Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1565 - August 10, 2007

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1565 with a
release date of Friday, August 10, 2007 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T.

Hams are praised for their communications support
at California's Zaca wildfire, a ham is the
first teacher in space, Scouting celebrates its
100th anniversary with ham radio in space and the
R-S-T signal reporting system may soon be a thing
of ham radios analog past. Find out the details
on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1565 coming your way right now.

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RESCUE RADIO: PRAISE FOR ARES RESPONSE TO CALIFORNIA'S ZACA FIRE

Amateur Radio and particularly the Amateur Radio
Emergency Service units involved with
California's giant Zaca wildfire near have drawn
the praise of that anta Barbara County's fire
department. Speaking at an August 1st Town Hall
meeting of the fire-fighting Unified Command,
Fire Department Public Information Officer Eli
Eskow heaped praise on the hams who were out
there backing up his firefighting teams:

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"There's one group I forgot to mention and thank
personally. The Amateur Radio Emergency Services
group has worked with us forever (applause)
forever!! And on this event, this fire I have
asked them many, many requests and
chores. They've jumped at every opportunity to
help us. They've carried mail. They have most
importantly thrown their bodies in front of the
public to stop them from going through closed
roads, putting themselves in danger. They've been
great. Anytime we've asked them anything, they
jump at any opportunity to help us..."


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Some area 300 residents facing the possibility of
evacuation attended the meeting. Among those
present representing ham radio were Santa Barbara
District Emergency Coordinator Dennis Daniel,
KM6DF, and Will Tefft, KG6DHK, who serves as
Santa Barbara South County Emergency Coordinator.

Since that meeting the Zaca fire has
intensified. As this report is being written
flames are less than two miles from a road that
runs parallel to the Santa Ynez River. ARES
volunteers continue to bee active with communications support. (N6ZKJ)

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RADIO POLICY: RSQ MAY REPLACE RST BELOW 30 MHz

A new signal reporting method for digital modes
will be considered at the International Amateur
Radio Union Region 2 Conference. This, at
a very busy meeting to be held in Brazil from
September 10th to the 14th. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, has mo

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One of the agenda items is a recommendation that
a new RSQ reporting system. This, to be used for digital modes below 30
MHz.

RSQ stands for Readability, Strength and
Quality. It was first proposed and endorsed at
the Region 1 IARU General Conference back in
2005. From there it quickly gained popularity
among the worlds ham radio societies and
political leader. Because of this the RSQ
concept was also agreed to last year at the IARU
Region 3 Conference in Bangalore, India.

RSQ would replace the traditional RST reports
that hams have used since 1934. RST stands for
Readability, Strength and Tone but appears not
suitable for digitally generated signals. RSQ is
favored because it can provide a more useful
signal report for High Frequency digital modes.

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


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Even if Region 2 adopts the RSQ reporting system,
it won't fully replace RST in the near
future. That's because the majority of signals
on the air are still of the good old analog
variety and will be with us for some time. (WIA News)

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RESTRUCTURING: SOUTH AFRICA RADIO LEAGUE TO ISSUE RAE CERTIFICATES

Amateur Radio restructuring continues in South
Africa. This with word that the South Africa
Radio League will now issue the nations Radio
Amateur Exam certificates following an agreement
having been finalized with that nations telecommunications regulator.

Candidates who pass the South African Class A
Amateur Examination will be issued an
international certificate. This document allows
operation in all CEPT countries and several
others outside Europe who are complying with the
conditions of the internationally accepted examination.

Those who pass the introductory level Class B
examination will be issued a Radio Amateur
Exam certificate only. The class B examination
is not compliant and the license issued for
passing it cannot be used for operation in other countries. (SARL)

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THE BPL FIGHT: ARRL RETURNS TO COURT OVER BPL

The ARRL has gone back to court over BPL. This
as the League files its reply brief at the U-S
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

The July 31st action follows the FCC's brief that
attempted to rebut the ARRL's challenge to the
FCC's Broadband over Power Line rules enacted in
late 2004 and affirmed by the agency in
2006. According to ARRL General Counsel Chris
Imlay, W3KD, the FCC's brief does not accurately
describe ARRL's arguments concerning harmful interference.

The ARRL, in its reply brief, accuses the FCC of,
engaging in misdirection and rebutting hyperbolic
arguments ARRL never made. It also charges the
FCC with refusing to address the precedents ARRL
cited and attempting to rewrite the Orders as if
they made factual rather than legal
determinations. The ARRL's brief also states
that this is a case about an unlicensed
operator's legal duty to cease harmful
interference once it arises and not about the
standard for authorizing unlicensed transmissions. (ARRL)

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INTRUDER WATCH FOLLOW-UP: 10 METER RELIGIOUS BROADCASTER FOUND IN IRELAND

A follow-up to our recent story involving a
religious broadcaster in the 10 meter ham
band. The Irish Radio Transmitters Society
reports that the culprit is a church the Dublin
area. Initial bearings would indicate that the
transmissions are originating somewhere on the
north side of that city but further work is
required to identify the which church it actually
is. The I-R-T-S notes that services are
transmitted 28.105 MHz FM at 9:00, 10:00 and
11:00 A.M. local Dublin time on Sundays and at
10:00 A.M. on weekdays. The Irish Radio
Transmitters Society is Ireland's national Amateur Radio organization.
(IRTS)

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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 Great
South Bay Amateur Radio Club's W2GSB station serving West Babylon New York.

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: KD5VNP TO MAKE TEACHER IN SPACE DREAM COME TRUE

A ham radio operator and teacher is on her way to
space to help in further construction of the
International Space Station and to make the goal
of a teacher in space a reality. Mission
Specialist Barbara Morgan, KD5VNP, is part of the
crew of Shuttle mission STS-118. This is an 11
day construction and re-supply mission of the orbiter Endeavour to the
I-S-S.

Barbara Morgan is what is known as an Educator
Astronaut. Almost two decades ago she was the
back-up for Christa McAuliffe in the Teacher in
Space Project. McAuliffe and the rest of the
seven member crew on board the Challenger were
killed on January 28, 1986 in a launch accident
caused when a seal ruptured on the solid rocket
motor and burned through the external fuel tank.
Now, 22 years later, Morgan will complete the
dream of an educator teaching from space when she
gets the chance to talk with and answer questions
from schoolchildren on the ground via ham radio.

Morgan trained side by side with McAuliffe but
the Teacher in Space Project was put on hold
after the Challenger tragedy. Morgan on her own
initiative completed the tour of schools planned
for McAuliffe and became a full member of the
United States Astronaut Corps in 1998. In 2002,
she was chosen as the first educator to become a
Mission Specialist astronaut. She passed her
Amateur service exam and was licensed as KD5VNP in 2003. (ANS, NASA,
others)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: LONG SILENT RS-15 HEARD AGAIN

The long silent RS-15 Amateur Radio satellite
heard again. PA3GUO says that he heard and
recorded the audio from RS 15 on 29.3156 MHz
using a Kenwood TS-2000 and a 20 meter
dipole. PA3GUO says that he thinks that this was
RS 15's Beacon 1. Here's what he heard:

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Actual beacon audio. Hrear it in the MP3
downloadable version of this weeks newscast at www.arnewsline.org

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RS is the Russian designation for
Radiosport. The RS-15 was launched on December,
26th 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazikstan. Its orbit gave good coverage and its 2
meter to 10 meter transponder permitted low power
DX working using very simple equipment. More is
on line at http://home.vianetworks.nl/users/hamoen/pa3guo/ (Southgate)

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RESCUE RADIO: SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH

September is National Preparedness Month and the
ARRL says that Amateur Radio operators are
joining a wide variety of national, state and
local organizations, including the US Department
of Homeland Security. This, in educating the
public about preparing for emergencies.

The League says that when unexpected natural or
man-made emergencies occur, our greatest
individual defense is preparedness. Getting an
emergency supply kit, making an emergency plan,
and identifying preparedness and response
resources within our communities are several
things we can do to prepare ourselves.

This nationwide effort is to encourage
individuals and families to take simple steps to
prepare for emergencies in their homes,
businesses and schools. For hams it means
getting your Go Kit ready and making sure you
are trained to properly communicate in case the
worst actually happens. (ARRL, Southgate, others)

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RECUE RADIO: HILTON HEAD ISLAND GORES HAM RADIO

South Carolina's Hilton Head Island is joining a
growing number of communities in disaster
preparedness. This, by installing amateur radio
gear to use as a backup system if the multitude
of other communications systems are knocked out by some form of disaster.

After being convinced of the need by local radio
amateurs, about a year ago the town installed an
antenna system that local hams could use in times
of emergencies. Now Hilton Head Island has
installed a city owned ham radio station at its
emergency operations center and is purchasing two
mobile units that can be used in cars. The
county and local hospitals are also adopting the radio system as a backup.

Chief Tom Fieldstead of the Fire and Rescue
Division says that the town normally uses an 800
MHz trunked radio system to communicate during
emergencies. It can also use a statewide radio
system, microwaves, fiber optics and telephones if needed.

Jay Harter, who is the town Emergency Management
Coordinator and Deputy Fire Chief Randy Osterman
recently completed a ham radio training class,
passed the licensing exam and are awaiting their
calls. As an added incentive to hams on Hilton
Head Island, city officials say that they will
deputize members of local amateur radio clubs who
volunteer to assist. (SCMediaNews.com)

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ENFORCEMENT: WHY WONT YOU CLEAN UP YOUR SIGNAL

Turning to enforcement news, the FCC has written
to Robert A. DiMezza, W2GGI, of Delray Beach,
Florida regarding a complaint received by the
Commission concerning the operation of DiMezza's
Amateur station. The accusation alleges, among
other things, poor signal quality and refusal by W2GGI to make corrections.

The FCC's July 13th letter to DiMezza gave him 20
days from the date of receipt of the letter
to fully address the issues raised in the
complaint. The FCC also told DiMezza that his
license is due for renewal on October 15th. It
says that the issues involved in the complaint
against him must be resolved prior to any renewal. (FCC)

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ENFORCEMENT: PROPOSED $4000 FOR CONTEST RULES VIOLATION

Hams are not the only ones hearing from the FCC'
enforcement folks in recent days. The agency has
issued a $4000 Notice of Apparent Liability for
Monetary Forfeiture to Saga Communications of New
England, L.L.C. licensee of Station WAQY -FM
in Springfield, Massachusetts. The proposed
fine comes as a result of the stations failure to
fully and accurately disclose the material terms
of the contest and conduct the contest
substantially as announced or advertised. Bruce Tennent, K6PZW, reports:

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The proposed fine is the result of a complaint
from Robert Naginewicz alleging that Saga failed
to conduct its contest involving the musical
group Aerosmith, which was broadcast by the
station during the June through July 2005
period. According to Naginewicz, on July 17,
2005, he won the contest's "Grand Prize
Giveaway," the prizes for which included a free
two-year lease on a 2005 Buick LaCrosse
automobile, or its cash equivalent, from the
co-sponsor, Bob Pion Pontiac. Also, the cars
trunk was supposed to be loaded full of Aerosmith memorabilia.

Naginewicz alleges that although he was assured
by the station's staff that all of his prizes
would be delivered to him by July 22, 2005, he
did not receive the monetary portion until August
18, 2005. Also, despite numerous queries made of
the station's staff, as of December 31, 2005 he
was still awaiting delivery of the memorabilia portion.

Following up on the Naginewicz complaint, the
Enforcement Bureau by letter dated January 24,
2006, inquired of Saga concerning these
allegations. Saga responded on March 2,
2006. It contended that its one-month delay in
delivering the monetary portion of the prize,
although less than ideal, was "within the zone of
reasonableness." It acknowledged, however, that
its failure to fulfill the memorabilia portion
until after Mr. Naginewicz had contacted the
Commission, represents a station "problem" that
it claims it has since addressed and
resolved. Saga indicated that, because of its
delay in fulfilling its promise to Mr.
Naginewicz, it enhanced the award made to him by
contributing additional prizes.

But the FCC says that under Section 73.1216 of
its rules, a broadcast licensee must conduct
station-sponsored contests "substantially as
announced or advertised. Also that it must
disclose fully and accurately the "material
terms" of such contests. And the FCC says that
it appears that Saga violated Section 73.1216 of
the Commission's rules by failing to conduct the
contest substantially as announced. Therefore the proposed $4000 fine.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennent, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.

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Saga was given the usual time to respond. (FCC)

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RADIO LAW: METAL THEFT AFFECTS RADIO AND TELECOMMUNICATIOS

Wire and metal theft is growing nationwide and
its impact is hitting the communications industry hard.

Whether it be copper radials, stainless steel
beer kegs or even iron manhole covers, metal
thieves continue in their quest to profit from
valuable metals being sought by unscrupulous
recyclers. In some instances items such as
air-conditioning units, power cables, catalytic
converters, light poles or aluminum bleacher
seats have disappeared only to find their way to
a recycling plant that pays cash and does not ask
for proof the material is not stolen.

On several occasions this month, thieves dug up
hundreds of feet of underground copper cable used
to illuminate ball fields in suburban
Maryland. This forced the organizers of a youth
baseball tournament to reschedule a half-dozen
games. But hardest hot seem to be remote radio
locations where its easy to cut away and run off
with coax, hardline and even tower sections.

In some cases, thieves have put themselves in
great danger by stealing live electrical wires
from buildings. A 41-year-old man was
electrocuted this month in a vacant building in
Pasadena, California. A 47-year-old man was
killed while stripping wire from a Washington D.C. school last year.

In all, about two dozen people have been killed
across the country in the past 12 months while
trying to steal metals. Some states and local
governments are tightening ordinances to
discourage the practice by holding recycling
companies accountable. Even so, the thefts
continue to satisfy their need for raw materials
needed by some emerging nations around the world. (Published reports)

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RADIO BUSINESS: CHIP MAKING DOWN IN 2006

If you are finding some integrated circuit chips
hard to find, threes a reason. According to an
industry group, the utilization rate of the
world's chip manufacturing plants stayed below 90
percent for the second straight quarter of
2006. The usage rate was only 86.4 percent in
the quarter bending December 30th. That
was down from 88.5 percent in the July to
September 2006 time period (Silicon Industry News)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: W2IK COMMEMORATES 911

Some names in the news. First up is Robert Hejl,
W2IK. He says that he will again be operating
special event station W2IK stroke WTC911 from
1300 to 0300 UTC on September 11th.

W2IK says that this activity is in honor of those
who lost their lives during the World Trade
Center disaster of September 11th 2001. He will
be using his own callsign because that was the
first call sent from Ground Zero.

Listen for W2IK stroke WTC911 in the upper
portions of 40, 20 and 15 meters SSB. QSL by
sending a 9x12 SASE to W2IK at his address listed
at QRZ.com. For more information please visit
http://hometown.aol.com/realhamradio/ to see W2IK'entire story. (W2IK))

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NAMES IN THE NEWS KARC AT 75 OPERATING AS W8VY

And word from KC8ZTJ that Michigan's Kalamazoo
Amateur Radio Club will be celebrating its 75th
anniversary this month with a Special Event
station. The club will be a portable from the
Campus of Western Michigan University from August
18th, 1600 UTC and August 19th at 0400 UTC. Look
for W8VY on 80 through 15 meters on CW and
SSB. QSL with a self addressed stamped envelop
to KARC, 5640 Venture Court, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49009 (KC8ZTJ)

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RADIO CONFERENCES: NAB BROADCAST ENGINEERRING CONFFRRENCE - 2008

The 62nd National Association of Broadcasters
Broadcast Engineering Conference to be held next
April in Las Vegas, Nevada. is already calling
for technical paper proposals. Topics to be
considered include radio engineering; digital
radio developments around the world; HD Radio
implementation; audio and RF test measurement
techniques; and automation systems.

The deadline for submitting proposals is Oct.
5th. The NAB will notify presenters if a
proposal has been accepted by November.
9th. After acceptance, presenters have until
January 18th 2008 to submit the completed paper,
which will be published in the N-A-B Broadcast
Engineering Conference Proceedings. More
information and a link to the submission form is
on line at www.nab.org/nabshow/forms/bec.asp) (NAB)

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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:

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: CELEBRATING THE WORLD SCOUT MOVEMENT FROM SPACE

The world scouting movement recently celebrated
its 100th anniversary by vicariously going into
space with the help of ham radio. This as ten
scouts at this year's World Scout Jamboree in
Chelmsford, England exchanged questions and
answers with astronaut Clay Anderson, KD5PLA, on
board the International Space Station. The
contact took place on Saturday, August 4th, and
KD5PLA was quick to respond to whatever was asked. Take a listen:

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Eric: "Hi. I'm Eric from the Netherlands asking
Brian's question. Can you see the sunrise from space? Over."

Anderson: "We can see the sunrise sixteen times
a day. We go around the Earth every 90 minutes
and we can see a dunrise and a sunset every 90. So, yes we can. Over."

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In all, KD5PLA answered 20 questions prepared by
the scouts. He confirmed he had been a 1st class
scout himself and said he decided to become an
astronaut when he was 8 years old and saw Apollo
disappear behind the moon and emerge some 15
minutes later. He also talked about life on-orbit:

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Shohe: "Hi. I'm Shohe from Japan asking Rio's
question. How easy is it to get along with each
other in a confined space. Over."

Anderson: "Actually, its pretty easy because
this space station has the same volume as a three
bedroom house. So we have a lot of room to move around. Over.

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Communications for the event was handled by
special ground station GB10J. It was operated by
Howard Long, G6LVB, while Carlos Eavis, G0AKI,
was at the mike and conducted contact. Paul
Joosten, PA5UL established an Internet connection
and fed the audio of the contact into Skype so
that the signals could be relayed over EcholInk
by Graham Lawton, G7EVY. The radio contact
started at 21:12 UTC and the exchanges went on
for 10 minutes with excellent conditions. And
they even had time to say goodbye before KD5PLA flew out over the horizon

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Eavis: "NA1SS, this is GB100J. Clay, Thank you
very much for that and I am sure the audience
would want to give you a huge round of applause. (Applause)

Anderson: "Thank you and my best to the 21st
World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford, England. And
this is NA1SS signing out. Thank you very much.

(More applause)

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G6LVB also provided live streaming video of the
event. A video file of the entire contact is
available for you to see at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1swyCCTbP1w
(Audio supplied by Howard Long G6LVB. Story
material by Gaston Bertels - ARISS-Europe chairman)

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THE FINAL FRONTIER: VIRGIN GALACTIC AND NASA PARTNER IN RESEARCH

NASA and Virgin Galactic have signed an agreement
to explore the possibility of working together to
develop new spacesuits, hybrid rocket motors and other space technology.

The pact will allow NASA and Virgin Galactic to
explore possible avenues of technology research
that would make use of NASA's Ames Research
Center facilities. Some of the possible
collaborations include developing protective heat
shields for spaceships and vehicles that can
travel at least five times the speed of sound.

Virgin Galactic, was founded by British
entrepreneur Richard Branson. It plans to
test-fly a vehicle being built by famed aerospace
designer Burt Rutan next year and operate it
commercially by 2009 (Science OnLine)

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THE FINAL FRONTIER: CELEBRATING SPUTNIK 1 WITH CQ MAGAZINE

A well known ham radio magazine is planning to
commemorate the worlds first man made
satellite. Dorothy Bishop, VK2DB, has the details:

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October 4, 1957 saw the launch of the worlds
first artificial earth-orbiting satellite, Sputnik I.

The editor of CQ Magazine would like Radio
Amateurs' recollections of that historic event
for inclusion in the October issue. Please
respond as soon as possible by e-mail directly to
a special mailbox they have set up at

I'm Dot, VK2DB, from ALARA.

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Again that e-mail address is sputnik at
cq-amateur-radio dot com. Mark your e-mail to
the attention of Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU. (WIA News, CQ)

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ON THE AIR: INBB TO SHUTTER ITS DELANO CA FACILITY IN OCTOBER

The United States International Broadcasting
Bureau will stop broadcasting from Delano,
California, at the end of October. This,
according to Radio World on-line that says the
decision was announced in an internal e-mail to employees on July 24th.

According to the on-line magazine the
announcement stated that the move is being made
as a result of the Broadcasting Board of
Governors' changing global mission to meet
current U.S. government broadcast requirements,
along with reduced budgets and changes in technology .

Located about 140 miles north of Los Angeles,
California, the Delano station relies entirely on
shortwave radio transmissions. This is a
broadcast format that is relatively expensive to
operate. Although shortwave was the focus of
international broadcasting for many decades, sit
has declined in importance as traditional
audiences have shifted to FM and Medium
Wave radio, television and the World-Wide-Web

The station began shortwave broadcasts to the
Pacific Theater of World War II in 1944. In
early days, it beamed transmissions directly to
local audiences and to retransmitting facilities
in Hawaii, Okinawa and the Philippines. Later
the station provided critical shortwave
broadcasts to Cuba, South America and Asia. For
now at least the International Broadcast Bureau
plans to retain transmitting facilities in North
Carolina, Flordia and the territory of the Northern Marianas. (ASWLC)

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RADIO HAPPENINGS: JUST THE BREAR FACTS

Two public radio stations in Northern California
may have been knocked off the air by a hungry
bear. The Redding Record Searchlight reports
that power was restored Tuesday, July 24th to
the Jefferson Public Radio stations, which had
gone silent two days earlier after what was
throughout to be a wayward bear snapped the cable.

It originally was thought that the outage was
caused by a microwave equipment failure or a
severed power line on Mt. Bradley. But an
engineer for the stations has concluded that the
likely culprit was a bear that apparently had
pulled apart a special connector while trying to
get to a beehive under the line. The bear was
nowhere in sight when repair workers
arrived. The station Web site says the problem
affected listeners in Shasta County and much of Siskiyou County. (RW)

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WORLDBEAT - AUSTRALIA: RAMPAGE BRINGS DOWN CELL TOWERS

Temporary phone towers may be needed after tank
rampage in Sydney, Australia. This after
telecommunications provider Telstra says it may
have to install temporary cell phone towers in
Sydney's west to replace ones which were damaged
when a man went on a rampage in a restored army personnel carrier.

According to the Wireless Institute of Australia
News, the man led police on a 90-minute chase
through a number of suburbs. Police are alleging
that the 45-year-old destroyed six phone towers
and damaged an electricity sub-station. He was
eventually apprehended and charged with a range
of offenses including malicious damage and
predatory driving. The Magistrate recommended
that the driver be held for medical and
psychiatric treatment before his case goes to Local Court.

Telstra spokesman Jeremy Mitchell says repair
crews were not able to gain immediate access to
the towers as they were a "scene of crime". (WIA News)

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DX

In DX, word that KC0W, will be moving to St.
Helena Island in early September and is expected
to be active as ZD7X. His activity will be on CW,
SSB, RTTY and PSK. Look for his operations on
160 through 6 meters with special attention given
to 160, 80, 75 and 40 meters. ZD7X will also be
active in most major contests. Tom has already
announced that he will be on as a Single-Operator
Low-Power entry in both the September CQ World
Wide DX SSB Contest and the November CQ World
Wide DX CW Contest. His QSL Manager is WØMM.

And ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, has
announced that the 2007 J5UAR DXpedition to
Guinea-Bissau has been approved for DXCC
credit. Moore says that if you had cards
rejected for this operation, please send an
e-mail ; and you will be placed on the list for update.

Lastly word that JA6GXK is active from Minami
Torishima as JD1BMM. He has already been spotted
using RTTY on 14.075 and CW on 14.050 MHz. QSLs via JA6GXK.

(Above from various DX news sources)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: SOME WORDS OF THANKS

And finally this week, with some thank you's to
those who help to keep these newscasts on the
air, here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Support Fund
Administrator, Andy Jarema, N6TCQ

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Our catching up on thank-yous takes us back to June, 2006.

In that month we heard from the Raleigh, NC
Amateur Radio Society, Sol Volen, N3UBY of
Philadelphia, monthly contributors Joseph Bartzi,
Jr., KC8DKF of Columbus, OH, William Walters,
WA2IBM, and Scott Hensley of the Area
Communications Team, also in San Jose. And our
friends at the Pasadena, CA Radio Club, W6KA.

Via PayPal, Dale Tounge of Ft. Bliss, TX.

Thanks for your help. I'm Andy Jarema. N6TCQ.

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Andy will be back with us in the near future with
more than-you's to those who have contributed to
the support fund. (ARNewsline(tm) Support Fund)

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