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Cecil Thomas Jernigan, 80, Member of MARS Ham Radio (SK):

Posted: 12 Apr 2016 05:45 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36559


Cecil Thomas Jernigan passed away peacefully in his sleep, Saturday, April
9, 2016, at the age of 80 in Wilmington. Cecil was born to Beatrice Cecilia
Sineath and John Thomas Jernigan in West End, NC on February 14, 1936. Due
to the death of his mother, he was raised by his Aunt Sally Russell in
Ellerbe. He is survived by one sister, Dorothy Ragan in Jacksonville, Fla.
He graduated from Ellerbe High School in 1954.


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Connecting With the Ham Radio:

Posted: 12 Apr 2016 05:45 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36558


THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The stall providing fancy info on ham radio at the
Global Education Fair, had a lot of visitors here on Tuesday. The operators
of the stall Jose and son Tom, who have been experimenting on various
aspects of amateur radio for years could be seen describing the use of
radio frequency spectrum of ham radio for wireless communication and
experiments. The stall set up by the National Institute of Amateur Radio
were one among the attractions of Global Education Fair organised by
Jam'iyyat Da'wa wa Tablighul (JDT) Islam at Vellimaadukunnu.


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Amateur Storm Chasers Cause Headaches for Emergency Spotters:

Posted: 12 Apr 2016 05:46 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36557


(TNS) - The storm chasing frenzy is causing headaches for emergency
personnel in severe weather situations, such as happened Sunday. On several
occasions Sunday, the control operator for Wichita County Amateur Radio
Emergency Service (ARES), the volunteer storm spotter group, had to shoo
amateur storm chasers from their closed radio frequency. But the main
problem is traffic congestion as amateur chasers converge on roads where
severe weather is developing. "The country is inundated with these people,"
said Charlie Byars, who is ARES coordinator for nine North Texas
counties." "Safety is our main issue," said Byars, who noted that as many
as 100 amateur storm chasers may converge on the area when the potential
for tornadoes is high.


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Sweden Blames Hackers, Not Solar Flares for Taking Out Air Traffic Control:

Posted: 12 Apr 2016 05:46 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36556


Sweden suspects a hacker group linked to Russian intelligence was
responsible for an attack on its air traffic control systems last November,
we're told. Air traffic control systems across much of Sweden were
unavailable on November 4. Computer problems meant air traffic controllers
were unable to use their displays, an issue that prompted the cancellation
of multiple domestic and international flights. Arlanda, Landvetter and
Bromma airports were particularly affected. The Swedish Civil Aviation
Administration publicly blamed a solar storm. However, behind the scenes
the Swedes were notifying NATO about a serious, ongoing cyber attack,
Norwegian news outlet aldrimer.no reports. Sweden is outside NATO, but its
warnings last November were reportedly passed onto NATO members in
neighboring countries such as Norway and Denmark. The Swedes suspected the
hacks were the work of an elite hacking crew linked to the Russian military
intelligence service GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate). They were also
worried that state-owned power company Vattenfall might come under attack,
prompting a warning in that direction too. "The message was passed on to
NATO either by Sweden's National Defence Radio Establishment (Försvarets
radioanstalt, FRA) or the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security
Service (Militära underrättelse- och säkerhetstjänsten, MUST)," a senior
NATO source (who unsurprisingly asked to remain anonymous) told
aldrimer.no. Sweden's air traffic control systems problems reportedly
coincided with Russian electronic warfare activity in the Baltic Sea
region, which may have included jamming of air traffic communication
channels. The signals reportedly emanated from the Russian enclave of
Kaliningrad, south of Lithuania.


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Missouri House Passes Parity Act:

Posted: 12 Apr 2016 11:54 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36555


On Monday, April 10th, the Missouri House of Representatives passed House
Bill HB1951 which is a mirror Bill to the Federal bills before the US
Congress, HR1301/S1685. This Bill requires HOA's in the State of Missouri
to abide by the 3-part test within PRB-1 of "reasonable accommodation"
and "minimal restriction to meet their legitimate purposes" with respect to
the installation of antennas outside private residences within a covenant
restrictive community.