Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1696 - February 12, 2010

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Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1696 with a release date of
Friday, February 12th, 2010 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T. Ham radio relief communications continue in
Haiti, a UK publisher gives financial support to the RSGB's fight
against BPL, a major sunspot appears on the surface of the solar disc,
a radio prank brings a $16,000 fine and a teen finds a way to send
radio waves through solid rock. Find out the details on Amateur Radio
Newsline(tm) report number 1696 coming your way right now.

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RESCUE RADIO: HAM RADIOS ROLL EXPANDING IN HAITI

Amateur radio's effort to assist in earthquake ravaged Haiti continues
to expand. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom with mo

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The role being played by radio amateurs in post quake relief efforts is far
from over. This with word through the ARRL that Doug Lapin, K1OY, and the
Dominican Radio Club's team were to returned there earlier this past week
to install another repeater which will serve as a major upgrade to the
system.

There are two fixed sites at the Dominican Embassy and the UN Logistics
Base. The system is used primarily by the Dominican Red Cross. Lapin and
the Dominican group were to be in Haiti for two days and hoped come back
the following week to upgrade the power plant.

Lapin says that he attended a recent United Nations weekly status meeting
where was deluged with requests by the UN and others to use the
network. He notes that there are still severe communications problems in
Haiti, especially as more aid organizations get organized.

Meantime, Julio Ripoll, WD4R, reports that the University of Miami
Hospital's Amateur Radio teams have been very busy passing messages
between
Florida the hospital ship Comfort and around the airport in Haiti. He
notes that the University of Miami Hospital's hams have also been put to
work repairing radio and medical equipment for other relief groups.

Ripoll says that landline communications are still down and that cell phone
service is "only about 80%. And says Ripoll, the latter is only in the
immediate area of Haiti's main airport.

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

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With Haiti's communications infrastructure still in a state of disarray, it
appears that ham radio will play an important role in rescue radio efforts
for months to come. (ARRL)

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RESCUE RADIO: MARS UNITS TO SHARE HAITI RESPONSIIBILITY

Meantime, to assist the MARS communications support effort in earthquake
relief to Haiti, the heads of Army, Air Force, and Navy-Marine Corps MARS
have agreed to divvy up responsibilities among the three MARS programs. In
a report carried by the ARRL, Air Force MARS Public Information Officer
David Trachtenberg, N4WWL, said that the delegation of responsibility will
facilitate more efficient utilization of MARS communications assets in the
overall relief operation. The January 12th earthquake wiped out the island
nation's communications infrastructure. (MARS Release)

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RESCUE RADIO: A LIST OF NATIVE HAITIAN HAMS

A partial list of hams believed to have been active from Haiti prior to the
January earthquake has surfaced. Amateur Radio Newsline's Don Wilbanks,
AE5DW, has the calls to listen for:

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According to a posting from KC8VWM, the following stations represent
"known" Haitian nationals who are hams who have been operating stations in
Haiti in the past year or so. They are HH2AW, HH2DMJ, HH2DZ, HH2GM.
HH2FJM, HH2JR, HH5HK, HH3AR, HH6JH, HH2B and HH2LX.

There may be others but if there are they have not been heard on the air in
a long time. Charles adds that some of these call signs may have expired
and some hams may have relocated to other countries. Also, latest reports
indicate none of these stations listed in Haiti have been contacted.

I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, near New Orleans.

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At airtime nothing more is known about the health and welfare of anyone on
this list. (KC8VWM via Internet)

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RESCUE RADIO: ETOW TO SEND WIND UP RADIOS TO HAITI

In other Haiti earthquake relief news, some free radios are on their way to
Haiti to help the general public know more about humanitarian efforts
coming their way. Jim Damron, N8TMW, has the details:

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The humanitarian organization Ears to our World has launched an initiative
to distribute a substantial number of Eton Corporation-donated radios to
individuals in remote and impoverished areas of that nation. These are
wind-up generator powered radios which also have a built-in flashlight.

The group believes that the radios could provide life-saving medical and
food/water supply information to families and communities.

The organization is currently raising funds to help pay the expedited
shipping costs and perhaps allocate even more radios for a future shipment.

I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW.

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The initial shipment of over 100 of these self-powered radios was to be
sent to Haiti this last week. (Southgate)

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THE BPL WAR: UK PUBLISHER DONATES TO RSGB ANTI BPL FIGHT

PW Publishing, the company that owns United Kingdom magazines Practical
Wireless and RadioUser, has joined the BPL fight. This as it becomes the
first corporate donor to the Radio Society of Great Britain's Spectrum
Defense Fund. The company has also generously given the RSGB advertising
space throughout the year to highlight the problems of Broadband over Power
Line interference. (GB2RS)

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PROPAGATION: A BIG SUNSPOT AT LAST

A possible turning point in the High Frequency propagation doldrums. This
as Spaceweather dot com reports the sudden emergence of sunspot 1045 which
in turn has caused a sharp increase in solar activity.

The active region appeared on Saturday, February 6th. By mid-week it had
produced three M-class and almost a dozen C-class solar flares. The
strongest blast, an M6-class eruption on February 7th, may have hurled a
coronal mass ejection toward Earth.

Whether or not sunspot 1045 is a precursor to ongoing improved solar
activity or just a one-time occurrence remains to be seen. Sample sounds
and images may be found at spaceweather.com. (Spaceweather)

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RADIO HONORS: ARRL ANNOUNCES LEONARD AWARD WINNERS

Three people have been named as recipients of the ARRL's 2009 Bill Leonard
W2SKE, Professional Media Award. First up in the audio category is radio
host Ted Randall, WB8PUM of the weekly QSO Radio Show. The ARRL Board of
Directors recognized that Randall's show has become even more effective as
a podcast of consistently high quality in its treatment of issues within
amateur radio week after week. Ted was the recipient of this award in
2008, as well.

In the area of video the award was given to reporter Kim Byrnes of Kansas
City television station WDAF. She covered the Raytown Amateur Radio
Club's 2009 Field Day operation for her station's Sunday morning news
magazine. Byrnes also provided reports on the diverse aspects of amateur
radio, specifically highlighting ham radio as a hobby, as an emergency
communications service, and as a radiosport. She also chronicled the
evolution of two-way radio technology with what the Board called a
fascinating video report.

Lastly, the print journalism award was given to Vicky Taylor who is a
reporter for the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, newspaper Public Opinion. She
was honored for her coverage of the licensing of 8 year old Victoria
Latham, KB3SSM, and her 7 year old sister Veronica, KB3SSN. This was the
heartwarming story of how these two pre-teens convinced their dad Shannon,
W3SML, and mom Rachel, KB3RNP, that they were ready to get their ham
tickets. (ARRL)

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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 N7VGS repeater
serving Star Valley, Wyoming.

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ENFORCEMENT: RADIO PRANK LEADS TO $16000 FINE

A New York radio station that played what has been described as a
distasteful radio prank on a listener has been issued a proposed fine of
$16,000 by the FCC. But it's not what was said that got the station in
trouble, but the way it tried to circumvent the FCC rules that say a person
being recorded during a call must be advised before the station rolls
tape. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW picks up the story
from he

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In its Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture against WSKQ Licensing,
Inc. the regulatory agency says it is proposing to assess this $16,000 fine
because of WSKQ's apparent willful and repeated violation of Section
73.1206 of the Commission's Rules. This by broadcasting a telephone
conversation without giving prior notice to the individual being called of
its intention to do so.

On August 23, 2007 the FCC's Enforcement Bureau received a complaint
alleging that a station employee made a call to a woman claiming to be an
employee of a local hospital. The caller told the recipient of the call
that her husband had been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident and
that he died at the hospital. The complaint also alleged that the call
recipient became distraught when she received this
information. Thereafter, the Station employee informed her that the call
was a nothing more than a joke.

Based on the complaint the FCC issued a letter of inquiry to WSKQ Licensing
on September 25, 2008. In its response WSKQ Licensing stated that its
parent company, Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc., contracted with a
vendor, Rubin Ithier, who recorded the call for a prank call feature
show. It admitted that Ithier initiated the call broadcast by the
station. It went on to claim that the call was made at the call
recipient's husband's request, and that Ithier performed the prank.

WSKQ Licensing did admit that Rubin Ithier did not inform the call
recipient that the call was being recorded for later broadcast until after
the call had been recorded and played over the air. The licensee provided
a transcript of the program, the content of which confirmed that the call
recipient was not given notice prior to the call being recorded that it was
being recorded for future broadcast. The licensee also admitted that the
Station broadcast the call twice on August 23, 2007.

WSKQ Licensing also included a recording and transcript of the
broadcast. We have read it and find it far to distasteful to repeat. I
does however indicate that the prank call recipient hung up the phone when
she learned that the call was a prank. Also that Rubin Ithier telephoned
her again to obtain her permission to broadcast the call.

In its February 4th decision to issue the proposed fine the FCC did not
touch on the content of the prank call. Rather its concern was the fact
that the call was recorded and replayed without the consent of the
recipient. As such, the FCC says that based on the preponderance of the
evidence, that the person who made the prank call willfully or repeatedly
violated the Communications Act or a Commission rule. As such the FCC
concluded under the procedure that WSKQ Licensing used in producing this
broadcast that it is apparently liable for the willful and repeated
violation of Section 73.1206 and liable for a $16,000 fine.

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

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As is customary, the FCC has given the station's owners 30 days to pay the
$16,000 fine or file an appeal. (FCC)

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RADIO LAW: CODIFYING THE VANITY CALL SIGN RULES

The FCC is in the process of making permanent the rules governing the
Vanity call sign program. As regular listeners are aware, late last year,
the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making titled WT Docket 09-209
that seeks to amend the Commission's Amateur Radio Service rules. This, to
clarify certain rules and codify existing procedures governing the vanity
call sign system, as well as revise certain rules applicable to club
stations.

Now, interested parties may make comments on this Notice of Proposed Rule
Making via the Federal eRulemaking portal or the FCC's own
website. Comments must be submitted by March 26, 2010 with reply comments
due no later than April 12, 2010. The URL's to use are
http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#home, or via the FCC's Web
site at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/. (ARRL, FCC)

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RADIO LAW: FCC CLOSES CABLE SYSYEM PROGRAMMING LOOPHOLE

Cable TV companies will no longer be able to use a federal loophole to
withhold sports networks and other popular programming they own from
satellite providers and other rivals. This after the Federal
Communications Commission voted 4-to-1 on Wednesday, January 20th to close
the so-called terrestrial loophole that was written into a 1992 federal
cable regulation law.

Under that legislation a cable TV provider must let competitors carry any
channel it owns if satellite connections are used to transmit the channel
to the individual cable systems around the country. Until now, the
provision didn't apply when cable operators sent programming over
land-based networks instead. As a result cable companies have been using
the loophole to withhold sports and other programming from competing
services. Now that the quirk in the law is gone, satellite and phone-line
television providers are calling it a big win for consumers and fair
competition in the marketplace. (Published reports)

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RADIO ACCIDENTS: PHOTOS OF THE KWRM TOWER THAT SNAPPED IN HALF

High winds may be to blame for the recent toppling of an AM radio station
tower out in Corona, California.

One person speculates that a gust in excess of 100 MPH during a tornado
watch may have been involved. This, since the KWRM towers have withstood
very high winds in the past.

The station is currently investigating to determine the exact cause of the
structure's failure. Photos of the felled tower can be seen at the
http://earthsignals.com/add_CGC/Imag...ower_down.html (CGC)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: KQ6FM NEW RADIO SHOW IN MONTEREY CALIFORNIA

And as most of you know, many of the voices you hear on Amateur Radio
Newsline have professional careers as news reporters and voice over
talent. Some even have their own radio shows and that includes our own Don
Carlson. KQ6FM.

Thanks to the magic of modern digital communications, Don has just begun a
new gig at a new radio station in Monterey, California known as Z-97.9
FM. What's so neat about this is that Don does the show from the comfort
of his own studio in Reno, Nevada. Its then sent digitally to Monterey
where the voice of Don as D-J Don Murray is heard playing the greatest hits
of the 60's and 70's over Z97.9 from 10 in the morning until 2 PM in the
afternoon, local Pacific time.

You can read more about Don the radio air personality and his new job at
http://www.z979fm.com/The-DJ-s/5304063 (ARNewsline(tm))

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THE SOCIAL SCENE: INTERNATIONAL DX CONVENTION IN APRIL IN CALIFORNIA

Turning to the ham radio social scene, the 61st Annual International DX
Convention sponsored by the Southern California DX Club will be held April
16th to the 18th at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center, in
Visalia, California. This is the premiere DX gathering in the world with
top names from around the world in attendance. More information is on-line
at www.dxconvention.org (IDXC)

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THE SOCIAL SCENE: HEIL SOUND TO AGAIN HOST HAM RADIO RECEPTION AT NAB

Heil Sound Limited and BSW will again co-host the annual Amateur Radio
Reception at the 2010 National Association of Broadcasters Convention to be
held this spring in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event is slated for Wednesday,
April 14th from 6 to 8 PM Pacific time at the Hilton Las Vegas Convention
Center Hotel. The hotel is right next door to the Convention Center. Just
bring your NAB badge to get in.

Again that's Wednesday, April 14th from 6 to 8 PM Pacific time at the
Hilton Las Vegas Convention Center Hotel for the 2010 Amateur Radio
Reception co-hosted by Heil Sound Limited and BSW. We hope to see some of
you there. (Heil Sound via Facebook)

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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: FORMER ARRL FOUNDATION DIRECTOR PETE HOOVER,
W6ZH - S.K.

We have said this way too many times in recent days and we find ourselves
saying it again. That being the changing of the guard in amateur radio
which continues with word of the passing of Herbert Hoover III, W6ZH, on
February 4th at the age of 82.

A resident of the Los Angeles suburb of San Marino, "Pete" as he was known
in the ham community was a grandson of United States President Herbert
Hoover. He was also the son of former IARU and ARRL President Herbert
Hoover Jr, W6ZH whose callsign Pete adopted.

Pete Hoover grew up in California, where he was an electrical engineer and
venture capitalist. And following in his family's tradition of public
service he was elected to the board of the National Red Cross which later
became the American Red Cross Board of Governors. Although he never lived
in his grandfather's home state of Iowa, he was active as a trustee with
the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association in West Branch.

But it was to amateur radio where Pete Hoover, W6ZH, devoted a lot of his
time and personal wealth. An ardent supporter of the ham radio space
program in the 1970's, Pete and the late Bill Eitel, W6UF, jointly
established a matching fund to encourage contributions to the amateur
satellite program.

Pete was also involved in several important ARRL activities. He served as
a Director of the ARRL Foundation in 1976 and as a member of the ARRL Long
Range Planning Committee from 1978 to 1981. Locally, W6ZH, served as Vice
President and Trustee of the Pasadena Radio Club and was also a longtime
member of the Southern California DX Club.

Pete Hoover, W6ZH, is survived by his wife Meredith, his son Stephen
Hoover, his daughter Leslie Hoover-Lauble along with his grandchildren and
great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be
made to one of several charitable institutions: Doheney Eye Institute,
1490 San Pablo St., Los Angeles, CA 90033, Hoover Institution, 434 Galvez
Mall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-6010, Herbert Hoover
Presidential Library Assoc., 302 Parkside Drive, West Branch, IA 52358,
House Ear Institute, 2100 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90057

A future memorial service is being planned. (ARNewsline(tm) from various
published reports)

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HAM KILLED IN POWER PLANT INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT

A ham has lost his life in an industrial accident at a power generating
facility that is under construction in Connecticut. According to the Shore
Point Amateur Radio Club, member Chris Walters, N0HVK, of Florissant,
Missouri, was one of five workers killed in the Sunday, February 7th
explosion at the Kleen Energy Plant near the city of Middletown,
Connecticut.

Walters, a 48-year-old father of three was in Connecticut to work a
temporary job as a safety manager for an electrical subcontractor at the
plant where the accident occurred. According to Middletown Mayor Sebastian
Giuliano the workers were purging a natural gas pipeline when the explosion
occurred. The cause of the accident remains under investigation.

In a posting to its website the Shore Point Amateur Radio Club said that
Walters has been a member of the club since October of 2009. It said that
N0HVK embodied the spirit of amateur radio by volunteering for community
events such as walk-a-thons, fundraisers and by attending club
meetings. He was also a part of the club's first Field Day.

Chris Walters, N0HVK, is survived by his wife Fran and three children, ages
10, 13 and 15. The Shore Point Amateur Radio Club says that it plans to
take up a collection to assist the family. (Southgate, telegraph.com, CBC)


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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: NIST UNVEILS THE WORLDS MOST ACCURATE CLOCK

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have
produced what they call an enhanced version of an experimental atomic
clock. One based on a single aluminum atom that is more than twice as
accurate as the previous pacesetter based on a mercury atom.

The new clock is the second version of NIST's "quantum logic clock. It
derives its name from the fact that it borrows the logical processing used
for atoms storing data in experimental quantum computing. This is another
major focus of the same NIST research group.

According to measurements to be reported in Physical Review Letters, the
new aluminum atom clock should neither gain nor lose one second in about
3.7 billion years. (Science OnLine)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: GB10GKA TO REMEMBER PORTISHEAD RADIO

If you are a follower of radio history then this is for you. As you may be
aware, Portishead Radio using the callsign GKA was a radio station in
England that provided worldwide maritime communications and long-range
aeronautical communications from 1928 until 2000. At its height of
operation it was the world's largest and busiest radiotelephony station
that in 1974 employed 154 radio operators who handled over 20 million words
per year.

Now, to mark the 10th Anniversary of the closure of Portishead Radio the
special callsign GB10GKA has been authorized from April 30th through May
27th. Operations will be on all High Frequency bands with each position
manned by an ex-GKA Radio Officer.

Communications will primarily be on CW. Hours of operation will be
dependent on individual operator's free time. More information about
Portishead Radio can be found on-line at www.gka.btinternet.co.uk. (GB2RS)

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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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In DX, word that TX4T is the callsign of F6BEE, FO8RZ, G3TXF, and VE2TZT as
they activate Tahiti on 160 through 10 meters through February 24th. They
hope to take part in the CQ WPX RTTY Contest (on February 13th and 14th as
well as the ARRL DX CW Contest the weekend of February 20th and the
21st. QSL via the bureau to G3TXF.

N7MSU should be on from Belize as V31SU through February 24th. His
operation will be on CW and SSB concentrating on 40 and 20 meters. QSLs
should be sent to his home call either direct or via bureau.

And while kind of short notice, VK6DXI, will be in Zimbabwe through
February 13th. While he does not have much time for amateur radio he still
hopes to make some QSOs as Zed-21-D-X-I. If you work him please QSL via
SP5UAF.

NE8Z will once again be in Ecuador and plans to be active through February
24th as HC1MD. Activity should be on 80 through 10 meters using CW, SSB,
RTTY and PSK31. QSL via K8LJG.

DL1NL is currently active "portable OA4" from Lima, Peru. He will be
there
through mid-February mostly on CW from Radio Club Peruano as time permits.
His recent activity shows he can usually be found on 20, 17 and 15 meters
between 1530 to 1730 UTC. QSL via his home callsign.

N0RC will be active "stroke OX3" from Thule, Greenland between March
22nd
and April 8th. His operation will be limited as work permits, but he plans
to operate at least every other day. QSL to N0RC direct or via the bureau.

Lastly, our old friend John Abbruscato, W5JON, will again be operating from
a hilltop QTH overlooking the Caribbean Sea, at Marigot Bay on St.
Lucia. Listen out for him as J68JA from March 2nd to the 11th on 160
through 6 meters. QSL direct to W5JON. He adds that as in the past, his
XYL Cathy,W5HAM, will be very busy pool side.

(Above from various DX news sources.)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: TALKING THROUGH ROCK

And finally this week, the story of a young experimenter who is taking
communications underground. And his work might save lives. We have more
in this report from Amateur Radio Newsline's Norm Seeley, KI7UP:

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According to National Public Radio, caves are some of the last places in
the world left to explore. And while cave exploration or caving is
relatively safe, if something goes wrong a rescue can take days or longer.

Part of the delay is because cell phones, walkie-talkies and most radio
systems simply do not work when trying to communicate underground through
hundreds of feet of solid rock. But now a 16 year old New Mexico teenager
named has Alexander Kendrick has developed a device that may make it
possible for someone trapped hundreds or even thousands of feet under the
Earth's surface to text a message for help.

NPR says that Kendrick's device looks something like a computer attached to
a ham radio transceiver. But ham radio it isn't because it transmits data
using ultra frequency radio waves that can penetrate rock more easily than
on the high frequency or VHF bands.

The first test of Kendrick's cave communications device was at the famed
Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. Kendrick was at the 950 foot level below
the surface and transmitted the single word "happy" to a receiving station
manned by his father directly above. The screen on the surface displayed
only the letters "a-p-p-y." Not 100% copy bit in an emergency situation
more than enough to alert rescue workers of a cave explorers need.

Even at only this level of success observers believe that Kendrick's
invention holds the potential to significantly speed the rescue process
with the ability to text from underground caves. They say that it may
have other applications as well.

As far as we can determine, Alexander Kendrick is not a radio amateur. No
matter, because for his development of this new underground texting
communicator he was named as the winner of the 2009 International Science
Fair. As such, he was awarded a new computer, a trip to Switzerland and a
$12,000 cash prize. We say congratulations on a job well done.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, in Scottsdale,
Arizona.

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You can read and hear more about this remarkable teenage inventor at
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...417&ft=1&f1001
(NPR)


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For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk, I'm Frank Haas,
KB4T, saying 73 from Holly Hill, Florida, And as always, we thank you for
listening.

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