Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1780 - September 23 2011

Please note that this is an extended Amateur Radio Newsline
report and contains three breaks.

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1780 with a release
date of Friday, September 23rd, 2011 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Ham radio assists as a 145 square
mile wildfire rages in an isolated area of Minnesota, IARU
Region One looks at a possible change to the QRP Center of
Activity Frequency, the DX0DX operation from the Spratley
Islands is cancelled due to safety concerns and Soyuz
flights to the International Space Station to resume in
November. All this and more on Amateur Radio NewslineT
report number 1780 coming your way right now.


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RESCUE RADIO: RACES AND THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA FIRE

Hams in Minnesota became a backbone of communications for
several days. This as authorities continue to deal with a
145 square mile wildfire that began in mid-August from a
lightning strike in a remote area of the state.

The fire is located in an area called the Boundary Waters
Canoe Area. This is a very large region along the US and
Canadian border in North-East Minnesota where no motorized
equipment or vehicles are allowed. Generally, wildfires in
remote areas such as this are allowed to burn out as a part
of natures own forest renewal. This fire went for several
weeks with no problem until a front came through with strong
North-West winds and blew it into a lightly populated zone.
That in turn brought out a massive firefighting effort.

In a recent news story, WDIO television interviewed Jim
Anderson, N0JWA, about the involvement of amateur radio in
this emergency. We caught up with Jim a few days later and
he told us that hams from Lake County RACES were called out
on Tuesday, September 13th when the evacuation of the small
fishing town of Isabella appeared imminent:

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N0JWA: "We been training with all types of drills or
activities through the years and the real call came last
Tuesday from the Lake County EOC and the Lake County
Sheriff. So seven of our guys got their stuff together,
grabbed their go kits and away they went."

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Also sent to the area was the groups well equipped
communications trailer:

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N0JWA: "We also had a communications trailer that went to
Lake County first and they were directed to go up to
Isabella. We had hams located there in Isabella, and we
also had them in Silver Bay and in Finland (Minnesota). And
those were evacuation points."

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Anderson told Newsline that a formal net was in place to
handle health and welfare traffic:

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N0JWA: "N0MR, he was in a city in-between Duluth and the
fire area and he served pretty much as net control. I was
on this end here in Duluth prepared to do wgt I would have
to do in any calling-out or calling family members o let
them know that their relatives, sons, daughters, mothers,
fathers, whomever that were up in the fire area were OK."

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N0JWA that he was preparing to drive up to the fire area to
act as a relief net control when word came on Sunday,
September 18th that the services of the RACES operators were
no longer required. This was because it had begun to rain
in the fire area.

Winter weather tends to arrive early in the Northern
Latitudes. Hopefully, this seasonal change will help to
quickly extinguish this rather fearsome blaze. (N0JWA,
N0ZRD)


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RESTRUCTURING: REGION ONE QRP CENTER OF ACTIVITY COULD
CHANGE

The IARU Region 1 High Frequency Committee meeting minutes
caused some alarm and confusion over the future of 7030 kHz
as the Region 1 QRP center of activity. This relates to the
discussion about moving the frequency, and possible further
discussion at the Region 1 Interim Meeting in 2013.

It is important to note that these discussion points did not
feature in the minutes of the final General Conference
Plenary. The question as to whether 7030 kHz is the best
frequency for the QRP center of activity was actually raised
in the context of discussing a proposal from Germany's
Deutscher Amateur Radio Club to change the 40 meter Contest
Preferred Segment.

The High Frequency Committee decided that this change
couldn't be done without first seeking the views of the
Region 1 QRP community. Further discussion across IARU
Region 1 is expected over the coming months and years. It's
important to remember that any change in the Region 1 plan
for any spectrum will in some way eventually impact on Q-R-P
operations in Regions 2 and 3 as well. (IARU R-1)

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DX NEWS: SPRATLEY ISLANDS OPERATION CANCELLED DUE TO SAFETY
CONCERNS

Plans to activate Thitu Island in the Spratley group have
been cancelled. This due to the deteriorating safety to
life and property issues in the South China Sea.

Back in January, some 30 hams had planned to operate for
three weeks from the Philippines controlled island using the
call DX0DX. Due to the security concerns the DXpedition was
put on hold. Now, the Team Leader VK3FY says that it's off
for good.

The Spratlys which lie between Vietnam, China, Malaysia,
Brunei, and The Philippines is a much sought DX entity.
However, VK3FY indicates that having a responsibility for
the well being of the operators, he has concluded that the
risks outweigh the wants or needs of the hobby. Its well
known that personal safety conditions in the region have
been deteriorating over the past 12 months.

And we will have more DX news near the end this weeks
newscast. (VK3PC)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: NEXT MANNED FLIGHT TO ISS WILL BE NOV
14

NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency have agreed on a
November 14th date for the first manned Soyuz rocket. This
following the launch failure of a similar booster carrying a
robotic cargo ship last month.

The decision follows an investigation by Russian space
officials to identify the source of that failure and ensure
it won't plague future launches. It also clears the way for
a new three-member crew to launch on a Soyuz to the
International Space Station, sustaining the orbiting lab's
10-year streak for a continuous human presence in space.

The two space agencies had temporarily suspended all manned
Soyuz flights while Russian engineers investigated the
August 24th launch failure that sent the Progress 44
spacecraft packed with food and supplies for the space
station. That spacecraft crashed over Siberia shortly after
liftoff.

As most listeners know, in the wake of last summer's
retirement of NASA's space shuttles, the Russian Soyuz is
the only means of transportation for people to and from the
ISS. (Various reports)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: THREE ISS CREW MEMBERS RETURN TO EARTH

Meantime, another Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three
returning Expedition 27 astronauts from the International
Space Station touched down safely in central Kazakhstan on
September 16th.

NASA astronaut Ron Garan, KF5GPO, and Russian cosmonauts
Andrei Borisenko, RW7LFG, and non-ham Alexander Samokutyayev
landed some 93 miles southeast of the city of Zhezkazgan at
10 a.m. their local time. This, after spending 164 days in
space on board the International Space Station.

But during re-entry there were some rather tense moments due
to a yet unexplained communications breakdown. Repeated
calls to the Soyuz TMA-21 capsule from Mission Control
outside Moscow, went unanswered for several minutes, well
after the craft had de-orbited. Communication was
eventually established between the crew and an
Antonov fixedwinged aircraft circling the landing
site.

Sergei Volkov, UA1OSS, Mike Fossum, KA5AQG and
Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW, are serving as the
current Expedition 29 crew aboard the ISS.
(Various reports)

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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 N7SKO
repeater serving parts of Arizona,
Nevada and California.

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ENFORCEMENT: HAM FINED $17000 FOR MARITIME BAND
INTERFERENCE

The FCC has told a Tennessee ham that he must
pay a $17,000 fine. This after admitting that
he transmitted without a license on a United
States Coast Guard frequency. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Don Carlson, KQ6FM, is in Reno with
the details:

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In an acation date September 20th, the FCC has
affirmed a $17,000 forfeiture order issued to to
David Edward Perka, KA3PRB, of Lewisburg,
Tennessee. This, for willfully and repeatedly
violating section 301 of the Communications Act
by operating without a license in the Maritime
Radio Service and maliciously interfering with
the United States Coast Guard on the
International Distress, Safety, and Calling
Channel in Annapolis, Maryland.

This case goes back to the spring of 2008. At
that time agents in the FCC's Columbia Maryland
Office alleged that on April 6th and April 7th
of that year David Edward Perka operated on
Marine Channel 16 or 156.800 MHz, which is the
International Distress, Safety, and Calling
Channel for stations operating in the Maritime
Radio Service.

The unauthorized transmissions on April 6th,
2008 consisted of Perka making threatening
statements to the United States Coast Guard.
The ones on April 7, 2008 consisted of tones
from a Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency keypad.

Although Perka holds an amateur license, the FCC
says that he does not hold any form of
certification to operate in the Maritime
Service. The FCC order says that Perka later
admitted to FCC agents that the transmissions on
April 6, 2008 were intentionally transmitted to
harass the United States Coast Guard. .

On March 27, 2009, the Columbia Office issued
Perka a $17,000 Notice of Apparent Liability for
Forfeiture. In his response, Perka admitted to
the findings leading to the proposed fine. At
the same time he requested a reduction based on
his inability to pay.

In examining Perka's response, the FCC says that
is required to take into account the nature,
circumstances, extent and gravity of the
violation. Also, with respect to the violator,
the degree of culpability, any history of prior
offenses and ability to pay.

The FCC says that its Notice of Apparent
Liability issued to Perka specifically stated
that a cancellation or reduction based on
inability to pay will not be considered unless
the petitioner provides certain specific
documentation. The Commission says that the
only documentation Perka submitted was a single
unemployment check from the State of Maryland
dated April 6, 2009.

After receiving Perka's response the Enforcement
Bureau staff provided him an additional
opportunity to submit the proper documentation.
The regulatory agency says that while it has
evidence that Perka received that letter, to
date it has received no response. Based on this
the FCC says that it has no basis for assessing
Perka's financial situation
As such a forfeiture in the amount of $17,000 in
this matter is warranted in this case.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, Im Don Carlson,
KQ6FM, in Reno.

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Perka was given the usual 30 days to pay the
monetary forfeiture or to file a further appeal.
(FCC)

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ENFORCEMENT: MAJOR REDUCTION IN FINE TO FLORIDA
UNLICENSED BROADCASTER

And a follow-up to another case we recently
reported on. This involving an unlicensed
broadcaster in Florida named Fritzner Lindor who
was caught operating on 94.7 MHz in the city of
Orange Park.

Back in June 2010, agents from the FCC's Tampa
office had traced an unauthorized signal on 94.7
MHz to Lindor's home. During a station
inspection, the commission said that Lindor
admitted he had purchased the transmitter and
operated it without a license. He also admitted
that he knew his actions violated the
Communications Act.

Lindor was eventually issued a $15,000 Notice of
Apparent Liability. In his response he did
prove the fine to be a severe economic burden by
submitting the required documentation. In the
end the Commission agreed to a dramatic
reduction in fine from $15,000 down to only
$300. Lindor was given the normal 30 days to
pay. (FCC)

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RADIO RULES: FCC GRANTS CAP-EAS TIME EXTENSION

Broadcasters and cable-casters are issuing a
collective sigh of relief. This, with word that
the FCC has approved another extension for
broadcasters to comply with the Common Alerting
Protocol or CAP-EAS deadline.

The new deadline is June 30, 2012 and supersedes
the previous compliance date o this coming Sept.
30th. An
earlier deadline was extended in March of this
year.

The announcement was made at a regulatory
session at the Radio Show that was being held
this year in Chicago. In its statement the FCC
noted that no one can yet comply with the new E-
A-S rules because the commission has not
finalized all the key technical specifics
necessary for receiving CAPformatted alerts.
(RW)

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RADIO RULES: W6TIA ON CAP-EAS PROTOCOL

Meantime, EAS expert Richard Rudman, W6TIA,
blogs that FEMA has a plan for how broadcast
stations will get domain names or I P addresses
that they will need to program in to their
Common Alerting Protocol or CAP
encoders/decoders. These are the devices which
will then "poll" the federal CAP message
alerting system. That's how primary stations
will get their EAS alert messages to be re-
transmitted across the daisy chain.

Rudman says Antwane Johnson, who is the Division
Director and Program Manager for FEMA's
Integrated Public Alert and Warning or IPAWS
System told him that a PIN will be assigned to
each of the approved EAS equipment vendors. To
receive a PIN, each vendor will need to e-mail
FEMA IPAWS requesting the PIN and the structure
of the Atom feed URL.

W6TIA adds that once final security checks have
been completed, FEMA IPAWS will update the EAS
community with the release of the domain names
to be used by the broadcaster community. More
about the Integrated Public Alert and Warning
System and how it might affect you can be found
online at www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws. (RW)

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RESCUE RADIO: HAM RADIO TO FOLLOW A ZS HIKING
GROUP

Ham radio will be used for lifeline and safety
communications. This as a group of South
African hikers embark on a 12 day hike across
some rugged terrain.

The trip begins on the 26th of September at
Mount Aux Sauces and end at the city of
Boesmansnek. At least two South African radio
amateurs will be involved in the mission. Johan
Leslie, ZR4CAA, is a member of the hiking group
with the base camp station manned by John
Longland, ZS6AA.

The bands to be used are 80, 40 and 2 meters.
Hams worldwide are being requested to listen out
for these call signs and assist if an emergency
situation should arise. (SARL)

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BREAK 2

Coming to you this week from Florida's sunny
shores, 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:

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HAM RADIO BUSINESS: HRD VERSION 5.1 TO BE FREE
UPGRADE TO REGISTERED USERS

The version 5.1 release of Ham Radio Deluxe will
be made available at no charge to registered
users when completed. So say Mike Carper,WA9PIE,
Randy Gawtry, K0CBH and Rick Ruhl, W4PC.

The trio announced last week that they had
acquired the source and rights to the Ham Radio
Deluxe suite of software from Simon Brown,
HB9DRV. Since then there had been a lot of
rumor on the Internet chat sites as to what
would happen next.

A lot of that was cleared up with the release of
a statement by Carper, Gawtry and Ruhl over the
weekend of September 17th and 18th posted on
Facebook and other websites. In addition to
making version 5.1 a free upgrade to registered
users, the trio say that they plan to continue
improving Ham Radio Deluxe to keep it as the
best ham radio package available.

Whether or not it will remain free after the
release of version 5.1 was not discussed in
their news release. Right now Carper, Gawtry
and Ruhl say that they are in the process of
building a development environment for Ham Radio
Deluxe. They say that their main concern is to
begin by addressing some of the bugs in the
existing "To Do List" for the upcoming version
5.1 release. (HRD Team)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: K9HAM AT THE WINGS AND WHEELS
FLY IN

Turning to ham radio happenings, word that the
Lewis and Clark Radio Club of Godfrey, Illinois,
will be operating special event station K9HAM on
September 24th. This, for the 17th annual Wings
and Wheels Fly-in slated to be held at the St.
Louis Regional Airport.

Operation of K9HAM will be from 10:00 A.M. until
4:00 P.M. Central Time, weather rpermitting.
The primary operating frequency will be 14.245
S.S.B. +/- QRM on 20 meters. A commemorative
certificate will be available with your card and
a self addressed stamped envelope or
electronically direct to your e-mail.

The Wings and Wheels Fly-In is an annual event
that features a display of historic war aircraft
and vintage automobiles. More about it is on-
line at www.stlouisregional.com.
(KF9F)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: THE CANADIAN AMATEUR RADIO HALL
OF FAME 2011

Nominations for Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of
Fame for 2011 close on September 30th. This
award recognizes deserving Canadian amateur
radio operators for outstanding achievement and
sustained service to amateur radio in Canada or
to ham radio at large. Nomination forms and
details of the procedure are available from the
Radio Amateurs of Canada website, or direct at
tinyurl.com/canada-award (RAC)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: K0KG NAMED NEW CQ DX AWARDS
MANAGER

Some names in the news. First is Keith
Gilbertson, K0KG, who as been named by CQ
Magazine to succeed Billy Williams, N4UF, as its
CQ DX Awards Manager.
According to an announcement from CQ, Keith
Gilbertson is retired vocational and technical
education teacher and community college
administrator. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air
Force and Air Force Reserve who lives in
Rochert, Minnesota, with his wife, Jeannie. They
have two adult children and four grandchildren.

CQ adds that effective immediately, any
correspondence relating to the CQ DX Award
program should be directed to Keith Gilbertson,
K0KG, 21688 Sandy Beach Lane, Rochert,
Minnesota. 56578-9604. K0KG can also be reached
by e-mail ato keith (dot) gilbertson (at) cq
(dot) com.

Gilbertson's appointment follows the retirement
of Billy Williams, N4UF, after more than three
decades of service to the amateur radio DX'ing
community. (CQ)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: N5HYP AND THE SCOUTING MERIT
BADGE CLASS

Congratulations to Tom Schuessler, N5HYP, for a
successful Radio Merit Badge class and amateur
radio satellite demo at the National Scouting
Museum. The Boy Scout station K2BSA/5 had
contacts with numerous stations during its
operational hours. It will again be again be
active on October 15th for the 2011 Scouting
Jamboree on the Air. (ANS)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: KA3HDO RETIRES FROM NASA
AFTER 36 YEARS

After an illustrious 36 year career with NASA,
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, has retired from the
agency.

In his farewell note to his colleagues, Bauer
said that for someone who dreamed about space
exploration as a very young child and started at
NASA when the Apollo program was in its
twilight, it has been truly a pleasure to spend
over 3 decades developing and operating systems
as part of the NASA team. Bauer said that he
has had what he called a phenomenal time
contributing to countless Human and Robotic
spaceflight missions, flight tests, technology
experiments, pioneering systems, studies,
formulations and on-orbit operations activities
as well as numerous agency-level, U.S.
Government and international strategies and
initiatives.

In addition to his job with NASA, KA3HDO, had a
parallel volunteer career as one of the leaders
of the manned Amateur Radio in Space program.
Among his many achievements was taking manned
ham radio operations on-orbit from the now
retired space shuttles under the SAREX operation
over to the International Space Station and into
the ARISS program.

Bauer, who stepped down from ARISS and AMSAT
duties in March of 2009, had served as ARISS
Program Leader and ARISS International Working
Group Chair. Since 1991, he had also held the
title of AMSAT Vice President for Human
Spaceflight
Programs.

In May of 2009 Bauer was presented with the ARRL
President's Award for his many contributions to
ham radio's part of mans exploration of space.
(ANS)

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DOWN BUT NOT OUT: GET WELL WISHES TO WB6FDF AND
W2ML

Two people long associated with Amateur Radio
Newsline are currently suffering medical
problems. Retired news anchor and board member
Robert Sudock, WB6FDF, is in a rehab facility in
Long Beach, California where he is recovering
from a badly burned foot and a flare-up of an
previous medical problem. Once back on his feet
Robert will be come the permanent news anchor
for the weekly Newsline-produced news capsules
that you will see on the Ham Nation Internet TV
show that airs Tuesday nights at live dot twit
dot tv. Get well wishes go to him via e-mail to
wb6fdf (at) arnewsline (dot) org.

And Steve Mendelsohn, W2ML, who many knew as an
early Newsline reporter before becoming the ARRL
Hudson Division and later as ARRL 1st Vice
President has been diagnosed with stage 4
pancreatic cancer. That said, Steve says that
he is determined not to let his chemotherapy
treatments slow him down. At least not very
much.

Steve who works for ABC Television in New York
City and who also brought game-day frequency
coordination to the National Football League is
profiled in a rather amazing to read story in
the NY Jets on-line magazine. You can view by
taking your web browser to tinyurl.com/Steve-
Mendelsohn. Steve can be reached by e-mail to
W2ML (at) arrl (dot) net and we are sure a kind
word of support from the ham community would be
very welcome right now. (ARNewslineT, CGC,
others)

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BREAK 3

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:

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: FUNCUBE GROUP MEMBERSHIP
EXCEEDS 2000 In under a year the AMSAT-UK
FUNcube Yahoo Group has achieved over 2000
members.


The group was created by Rob Styles, M0TFO, at
the end of October 2010. Its purpose is to
provide support for the AMSAT-UK FUNcube
satellite and the FUNcube Dongle Software
Defined Radio package.


For those not aware, the FUNcube satellite is an
educational micro-bird project with the goal of
educating young people about radio, space,
physics and electronics. Once on-orbit,
FUNcube will provide a strong 145 MHz telemetry
beacon for the pupils to receive. The bird will
also have a 435 to145 MHz linear transponder for
cross band SSB and CW communications.

The target audience for FUNcube is school
students age 8 to 18. Planners say that FUNcube
will support the educational science,
technology, engineering and maths initiatives.
It will also provide an additional resource for
the RSGB's GB4FUN radio communications
demonstration van.

Information on the FUNcube satellite project is
at FUNcube.org.uk. You can join the FUNcube
Yahoo Group at groups dot yahoo dot com and
using the search feature to locate the FUNcube
group. (M0TFO)

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RADIO IN SPACE: FIND YOUR GRAIL - ON X BAND

The NASA Grail mission to the Moon should
downlink on 2280.6 MHz and 2279.511 MHz. Also,
X-Band Doppler ranging beacons are on 8451.5995
MHz and 8451.7995 MHz. And with due respect to
Monty Python, if you have the gear to receive
these frequencies, with this information at
hand, you might just find your Grail. (ANS,
others)

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ON THE WEB: THE SIX AND TEN REPORTING CLUB

If you are a ham who likes to operate in the
boundary area between High Frequency and low
VHF, then the Six and Ten Reporting Club may be
for you. This is an informal group of radio
amateurs, mostly from the UK, who are interested
in propagation studies at frequencies around the
HF to VHF boundary. This means the 6 and 10
meter amateur bands.

The club produces a monthly newsletter that
includes analysis of 28MHz propagation based on
beacon monitoring, analysis of 50MHz activity
reports broken down by propagation mode. Also
included are discussions on unusual propagation
events, compilations of solar and geomagnetic
data, lists of activity world-wide, beacon news,
and results of ongoing experiments.

The latest edition of the Six and Ten report is
now available. You will find it in cyberspace
at g7kse.co.uk/6and10. (Southgate)

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RADIOSPORTS: REGION 3 ARDF CHAMPIONSHIP IN VK
SEPTEMBER 23 - 28

The 8th ITU Region 3 Amateur Radio Direction
Finding Championships are being held from
September 23rd to the 28th at Maldon in
Australia's Victoria state. This is a historic
gold mining area about a two hours drive from
Melbourne airport.

This competition is being hosted by the Wireless
Institute of Australia, and run by the Victorian
Amateur Radio Direction Finding Group.
Accommodation will be at the Victorian Blue
Light Youth Camps in Maldon. For further
information, please contact Wireless Institute
of Australia
A-R-D-F Coordinator John Bramham by e-mail to
vk3www (at) wia (dot) org (dot) au. More is on-
line at www.ardf.org.au. (WIA, Southgate)

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DX

In DX, word that preparations for the large
multi-national 3D2R DXpedition to Rotuma are
going according to plan.
The team will meet in Suva, Fiji on September
22nd and depart for Rotuma on the 25th. They
expect to be operational sometime on the 27th on
160 through 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK
and SSTV. They also will hve stations on 6 and
2 meter moonbounce with a focus on Europe and
Africa. QSL via YT1AD or electronically using
Logbook of the World.

The Oh J-Zero-X team has successfully landed on
Market Reef for the first leg of its three week
stay. Their focus will be on low-bands and
RTTY, including the weekend's CQ World Wide RTTY
Contest. Please keep watching the Oh J-Zero-X
on QRZ dot com for updates. QSL this one via
OH2BH

KL7JR and his XYL WL7MY will be active stroke
HI3 from the northern coast of Hispaniola using
SSB on the High Frequency bands until 2013
concentrating on 80, 40, 22, 17 and 6 meters.
They also plan some experiments with mobile
antennas from their 3rd floor balcony. Skeds
are possible via e-mail to KL7JR (at) yahoo
(dot) com Their QSL route can be found on
QRZ.com.

W6HGF/KH0, will be active from Saipan from Sep
20th through the 30th. He will focus on RTTY
and and plans to take part in the CQ World Wide
RTTY Contest. Other modes will be used if time
permits. QSL direct to W6HGF either direct or
via Logbook of the World.

TA1AMC is on a humanitarian mission in
Mogadischu, Somalia and will be operational
stroke T5 during his spare time. He will be
there for the next three months. QSL as
directed on the air.

IZ4AMS will be active from Tinetto Island on
October 9th and 10th using the call IZ4AM. If
you make contact, please QSL as directed on the
air.

Lastly, a Belgian team attempt at landing on

Rockall Island in May 2009 was unsuccessful due

to the weather conditions at the time. They are

now planning to try again, with the projected

date being around September 27th or 28th.

Rockall is the rarest of the European Islands on

the Air and has only been activated once a few

years ago when just over 200 QSO's were made.

Foir the latest information keep a cyberspace

eye on www.rockall.be. The Islands on the Air

reference for Rockall Island is EU-189.

(Above from various DX news sources)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: LPFM DONATED TO ILLINOIS STATE
UNIVERSITY And finally this week, students at
Illinois State University are the recipient of a
Low Power FM license given to the school by a
religious broadcaster. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF,
is in the nerwsroom with the details:

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Some good news for the proponents of college
level radio. On September 1st, the Federal
Communications Commission approved the ownership
transfer of WEWT-LP from Rock in Victory
Ministries to the Illinois State University
Foundation. This was accompanied by a change in
call letters to WZND-LP. As a result, 103.3 MHz
will be the Low Power FM voice of Illinois State
University students with the potential of
reaching nearly 75,000 listeners with its 83
watts of power.

It should be noted that college radio advocates
have long been protesting the loss of student-
run FM stations. On
campuses nationally, cash-strapped colleges and
universities are selling or leasing stations to
outsiders. And as broadcast licenses and studio
equipment are lost, at best, students end up
with Internet-only stations.

At least in Illinois, that's about to change.

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

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And that's a nice way to round out this week's
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