Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1648 - March 13 2009

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1648 with a release date of Friday,
March 13, 2009 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T. Hams in the United States mid-west face winter
storms; Amateur radio stands down as bush fires subside down-under; the
Global Simulated Emergency Test gets moved to April 18th, two on-orbit
hamsats come back to life and the FCC busts a pirate radio station that was
carrying ads for street gangs. Find out more on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm)
report number 1648 coming your way right now.

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RESCUE RADIO: HAM RADIO MEETS THE MIDWEST STORMS

Hams in parts of the United States went on alert as severe weather pelted
the central and mid-west states. Jack Parker, W8ISH, reports from
Indianapolis:

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It wasn't the worst tornado outbreak on record, but one that kept Amateur
Radio severe weather spotters and National Weather Service people
busy. Conditions were ripe last Sunday as severe thunder storms swept
across Illinois, Indiana and into Ohio. The National Weather Service
confirmed Monday that damage in Illinois and Indiana on Sunday was the
result of tornadoes.

The weather service said two tornadoes struck in central Illinois on
Sunday. One damaged or destroyed about 30 structures near Champaign,
Illinois, while another tornado destroyed a church and farm house near
Greenfield. Three people suffered minor injuries and thousands of people
lost power.

Weather service radar clocked one cell moving through Central Indiana at
better than 80 miles per hour. They believe that cell produced a tornado
that destroyed three trailers and damaged 20 others at a mobile home park
just west of Ft. Wayne.

Amateur Radio operators feed reports of funnel clouds and wind damage as
the swiftly moving storms ripped up homes and farms in southern
Indiana. Winds were so powerful they leveled one home and left an
empty school bus atop the flattened house in Lawrence County. At least 19
houses were damaged. There were no reports of severe injuries.

In northwest Ohio, high winds tore a roof off of one house, blew the
windows out of another and damaged a barn near Defiance. Findlay, Ohio got
the double whammy of high winds and torrential rains. The Blanchard River,
which runs through downtown, flooded stores and closed dozens of
roads. Conditions worsened later this week when a new wave of severe
storms brought additional flooding to already stricken areas.

In Bay County, Mich., high wind drove ice over seawalls and into homes
along a stretch of Lake Huron beachfront. Authorities evacuated about 30
homes.

Reports of Amateur Radio operators helping with disaster relief following
the storms are just now coming in. By the way, March 15 through 21 is
severe weather preparedness week in Indiana. During this week people are
encouraged to prepare for severe weather and have a plan of what to do if
severe weather strikes.

Amateur Radio operators across Indiana have been attending Skywarn classes
taught by the weather service officials. Those attending spotter sessions
in the coming weeks will certainly have something to talk about.

Reporting from Indianapolis, this is Jack Parker, W8ISH.

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According to weather forecasters, more bad weather could be on its
way. (W8ISH, ARNewsline(tm))

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RESCUE RADIO: HAM RADIO STANDS DOWN FROM VK BRUSH FIRES

Thanks to some needed rain, Australia's bush fires are coming under control
and ham radio involvement is finally winding down. This, after more than a
month of emergency communications provided by Australia's Wireless
Institute Civil Emergency Network and other ham radio groups. Mark Dods,
VK3XMU, in Box Hill, wraps it all up:

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Audio report only. Please download the audio newscast at www.arnewsline.org

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The Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network better known as WICEN is the
Australian equivalent of ARES and RACES here in the United States. Dods
took a moment in his latest public report to congratulate the Australian
ham community on a job well done:

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Audio report only. Please download the audio newscast at www.arnewsline.org

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Its been a hot summer in the Southern hemisphere and especially in
Australia. As their fall season approaches the hams down-under hope that
they will soon be off emergency stand-by alert. (WIA News)

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RESCUE RADIO: GLOBAL SET ON APRIL 18

Still with rescue radio news, word that the date for the 2009 Global
Simulated Emergency Test has been changed to coincide with World Amateur
Radio Day which is slated for April 18th. The theme for the day will be
"Amateur Radio: Your Resource in Disaster and Emergency Communication" with
the event running from 1100 to 1500 hours UTC.

In a change for this and future events, the focus of this years Global
Simulated Emergency Test will be on generating and relaying messages in a
common format across country borders rather than the information gathering
about capabilities which has taken place in the past. It also makes for
ideal opportunity to showcase the work of ham radio emergency
communications groups around the world.

The Global Simulated Emergency Test is sponsored by Region 1 of the
International amateur Radio Union. More information will be posted on the
IARU Region One website at www.iaru-r1.org as it becomes
available. (GB2RS, IARU, Southgate)


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RESTRUCTURING: HAM RADIO IN PORTUGAL GETS A SPRING 2009 MAKEOVER

Major changes are coming to amateur radio in Portugal. According to an
e-mail from CT1FBF, that nations new structure includes the introduction of
a three class licensing system that will parallel the existing classes
which have been grandfathered but which will no longer be issued.

In other changes, the minimum age to obtain a Portuguese ham ticket has
been lowered to 12. All applicants regardless of age will be required to
enter the hobby with a third class license and remain there for at least
two years before upgrading. The new 3rd class license will be good for 5
years giving a ham three years in which to upgrade to 2nd class. If a 3rd
class ham fails to upgrade he returns to what amounts to SWL status. That
means he or she can only use their own station as a listening post
and must go to a 2nd grade or higher licensee's station to transmit under
the control of that ham.

As to the current and separate station license. That too will be
discontinued and is being replaced by the new National Amateur
Certificate. It allows a main fixed station, one additional fixed station,
a mobile station and a portable station. This permit will have a 10 year
life span and is renewable. The new rules also create community stations,
club stations and provide for the issuance of special event call signs with
a one year license term.

Portugal's new ham radio rules become effective on June 1st. More
information in the Portuguese language is on-line at ct-spot dot blogspot
dot com. (CT1FBF, CT-Spot News Team)

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BREAKING DX NEWS: MAYOTTE OPERATION HAMPERED BY A SLIM

Someone appears to have pirated a callsign during the recent operation from
Mayotte by G3SWH and G3RWL. Both operators have now returned from the
island only to find the DX Summit Database showing a number of contacts on
SSB listed to F H stroke G3RWL. Only one problem: Neither that callsign
nor mode was used by the DXpedition pair.

The only call used from Mayotte by both operators was FH stroke G3SWH and
none of their over 10,000 contacts was made using SSB voice. So if you
contacted a station using the call G3RWL portable FH and claiming to be on
Mayotte, you worked what the DX community calls a slim and no QSL card will
be coming your way.

We will have more DX related news later on in this weeks report. (OPDX)

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BREAK 1

From Los Angeles, California in the United States of America, we are the
Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world
including the W9AA repeater serving Evergreen Park Illinois.

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RADIO LAW: TEXAS HAMS RALLY AGAINST PROPOSED MOBILE PHONE LAW

Hams in Texas have been peppering their state legislators with
e-mails. This, after learning about twin bills in the House and Senate
that were both aimed at outlawing any sort of mobile radio operation that
was not entirely hands free.

As we go to air it appears as if the campaign has been partially
successful. They have apparently succeeded in getting an amendment
attached to Senate measure SB582 that exempts federally licensed radio
amateurs but at airtime are still trying to convince the author of the
house version to accept an exclusion that would keep the bill from
affecting amateur radio operations from a moving vehicle.

And this late word. Texas State Representative Jose Menendez's office says
that it is considering offering an amendment to HB 220 to include similar
language to that found in SB582.

As of now both bills are still in their respective legislative
committee's. We are told that ARRL Legislative Action Assistant Glen Reid,
K5FX, in Austin has been the ham radio point man in negotiations with
senate and house leaders with the full backing of radio amateurs state
wide. We will let you know how Texas ham radio community fares on this one
in a future Amateur Radio Newsline report. (ARNewsline(tm) from various
sources)

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ENFORCEMENT: FLORIDA BUSTS PIRATE ADVERTISING GANGS

Federal Communications Commission officials and deputies from the Orange
County Florida Sheriff's gang unit have busted a pirate radio station. One
they say was reportedly broadcasting information on where to buy drugs.

Authorities say the station calling itself "Street Heat" allegedly
broadcast live advertisements for criminal gangs and discussions of where
to buy drugs. Arrested in the March 6th raid were Balthazard Senat and
Christopher Robert Roth. Both were charged with unauthorized transmission
and possession of cannabis with intent to deliver.

The sheriff's office said a two-week investigation found Senat was
operating a pirate radio station which broadcast on a frequency 91.3
Mhz. They say Roth was a disk jockey for the radio station and that the
station was actually located in his bedroom.

A judge set Senat's bond at $1,250 and Roth's bond was set at
$1,500. (Published reports)

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ENFORCEMENT: OVER POWER CONSUMER TRANSMITTER LEADS TO FCC CITATION

The distributor of the Whole House FM Transmitter is in trouble with the
Commission for, among other things, marketing a device with too much RF
power. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom with mo

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Back on September 29, 2008, the Spectrum Enforcement Division of the
Commission's Enforcement Bureau initiated an investigation into whether TAW
Global, LLC, of Portage, Michigan had been marketing an unauthorized and
non-compliant radio frequency device in the United States, called the Whole
House FM Transmitter. In its response to a Letter of Inquiry the company
responded that it began importing the Whole House FM Transmitter in May
2004. Also that it had imported a total of 18,371 units, and that it had
distributed and sold in the United States a total of 11,689 units through
its website.

TAW Global also stated that the Whole House FM Transmitter is manufactured
by Richfield Electronics Limited based in China, and that it is
certified. According to TAW, it exercised due diligence by receiving
verbal assurances and documentation from Richfield verifying that the FM
Transmitter does indeed meet FCC requirements and has a proper ID. TAW did
however acknowledge that the Whole House FM Transmitter was not properly
labeled with the FCC ID, as required by Section 2.925 of the Rules.

But the FCC looks at things differently. In its February 26th official
citation to TAW Global the FCC says that the consumer transmitter does not
meet its specifications. It says that tests conducted by its Office of
Engineering and Technology shows that samples tested exceed the power
levels authorized under its rules.

The FCC ends by telling TAW Global that if after it receives the letter of
Citation it again violates the rules regarding such devices that it will be
subject to a fine of up to $16,000 for each offense and each day the
offense is permitted to continue.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF

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TAW Global, LLC was given 30 days from the date the Citation was issued to
respond. (FCC, CGC)

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ENFORCEMENT: COLLEGE STATION FINED FOR INCOMPLETE PAPERWORK

The FCC this has fined Wayne State College station KWSC FM $7,200.
This, in a case involving proper maintenance of the public file.

The small Nebraska station was issued notice of apparent liability for
$9,000 in August 2005. In September it filed a response asking for a
reduction based on the corrective measures it had taken. Specifically,
KWSC had not placed quarterly issues and programs lists in its public
inspection file for a period of about three years. When it managers
realized its error they began including them. The station also notified
the FCC noting that it had records of its programming, if not in the
required form.

But the FCC rejected its arguments but noted the station's history of
compliance and reduced the fine to $7,200. KWSC was given the customary 30
days to pay or to file an appeal. (FCC)

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ON THE NET: BE WARY OF 3rd PARTY APPLICATIONS ON FACEBOOK

Facebook users are being victimized by several variants of a rogue
application. One that appears to have been designed to exploit public
interest in the controversy surrounding the networks recent changes in its
terms of service. Rebecca Bruce has mo

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According to the Internet security firm Trend Micro, the rogue program
posts a notification messages to user profiles that falsely claims a friend
had just reported the user for violating the site's terms of service. The
messages advises recipients to click on a phony Facebook application link
to find out why.

Now here's where it gets interesting. If someone fall for the bait and
does go click, he or she is taken to a rogue application called "facebook
closing down." Once installed, it spams the victim's friend list with the
same warning message, and possibly harvests personal information in the
process.

This is the second such attack in the past two weeks. Recently a rogue
application called "The Error Check System" was detected and is suspected
to also have been harvesting personal information from those duped into
installing it.

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

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Facebook only began its application verification program last month. As
such it is urging its users to exercise more control over the third-party
Facebook applications that they accept. (InfoOnLine, others)

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DIGITAL TV CHANGEOVER NEWS: LITTLE PROBLEM ON FEBRUARY 17

Now that the digital transition has begun in earnest, early reports suggest
only a relatively modest level of disruption for television viewers. The
National Association of Broadcasters said stations that made the change on
February 17th averaged only 50 to 200 calls from viewers while the Federal
Communications Commission has received a total of about 28,000 calls.

The NAB said 421 stations made the shift on February 17th joining 220 local
affiliates that had already changed to digital in advance of the new June
12 deadline. The NAB says that most of the calls were questions about
connecting converter boxes and rescanning them. (RW)

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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: WHITE SPACE DEVICE TESTING COMES TO CALIFORNIA

The FCC has granted a new experimental permit to operate in the 174 to 216,
470 to 608 and 614 to 698 MHz bands has been granted to Adaptrum,
Inc. This, for the testing of so-called white space devices within State
of California. Translated, this means testing on TV Channels 7 through 51
with the exception of Channel 37 which is reserved for Radio Astronomy.

White spaces refer to frequencies allocated to a broadcasting service but
not used locally. In the United States, the term has gained prominence
after the FCC ruled that unlicensed devices that can guarantee that they
will not interfere with assigned broadcasts can use the empty white spaces
in spectrum. The call sign issued to Adaptrum experiment with white space
devices is WE2XXI. More is on-line at
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-288835A1.doc (CGC)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: UK STUDENT DEVELOPS PARTICLE DETECTOR

A 17-year-old student, Peter Hadfield, , has won the first ever United
Kingdom's National Young Scientist of the Year award. This, for developing
a hand-held particle detector called Lucid. Lucid will be sent into space
on a Surrey Satellite Technology SSTL satellite and used for research in
2010. (Southgate)

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RADIO EDUCATION: RCA DONATES STATION TO FLORIDA CLUB

The Education Committee of the Radio Club of America says that it has
received its first donation of a complete amateur radio station that will
be given to the Lake Monroe Amateur Radio Club in Orlando, Florida. The
Lake Monroe Amateur Radio Club has a specially equipped trailer that it
takes to schools to demonstrate amateur radio communications. It also goes
into schools and children's hospitals to demonstrate how to make contact
with the International Space Station via ham radio. The club says it's
extremely grateful to The Radio Club of America for the donation of the
much-needed equipment. (RCA, WB2MGP)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: HONORING OUR TROOPS WITH ARMAD DAY 2009

Amateur Radio military Appreciation Day or ARMAD will be held this year on
May 23rd. Planners hope to encourage all radio clubs and their operators
to get on the air and show thanks, support, and appreciation to our troops,
military retired, and veterans. More is on-line at www.armad.net (ARMAD)

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SOCIAL SCENE: IDAHO IN APRIL

Turning to the ham radio social scene, word that retired FCC Special
Counsel Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, will be the banquet speaker at the
first ever Idaho Section Hamfest. The event takes place the weekend of
April 24th through the 26th at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Boise. The event
is sponsored by the Voice of Idaho Amateur Radio Club. More is on-line at
www dot voiceofidaho dot org. (Via e-mail)

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THE SOCIAL SCENE: WELLINGTON RADIO EXPO '09

And if you plan to be in New Zealand before months end, you might want to
add the Wellington Region EXPO '09 to your travel plans. The date for
this event is Saturday March 28th at the Knox Church Hall in Lower
Hutt. Doors open to the public at 10 am local time and the entry feel is
only entry $4.00 New Zealand. More information is on-line at
http://www.nzart.org.nz/events/index.html (NZART)

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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: AO-27 BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AS FM REPEATER IN SPACE

Some good news from up in space. This with word that the Amsat Oscar 27
satellite has been brought back to life. Bruce Tennany, K6PZW, reports:

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The Amsat Oscar 27 satellite failed back in December, 2008 and went off the
air. The control team pursued what it termed as a strategy to drain the
batteries in the hopes of resetting the locked up modem.

The idea worked and during February the control team managed to upload the
high level control software needed to bring AO-27 back on-line. They then
took a week to collect data to check on the battery status and conduct an
on-orbit checkout before making ready to return the satellite to
operation to its analog mode.

As of March 1st the AO-27 control team reports that telemetry is looking
good. During several passes over the US they turned on the analog voice
repeater with a target for full operation on or about March 7th. You will
easily know if its there as it will be in its FM repeater mode with an
uplink at 145.850 MHz and a downlink 436.795 MHz.

Give it a try.

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

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More is on line at www dot ao27 dot org. (ANS)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: AO-7 SPRINGS BACK TO LIFE

Still with amazing news from space, an aging ham radio satellite has sprung
back to life. This with words that the Amsat Oscar 7 UHF Beacon at 435.100
MHz has been reported as becoming operational.

The satellites 70 centimeter beacon was monitored with very strong signals
during February 28th passes and also since then with satellite telemetry in
RTTY format is being copied. Some listeners reported that the beacon
initially sounded as if it was in a two-state mode that sounded a bit like
RTTY in idle. Successful RTTY decodes have since been accomplished.

AO-7 is one of the oldest ham radio birds still on-orbit. It was launched
from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on board a Delta 2310 rocket
way back on November 15, 1974. (ANS, N1JEZ)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: SA HAMSAT ON LAUNCH HOLD AGAIN

The launch of the South Africa's SumbandilaSat ham radio satellite has been
delayed again. This time due to a technical problem at the Russian Baikonur
Cosmodrome launch site.

The Director-General of the South African Department of Science and
Technology is Dr. Phil Mjwara. He told S A AMSAT that the launch agency in
Russia had sent a message that the launch would probably be at some time in
May this year.

Dr. Mjwara said that as the Russian launch agency had not been specific in
its communication. Therefore he will not make a public announcement until
the Department of Science and Technology had received full details about
the reasons for the delay and a new confirmed date.

It is speculated that the wait is being caused by problems with the on time
delivery of one of the other payloads. Meantime, South Africa Amsat's
SumbandilaSat is still safely stored at the satellite test range. (SA
AMSAT)

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RADIO IN SPACE: KEPLER MISSION BLASTS OFF

NASA's Kepler mission to search out habitable planets the far reaches of
the universe successfully launched from Cape Canaveral on Friday, March
6th. Kepler is designed to find the first Earth-size planets orbiting
stars at distances where water could pool on the planet's surface. Liquid
water is believed to be essential for the formation of life.

Kepler is a NASA Discovery mission. By radioing its findings back to
Earth, Kepler will give scientists their first look at the frequency of
Earth size planets in our galaxy as well as the frequency of these planets
that could theoretically be habitable.

More information about the mission is on-line at www.nasa.gov/kepler .
(NASA)

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RADIO IN SPACE: SATELLITE COLLISION POSES FUTURE ON-ORBIT PROBLEMS

Debris from a recent satellite collision between an out of control Russian
military satellite a working U.S. Iridium commercial bird and could circle
Earth for up to 10,000 years. This, according to Russia's Mission Control
chief who admits that the debris field could threaten the safety of many
other satellites in an already crowded low Earth orbit area of space.

Vladimir Solovyov is the Mission chief. He says that the smashup occurred
some 800 kilometer above Earth. He notes that this is the busiest part of
near-Earth space and is a very popular orbit which is used by Earth
tracking and communications satellites.

Solovyov says that the clouds of debris pose a serious danger to all of
them and especially those made of light weight alloys because debris
fragments travel a very high speed and can damage a spacecraft. (Space.com)

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WORLDBEAT: LACK OF FUNDS CAUSES UK REPEATER TO GO QRT

Time has taken its toll on a popular United Kingdom repeater and now there
is no money to bring it up to the standards needed for it to continue in
service. Because of this, the GB3WA, 70 centimeter repeater located near
the village of Kilmington in South Wiltshire, has been permanently taken
out of service.

For it to have been saved from extinction the repeater needed several of
its 30 year old cavities replaced and a new power amplifier to bring it up
to full output. The site needs a new tower to support both the repeaters
antennas replacing the temporary mast that's now in use.

Unfortunately, the funds are just not available and so the sponsoring
groups has made the decision to remove the repeater from the air. You can
read more at the URL in this weeks printed Newsline report.

(DO NOT READ http://twxrg.web.googlepages.com/home) (GB2RS)

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DX

In D-X, W5JON advises a correction in his operation from St. Lucia. John
tells Newsline that he will be active stroke as J6 from Marigot Bay from
March 24th to April 2nd with activity on 160 through 6 meters. He will also
be on for the CQ WPX SSB Contest on March 28th and 29th. QSL via W5JON

DL3OCH reports that his trip to Nigeria will be slightly delayed. Listen
out for him to start his activity later than the March 5th date that he had
previously announced. He has also reported that he has received his
Nigerian license and will use the callsign 5N0EME. QSL via DL3OCH.

IK4ALM, will be operating portable 6W from Senegal between March 29th and
April 9th. Activity will be on 40 through 10 meters using CW and SSB with
100 watts into a ground plane. QSL via IK4ALM.

ON4AEO, will lead a team of operators on a DXpedition to Mozambique from
April 9th to the 13th. The call sign will be C-91-F-C and They hope to
activate 80 through 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. The QSL Manager
is ON4CJK.

DL3KWF and DL3KWR are reported active from Madiera Island signing portable
C-T-3 from the Hotel Royal Orchid. They should be there through March 19th
operating primarily C-W on 30, 17 and 12 meters. There may be some RTTY
and PSK-31 as well. QSL via their home call signs.

Lastly, listen out for LA3JJ portable EA8 from Isla de Fuerteventura in the
Canary Island. He will be at that location through March 26th operating 30
and 17 meters using C-W only. QSL this operation to LA3KK direct or by the
Bureau.

(Above from various DX news sources)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: PAVING THE INFORMATION SUPER HIGHWAY

And finally this week, discarded electronic hardware, including bits and
pieces that built the information superhighway, can be recycled into an
additive that makes super-strong asphalt paving material for real
highways. Amateur Radio Newsline's Randy Ross, KI4ZJI, has the details:

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Researchers in China think that they have the answer as to what to do with
old computers, cellphones, and even old ram radio gear. They say to use
them to literally pave highways and by-ways around the world.

A study by a research team headed by Professor Zhenming Xu describes the
development of a new recycling process that can convert discarded
electronic circuit boards into an asphalt modifier. The material makes
high-performance paving material asphalt that is cheaper, longer lasting,
and more environmentally friendly than conventional asphalt, the scientists
report.

The researchers note that millions of tons of electronic waste pile up each
year. The printed circuit boards used in personal computers, cell phones,
and other electronic gear contain toxic metals such as lead and
mercury. This in turn poses a difficult problem in disposing of them in an
environmentally friendly and safe manner.

But the research group found that the boards, which provide mechanical
support and connections for the electronic components,contain glass fibers
and plastic resins. They reasoned that these could be re-used to strengthen
asphalt paving.

Now, the scientists are describing a new recycling method that quickly
separates the toxic metals from circuit boards, yielding a fine, metal-free
powder. In laboratory tests, hen mixed into asphalt the powder produced a
stronger paving material less apt to soften at high temperatures.

When this research might lead to actual real world trials of the recycled
P-C boards as highway pavement material is unknown.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm, Randy Ross, KI4ZJI, in Shelby, North
Carolina.


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Who knows. One of these days you may be operating mobile on some newly
paved highway, hit a bump and think to yourself: "Hmmm. Was that my old
Pentium computer or my 2 meter H-T?" (ScienceDaily)

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