Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1705 - April 16 2010

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1705 with a release date of
Friday, April 16th, 2010 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T. Ham radio responds to a devastating
earthquake in China, more on the ham radio activation following the
Mexicali earthquake, the FCC headquarters in Washington is evacuated
due to an alleged bomb scare, GAREC 2010 to be held in Curacao and s
mid-West radio club receives accolades for its work in public service
and emergency response work Find out which club it is on Amateur
Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1705 coming your way right now.


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RESCUE RADIO: HAMS RESPOND TO CHINA EARTHQUAKE

Ham radio is responding to the China's Qinghai province earthquake.
The Chinese Radio Sports Association has asked that the frequencies of
7.050 and 7.060 MHz on 40 meters be kept clear for emergency ham radio
communications following a devastating shaker that hit the provinces Yu
Shudistrict.

The earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Ritcher scale occurred on the
morning of Tuesday, April 13th. It left 589 people dead, nearly
10,000 injured and 10,000 families needing to be resettled due to 99%
of houses in the area having sustained severe structural damage.

A number of radio amateurs are already active in supporting the rescue
and recovery efforts including BG9UA, BG9UP and BG9UO. The emergency
communication team of Anhui Amateur Radio Society, led by BG6CEV was
flying to Qinghai on April 15th to bring in much needed communication
equipment.

The Yu Shu diastrict is located in a plateau with temperatures fall to
-5 degrees Celcius making conditions bad for those without shelter as
well as hampering rescue efforts.

(BA1RB - CRSA Coordinator of the IARU Region 3 Disaster Communications
Conmmittee via Jim Linton VK3PC)

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RESCUE RADIO: HAM RESPONSE TO MEXICALI QUAKE FOLLOW-UP

A follow-up to last weeks story regarding ham radio involvement in the
Easter Sunday earthquake that rattled the city of Mexicali as well as
the Imperial County, California, area. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in
the newsroom with the latest:

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According to Dennis Ambrose, WB6CGJ, hams in Imperial County immediately
activated an emergency net on the San Diego Amateur Radio
Association's 147.15 Mhz Mt. Laguna repeater. Ambrose, who is ARRL
Assistant Section Manager for Imperial County says that landline and
cellular telephone phone communications were not dependable and that
electrical power was out in many locations.

Ambrose says that ARES and RACES members were among the first to arrive at
the Imperial Emergency Operations Center. They handeled traffic regarding
damage to buildings, bridges, roads, water treatment plants, and
businesses. All of this was passed via amateur radio to the county Fire
Chief and the director of the county's Office of Emergency Services.

SATERN, the Salvation Army Team Emergency Network, sent in operators from
the San Diego, San Bernardino and Riverside counties to assist in
communications for the shelter and mobile feeding units. It activated its
SATERN Net using generator power and operated from one emergency shelter
were twenty seven people stayed Sunday evening. This, due to extensive
earthquake damage to their apartment complex.

Ambrose says that ham radio operators remained at their duty stations
through Wednesday, April 7th when the county shifted to recovery status.

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

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Amateur radio operators, from ARES, RACES, SATERN, the American Red Cross,
the Imperial County Irrigation District as well as individual hams not
affiliated with any group took part over the three and a half days of
emergency activation. There's s till no word from south of the border as
to whether hams in Mexico were called out in response to this
quake. (AD6VI, ARNewsline(tm))

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RADIO THREAT: FCC EVACUATED DUE TO BOMB THREAT

A threat leads to the evacuation of the FCC's Washington
headquarters. Norm Seeley, KI7UP, has the details:

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The Federal Communications Commission was evacuated Wednesday, April
7th. This after what news sources report as an apparent bomb threat that
forced staffers to outside the building in 90 degree heat for over two
hours.

The building known as The Portals is located in Southwest Washington. It
was evacuated around 9:30 a.m., according to FCC spokesman David Fiske. He
said employees returned to the building around 11:30 a.m.

Throughout the afternoon, speculation in the media mounted that the FCC
headquarters was evacuated because of a bomb threat. Details about the
nature and timing of the threat were unavailable, though one source said
staff was out for about two hours and that bomb-sniffing dogs were
dispatched.

Fiske did not confirm that a bomb threat was the cause of the evacuation
and referred inquiries to the Federal Protective Service. E-mail releases
from the commission resumed mid-afternoon.

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

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According to the newsletter T V Business, bomb threats in Washington, D.C.
are something of a regular occurrence. It notes a WTOP report that the
Pentagon City Metro station was shut down briefly April 3rd for such a
threat. Another was reported at World Bank headquarters in January. (RW,
The Hill)

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RESCUE RADIO: GAREC-2010 DATES ANNOUNCED

The Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference, or GAREC,
will be held in Curacao, in the Netherlands Antilles on the 11th and 12th
of October. The annual conference is for those engaged in providing
emergency communications with this years theme being "Learning Through
Practicing.".

The overall purpose of Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
Conference is to exchange information and experiences between radio
amateurs and groups interested in emergency communications. This years is
gathering is being organized by the Dutch Amateur Radio Emergency Service
and the IARU Netherlands Antilles national radio society VERONA.

The program is yet to be finalized however the organizers are keen to
include first-hand accounts of emergency communications following the
devastating Haiti and Chile earthquakes. More is on line at
www.garec.net (VK3PC)

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RADIO HONORS: LINCOLN CLUB HONORED

The Lincoln Amateur Radio Club has received the Nebraska Volunteer Group of
the Year Award. This, at the Nebraska Impact Awards Luncheon in Omaha on,
Friday, April 9th.

The award to the Lincoln Amateur Radio Club comes only about two weeks
after it responded to a major telephone outage that affected south east
Nebraska. That story also was well covered by local, statewide and
national press as wel as here on Amateur Radio Newsline.

The Lincoln Amateur Radio Club's Jeff Bennet, WØWKP, and ARRL Lancaster
County Emergency Coordinator, Reynolds Davis, KØGND, were present to
accept
the award. (K0AIZ)

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RADIO LAW: FCC WANTS AUTHORITY TO LOWER VANITY FEE BY 10 CENTS

Still with FCC news, word that the regulatory agency has released a Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking and Order seeking to lower the fee for Amateur Radio
vanity call signs by 10 cents. Currently, a vanity call sign costs $13.40
and is good for 10 years. If the FCC's new fee structure is approved the
new fee will go down to $13.30 for 10 years.

According to the ARRL, over the 13 years of the current program, the vanity
call sign fee has fluctuated from a low of $11.70 in 2007 to a high of
$70. The latter as first proposed in the FCC's 1994 Report and Order. In
2007, the Commission lowered the fee from $20.80 to $11.70 but its slowly
been creeping upward ever since

The vanity call sign fee is payable both when applying for a new vanity
call and also when renewing it for a new term. The FCC said it expects to
receive some 14,800 amateur radio vanity call sign applications during the
next fiscal year and collecting $196,840 in fees under the program.

MD Docket 10 dash 87 carries a commentary cutoff date of May 4th. Reply
comments are due no later than May 11th. Instructions on how to comment on
this or any other FCC action is available on the FCC Web site at
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/howtocomment.html (FCC, ARRL)

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RADIO LAW: FCC GRANTS DALLAS TEXAS AREA 97.113 WAIVER REQUEST

The Federal Communications Commission has granted a Part 97.113 waiver
request by Mark Fulmer, KE5PHU, who is Preparedness Coordinator the Tarrant
County Public Health Department in Dallas, Texas. This, to use hams
employed by the agency in several upcoming bio-terrorism preparedness
drills.

Scot Stone is the Deputy Chief, of the Mobility Division of the FCC's
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. In granting the request Stone wrote
that the public interest is served in facilitating the April 16, May 21,
June 18, July 16, August 20, September 17, October 15, November 19, and
December 17 public safety exercises and thus warrants this limited waiver
of Section 97.113(a)(3). The waiver permits Fulmer and a dozen other named
hams to take part in these monthly drills. (FCC)

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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 N4MWA repeater
serving Phelps Kentucky.

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THE BPL WAR: MANASSAS VA TO END BPL SERVICE JULY 1

It's a big victory over QRN. This with word that the once highly touted
Broadband over Powerline experimental project in Manassas. Virginia, will
soon be no more as the Manassas City Council votes to discontinue the
service as of July 1st. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW,
reports:

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The Manassas City Council's action came soon after the Manassas Utilities
Commission recommended it do so. Even with all of the pre-publicity it had
received, BPL in Manassas proved to be what is best described as a flawed
business plan. While the basic concept of using existing utility lines to
also transmit broadband data seemed good at the outset, it never really
gained a favorable level of subscribership. By the time the vote to
discontinue the service came, BPL in Manassas was only serving about 560
residents and businesses.

In its report to the City Council, the Manassas Utilities Commission said
that the total revenue brought in by BPL for the current Fiscal Year was
only about $186,000. On the other hand, the expense of keeping up the city
owned system was costing the ratepayers more than $351,000. This resulted
in a net loss of almost $166,000 to keep the system in operation.

The July 1st termination date was chosen to give current BPL subscribers
about three months to switch to other Internet Service Providers. Since
its inception, the BPL system has been a thorn in the side of hams and
SWL's in Manassas by raising the overall noise floor of most of the high
frequency bands, and making all but the strongest radio signals impossible
to hear.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, Im Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.

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The Manassas decision to shut down its BPL system tends to prove once again
what critics in the financial world have been saying for years. That being
Broadband Over Powerline may look good on paper but in the world of finance
it really is a flawed business plan. (ARRL)

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RADIO POLICY: FCC CITES IPAD AS ANOTHER REASON FOR BROADBAND SPECTRUM

The FCC is using the high level public response over the release of Apple's
iPad to put in a plug for finding more spectrum for wireless broadband
use. In a blog posting on April 2nd, the FCC's chief spectrum policy
analyst, Phil Bellaria teamed with deputy Wireless Bureau Chief John
Leibovitz to pointed to the long lines at Apple stores as evidence that
broadband is going mobile fast and in a big way.

According to Belllaria and Leibovitz, more and more Americans seemingly do
not want to be tethered to a desktop computer or even a laptop. They want
a light mobile device they with which they can curl up on the sofa with to
watch an online movie, stow in a backpack for subway reading, or pass
around the office with the latest vacation pictures. Belllaria and
Leibovitz say that the broadband connections that enable this flexibility
are wireless and points out the need for more spectrum for mobile broadband
that the FCC has identified in the National Broadband Plan.

They point out that many of the iPads currently rely solely on WiFi to
connect to the Internet. They said that the FCC should know before long
what the impact of the iPad will have on spectrum use. (Published Reports)

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RADIO LAW: RAC FILES FOR 60 METER CANADIAN ALLOCATION

Radio Amateurs of Canada has filed a request with telecommunications
regulator Industry Canada for some 60 meter spot frequency
assignments. The formal request was sent to the Director, Spectrum and
Radio Policy, for consideration in authorizing for the Canadian Amateur
Service the same five 5 MHz frequencies that are now authorized in the
United States. In addition, two spot frequencies are also requested for
exclusive Canadian amateur use.

The ground work for this was established at previous meetings of the
Canadian Amateur Radio Advisory Board Radio Amateurs of Canada anticipates
this request will go through a lengthy due process of analysis and review
at Industry Canada before being published as a Canada Gazette Notice for
public comment. If all goes well, Canadian hams could see an authorization
to this spectrum within a year. (VE3LC )

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ON-LINE EDUCATION: TYCO OFFERS FREE ELECTRONICS COURSES

Tyco Electronics has launched a free web-based training program aimed at
designers of electronic and electrical equipment. From electrical basics to
detailed descriptions of circuit protection strategies, Circuit Protection
University provides a suite of practical, self-paced tutorials.

The site launch has been nick-named CPU and includes an overview of circuit
protection devices and tutorials on overcurrent and overvoltage protection
techniques. Additional courses in coordinated circuit protection and I/O
port protection are now also available. Most important the training
program also includes real world examples of circuit protection solutions
for consumer electronic devices. More can be found at
http://go.bluevolt.com/CoBrandTempla....aspx?brandÿco (PSD)

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ON THE NET: ARRL LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

The newly redesigned ARRL website is up and running and those visiting it
have given it a big thumbs up. Still located in cyberspace at
www.arrl.org, the new look makes navigating the site a breeze while at the
same time striking what appears to be an almost perfect balance between
content and advertising.

Among the most welcome changes are the click-to buttons at the very top of
the page. A single mouse click navigates the user to such topics as
Licensing, Technology, a Membership area and much more. In all there are
eleven instant access buttons including one to bring you back to the suites
home page.

A welcome carry over from the old ARRL web design was the decision to keep
the latest news right on the home page as headlines. To read more you just
click on the story and the full text appears almost instantly.

The new website was more than two years in the masking. Rather than our
trying to describe it, you really need to visit it yourself. Just take
your web browser to www.arrl.org and then click around. (ARRL)

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ON THE NET: APRIL EME NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

The latest issue of the 144 MHz EME Newsletter is now available for
download. Articles in this edition include coverage of operations from the
Maldives, upcoming and current DXpeditions including Earth-Moon-Earth
communications and the April Moon Graph. It and past issues are available
on line at www dot df2zc dot de slash newsletter. (VHF Reflector)

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HAM RADIO ON THE NET: UPDATED ARECUIBO INFO NOW ON LINE

And Russ Pillsbury, K2TXB reports over the VHF Reflector that he has now
finished upgrading the Arecibo E-M-E coverage web pages. Russ says that
the added information will hopefully answer most questions abut the
upcoming operation using the 1000 foot dish on April 16, 17, and 18. The
information is on line at www dot k2txb dot com. (K2TXB)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS WEEKENDS IN JUNE
The 2010 International Museums Weekend special event will again be split
between two weekends. The first half of the event is slated for the 19th
and 20th June while part two takes place on June 26th and 27th. M1BYT, who
is organizing this world-wide event is asking that all those intending to
take part should register their museum via e-mail to harry.m1byt (at)
tiscali (dot co (dot) uk. Full details of the event can be found on the
International Museums Weekend can be found on-line
at www.ukradioamateur.co.uk/imw.
(GB2RS)

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THE SOCIAL SCENE: OH-KY-IN ARS CELEBRATES ITS 50th YEAR

And a happy 50th anniversary to one of Newsline's long time support
groups. The OH-KY-IN Amateur Radio Society celebrates its 50th year of
existence in 2010. We know that you join with us in congratulating them on
reaching this very important milestone. The name OH-KY-IN is an acronym
derived from the sates of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana which are the served
by this group. (ARNewsline(tm))

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THE SOCIAL SCENE: EMCOMMWEST PRE REGISTRATION CLOSES APRIL 23

And there's only a few days left to pre-register for the west's annual ham
radio emergency communications event. Don Carlson, KQ6FM, is in Reno
Nevada with the details:

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Advance registration for EmcommWest in Reno is now in the final days,
closing on April 23. The ARRL Emergency Communications specialty convention
will be held at the Grand Sierra Resort Hotel in Reno Friday April 30
through Sunday May 2.

Some of the topics this year will include Simplex exercises, VOIP, Digital
networks, effective communications between CERT and ARES, incident
responses, public relations and setting up training classes. There will
also be a full day devoted to classroom teaching of the latest ICS courses
in addition to the Saturday night banquet, featuring ARRL CEO Dave Sumner,
K1ZZ.

All of the information and registration is available online at
www.emcommwest.org.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Carlson, KQ6FM, in Reno.

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Again, that website is www.emcommwest.org. (EmcommWest)

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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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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: FIRST SOLAR ONLY POWERED D-STAR SYSTEM ON THE AIR

What's believed to be the worlds first and only D-Star solar powered
repeater has come on the air from Belgium. According to the Royal Union of
Belgian Radio Amateurs the ON0CPS system was recently put into operation by
ON4BK and is designed to operate entirely on solar energy.

The new D-Star repeater operates with an input channel of 431.9625 MHz with
its output on 439.5625 MHz. According to the society, during the day there
is usually enough sunlight to keep the machine in operation while
simultaneously charging its two 120 Amp Hour batteries which power it at
night. So far the repeater has been running over a month on this solar
power alone with no failures or complaints.

More is at the ON4BK website located at http://tinyurl.com/yyajoxx (UBA)

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WORLDBEAT: VK AND ZL ANZAC DAY

Hams in Australian and New Zealand will be operating on ANZAC Day on Sunday
April 25. This is an amateur radio salute to the servicemen and women in
the many conflicts worldwide. Several museum ships, including the H-M-A-S
Whyalla will be taking part in this event. More about ANZAC Day can be
found at
http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/new...s/WARC_%20ANZA
C%20DAY_7.pdf
or http://tinyurl.com/y4z28kq (WIA News)

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WORLDBEAT: AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES DTV REPEATER WITH STEREO AUDIO

Australia now has a Digital Amateur Television repeater that has full
stereo audio. The VK3RTV repeater on Mt Dandenong which services the
Melbourne and Geelong areas now has dual channel sound on both its digital
and analog inputs. About seven stations transmitting digital DVB-S uplink
have the capability to transmit stereo sound through the machine. Peter
Cossins VK3BFG advises that experiments are also being conducted with
Internet streaming with the British Amateur TV Club in the UK. (VK3BFG)

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WORLDBEAT: SECOND AFRICAN WSPR BEACON TAKES TOM THE AIR

The second beacon using the new WSPR mode has gone on the air in
Africa. Using the callsign 5X7JD the system is located in Masaka, Uganda
and outputs 1 watt while cycling through 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10
meters. This gives an overall cycle between WSPR transmissions returning
every 16 minutes to a given band.

The beacon is composed of an embedded system based on a PIC microprocessor,
a Direct Digital Synthesis chip and a MOSFET Power Amplifier with
selectable filters all feeding a HyGain Av 18VS multi-band vertical
antenna. Time and location information are derived from an attached GPS
receiver. You can read more about the station at
www.hamradiosafari.com. (GB2RS)


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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: AO-51 GOES SEMI-CTCSS

In ham radio space related news, Amsat Oscar 51's transmitter on 435.150
has been turned off and the 435.300 transmitter power output has been
raised to near 2 watts output. Also, on Saturday, April, 10th the new
continuous tone access routine was turned on. This cycle will turn the
downlink on with an unsquelched uplink when it hears a 67 hz tone. The
plan is to leave a squelch tail of several minutes, so the transmitter will
stay on without hearing a tone for an interval of several minutes.

What does this mean for the average satellite user? First, if would be
advisable to program in a 67 hz CTCSS tone if your radio supports tone
access, but not absolutely required as long as someone else in the
footprint does. It also means if you are the first person in the footprint
you might not hear the satellite until after it hears 67hz for a few
seconds. Reports from when the downlink turns on or off would be
appreciated and go to . (KO4MA)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ESTONIA TO LAUNCH HAM RADIO CUBE-SAT

The University of Tartu, in Estonia, has submitted a frequency coordination
application to the IARU for an Amateur Radio CubeSat. Called ESTCube-1,
the tiny bird would be a Low Earth Orbit satellite with UHF downlinks and a
VHF telecommand uplink. It would also carry a camera to acquire images of
Estonia for and will deploy a 10 meter conductive tether as a part of the
development work of an electric solar wind sail. The projected launch for
ESTCube-1 would be in 2012 although no launch opportunity has yet been
confirmed. More on this Estonian ham radio in space project is on-line at
http://tinyurl.com/yk66s2o. (ANS)

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ON THE AIR: WIA CENTERIARY QRP CONTEST

Turning to the world of radiosports, the VK QRP Club will sponsoring a low
power contest during May, This, to commemorate the Centenary of organized
amateur radio in Australia.

All three grades of Australian license holders can join this one, provided
they limit their output power to five watts CW and 10 Watts for AM and
SSB. The contest will be on the 80 and 40 meter bands.

More details and the contest rules can be found on the Wireless Institute
of Australia's website. Its in cyberspace at www.wia.org.au. (WIA)

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ON THE AIR: CELEBRATING MORSE ARGENTINA

And members of the Grupo Argentina de CW will be active from Morse in
Buenos Aires Province to commemorate the town's foundation birthday. The
operation will take place from 1500 UTC on May 7th to 2000 UTC on May 9th.
More details are on line at gacw.no-ip.org (LU1DZ)

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DX

In DX, word that F5UOW, will stay on Reunion island through May 2nd. He
will be active only on 20 meters signing portable FR until April 17th. He
will then change his location and will show up as TO2R mostly in CW on 80
through 10 meters. QSL cards should be sent direct or via bureau to his
home callsign.

ND9M is active as VQ9JC from Diego Garcia for the next four months. He
reportedly prefers CW but also works in SSB and some of the digital
modes. He also hopes to get the special call VQ90JC by the end of May in
time for the CW portion of the WPX Contest. QSLs go to ND9M either direct
or via the bureau.

SP2JMB is reportedly on Maritius signing 3B8SC. His operation is Morse
only and he's expected to be operational through April 21st. QSLs via
SP2JMB.

UA9YAB says that he plans to arrive in Mongolia on May 25th and will be
operating all band mobile until June 2nd as JT9YAB using simple antennas
and an emphasis on 50 MHz. If all works out as planned he will be find a
location for a second trip for this fall focused 160 and 80 meter
operation. QSL via UA9YAB direct only.

Lastly, here's one of those of you who hunt DX only on the bands above 50
MHz. I-2-S-V-A says that he will be active in late April and early May
portable I-S-0 from Sardinia's grid square J N 40 U U using 2 meter weak
signal modes. Hi operation will focus Meteor Scatter on April 24th and
25th. SSB and CW will take place on May 1st and 2nd. QSL I2SVA at his call
book address.

(Above from various DX news sources)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: PRODUCER DAVE BELL W6AQ LOOKING FOR FILM COPY OF "THE HAMS
WIDE WORLD"

If you are old enough to remember back to when movies in school classrooms
and on television were shown on film, then you also may remember that most
non theatrical movies were shot and distributed on 16 millimeter
film. Almost all of the early movies about ham radio were photographed on
16 millimeter including the 1969 Dave Bell, W6AQ, classic titled "The Hams
Wide World."

Well Dave would like to restore that move and several others but so far no
really decent prints of "The Hams Wide World" have been found. The only
projectable one located so far is very faded. A video transfer done some
25 years ago used a film print that was severely scratched. A few months
ago the ARRL was contacted to see if they might have a viewable print but
none could be found.

Well, when "The Hams Wide World" went into distribution back about 40 years
ago, it was a loan out program from what was then the ARRL Film
Library. Its estimated that there were two to three dozen copies of "The
Hams Wide World" in circulation, and in the off chance that one or two
never got returned to League headquarters, we are turning to all of
you. Especially any old timers who were responsible for getting programs
for radio club meetings back in the early to mid 1970's. .

Perhaps you borrowed a copy of "The Hams Wide World" and forgot to send it
back. Maybe its still sitting in your attic, closet or basement. If you
do happen to have such a film print, Dave would love to borrow it for the
restoration process.

You can contact Dave Bell, W6AQ, by e-mail to . He says
that he would sincerely appreciate your help. (ARNewsline(tm))

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On Apr 16, 2:14 am, "William M. Pasternak"
wrote:
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1705 - April 16 2010

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1705 with a release date of
Friday, April 16th, 2010 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.


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ON-LINE EDUCATION: TYCO OFFERS FREE ELECTRONICS COURSES

Tyco Electronics has launched a free web-based training program aimed at
designers of electronic and electrical equipment. From electrical basics
to
detailed descriptions of circuit protection strategies, Circuit Protectio
n
University provides a suite of practical, self-paced tutorials.

The site launch has been nick-named CPU and includes an overview of circu
it
protection devices and tutorials on overcurrent and overvoltage protectio
n
techniques. Additional courses in coordinated circuit protection and I/O
port protection are now also available. Most important the training
program also includes real world examples of circuit protection solutions
for consumer electronic devices. More can be found a thttp://go.bluevolt
..com/CoBrandTemplate/home.aspx?brandÿco (PSD)

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This is SPAM.
I don't know how newsline got the idea these courses are free.

I went to the URL go.bluevolt.com/CoBrandTemplate/home.aspx?brandÿco
that was cited.

These courses are NOT free.
They seem to individually cost about what a Community College would
charge for continuing education courses.
Dan
AI8O