Radionews wrote:
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1390 * April 2, 2004


Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1390 with a release date of
Friday, April 2nd, 2004 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T. Ham radio helps with a rescue at sea, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency clarifies its position on
Broadband Over Powerlines as B-P-L technology brings lots of radio
noise Manassas, Virginia. Hear it for yourself on Amateur Radio
Newsline report number 1390 coming your way right now.



(Billboard Cart Here)

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RESCUE RADIO: VK HAM BRINGS BOAT TO PORT SAFELY - BY RADIO


A pair of Australian and American hams are credited with being a
lifeline to a storm damaged boat with six people on board. The
Australian was at his home QTHand the American was at sea on the
stricken ship. Q-News Robert Broomhead, VK3KRB, in Waverly,
Australia picks up the story from he


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Bernie VK2ABN on March 4 was in QSO with VK2ABT/VK3ACA and heard a
weak and distorted signal, KA7MWL Shawn, who was aboard a Ukrainian
registered schooner sailing from Wellington NZ to Sydney Aust.,
sails had blown out and they were making slow progress just on 4
knots.


At that speed they had calculated that they would run out of fuel
before reaching port. Bernie VK2ABN ascertained 6 people were on
board, BUT NO EPIRB! All this information was relayed to Sea Safety
Canberra.


With the schooners satellite communication system also out of action,
the Ham aboard, Shawn KA7MWL operating around 5 watts on 7070 Khz was
the only contact.


Sea Safety Canberra QSY'd from 8176 kHz to the 40 meter band but as
their transmitter was in Charleville, SW Queensland, no contact
could be established.

Bernie arranged a for sked in 24 hours time, this time things a lot
better, radio and safety wise, the schooner expected in Sydney ahead
of previously estimated time.


As Bernie said: "I hadn't realised you can now call MAYDAY on the
various DISTRESS frequencies but nobody is listening any more. Since
the advent of GMDSS a computer scans the frequencies looking for
encoded tones. If it finds one it attracts human intervention."


VK2ABN Bernie says " It was a bit like the Tony Hancock Radio Ham
Sketch in retrospect, anyway that's what his wife thought and our
telephone sure ran hot for a couple days!"


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According to Q-News, the Sydney Australia Water Police stayed in
contact with VK2ABN to keep abreast of the situation. With no High
Frequency facilities that could hear the stricken craft, they were
totally reliant on ham radio. (Q-News)



I wonder why they didn't just use their cell phone? ;^)


- Mike KB3EIA -

Mike Coslo wrote:




I wonder why they didn't just use their cell phone? ;^)


- Mike KB3EIA -

I wondered the same thing Mike.

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Mike Coslo wrote:
Radionews wrote:
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1390 =AD April 2, 2004
...

=09I wonder why they didn't just use their cell phone? ;^)

Idiot. With responders like you, Pasternak will continue to spam this grou=
p
with his drivel. Then again, this whole group is a collection of trolls.

[In case you weren't aware, the guidelines for the rec.radio hierarchy FORB=
ID
his weekly posting on "rec.radio.amateur.policy". The posts are permitted =
on
"rec.radio.info" (because a specific request to do so was granted) and on
"rec.radio.amateur.misc" (because it is not forbidden there), yet the jerk
continues to post here, and it's assholes like you who respond to him (in a=
ny
way) that will further encourage him to post here. Why does he need to pos=
t
this here anyway - it's all up on his website?

In case you're unaware of Bill Pasternak's activities in producing "newslin=
e,"
ask him why it costs $1,000.00/month (on average) to produce the news, whil=
e his
competitors like "This Week in Amateur Radio"'s Community Video Associates =
or
even the ARRL itself can do it for less than $100/month. Here's why: He's
paying himself a salary - it's not a "not for profit" relationship. Then
there's the matter of his clear BIAS in the news. For example, a few years=
ago,
he did a series of stories about a Los Angeles area repeater (BP is in the =
Los
Angeles area) and its problems with a system in Mexico, and Riley
Hollingsworth's enforcement involvement with the interference complaints. =
Half
of what he reported on about the situation was completely wrong, and the ot=
her
half he made up. How do I know this? I know this because I personally kno=
w the
trustees of that (now former) L.A. system, and I observed the disgruntled
Mexicans lying to BP at a local amateur radio convention. BP made NO ATTEM=
PT to
contact the L.A. trustees for their side of the story - he simply made up
"facts" to fit. His "journalism" is right up there with the level expected=
of
the "National Enquirer", the "Weekly World News", and other such tabloids -=
it
is CRAP.]

D. Stussy wrote:
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Mike Coslo wrote:

Radionews wrote:

Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1390 * April 2, 2004
...

I wonder why they didn't just use their cell phone? ;^)


Idiot. With responders like you, Pasternak will continue to spam this group
with his drivel. Then again, this whole group is a collection of trolls.

[In case you weren't aware, the guidelines for the rec.radio hierarchy FORBID
his weekly posting on "rec.radio.amateur.policy". The posts are permitted on
"rec.radio.info" (because a specific request to do so was granted) and on
"rec.radio.amateur.misc" (because it is not forbidden there), yet the jerk
continues to post here, and it's assholes like you who respond to him (in any
way) that will further encourage him to post here. Why does he need to post
this here anyway - it's all up on his website?


1. If he's doing something wrong, report it to his ISP abuse.

2. Think you are going to convert me to your cause by calling me names?

- Mike KB3EIA -

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Mike Coslo wrote:
D. Stussy wrote:
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Mike Coslo wrote:

Radionews wrote:

Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1390 =AD April 2, 2004
...

=09I wonder why they didn't just use their cell phone? ;^)


Idiot. With responders like you, Pasternak will continue to spam this =
group
with his drivel. Then again, this whole group is a collection of troll=
s.

[In case you weren't aware, the guidelines for the rec.radio hierarchy =
FORBID
his weekly posting on "rec.radio.amateur.policy". The posts are permit=
ted on
"rec.radio.info" (because a specific request to do so was granted) and =
on
"rec.radio.amateur.misc" (because it is not forbidden there), yet the j=
erk
continues to post here, and it's assholes like you who respond to him (=
in any
way) that will further encourage him to post here. Why does he need to=
post
this here anyway - it's all up on his website?


=091. If he's doing something wrong, report it to his ISP abuse.

I have been, every week for the past 18 months. His ISP is AOL and they do=
n't
do a damn thing about spammers. I have even quoted the part of the newsgro=
up's
guidelines he violates.

=092. Think you are going to convert me to your cause by calling me names=
?

I doubt it. It hasn't phased anyone else who dares participate here on a d=
aily
basis. Now, the fact that you considered yourself inclusive of "the whole
group" speaks for itself.

Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A_Amateur_Radio_Newsline=28tm=29_Repo?=
From: "D. Stussy"
Date: 4/5/2004 4:03 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id: g

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Mike Coslo wrote:
Radionews wrote:
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1390 =AD April 2, 2004
...

=09I wonder why they didn't just use their cell phone? ;^)

Idiot. With responders like you, Pasternak will continue to spam this grou=
p
with his drivel. Then again, this whole group is a collection of trolls.

Hey Dieter. Seems to me that you're a regular, if not frequent, poster
here too.

Do you include yourself in that, or are you "above" off topic
conversations of ANY nature?

73

Steve, K4YZ

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A_Amateur_Radio_Newsline=28tm=29_Repo?=
From: "D. Stussy"
Date: 4/5/2004 4:03 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id: g

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Mike Coslo wrote:
Radionews wrote:
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1390 =AD April 2, 2004
...

=09I wonder why they didn't just use their cell phone? ;^)

Idiot. With responders like you, Pasternak will continue to spam this grou=
p
with his drivel. Then again, this whole group is a collection of trolls.

Hey Dieter. Seems to me that you're a regular, if not frequent, poster
here too.

Do you include yourself in that, or are you "above" off topic
conversations of ANY nature?

You will find that I never start an "off-topic" thread and that most of my posts
do seem to relate back to the original topic, even if the post I'm responding to
is off-topic. I certainly am not a regular in that I don't post 10 times/day
like some of the other characters do - I'm only here once a week at most.

Mike Coslo wrote in message ...



I wonder why they didn't just use their cell phone? ;^)


- Mike KB3EIA -

Maybe he wasn't in America where there is good infrastructure.