Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1758 - April 22 2011

(Please note that this weeks newscast runs 32 minutes, 32 seconds and
contains three breaks)

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1758 with a release date of
Friday, April 22, 2011 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T. The FCC issues its decision on an appeal to
keep law enforcement robots out of the 70 centimeter ham band, the one
of two Global Simulated Emergency Tests is cancelled, post earthquake
ham radio relief operations continue in Japan and ham radio says
goodbye to one of the true legends of the hobby. Hear it all on
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1758 coming your way right
now.


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RADIO RULES: FCC ISSUES SPLIT DECISION ON CHALLENGES TO RECON ROBOTICS
USING 70 CM HAM BAND

Call this one a draw so far on for ham radio. This as the FCC has
given radio amateurs a partial victory and a partial defeat in response
to a challenge by members of the Amateur Radio Service and its national
society. This, to an FCC waiver permitting ReconRobotics, Inc. to
domestically operate its surveillance robot called the Recon Scout in
the shared 70 centimeter amateur band. We have more in this report:

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The FCC has denied several requests from the ham radio community,
including an ARRL Petition for Reconsideration, of a rules waiver that
permits the certification and licensing of the Recon Scout. This, to
operate in the 430 to 448 MHz band.

In an Order on Reconsideration released on April 15, the FCC said that
it found objections to use of 430 to 448 MHz as being unfounded. This
based on the nature of the device, the way in which it must be sold and
deployed, and that no other spectrum is as suitable for its operation.

In relation to the latter, the regulatory agency noted that operation
of the Recon Scout in the 900 MHz band or high would require increased
transmit power while still not guaranteeing the same quality of
surveillance as afforded by operation on 70 centimeters. It also noted
that the Recon Scout waiver states that these devices may not interfere
with federal or non-federal stations operating from 420 to 450 MHz and
those agencies using the Recon Scout must accept any interference
received from all other spectrum users. In other words, as applied to
ham radio operations, its users could not complain to the FCC if it
received interference from any Amateur Service operations, but hams
could complain if they were interfered with by operation of a Recon
Scout.

On the plus side, the FCC did grant a request from the ARRL for changes
in the labeling and instruction manual requirements of the Recon Scout.
This, to insure that users of the device are aware of its limitations
in regard to interference to its operation. As a result, Recon Scout
transmitters delivered after April 15th are required to carry a warning
on its product label and in its instruction manual basically stating
that the Recon Scout must accept any interference received from federal
or non-federal stations, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.

The FCC Order also acknowledged that the ARRL was correct in arguing
that the waiver was insufficient in that it did not waive applicable
provisions of Section 2.106 of the Commission's Rules, which contains
the Table of Allocations of frequency bands to the various radio
services. The Commission's solution was to retroactively waive the
Table of Allocations to the extent necessary to permit distribution and
use of the Recon Scout.

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

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For those not aware, ReconRobotics bills itself as a world leader in
tactical robotic systems. It claims that more than 1,200 of the
company's robots have been deployed world-wide by the U.S. military and
international friendly forces, federal, state and local law enforcement
agencies, bomb squads and fire rescue teams. More about the company is
on-line at www.reconrobotics.com. (FCC)

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RESCUE RADIO: MAY GLOBAL SET CANCELLED

There will be only one Global Simulated Emergency Test or GlobalSET in
2011. Writing on the IARU Region 1 website, Greg Mossop, G0DUB, the
IARU Region 1 Emergency Communications Coordinator says that the only
GlobalSET will happen November 12th from 1100 to 1500 local time.

According to Mossop, the cancellation of additional GlobalSET's this
year is due to work pressures on the organizer who has limited the time
to prepare reports from earlier events and properly set up the needed
activities for the now cancelled Simulated Emergency Test which had
been slated to take place in May.

The Emergency Communications Coordinators for Regions 2 and 3 have been
consulted on the cancellation of the May event. Thus far neither has
voiced any objections to the change. (Southgate)

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RESCUE RADIO: POST QUAKE HAM RADIO RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE IN JAPAN

Amateur radio relief operations are continuing to help with disaster
recovery area struck by the worst earthquake in Japan in 140 years. We
have more in this report from Amateur Radio Newsline's Norm Seeley,
KI7UP:

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Ken Yamamoto, JA1CJP, is the International Amateur Radio Union Region 3
Secretary. He reports that there are several stations on 7.030 and
7.043 MHz who are handling medium distance information exchanges, but
the majority of ham radio operations appear to be on the VHF and UHF
bands.

As previously reported here on Newsline, JA1RL the headquarters station
of the Japan Amateur Radio League in Tokyo, became a disaster
communication center in the days immediately following the giant killer
quake. Yamamoto is quoted as saying that some 250 transceivers holding
Japan Amateur Radio League licenses are being used for communications
between various refugee camps and local government offices. He says
that two sets of 430 MHz repeaters have been delivered to the disaster
area. They are operational and being used to augment the existing
repeater coverage and provide easier communications between those using
the hand-held transceivers.

JA1CJP says that some towns are so heavily disrupted that the local
government offices are also serving as refugee centers and the
residents are staying in multiple locations. In such cases, amateur
radio can contribute quite a lot in maintaining the ties between the
local government and displaced residents.

The earthquake, now graded at nine on the Ritcher scale, and followed
by a tsunami hit north-eastern Japan on March 11th. It has so far been
blamed for over 13000 deaths and the destruction one of Japan's major
nuclear power facilities. That plant near Fukushima is still the site
of an intense campaign to bring several damaged reactors back under
control and stop the leakage of radio active waste water into the
ocean.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, watching the
situation from Scottsdale, Arizona.

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It's expected that the ongoing emergency communications being provided
by amateur radio will continue for a considerable time to come. A
presentation on the Japanese earthquake triple disaster and the role
played in relief efforts by radio amateurs will be made at the 2011
Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference. It's slated
for in Sun City, South Africa, in August. (VK3PC)

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INTRUDER WATCH: BRAZILIAN FREEBANDERS HEARD ON 10 METERS

The IARU Region 1 Intruder Watch newsletter reports that Brazilian
CB-like or so called Freeband stations using full carrier AM is now
often audible between 28.000 and 28.305 MHz. Most of these stations
are being heard in the evening hours. The report says that the
Brazilian telecommunications regulator Anatal seems to have no interest
in this problem or in keeping these stations from operating in the 10
meter Amateur Service band. (IARUMS -R1)

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INTRUDER WATCH: MOROCCAN FISHING FLEET HEARD ON 15 METERS USB

And Ulrich Bihlmayer, DJ9KR, says that he has not only heard a Moroccan
fishery operations on 21 MHz using upper sideband, but that he has also
researched the matter and has found out the ship names and other
details. The vessels in question are registered in Agadir, Morocco.
DJ9KR has already informed the Moroccan Amateur Association of the
situation. (IARUMS - R1)

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From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world including the Baton Rouge
Amateur Radio Club repeater serving Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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RADIO RECORDS: UK LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS DISTANCE RECORD CHALLENGED

The optical distance record claimed in the U-K may not be a record
after all. Amateur Radio Newsline's Frank Haas, KB4T, has mo

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Since our light communications record claim story aired on last weeks
newscast, we have received numerous e-mails and even a few phone calls
that say the accomplishment in the U-K falls far short of other
claimed distances set in elsewhere around the globe. In fact, the
number of such claims far outweighs the space we have available to
report them all.

But as pointed out by one of our listeners, the 90 kilometer distance
claimed in the U-K is only about 56 miles and there are a number of
well-documented communications over longer distances. This includes
one as early as 1962 in southern California. Another listener points
out a more recent accomplishment over a 173 mile path.

But as another of our listeners also points out, there is really no
official record-keeper of optical distance records. At least not here
in the United States. This he says is partly because until very
recently, the ARRL did not recognize non-coherent communications for
contest purposes. Also, since the FCC does not claim to regulate
communications above 400 GHz, some might question whether a QSO that
does not require a license is really an amateur radio contact at all.

But the 90 kilometer contact we reported last week took place in the
United Kingdom, and the way that light communications distance records
are looked upon over there may be quite different than the way they are
viewed on this side of the Atlantic, or the way that they are viewed
elsewhere in the world.

For the Amateur Radio Newwsline, Im Frank Haas, KB4T, in Holly Hill
Florida.

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The bottom line: If hams are going to lay claim to optical distance
records, then what is needed is an organization respected and accepted
by all of the worlds ham radio community to corroborate any claims
made, and to declare who has set a valid record and who has not.
(ARNewsline from listener input)

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RADIO LEGISLATION: CBO ESTIMATES THAT AR ENHANCEMENT ACT WOULD COST
ABOUT $1,000,000

The Congressional Budget Office says that implementing the Amateur
Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act, also known as S. 191,
would cost about $1 million over the next five years. This, based on
the fact that pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply to this legislation
because it would not affect direct spending or revenues.

As written, the proposed legislation would direct the Department of
Homeland Security to conduct a study on the uses and capabilities of
the Amateur Radio Service during and after a disaster or emergency. The
bill also would direct the Inspector General of the Department of
Homeland Security to report to the Congress on the cost of grant
programs operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and to
what degree those programs provide duplicative or overlapping
assistance.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that based on similar past
examinations, that the cost of producing both studies would be about $1
million in 2012. This, subject to the availability of appropriated
funds. (Congressional release via WA6ILQ)

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D-STAR CORNER: A CHANCE FOR YOUR CLUB TO GET AN ALMOST FREE D-STAR
REPEATER

ICOM America Inc. has announced a two week D-Star Deployment promotion
that could bring D-Star operation to your local ham radio community.

From April 25th to May 9th, your radio club can purchase either a 2
meter or 70 centimeter D-Star repeater package direct from Icom America
for only $3000 plus shipping costs and any applicable taxes. What you
get for your $3000 is a D-Star controller, a 2 meter or 70 centimeter
D-Star R-F module and the G2 D-Star Gateway Software package. These
are the three essential building blocks needed to bring D-Star to your
area. You supply the necessary peripherals such as an antenna, power
supply, a high speed Internet connection and of course a site to hose
the new D-Star machine.

But the best is yet to come. If you can meet a number of requirements
within 90 days from the date of purchase, Icom will refund the original
$3000 purchase price excluding the taxes and shipping costs. These
requirements include installing the new D-Star repeater in permanent
location that you must identify at the time of purchase. Also, the
machine must be fully operational on the U-S ROOT trust server with
Icom G2 Gateway Software and within the requirements outlined by the
U-S ROOT Administration team; have a minimum of 10 users registered on
the repeater and you must guarantee to keep the system on air for
minimum of one full year from date of installation.

This program is limited to the first 70 qualifying clubs located in the
certain priority areas. Also, your proposed system cannot be located
within a 100 aeronautical mile radius an existing D-Star repeater
already on the air.

To see if your club qualifies for this rather enticing offer, please
send a club bio and an outline of how your new D-Star repeater will be
used in your community to . (ICOM America
release)

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HAMVENTION 2011: W5KUB TO AGAIN NETCAST FROM THE DAYTON HAMVENTION

Tom Medlin, W5KUB, says that he will one again be streaming live audio
and video from the Dayton Hamvention. According to Tom, this will be
the 9th year that he will be netcasting live on w5kub dot com beginning
with his 550 mile ride from his home in Memphis, Tennessee, right to
the Hamvention site at the Hara Arena in Dayton.

The W5KUB dot com webcast from Hamvention has become very popular over
the years, especially with folks who have never attended Hamvention or
have no way to get there. Tom tells Newsline that there are viewers
are in over 150 countries and during the 2010 Dayton Hamvention
broadcast, he had over 50,000 hams watch and follow us for the entire
show.

And during this years netcast, Tom will also be giving away over $5000
in prizes to give lucky viewers. Some of the prize donors include Heil
Sound, Kenwood, Yaesu, MFJ, Kantronics, LDG and the ARRL. That alone
is something that you won't want to miss.

So if you cannot make it to Hamvetion 2011, you can attend vicariously
from May 18th to the 22nd thanks to Tom Medlin, W5KUB, and his crew at
W5KUB dot com. (W5KUB)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: 2011 QCWA NATIONAL CONVENTION - SEPT 7 - 9

The QCWA 2011 National Convention this year will be held September 9th
to the 11th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the Crossing, Warwick, Rhode
Island. A partial list of presentations include QRP Made Easy by Steve
Kercel, AA4AK. Al Coderman, W3ZD, will will present a history of his
fathers ham radio operation from 1912 to 1985 while Phil Temples, K9HI
will detail his volunteer work with the HandiHams Program. More about
this gathering is on-line at www.qcwa.org/2011-convention.pdf. (QCWA)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: ATLANTA RADIO CLUB TO TURN 100

And congratulations to the Atlanta Radio Club Announces which is
celebrating its 100th Anniversary with a series of events. Among these
is a joint special event operation on May 6th, 7th and 8th in
conjunction with Coca-Cola's 125th anniversary. The call sign to be
used will be K-Zero-K. Then on June 4th, the club will take part in the
82nd Atlanta Hamfest, where it will release its 100th Anniversary
archive DVD. June 25th and 26th will see the club operating station
W4DOC slash 100 during Field Day.

By way of background. the Atlanta Radio Club is a special service club
affiliated with the American Radio Relay League and has operated
continuously since 1911. Currently it is comprised of more than 150
licensed amateur radio operators with a mission to serve the community
and advance the hobby. As part of these missions it provides more than
10 local repeaters. For more information on the club and the plans for
its 100th anniversary celebration, please visit
www.atlantaradioclub.org. (Atlanta Radio Club)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: NASA HONORS JSC FIRST FLIGHT DIRECTOR

NASA's first flight director says he regrets that the shuttle program
is coming to an end because he believes it's the finest spacecraft ever
built. Christopher C. Kraft said after a recent ceremony honoring him
at the Johnson Space Center that he thinks space shuttles could be used
for another 30 years and could take us to the moon or even Mars.

The 87 year-old Kraft was NASA's first flight director for human
spaceflight and helped create the concept of Mission Control. He also
directed the Mercury and Gemini flights and was a part of the team that
put men on the moon during the Apollo program. He went on to serve as
director of Johnson Space Center from 1972 to 1982.

At the ceremony, the Johnson Space Center unveiled its new name for
Mission Control. Its new designation is the Christopher C. Kraft Jr.
Mission Control Center. (NASA)

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HAM RADIO NEAR SPACE: PROJECT BLUE HORIZON ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

Yet another attempt to float a balloon carrying ham radio gear across
the Atlantic may be taking place as we go to air. Project Blue
Horizon, a multi-year effort to design, construct, and launch an
amateur radio carrying balloon was expected to be launched on April
22nd at 03:30 U-T-C.

According to predictions posted at the Project Blure Horizon website,
the balloon will leap skyward from near Oswego, New York and then
follow the Jetstream out over the Atlantic. During the flight, radio
amateurs around the world are being asked to monitor 7.1023 and 10.1466
MHz CW. It will also carry a GPS based APRS tracker outputting the
call KC2ZJH on 144.390 MHz FM. The High Frequency downlink exact
frequencies may vary up to 10 hertz or so with temperature and accurate
recording of frequency will be useful.

Anyone hearing any of these three signals is asked to send reception
reports of the balloon's progress by e-mail to PBH15.data(at) gmail
(dot) com. More information about the program, including the latest
projected flight path, can be found on-line at
www.projectbluehorizon.com (KC2TUA, Project Blue Horizon, Southgate)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ARISSAT-1 GAGARIN COMMEMORATIVE A FAILURE

The planned operation of ARISSat-1 on April 11 and April 12 from inside
the International Space Station as part of the commemoration of the
50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight was not successful. As of
airtime, not one terrestrial station on the ground reported hearing
transmissions on the ARISSat-1 downlinks of 145.950 MHz for FM analog
or 145.920 MHz for digital.

The planned retransmission of the satellite's FM downlink via the
Kenwood TM-D700 transceiver used for ARISS regular contacts was also
not successful. This, as no reports were received of signals heard on
437.550 MHz. (ANS)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: FASTRAC SATELLITES RECEIVE OSCAR DESIGNATIONS

The two newly launched University of Texas FASTRAC satellites now have
OSCAR designations. According to Bill Tynan, W3XO, who issues the
OSCAR titles, FASTRAC 1 is now FASTRAC OSCAR-69 while FASTRAC 2 has
the honor of being renamed FASTRAC OSCAR-70. In making the OSCAR
designations public, AMSAT-North America says that it is very pleased
to welcome F Oh-69 and F Oh-70 into the family of amateur radio
satellites. (ANS, W3XO)

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DXCC: TWO OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR CREDIT

ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that two operations on
Tristan Da Cunha and Gough have been approved for DXCC credit. The two
are the 2010 ZD9AH operation and the 2010 through 2011 ZD9T operation.

According to Moore, if you had these operations rejected in a recent
application, please send an e-mail to the ARRL DXCC Desk. He also says
that due to heavy e-mail volume, you may not receive a reply, however
updates will be posted in Logbook of The World accounts as well as
online on the daily listings. (ARRL DXCC)

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DX

In DX, word that EI9FBB will be operational April 20th to the 22nd
portable 3A from Monaco. Listen out for him mainly in the European
afternoons. QSL direct to EI9FBB.

YL2GM will be active as from Azerbijon as 4K3AC between April 25th and
May 3rd. Operation will be on all of the High Frequency bands using
100 atts and operating CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via YL2GM.

The special calls 4X20HC and 4Z20HC have been aired over the past two
months to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Holyland Contest in
Israel. The calls will remain on the air until the end of April. This
is a good opportunity for the prefix hunters to get a couple of new
ones. QSL only via 4Z4TL.

M0DOL and M0NNH will be active as GB4RW on April 29th to celebrate the
Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. QSL via the
information fund under GB4RW on QRZ.com.

Lastly, a group of Brazilian operators are off to the island of Mayotte
where they plan to use the call TO2FH through April 25th. Operation is
on all bands from 160 through 10 meters using SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK.
Plese do not send paper QSL's either direct or via the bureau. The only
acceptable way to get your TO2FH QSL will be electronically via dxwatch
dot com. Full QSL information in several languages is on the TO2FH
page on QRZ.com.

(Above from various DX News Sources)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: GOODBYE TO WRL FOUNDER LEO MEYESON, W0GFQ

And finally this week we take a look back at the amazing life of a man
who devoted most of his century on Earth to electronics and especially
amateur radio. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is here with the story of Leo
I. Meyerson, W0GFQ:

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In my 52 years as a ham, I only met Leo Meyerson, W0GFQ, twice. The
first time was in the early 1960's at some radio store meet and greet
-most likely in New York. The second time was at the 1997 Dayton
Hamvention banquet where W0GFQ was honored with the prestigious Radio
Amateur of the Year Award.

Yet in some ways its like he has been a close friend for years. That's
because some of the best contacts I ever made on the air was with a
Globe Scout 680A transmitter that came from the manufacturing plant of
his famed World Radio Labs -better known in ham radio circles simply as
W-R-L. But I do have several friends who knew him a lot better. In
fact, one of them, Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was
lucky enough to have W0GFQ as a family friend and the person brought
him into the hobby:

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KONEB: "Leo was a close friend of my parents, and at the age of 7 I
was introduced to ham radio when thet took me to his house and he sat
me next to him and he made a couple of contacts on HF. Following that,
a couple of days later my father took me to his store and factory at
World Radio Labs in Council Bluffs which is right across the river from
Omaha where I lived. And my dad purchased me a Hallicrafters S-120
general coverage receiver which Leo showed me how to use. And (also)
one of those kits that makes several different devices by wiring
components to terminals. And that's how I kind of got started building
kits.

"After that, every once in a while we would go back over there. My dad
would find me more kits to build and we would talk to Leo more. And
when I got older Leo got me registered and signed up for the Novice
classes which were held in their factory where they built the Globe and
later the Galaxy radios. And that's where I learned my CW.

"And during that time period I got to watch my very first HF radio
being built step by step. Each week it would be further down the
assembly line. At the very end of the class we bought that radio. It
was a Galaxy GT 550."

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According to Joe, Leo Meyerson was more than a radio manufacturer. He
was in many ways an ultimate Elmer, especially to those just joining
the hobby.

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K0NEB: "Leo was always a very kind individual and very helpful. He
always had suggestions and was always glad to show someone how to set
their mic gain, how to tune up a radio properly, what to llok for, how
to set up an antenna and all sorts of things. He was always willing to
help new hams and get them started.

"And he was definitely my personal Elmer. He sat down with me for my
very first Novice CW QSO and kind of walked me through the paces so I
knew what to do."

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Only a few weeks ago on February 24th, the Quarter Century Wireless
Association hosted a 100th birthday celebration for Leo Meyerson at his
winter residence near Palm Springs, California. One of those attending
was film and TV producer Dave Bell, W6AQ, who shared this personal
vignette of his encounter with W0GFQ, at that event:

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W6AQ: "Well I've known of Leo Meyerson ever since I got into ham radio
because his beaming face was in all of his ads for World Radio Labs in
all of the magazines. And I desperately wanted to get a couple of his
AM amplifiers back when I was young, but I couldn't afford them. And I
told Leo that several times - and he just smiled."

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Leo Meyerson, W0GFQ, was not only there at the dawning of the
electronic communications age. He was quite literally one of the
pioneers who made it happen and who also made it available to all of
mankind. And in the process he lived to see telecommunications grow
from the age of spark gap transmitters and crystal receivers to the
modern broadband systems we all enjoy today. It must have been truly
exciting for him and he was a blessing to all of us.

Sleep well Leo. Your job is now complete.

I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF

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Leo Meyerson, W0GFQ, was laid to rest on Sunday, April 17th at the
Temple Israel Cemetery Chapel in Omaha, Nebraska. The man may be gone,
but the legacy he left behind will be a part of our service as long as
any of us are left to sit down before a radio with a mic or key.
(ARNewsline(tm))

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For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk, I'm Jim
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