Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1693 - January 22, 2010

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1693 with a release date of
Friday, January 22, 2010 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T. Hams come under gunfire as they try to
assist earthquake devastated Haiti, amateur radio is victimized by
rescue radio hoax in Arizona and the ARRL makes history by electing its
first ever woman president. Meet her on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm)
report number 1693 coming your way right now.


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RESCUE RADIO: HAMS ATTACKED IN HAITI

Hams trying to bring communications back to Port au Prince Haiti were
forced to flea for their lives. This after the convoy they were a part
of was attacked by what was likely a roving band of looters. Bill
Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom with the latest:

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Radio amateurs from Radio Club Dominicano who were to be in Haiti under
the callsign HI8RCD/HH have had to abort their operations. This, after the
convoy they were travelling in was fired on.

The RCD initially reported that on Friday, January 15th, that their team
had crossed the Haitian border and headed toward the Dominican Embassy in
Port au Prince. Once there they then began installing ham radio equipment
but had to abort and flee the area when gunfire erupted.

Within a few hours the RCD Facebook page reported on a telephone
conversation between Hugo Ramón HI8VRS and Ramon Sanyoyo, XE1KK. There it
was confirmed that all 8 members of the HI8RCD team were back in the border
town of Jimani in the Dominican Republic. None of the hams had been
injured but decided to leave the Port au Prince for their own safety and
returned across the border unescorted.

Later they were able to establish two repeaters near the Haiti and
Dominican Republic border. One is at Jimaní on 146.880 MHz covering
Dominican Republic Border and most of Haiti including Port-Au-Prince. This
system is linked with 146.970 MHz covering 85% of the Dominican Republic
and the west of Puerto Rico. Other reports say that a third repeater near
the Dominican Republic border with Haiti is now operational on 145.350
MHz. All machines require a -600 kHz transmit offset and 100 hertz tone
for access.

In other Haiti relief news, YV5AMH has e-mailed Newsline to say that two
Venezuelan hams identified as YV5JF and YV5VE, were to be operating from a
base located 5 Km west of Port au Prince after January 20th. This
operation is coordinated between the Radio Club of Venezola and the Office
of Communications of the Bolivarian Army. It is strictly in support of
Venezuelan humanitarian aid to Haiti. The Venezuelan hams plan to use SSB,
BPSK-31 and SSTV on several frequencies in the 80, 40 and 20 meter bands
but the exact nature of the communications services that they will be
providing was not spelled out in the news release from YV5AMH.

And looking down the pike as it were, as time goes on the need for ham
radio High Frequency communications is fast declining. This as satellites
are repositioned to quickly restore both international telephone and
Internet service to Haiti for aid workers to use.

What is expected to emerge ham radio-wise is a need for more bi-lingual
emergency communications operators using 2 meter FM and possibly D-Star for
on-island communications as the overall infrastructure of Haiti is
rebuilt. Its believed that one group is already in route to Port au Prince
to install a 2 meter D-Star machine that could become operational this week.

Also, to those foreign nationals inquiring about obtaining permission to
operate ham radio in Haiti. It has to be noted that Haiti is not a
signatory to any reciprocal licensing agreement. Also, the building that
housed the Haitian Telecommunications Ministry was destroyed by the quake
and a number of staff members lost their lives. So at this moment in time
there is no way to get a Haitian license or operating permit. Those who
might eventually be asked to come should coordinate licensing through the
organization making the request.

While several amateur radio groups report that they are ready to send
trained operators and communications gear into Haiti, as we go to air there
has been no call for hams from the United States, Canada nor any European
nation has yet been asked to make the trek. There are several reasons that
have emerged. First is the question of language. In recent days it has
been reported that any relief workers that are brought to Haiti will have
to be fluent in Creole French as that's the language of the indigenous
population.

More important is what you are seeing daily on your TV screen. With the
chaos in the street, the looting and random violence, Haiti is not a safe
place to be without a military escort. And the military is not about to
spend its times babysitting hams. Even those hams tasked with rescue radio
operations.

More on this story next week. I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the newsroom
in Los Angeles.

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The bottom line. Haiti remains a very dangerous place and its best not to
encourage anyone to even think about a self-deployment scheme. This is not
a time nor a place for want-to-be heroes, no matter how important that they
think their assistance might be. Going there on your own might mean that
you will never be seen or heard from again.

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RESCUE RADIO: HAMS VICTIMIZED BY ARIZONA MAYDAY HOAX

Back in the United States, reports of an injury accident in the desert near
Maricopa, Arizona prompted a three hour search that began after an unknown
station turned up on several 2 meter frequencies requesting help. And it
now all appears to be a cruel hoax as we hear in this report from Amateur
Radio Newsline's Norm Seeley, KI7UP:

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David French, W7FAN, tells Newsline that on Sunday morning, January 17th a
unknown operator showed up on several 2 meter frequencies. The
unidentified station claimed to have been in a desert motoring accident and
in need of help.

The story begins at 10:35 a.m.. That's when Richard Dabney, K6BZZ, in
Maricopa was in QSO on the Phoenix 146.94 White Tanks repeater when the
unidentified station interrupted his contact to request help. The station
then said "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday" and gave information that he and his
father were in the desert in a dune buggy and had rolled it over. The
operator also stated that his father was a ham and that it was his father's
radio that was being used.

The person on the radio stated that he was injured and the passenger was
unconscious. He also made comments that led KB6ZZ to assume that the father
was the passenger and gave some GPS coordinates before his signal faded
out. The initial 911 call was made by K6BZZ.

At 10:45, Dennis Griffin, KD7CAC, copied a station breaking into a special
event net on the 146.86 Mt Ord repeater located North-East of Phoenix and
also requesting assistance. As there was a public service event taking
place on the .86 machine he was moved the station to the 147.36 repeater
also on Mt Ord. There, KD7CAC copied pretty much the same information as
had KB6ZZ before the station again faded out. Griffin also alerted
authorities, This time the Pinal County Sheriff's Dept via its 911
emergency exchange.

Unfortunately, neither operator thought to request a callsign or name on
initial contact and the station was gone before they could follow-up. But
the GPS coordinates he gave both operators tracked to an area of desert
wilderness southwest of Maricopa.

In response, authorities established a command post at the Vija Truck Stop
at State Route 84 and Interstate 8. Units from the Pinal County Sheriff's
Office and Arizona Department of Public Safety Search and Rescue combed the
area, but turned up nothing.

Later in the afternoon, a new set of coordinates was obtained which put the
accident scene near Ajo. Pima County officials were notified, but their
subsequent search yielded no results as well.

Authorities now believe that the distress calls were a cruel joke being
played on the local ham community by a person and for reasons yet
unknown. None the less, Maricopa, Arizona, hams proved that they could
respond quickly when an emergency situation came their way, even if that
emergency turned out to be a phony call for help.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, reporting from
Scottsdale.

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News reports say this is the second such hoax local authorities have
received. As with the use this time of ham radio frequencies the motives
for the bogus calls are unknown. (W7FAN, Maricopa 360)

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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 KA5GLX repeater
serving Clear Lake Texas.


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HAM RADIO POLITICS: ARRL ELECTS KAY CRAIGIE, N3KN AS ITS NEW PRESIDENT

A historic day in the history of the American Radio Relay League. This as
the Board of Directors elects First Vice President Kay Craigie, N3KN, of
Blacksburg, Virginia, as the organization's first ever
female president. Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, is at
our East Coast Bureau with the details:

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Kay Cragie says she is humbled to have been elevated to such an honor and
is pleased the ARRL board had the confidence to entrust her with such an
awesome responsibility.

Craigie, who began her service to the ARRL and its membership in 1986 as
the Eastern Pennsylvania section manager, says she also recognizes the
legacy of her predecessors.

"If you stand in the lobby at ARRL headquarters, you see photographs of all
the presidents of ARRL going all the way back to Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW,"
Craigie says. "I'm here to tell you when you think about joining that list
of amazing, outstanding radio amateurs, if it doesn't throw you for just a
little bit of a loop there's something wrong with you.

"Because these are people who had a tremendous contribution to amateur
radio and I am just unbelievably honored to be joining that group."

Craigie moved up the ARRL ladder pretty quickly, becoming the Atlantic
Division vice director in 1990 and then director in 1996.

N3KN was elected a vice president in 2000, and moved up to first vice
president in 2006.

Craigie says during that time, she got the chance to work on many of the
challenges facing the amateur radio service.

"We were believing that Part 15 devices were going to be a challenge for
amateur radio," Craigie recalls. "Boy were we right. The whole issue of
broadband over powerlines - not so much BPL but the interference that BPL
can create - has been a real issue for us over the last several years.
We're still working on that one."

"Another challenge that we're now seeing is the increasing demand for
spectrum for mobile broad-band," she continues. "I have a Smartphone, lots
of radio amateurs have Smartphones. We're using them. They gobble up a
great deal of spectrum to serve us the way we want them to.

"And, the ARRL's job is to make sure that meeting the needs of that
industry doesn't cut into the spectrum that amateur radio operators have to
use and to experiment with."

Craigie says one of the big efforts she is committed to is attracting more
qualified and dedicated people into the amateur radio service.

"We're making good strides on that, thanks to the efforts at the grass
roots by individual instructors and radio clubs and groups who are getting
out the word about amateur radio and helping people become licensed,"
Craigie says.

"Of course, we'd like to have more younger people involved in amateur
radio. Amateur radio is a fellowship based on achievement. Everything else
is just a demographic factoid, really.

"Achievement is the key and that's why amateur radio is so good for young
people in that it stimulates them to achievement of a very positive and
constructive kind and the League wants to do what we can do in cooperation
with local hams to promote more young people getting involved in amateur
radio."

Craigie - now a retired educator - was tasked to develop what became the
league's Education and Technology program. She says it continues to work
on a number of levels.

"This project is ongoing, it's successful, it has achieved things beyond my
wildest dreams," Craigie says.

"And the League is very pleased to continue to offer school teachers the
skills and the knowledge that they need to bring amateur radio into the
classroom and help kids get excited about education, excited about science,
about technology about social studies, about languages - all the different
things that you can use amateur radio to support in the classroom."

Finally, Craigie says, one of her top priorities is to continue to promote
the valuable public service role of amateur radio.

"When you have situations where infrastructure is crippled, overloaded,
amateur radio, as we say, is what works when all else fails," Craigie says.
"And, in the circumstances like what we have in Haiti right now, of course,
it's tremendously dangerous.

"We've seen news stories about amateurs who have attempted to help and then
had to fall back to safer positions. But, amateur radio for the foreseeable
future will be in a position to assist the authorities and to assist
charitable relief agencies to help the public.

"Whether it's helping the public in our own communities, elsewhere in our
country or in some cases, around the world. And we certainly commend the
hams who have the dedication and courage to do that.
"And, of course we also encourage them to take some note for their own
personal safety in those circumstances where that's a real issue."

You can download my entire interview with Kay Craigie from our website at
www.arnewsline.org. Just scroll down to the words "Kay Craigie interview"
and right click on the word "here" to save the file to your computer."

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Philadelphia.

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Kay Craigie, N3KN, assumed the reins ARRL from outgoing President Joel
Harrison, W5ZN, at the close of the Annual Meeting. In October, Harrison
had advised the Board that he would not seek re-election.

(ARNewsline(tm) with biographic information from ARRL)

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HAM RADIO POLITICS: CHANGES TOP THE ARRL LEADERSHIP

The elevation of Kay Craigie to the presidency has lead to several other
changes in the ARRL higherarchy. As a result, Vice President Rick
Roderick, K5UR, being elected First Vice President and Midwest Division
Director Bruce Frahm, K0BJ, elected to the Vice President position. This
has created a vacancy in the Director position in the Midwest Division
where following natural order of succession Vice Director Cliff Ahrens,
K0CA, will take over as Director.

Another change was the election of Dakota Division Director Jay Bellows,
K0QB, as International Vice President. Dakota Division Vice Director Greg
Widin, K0GW, will move up to Director in that Division.

Last but by no means least word that ARRL Technical Relations Manager
Brennan Price, N4QX, has been elected ARRL Chief Technology Officer. He
replaces Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, who retired from the staff in 2008 but
retained the officer title through the end of its two-year term.

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RESTRUCTURING: FCC ELIMINATES PART 23 OF ITS RULES

The FCC has issued an order that eliminates Part 23 of its Rules. Part 23
governed the International Fixed Public Radiocommunication Services.

According to a Commission January 14th release, this change eliminates an
outmoded service and makes the frequencies available for other
services. Among the re-purposing of the spectrum involved is to provide
for newer disaster recovery communications services.

The Commission's rules defined the now defunct International Fixed Public
Radiocommunication Services as a publicly available fixed service between
the United States and foreign points that was created in the 1930's. For
many years facilities on those frequencies provided an important form of
international communications. More recently it was used for point-to-point
microwave services.

You can read more at:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...FCC-10-7A1.doc (CGC, FCC)

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RESTRUCTURING: BROADCAST TV VS. WIRELESS BROADBAND CONTINUED

The FCC appears to be backing off on reallocating broadcast spectrum for
broadband, or so it seems according to a report from John Eggerton of
Broadcasting & Cable Magazine. In his article Eggerton quotes Phil
Bellaria of the FCC's broadband planning committee as saying the current
plan being prepared for Congress does not include enforced reallocation of
broadcast spectrum but includes a clause of what he terms as a voluntary
opportunity.

By way of background, the FCC began suggesting such a spectrum reallocation
late last year. This only weeks after the conclusion of the digital
television transition. That's when the Commission's Blair Levin first
mentioned the idea of taking broadcast spectrum for the national broadband
plan and likely place it in the hands of wireless telephone service
providers. A wireless industry spokesman had said that wireless broadband
will need at least 800 MHz of additional spectrum in the next six years.

Broadcast TV occupies 300 MHz and according to Wireless Week, the wireless
industry maintains that the record overwhelmingly demonstrates there's a
need for additional spectrum for mobile broadband services. This includes
the almost 300 MHz allocated for broadcast television use which the
wireless industry appears to see as being spectrum most favorable to mobile
broadband. (B&C)

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ENFORCEMENT: FCC ISSUES CITITAION FOR UNAUTHORIZED WIRELESES VIDEO CAMERA

The FCC has issued an official Citation to Pinecomputer of
Covina, California. This, for marketing unauthorized radio frequency
devices in the United States.

According to the FCC, an investigation by the Enforcement Bureau's Los
Angeles Office revealed that on November 10, 2009, Pinecomputer marketed
model W203CA, 1.2 GHz wireless surveillance cameras and associated
receivers which have not been approved for sale by the regulatory
agency. The agency maintains that Section 302(b) of the Communications Act
provides that no person shall manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale,
devices which fail to comply with the FCC regulations in this area.

Violations of the Act or the Commission's Rules may subject the violator
to substantial monetary forfeitures, seizure of equipment and criminal
sanctions, including imprisonment. The FCC gave Pinecomputer fourteen days
to request an in person meeting with the agency to discuss the allegations.
(FCC)

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THE SOCIAL SCENE: ORLANDO HAMCATION FEBRUARY 13 - 15

Amateur Radio goes on the Digital Road is the theme of the 2010 Orlando
Hamcation slated for February 13th to the 15th at the Central Florida
Fairgrounds. Highlights include over 150 commercial vendors, 400 swap
table vendors and participants also the largest Tailgate Area in the
southeast United States. For more information on this years Orlando
Hamcation please visit www.hamcation.com on the World Wide Web. (Orlando
Hamcation)

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THE SOCIAL SCENE: SEVHFS CONFERENCE IN KENTUCKY APRIL 23 - 24

The next Southeastern VHF Society Conference will be April 23rd and
24th. This, at the new $17 Million Space Science Center at Morehead State
University in Morehead, Kentucky. Further information including the
registration form for the conference will soon be posted on the
Southeastern VHF Society website. Its in cyberspace at www.svhfs.org
/vhf/ (SEVHFS)

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BREAK 2

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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THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD: DAVE INGRAM, K4TWJ - S.K.

It is with great sadness that we report that our longtime friend and CQ
Magazine columnist, Dave Ingram, K4TWJ, became a Silent Key the morning of
January 20th. This as the result of complications from a massive heart
attack he suffered on New Year's Eve.

Dave Ingram, K4TWJ, had been writing for CQ at least since 1981 and has
been a CQ columnist since 1982, starting with an amateur television column
called World of Video. That column eventually broadened its outlook and
became Dave's signature monthly column in CQ known as the "World of
Ideas." Regular topics included Morse code keys, stealth antennas,
building "new vintage" tube gear and mobiling.

In addition, for the past decade, Dave has been CQ's QRP Editor and "How it
Works" columnist. His enthusiasm for whatever caught his interest was
contagious and spread widely through his informal yet educational style of
writing.

But more than anything else, Dave was simply a nice guy. He was a ham who
loved the hobby and blessed with the God-given ability to share that
enthusiasm with anyone with whom he came in contact.

As this newscast is prepared funeral arrangements are not
complete. Additional information will be posted on the CQ website news
page when it becomes available. Condolence cards may be sent to Dave's
wife, Sandy, WB4OEE, at their Callbook address. Contributions in Dave
Ingram's memory be made to the American Heart Association

73 old friend. You will truly be missed.

(From information provided by CQ Magazine)

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RADIO HONORS: DAYTON HAMVENTION SEEKING AWARD NOMINEES

The Dayton Hamvention© is once again soliciting nominations for its highly
coveted Radio Amateur of the Year, Special Achievement and Technical
Excellence awards. To many radio amateurs these are considered the ham
radio equivalents of the entertainment industries Tony, Emmy and Oscars.

The Radio Amateur of the Year is someone who has devoted the better part of
his or her life to improving the overall state of Amateur Radio. The
Special Achievement Award is presented to a radio amateur whose one time
accomplishment has had a significant and positive impact on the hobby. The
Technical Excellence Award is given to an individual whose expertise in the
scientific aspect of the hobby has lead to advancement in the overall state
of the art. And this year, there will also be a onetime only a Club of the
Year award. This to coincides with the 2010 Hamvention theme which is
"Amateur Radio Clubs Worldwide: the Lifeline."

Applications for these awards can be found
www.hamvention.org/awards.php. Submissions by e-mail go to
or via regular mail to Hamvention© 2010, Attention
Awards Committee, Post Office Box 964, Dayton, Ohio, 45401. And less we
forget, the cutoff date for submitting all nominations is March
15th. (Hamvention©)

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THE SOCIAL SCENE: SPEAKERS NEEDED FOR HAMVENTION TOWN MEETING

If you have ever dreamed of being a speaker at the famed Dayton
Hamvention©, 2010 may your chance to make that dream come true. Each year
Amateur Radio Newsline® produces and hosts the Ham Radio Town Meeting at
the Hamvention©. And with the world financial recession continuing and so
many people still out of work, we got the idea to dedicate this years
session to advising how having a ham radio license might be a way to open
doors to employment. If you are one of those people who landed a job
because of your experience as a radio amateur, we would love to have you
tell your story at this years Ham Radio Town Meeting.

OK, there are a few caveats. First off, you are on your own as far as
travel and accommodations. The Hamvention© no longer pays the expenses
for
speakers. Also, you will only get 10 minutes to tell your story after
which you will be expected to answer questions from the audience at the
Hara Arena and possibly those on-line in their homes.

If you are interested in being a presenter please e-mail us an outline of
your proposed presentation to newsline (at) arnewsline (dot) org. Please
be sure to include your postal address, e-mail address, phone number and
other contact information. We will look over all submissions and get back
to you if what you have to say fits with the goal of this year's
Hamvention© Ham Radio Town Meeting.

This year's Ham Radio Town Meeting takes place on Saturday, May 15th at
the
Dayton Hamvention©. We look forward to hearing from you. (ARNewsline(tm))

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: A SOUNDS OF SPACE WEBSITE

Turning to ham radio space related news, word that DD1US now has an
extensive collection of sounds from manned and unmanned space exploration
including amateur radio operations on his website. This includes historic
recordings like Sputnik 1 and Apollo 11. There is even a page devoted to
clips of Amateur Radio satellites from Oscar 1 to Oscar 68. Its all
on-line at www.dd1us.de. (Southgate)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: FO-29 TO RETURN TO THE AIR

Fuji Oscar 29 ground controllers at the Japan Amateur Radio League plan to
open the satellite for amateur radio use but it may not remain operational
after eclipses due to power limitation issues. Depending on the power
budget the JARL may need to selectively cancel satellite on time. All hams
are reminded to please use as low power as necessary on the uplink to
complete their communications. (JE9PEL)

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RADIOSPORTS: WSJT GROUP SPRING ON JANUARY 30

The first 2010 WSJT Group Sprint will be held on January 30th which is the
last Saturday morning of the month. The rules will stay the same as for
the last Sprint in April of 2009 and are posted at contest website at.
http://www.ykc.com/wa5ufh/Sprint/W5WVO_Sprints.htm

For those who have never heard of a Sprint, these are short duration
contests usually aimed at promoting activity on a given band or using a
specific mode. In this case its to encourage the use of the WSJT low noise
digital communications mode developed by Joe Taylor, K1JT. Subsequent
Sprints for 2010 will be on February 27th, March 27th, and April 24th.
(W5WVO)

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RADIOSPORTS: DX MAGAZINE PUBLISHES 2009 MOST WANTED RESULTS.

The DX Magazine's "2009 Most Wanted Survey" has been posted on the
publications Web site and printed in the January / February issue. The
top five most sought after entities appear to be number five Yemen; number
four Bvouvet Island; number 3 Marion Island, number two Navassa Island. The
number one most wanted country is North Korea.

The survey was conducted between September and October of 2009. The
listing shows the top 100 World-Wide most wanted and also includes their
1998 comparison ranking for 2008. Its on line at dxpub.com/dx_news.html/
(DX Magazine)

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DX

In other DX, EA5BYP and EA5KM will be active from Annobon Island sometime
in April. Dates and callsigns will be announced soon. Their will be on
160 through 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY, with an emphasis on the lower
bands and Morse. More on this one as information is released.

JA8BMK will be active from Juan Fernandez Island as CE0ZA through February
2nd. His operation will
be on 160 through 10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL
direct only to JA8BMK.

W7EJ, will be active from Morocco as CN2R during the CQ 160 Meter CW
Contest on January 29th through the 31st. This as a Single-Op/High-Power
entry. QSL via W7EJ. And MJ0ASP will also be active from Morocco. Look
for him as CN2MR between February 18th to the 26th. His activity will be
on the HF bands using mostly CW. QSL via his home callsign

Above from various DX news sources

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THAT FINAL ITEM: LORAN-C NAVIGATION SYSYEM GOING QRT

And finally this week, its time to say goodbye to the old LORAN-C radio
navigation system is soon going QRT. Frank Haas, KB4T, is here with the
story of a longtime friend to sailors world-wide:

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LORAN is an acronym for the words long-range navigation. It's a radio
navigation system that was developed during World War II for military ships
and aircraft. It then was then perfected for civilian use and entered full
time service in 1957.

LORAN-C operates in the low frequency portion of the electromagnetic
spectrum from 90 to 110 kHz.. It has transmitted the past 52 years from 24
stations operated by the Coast Guard to determine positions at sea or in
the air.

For decades, LORAN-C was the standard navigation system for ships, fishing
boats, and other vessels. It also served as a supplemental navigation aid
on many small to medium sized aircraft. And at its peak popularity, an
estimated one and a half million LORAN-C receivers were in use.

But in the mid-1990's mariners and pilots began turning to global
positioning systems for its almost pinpoint accuracy. Gradually, use of
LORAN-C fell away. Now the Department of Homeland Security says that
LORAN-C has become obsolete and is no longer needed for navigation or
safety.

Most of the nation's LORAN-C transmission stations will be turned off on
February 8th with the remainder being powered down by October 1st. This
termination of service does not affect U.S. participation in the Russian
American or Canadian LORAN-C chains. U.S. participation in these
operations will continue at least temporarily in accordance with
international agreements.

From Holly Hill Florida, I'm Frank Haas, KB4T, reporting for the Amateur
Radio Newsline.

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Some had thought that the government might keep LORAN-C as a terrestrial
back-up system for the satellite based Global Positioning System but the
Department of Homeland Security seems to believe that doing so is not a
necessity. (Science OnLine, Boston Globe and various other published
reports)

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