TV.

"He's talking about trying to get the Slow-Scan Television system up and
running basically very shortly after he opens the hatch," Marchant says.
"And he would like to try and leave that running as much as possible when
he or one of the other crew members can't be at the microphone. So,
hopefully, we'll have lots of Slow-Scan Television activity."

Marchant says there is a place you can go - if you don't have an SSTV
set-up to see what's happening.

"We are encouraging amateur radio operators around the world to be prepared
to capture Slow-Scan Television images from Richard," Marchant says. "And
then we'd like people to submit those to this website so we can collect a
gallery of images from around the world during Richard's flight."

The web address is available in the script version of this story on our
website. (It's www.amsat.com/ARISS_SSTV)

So, once again, all of you JOTA stations operating the weekend of Oct. 18
and 19, here's a chance to really light up the experience with a contact
from space or even hearing Richard in a QSO from space.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Philadelphia.
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If everything goes as now planned, and all the on-orbit scouting contacts
are made with W5KWQ, this will truly be a Jamboree on the Air that will be
considered by many to have been out of this world. (NT3V, ARNewsline(tm))

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: CHINA TO LAUNCH HAMSAT

China is planning to launch its first-ever ham radio satellite. Michael
Chen, BD5RV portable 4 reports that he recently received an update from
BA1DU, on the progress of the ham radio bird.

First off, this satellite was originally named CAS-1 but its is now known
as XW-1. And XW-1 will carry a beacon and three cross band transponders
into space. One is for FM, another is linear, and the last is designed for
digital operation.

Plans call for it to be launched into a sun synchronous orbit in June
2009. This, by a CZ-2C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in
North China..

More on this upcoming hamsat launch as information becomes available. (ANS)

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RADIO LAW: NEIGHBORS AGAIN APPEAL PA TOWER PERMIT

Back on Earth, a Pennsylvania ham's effort to erect a 53-foot tower at his
home is facing another challenge from neighbors. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Don Carlson, KQ6FM, has the details.

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Chuck Mills, W3YNI, lives in Irvin, Pennsylvania. And, as previously
reported, Mills had faced opposition from nearby residents over his tower
that held a properly issued permit.

Some neighbors appealed the issuance of a permit in March, claiming the
tower was not properly screened. That appeal was upheld when the zoning
hearing board ruled the first permit invalid. But it was re-issued in
September. This, after Mills attorney argued his case successfully before
the township planning council.

Now, another appeal has been filed in an effort to get the planning council
to again reverse itself and take away Mills permit for the tower. A
neighbor identified in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review as John Ducar, told
the newspaper and we quote:

"We filed an appeal because we feel the township has not performed its duty
in protecting the local community."

Attorney Mike Lazaroff, K3AIR, represents Mills. He calls the latest
appeal frivolous. He told the newspaper that it is unfortunate the
neighbors have chosen to pursue this issue in what Lazaroff calls an
unreasonable manner.

Lazaroff noted that his client has addressed all the concerns raised by the
zoning hearing board and that Mills has complied fully with all
ordinances. He also notes that Federal preemption order PRB-1 requires
that local governments must reasonably accommodate the needs of amateur
radio operators for antennas.

But Lazaroff also sounded an ominous note telling the newspaper that it is
unfortunate that the neighbors have chosen to embroil the township in a
legal battle. One that he says is going to cost the township a lot of
money.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Carlson, KQ6FM.

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According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review this latest appeal could end up
on the agenda when the Penn Township zoning board meets on
November 11th. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, W3WN, QRZ.COM)


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RADIO LAW: PA GETS PRB-1 LIKE LAW (UPDATED FROM VERSION ON AUDIO NEWSCAST)

In a related story word that Pennsylvania now has its own PRB - 1 like law
pf its own. On Tuesday October 7th, the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives passed a measure designed to assure hams in the Keystone
state that they will be reasonably accommodated in their quest to install
towers and antennas, The measure known as SB 884 garnered 196 yes votes
and only one no. With the Pennsylvania Senate having previously passed the
bill the completed measure was sent to Governor Edward G. Rendell who
signed it into law on Wednesday, October 8th. How this might affect the
W3YNI tower case just reported is to early to know. (W3WN, QRZ.COM)

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THE BPL WAR: RSGB VS. UK TELECOM REGULATOR OFCOM

The Radio Society of Great Britain seems more than a little upset with U-K
telecommunications Ofcom, and the reason can be summed up in three
letters. B-P-L.

After waiting for nearly two years for a response from Ofcom over the
introduction of possibly non compliant power line adapters the RSGB was
extremely disappointed to hear the regulatory agency's response. In a
nutshell, Ofcom said that it does not intend to do anything about it.

Now, RSGB President Colin Thomas, G3PSM, has written to Ofcom. In it,
Thomas states the RSGB's concerns that Ofcom is failing to deliver on
its statutory duty of ensuring the optimal use of the electromagnetic
spectrum especially in the High Frequency bands.

The RSGB has also told its members that it will continue to pursue Ofcom on
this matter. (GB2RS)

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THE BPL WAR: THE SAGA CONTINUES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Two South African ham radio political leaders have testified in opposition
to the introduction of Broadband over Powerline or BPL Internet access in
that nation. ZS6AKV, and ZS6BUU, made presentations at the South African
telecommunications regulator BPL Hearing held last week. ZS6AKV presented
the South African Radio League's objection to the current draft regulations
and ZS6BUU showed how BPL could potentially interfere with the nations
emergency communication.

Telecommunications regulator ICASA said that by law it is tasked to protect
licensed radio services against interference. It also admitted that it is
BPL operators that cause interference. A final decision on the South
African BPL rules is due out in a few months. (SARL)


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BREAK 1

From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world including the WA4WPD repeater
serving Rocky Mount North Carolina.

(5 sec pause here)


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BREAKING DX NEWS: AFGHANASTAN DXPEDITION ON HOLD

Some breaking news in the world of DX. Word that the 2008 Kabul
Afghanistan DX operation we reported on last week has been postponed. John
Kountz, KE6GFF, tells Newsline that unexpected circumstances preclude the
use of T6EE's QTH as a center from which to operate. John says that he
feels bad about this disappointment but does look forward to working all of
you in the near future from Kabul. (W2VU, KG6GFF)

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RADIO LAW: DEFENSE ADMITS SKYLAR DELEON KILLED KD7VWJ AND KD7VWK

A strange twist in the trial of the man accused of killing an Arizona ham
radio couple to steal their boat. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant,
K6PZW has mo

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On Tuesday, October 7th the attorney for Skylar Deleon said that his client
is guilty of those two murders and a third, but shouldn't be put to
death. Defense attorney Gary Pohlson said in his opening statement on that
his only goal is to save Deleon's life.

Skylar Deleon is accused of the 2004 murders of Thomas and Jackie Hawks,
KD7VWJ and KD7VWK, in order to steal their yacht. He is also accused of the
2003 killing John Jarvi from whom he stole thousands of dollars. Deleon has
pleaded not guilty to murder and murder for financial gain.

Under California criminal law, having attorney Pohlson admit that his
client is guilty of all three murders is not the same as entering a guilty
plea. Pohlson said he will dispute some details of the prosecution
case. He will likely argue that Deleon should not face the death penalty
because others involved will have different outcomes of their cases. He
will instead urge that Deleon be sentenced to life in prison without
possibility of parole instead.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Deleon. They say that he was
the mastermind that came up with the plan to kill the Hawks after learning
they were preparing to sell their 55 foot yacht. They say Deleon pretended
to be interested in buying the nearly half-million-dollar vessel. He then
enlisted the help of two men to overpower the Hawks on a demonstration
cruise. Deleon then forced the couple to sign over paperwork for the yacht
before killing them at sea.

Attorney Pohlson said outside court that he admitted Deleon's guilt to the
jury to maintain credibility. This, when he argues that they should spare
his client's life. Prosecutors say that they were not surprised by the
defense's strategy in the case.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, following this
court case in Los Angeles.

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Deleon's former wife Jennifer was convicted and sentenced to a pair of life
sentences without the possibility of parole. She was found guilty on two
counts of first degree murder on November 17, 2006. (Various published
news reports)

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RESCUE RADIO: FOUR CALIFORNIA CITIES TO GO INTEROPERABLE

Palm Springs, California, says that it plans to join with neighboring
Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs and Indio in establishing a new
interoperable radio communications system. One that will enable police and
fire agencies to stay in contact and work together.

The Palm Springs City Council recently voted to update the city's radio
dispatch system and also to form a Joint Powers Agreement with the three
other cities to create the Eastern Riverside County Interoperable
Communications Authority. An August 2009 target date has been set for the
system nicknamed ERICA to be fully operable. (Press release)

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RESCUE RADIO: FCC TO HOST SPEAKERS SERIES FOR NATION'S FIRST RESPONDERS

The Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland
Security
Bureau will begin hosting a new speakers series this month. This, to help
provide our nation's first responders with the latest news and
developments
on public safety communications and related-initiatives. Bill Pasternak,
WA6ITF has mo

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The first in a series of these sessions will be hosted by Public Safety and
Homeland Security Bureau. It takes place on Wednesday, October 22, 2008,
from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The location is Commission Meeting Room
TW-C305 at the agency's Washington D.C. headquarters.

Laurie Flaherty, a Program Analyst for the Office of Emergency Medical
Services at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will be the
first expert speaker. Flaherty will discuss the U.S. Department of
Transportation's role in 911 issues. Her presentation will specifically
focus on the work of the Research and Innovative Technologies
Administration and recent developments in Next Generation of 911.

The Speakers Series will be open to the public but admittance will be
limited to the seating available. For those who want to tune in from home,
both audio and video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with
open captioning over the Internet from the FCC's web page at
www.fcc.gov/realaudio.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the newsroom
in Los Angeles.

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The FCC's web cast is free to the public and does not require
pre-registration. (FCC)

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RADIO STATISTICS: MORE FOLKS ON LINE THAN ARE LISTENING IN

There are some new and very interesting statistics as to how much time
people like you and I are spending on line, versus listening to radio and
watching T-V. Jim Davis, W2JKD, reports:

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Adults are now are spending more time with the Internet than listening to
broadcast radio in the United States. This, according to The Media Audit
which reviewed findings of a recent report.

According to the survey, the average adult spends 2 hours and 40 minutes a
day listening to radio. This is unchanged from the previous year. It also
said about 14% of adults visit a radio Web site in a typical 30-day
period many of whom are likely streaming radio content.

But the report also found that adults in the United States spend an average
of 3 hours 17 minutes per day online. This, compared to 2 hours 2 minutes
per day a year ago. That says the report is a 62% increase and meaning
that the Internet represents 29% of the typical media consumption every
day for U.S. adults.

But even the Internet is no match for the communications mode that brings
you everything from the local news to American Idol. The report ways that
adults continue to spend the most amount of time watching television. In
fact, United States adults spend an average of 3 hours 42 minutes a day in
front to a television set.

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The bottom line. Even after all these years and the advent of the low cost
personal computer, the American public still prefers that one eyed monster
called television over anything else. (RW)

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HAM RADIO BUSINESS: SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS CELEBRATE QTC MAGAZINE

Three consecutive special event stations are active to celebrate the 200th
edition of Poland's QTC Magazine. HF200Q was operational through October
10th. Currently on the bands is HF200T. It goes away on October 20th to
be replaced by HF200C which will be handing out contacts through the 31st.
The QSL manager for all three stations is SP4KDX. SP2FAP is the publisher
of QTC. (DXNS)

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HAM RADIO BUSINESS: FRANCES MEGAHERTS MAGAZINE GOES QRT

Meantime, another well known ham European ham radio magazine has shut its
doors. Jim Linton, VK3PC, has the details:

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After nearly 26 years Megahertz Magazine of France has closed due to
increasing production and distribution costs, and market factors. An
editorial by co-founder Sylvio Faurez Feem says internet globalization also
dealt a fatal blow by its facilitation of direct equipment imports
bypassing and weakening local dealers, that reduced their ability to
advertise.

The ham magazine also suffered from pirating, says the editorial, in the
form of multiple photocopies of the whole magazine distributed at clubs,
readily available scans of coveted articles and duplication of its annual
compact disc.

Megahertz was one of France's oldest printed magazines and well respected
as a specialist publication by francophone's inside and outside that
country.

The editorial also refers to the size of the domestic market with France
only having 16,000 radio amateurs out of a population of 65 million.

The demise of the magazine comes after years of rigid financial control but
with accumulated losses and ever increasing costs its closure was a fait au
compli.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Linton VK3PC

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Frances' Megahertz is not the only amateur radio magazine to fold its tent
and disappear in the night. It was preceded back in the 1980's by the
United States based Ham Radio Magazine and later on by Australia's Amateur
Radio Action. More recently in October 2003 73 Magazine closed its doors
here after 43 years and over 500 editorials by the magazines founder Wayne
Green, W2NSD. (WIA News)

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This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur. From the United States
of America, 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)

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RADIO EDUCATION: A NEW MORSE TRAINER FOR PC BY ZL1AN

If you are a no-code ham or an SWL and want to learn C-W, have we found a
neat way to assist you. It's a new Morse teacher program from ZL1AN, that
can be can be downloaded from the New Zealand Amateur Radio Transmitters
ham radio society website. Its really neat. Take a listen as we play with
its speed control from about 20 down to 5 words per minute:

In playback mode you can vary the speed from 3 to 30 words per minute. You
can also set the output frequency of the audio the from 500 to 1000 hertz
and the Farnsworth character separation speed from 12 to 35.

The program runs in Windows and has already received rave reviews. Many
are saying that it is the best "teach-yourself-Morse" program yet developed
or that they have ever seen. You will find it in cyberspace
at: http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/exam/morse.html ) (NZART)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: PEHA NAMED CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST AT THE FCC

Jon M. Peha, Ph.D., has been named Chief Technologist of the Federal
Communications Commission.

Peha is currently serving as a professor in the Departments of Engineering
and Public Policy, and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon
University. He also serves as the associate director of the Center for
Wireless and Broadband Networking at C-M-U. Prior to joining Carnegie
Mellon, Peha served as the Chief Technology Officer of three high-tech
start-ups, He has also been a member of the technical staff at Stanford
Research Institute International, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Microsoft.

Peha will serve as a senior advisor on communications technology in the
FCC's Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis. His research
interests include technical and policy issues related to computer and
telecommunications networks. (FCC, RW)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: IZ7KHR ANED 2008 YOUNG HAM CONTEST WINNER

And 20 year old Francesco Cozzi. IZ7KHR, of Bari, Italy, has been chosen as
the winner of the Young Ham Contest Program for 2008. As his prize, IZ7KHR
gets to take part in the CQWW SSB contest from the famed Jamacian 6Y1V
contest super-station with all expenses paid.

Cozzi is a member of the Italian RadioHams Association and the World Wide
Young Contesters group. He is described as a student and is active in many
areas of amateur radio, including contesting, DX'ing and volunteer
emergency services.

According to David Kopacz, who is the owner if 6Y1V, Cozzi speaks English
quite well. He also loves to cook and believes it is every hams social
responsibility to spread international good will.

The 6Y1V contest super station is owned by K1LZ and KY1V and is located at
the home of at the home of George Campbell, 6Y5GC, in Hopewell
Jamaica. David Kopacz says that he and his contest group are proud to
have been granted the opportunity to make Francesco's dream come
true. (Various DX sources)

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WORLDBEAT - SOUTH AFRICA: SARL CANCELS TAKE AMATEUR RADIO TO SCHOOL PROGRAM

Some sad news from South Africa. That's where the recently proposed 'Take
Amateur Radio to School' children's educational curriculum has been
cancelled.

The South African Radio League announced its decision to abandon the
program on October 8th . This after it was found that there was due to the
lack of interest in setting up amateur radio stations in that nations
schools .

The South African Radio League says that its essay competition in which a
student can win an Acer laptop will continue. It's also announced a new
closing date of November 15th for this years competition to end. (SARL)

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WORLDBEAT UK: NEW D-STAR REPEATER IN THE UK

Another D-Star repeater has taken to the air in the United Kingdom. GB7ZP
is a new D-Star repeater in Essex. The input frequency is 430.4875MHz and
output frequency is 439.4875MHz. Initial operation is local RF only, with
the internet Gateway facility to be added at a later date. (RSGB)

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ON THE ROCKS: 2008 ORIONIDS SHOWER EXPECTED TO BE BIG

If you are a ham who chases rocks flaring across the sky, there's some good
news. After the successful 2006 and 2007 outbursts, predictions say that
this years Orionids Meteor activity will again be much higher than normal.

According to the Make More Miles on VHF newsletter, while the "traditional
"
peak for this shower is expected on October 21st. However, another
maximum, related to the encounter with an ancient dust trail rich in bright
meteors is expected to occur on October 19th, between 02:13 and 08:08 UTC.

For those not aware, hams involved in Meteor Scatter communications make
contacts by bouncing their signals off the ionized trails of meteors as the
burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. (VHF Reflector)

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In DX, word that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has selected a
group of United States lead hams to lead a DXpedition to Desecheo Island
in early 2009. Desecheo currently sits at number 7 on DX Magazine's Most
Wanted list. The group is headed up by DXpedition veterans Bob Allphin,
K4UEE, and Glenn Johnson, W0GJ.

Also, news that F5TLN, will be portable Oh-D-5 in the Lebanon until
February of 2009. He will work mostly in SSB but also some CW on all HF
bands. The operator is Sylvain who says that he will confirm the QSL cards
after his return home and points out that bureau QSLs will take some time.

And word that a YL-only DXpedition will take place from the Falkland
Islands between January 17th and the 31st of 2009. The team will be using
80 through 10 meters and the ladies will have individual callsigns in the
range of VP8YLA through VP8YLZ. Thevexact calls will depend on the number
of operators who sign on for the operation. Originally 14 hams had signed
up to go but a few have pulled out for various reasons. More is on-line at
www.radioclubs.net/aa_vp8yl_/

And news that DJ1OJ will spend the winter on Teneriffa in the Canary
Islands. He was slated to arrive in early October and remain there until
the end of March 2009. While there, he will be active as EA8OM mainly in
CW and RTTY. QSL to the bureau, to his home call or electronically via
Logbook to the World.

A0VDV is reported on from Curacao in the Netherlands Antillies. He's
scheduled to be there until October 29th operating C-W only. If you make
contact, QSL direct or via the bureau.

Lastly, K5LBU, is planning a DXpedition to Lesotho for July or August of
2009 and is still looking for some participants. If you are interested to
join the team please contact Frosty via e-mail to frosty1(at) pdq (dot) net.

(Above from various DX news sources)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: THE END OFF A HAM BROADCAST ERA

And finally this week, the Radio Society of Great Britain says 73 to a ham
who has been reading their GB2RS newscasts for over a half a
century. Jeramy Boot, G4NJH, has a bit of history and some words of praise
for a truly dedicated UK ham:

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GB2RS News was first broadcast on Sunday 25 September 1955 from the station
of Frank Hicks-Arnold G6MB on 3600kHz using voice amplitude modulation.
What is less well-known is that the RSGB had been in discussions with the
UK regulator, then the General Post Office, for some time about the
feasibility of such a news service for UK radio amateurs.

As part of its practicability evidence for the GPO, some experimental
broadcasts were arranged by the RSGB on 40 metros. These test transmissions
took place from the station of Jimmy Porter GI3GGY, in Londonderry during
1954 using his own callsign.

The GPO then agreed initially to the news taking place in the 80 meter band
on Sundays using the callsign GB2RS. A year later they permitted these
bulletins to be broadcast on 40 meters as well and these were put out by
GI3GGY using the GB2RS callsign. GI3GGY has been involved ever since, and
he has thus been a GB2RS news reader for more than 50 years - longer than
anyone else.

Earlier this year Jimmy's massive HF type LPH9 16-element log periodic
antenna was severely damaged by gales. The antenna tower was some 90 feet
high. Jimmy has been unable to get the structure repaired and has
therefore, reluctantly, stated that he wishes to stand down as an HF news
reader.

The RSGB wishes to pay tribute to Jimmy's dedication as a news reader over
more than 50 years, and also thank his assistant reader June, GI4MJD, for
acting as back up. They will continue to read the local news on 2 meters FM
for the Londonderry area.

Im Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, and you are listening to the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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To which we want to add our congratulations to Jimmy Porter, GI3GGY, on a
job truly well done. (GB2RS)

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