2014-04-11

Amateur Radio Newsline(TM) Report 1913 - April 11, 2014

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1913 with a release date of April

11 2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T. Hams in the U-K about to loose access to

some very important UHF spectrum; amateur radio software being used in

undersea hunt for a missing Boeing 777 jetliner; severe weather

shutters VK9MT Mellish Reef DXpedition early; an article asks why

municipalities are not using more ham radio emergency communications

resources and radio based collision free cars may soon be with us. Find

out the details are on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1913

coming your way right now.

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RESTRUCTURING: UK HAMS TO LOOSE PARTS OF THE 2.3 AND 3.4 GHZ BANGS

Hams in the U-K will soon lose parts of two important super high

frequency bands. This after that nation's telecommunications regulator

Ofcom publishes a statement on the future of amateur radio use of

spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands. Jeremy Boot, G-4-N-J-H,,

has the rest of the story: the Riverside California police department

gets schooled on ham radio versus distracted driving;

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In the United Kingdom, a Consultation is about the

equivalent to a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in the United

States. Following a consultation last year, Ofcom has

decided to remove from the Amateur Radio License all

frequencies in these bands which overlap with those planned

for reallocation of 2350 to 2390 and 3410 to 3475 MHz. In

doing so the regulatory agency is giving amateur operators

at least twelve months' notice of this intention.

For the moment, Ofcom has decided to retain amateur access

to the adjacent bands. But the caveat is that the

regulatory authority has also put in place a procedure to

enable these frequencies to be removed from the Amateur

Radio License if necessary in future.

In addition, Ofcom has been required by the Ministry of

Defense to implement measures to ensure its systems are

adequately protected from interference from amateur uses in

both the released spectrum and in adjacent bands. Its

statement contains guidance from Ofcom with which amateur

users must comply, with immediate effect, when using these

frequencies.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeramy Boot, G4NJH, in

Nottingham in the U.K..

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Amateur Radio users of the 2310 to 2350 MHz band have been

requested to register their use and provide contact details

to Ofcom. Details are at tinyurl.com/UK-2GHz-change

(Ofcom, Southgate)

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RADIO USE: UK HAMS ASKED TO BE CAREFULL IN USING 5 MHZ

Still in the UK, telecommunications regulator Ofcom has

indicated that during the coming days there may be temporary

increased usage of the 5 MHz band by a primary user. As

such, hams in that nation have been advised to take

particular care to ensure that frequencies are not in use

before calling CQ. In the UK as elsewhere, use of the 5 MHz

band by ham radio is on a secondary, non-interfering basis

to all other users. (RSGB)

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RESCUE RADIO: HAM DEVELOPED SOFTWARE AIDING IN SEARCH FOR

MH-370

The ARRL reports that amateur radio developed software is

assisting in search for the missing Malaysia Air

Flight MH370. US Navy personnel involved in the search are

using the signal processing and analysis package called

Spectrum Laboratory developed by Wolf Buescher, DL4YHF, to

analyze the recently detected 37.5 kHz pings that may be

coming from the plane's black box voice and data recorders.

Very Low Frequency experimenter Warren Ziegler, K2ORS, told

the ARRL that this is the same software package recently

used by ham radio experimenters to detect transatlantic

signals on 29 kHz. A detailed story about how this software

is being used in the hunt for the missing Boeing 777

aircraft is at tinyurl.com/aircraft-search-continues

(ARRL, Southgate)

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RESCUE RADIO: ARTICLE SUGGESTS MORE USE OF EMCOMM HAMS

"Most Local and County Emergency Management Plans Ignore

Amateur Radio" is the title of an article in the April 6th

edition of the Ground Report issued by Creative Commons.

The article by Robert Tilford seeks an answer as to why more

municipalities and other agencies are not including ham

radio as a resource in planning for events such as natural

disasters and even terrorist attacks. He notes the ability

of amateur radio operators to communicate from these

disasters enabling them to serve as an extremely valuable

and vital communications tool for dissemination of critical

information when other more traditional means fail. In all

it's a very positive look at our hobby and is on the web at

tinyurl.com/use-more-emcomm-hams. (Ground Report)

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RADIO LAW: RIVERSIDE POLICE GET SCHOOLED ON HAM RADIO VS

DISTRACTED DRIVING

Due to the actions of Clint Bradford K6LCS, Riverside

California Police Department will be reviewing the states

Distracted Driving rule known as Vehicle Code section 23123

with all field officers. This, to explain how mobile

amateur radio communications with an attached handheld

microphone are not targets of this law.

According to Bradford, it all began when he wound up in what

he describes as a discussion with a motorcycle officer on

the morning of April 8th. The officer asked Bradford he was

doing. K6LCS explained to him that he was talking on an

amateur radio. At that point the officer warned him that he

better not as he was risking getting an expensive ticket.

Instead of continuing the conversation Bradford spoke

directly with both Riverside Police Department's Watch

Commander and its Traffic Supervisor. In turn, the Traffic

Supervisor promised to discuss this matter with all officers

at roll call on what the intent of the states distracted

driving law is.

Bradford noted that he and the Riverside Police were both on

the same wavelength when it came to what amateur radio was

all about. Also that operating a mobile amateur radio

station with an attached microphone is not a violation of

the California Vehicle Code. (K6LCS)

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DX UP FRONT: SEVERE WEATHER CLOSES DOWN VK9MT MELLISH REEF

OPERATION EARLY

In DX up front, the long awaited VK9MT Mellish Reef

DXpedition was forced to go QRT on April 4th due to the lack

of cooperation by Mother Nature.

The team was planning to operate from Mellish Reef until

April 9th. But an update sent out by Gene Spinelli, K5GS,

on April 5th said that due to the ever worsening weather

associated with an impending tropical storm, that they had

decided in the interest of safety to end the operation

early.

The time spent on Mellish Reef had been rough for the VK9MT

team. Storms hampered their operation and they were on the

verge of leaving at any time. The weather was described as

being extremely windy, with occasional heavy rain causing

the antennas to take a severe beating. The operating tents

were shaking and very noisy making it difficult for the

operators to discern callsigns of those trying to make

contact.

According to Spinelli, the last night on the island was

extremely difficult. With continued heavy rain and wind,

radio operations were nearly impossible. While the team is

disappointed, it would like to acknowledge the generosity of

the clubs, foundations, individual donors as well as its

corporate sponsors. (Team Mellish Reef 2014, OPDX)

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DX UP FRONT: 7P8YY FROM LESOTHO APRIL 22 TO MAY 1

K5YY has told the Ohio Penn DX Newsletter that he will be

operating as 7P8YY from Roma, Lesotho, between April 22nd

and about May 1st. He plans to concentrate on the upper

High Frequency bands, especially on 15 and 10 meters with a

goal of working DXers who might need 7P8 for a new country

or band for their DXCC award. He adds that he will be

joined by 4 to 5 other hams for what he terms as a fun and

vacation style operation, and all operators will be using

their own 7P8 prefix callsigns. QSLs for 7P8YY go direct

only to K5YY. He will not be using the bureau not any

electronic QSL service. (OPDX)

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DX UP FRONT: REPUBLIC OF NAURU SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 19

LZ1GC is planning to be operational as C21GC from

the Republic of Nauru between September 29th and October

19th. Activity will be on 160 through10 meters using CW,

SSB and some RTTY. Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog during

his operation if at all possible. The QSL route for this

operation has not yet been announced. And we will have more

DX news for you in this weeks report. (Facebook)

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BREAK 1

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur

Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world

including the Alaska Morning Net serving America's

frontier.

(5 sec pause here)

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ENFORCEMENT: THE FCC PROPOSED A TOTAL OF $40,000 IN FINES

FOR APPARENT UNLICENSED STATION OPERATIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA

A pair of unlicensed broadcasters in the Sunshine State have

been dinged with some heavy proposed fines. Amateur Radio

Newsline's Hal Rogers, K8CMD, has the details:

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The FCC has issued a $15,000 Notice of Liability to Jean

Richard Salvador for allegedly operating an unlicensed radio

station in the Miami area. This after FCC agents responded

to complaints about an illegal station operating on 89.5

MHz.

Using direction finding they traced the signal and a coaxial

cable coming off the roof antenna to Jean Richard Salvador's

apartment. Upon making a station inspection, they found

that the cable was connected to homebrew FM transmitter and

other equipment. The agency proposed a $15,000 fine against

Salvador because agents had previously warned him about

illegal station operation.

In another south Florida case, the FCC says that Damian

Anthony Ojouku Allen is a repeat offender which is the

reason that it proposed a $25,000 penalty. This, for

apparently operating a station on 101.1 MHz in Ft.

Lauderdale.

According to the commission it had warned Allen several

times that unlicensed operations are illegal and had

previously fined him $20,000 for operating such a station on

the same frequency in the city of Pompano Beach. In issuing

the latest proposed fine, the FCC noted that the fact that

Damian Allen would commit the same violation on the same

frequency demonstrates a deliberate disregard for the

agency's authority.

I'm Hal Rogers, K8CMD.

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Both Salvador and Allen were given the customary 30 days

from the date the notices were issued to pay their

respective fines or file appeals. (FCC, RW)

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ENFORCEMENT: CELLPHONE JAMMER BRINGS TEXAS FIRM $29,250 NAL

Houston, Texas-based R&M Manufacturing has been issued a

$29,250 Notice of Apparent Liability for its alleged use of

a cellular telephone phone jamming device. This, to keep

employees at its plant from placing wireless calls at work.

The FCC's Houston office first learned of the interference

in a March 29, 2013 complaint from AT&T alleging that a

signal was interfering with its licensed cellular

communications. On March 29th and April 1st, 2013 using

direction finding the agents assigned to the case located

the source of the strong wideband signals in the cellular

and P-C-S bands were coming from R&M's manufacturing

facility.

In its decision to issue the $29,250 proposed fine the FCC

noted that R&M admitted that it operated a jamming device

for about 10 days, starting on or around March 23, 2013,

with the intended effect of blocking and otherwise

interfering with FCC authorized radio communications. The

FCC says that the operation of the jamming device could have

had disastrous consequences by precluding the use of

cellular phones to reach life saving 9-1-1 services provided

by police, ambulance, and fire departments. It could also

have disrupted critical communications of first responders

who might have visited R&M's facility or nearby locations in

a life and death situation.

As is customary in these cases, R&M was given the customary

30 days to pay the fine or to file an appeal. (FCC)

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RESCUE RADIO: MISSOURI REPEATER GROUP SEEKS DONATIONS TO

UPGRADE ITS EMCOMM ABILITY

An amateur radio group in southwest Missouri is seeking

donations for upgrades to its regional repeater. The

Southern Missouri Emergency Communications Fund has been

established by the 145.49 Repeater Club to replace their

ageing equipment.

Michael Blake, NZ0NQW, is the president of the 145.49

Repeater Club and a board member for the Southern Missouri

Emergency Communications Fund. He says that the

organization's radio equipment is funded solely by its

members, and costs can mount quickly for repair of aged

equipment.

As a result, the group is actively seeking private and

corporate donors to support the badly needed upgrades to the

system. This so that it can continue its mission of helping

to keep communities in touch and forewarned in times of

severe weather and other emergencies.

Donations to the Southern Missouri Emergency Communications

Fund can be made on-line at www.cfozarks.org/donate (please

type SMO Emergency Comm) in the Fund/Program field on the

page) or by mailing a donation to the Community Foundation

of the Ozarks at P.O. Box 8960, Springfield, MO, 65801,

indicating the fund in the memo line. (jm.com, eHam.net))

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RADIO NEWS: HIGH WINDS FELL TWO TOWERS IN MASSACHUSETTS

Severe weather has taken a toll on two Massachusetts

communications towers as we hear from Amateur Radio

Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB:

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High winds and heavy rain are being blamed for the collapse

of two towers in the Berkshire Mountains over the weekend of

March 29th and 30th that affected broadcasters, cellular

providers and Internet service. The collapse of the towers

on Florida Mountain resulted in the loss or significant

interruption normal lines of communications services in the

North Adams Massachusetts area.

Paul Thurst is an engineer in the affected area. He wrote

in his blog that WUPE- FM in North Adams was taken down by

the tower collapse. A crawling information line on the

stations website told station listeners that they could hear

the stations programming via that website and on 1110 kHz AM

during the day. According to Thurst a new University of

Massachusetts owned translator for New England Public Radio

was also affected, pushing back its sign-on date.

Meantime the North Adams Department of Public Safety issued

a statement telling the public that anyone in need

assistance and who has no cellular telephone service to

instead call for assistance using a wireline telephone. The

announcement also noted that the North Adams Police

Department will be monitoring its Facebook page if someone

is unable to contact Public Safety in any other way.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB,

reporting.

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At airtime its not known if any amateur radio repeaters or

remote bases were on the collapsed towers. (RW, Berkshire

Eagle)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: PLANS FOR W9DXCC DX CONVENTION ANNOUNCED

The Northern Illinois DX Association has announced that the

2014 W9DXCC convention and banquet will be held September

19th to the 20th, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in the Chicago

suburb of Schaumburg. The event will feature a day of DX

University sessions on Friday and an expanded convention

setting on Saturday. For more details you're your web

browser to w9dxcc.com (W9DXCC)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: D-STAR CLASS RETURNS TO DAYTON HAMVENTION

2014

What's being termed as the ultimate D-STAR training class

returns to Dayton Hamvention for the third year. This to

provide an introduction to D-STAR for new users getting on

the air and more advanced information for experienced D-STAR

users.

Called D-STAR Info Con 2014, the three-hour class will be

held at the Drury Inn in the heart of hotel row not far from

the Hara Arena. This year's topics will include using the D

R Mode, using a Raspberry Pi with a DVAP, updating Repeater

Lists for D R Mode, using D-RATS for data and much more.

The new Icom ID-5100A will be demonstrated and all

registered participants are eligible to win an ID-51A dual-

band D-STAR handheld that will be given away during the

class.

The cost of the class is $15.00 and includes all course

material. Pre-registration is required and seating is

limited. Registration information can be found at
www.dstarinfo.com (D-STARInfoCon2014)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: FOUR DAYS IN MAY QRP - THE QRP CONVENTION

The popular Four Days In May QRP gathering is slated for

Wednesday, May 14th through Sunday, May 18th. Timed to

coincide with the Dayton Hamvention, this years gathering of

low power enthusiasts and builders will be held at the

Holiday Inn in Fairborn, Ohio, just East of the Air Force

Museum.

Events scheduled so far include numerous seminars related to

low power operation. There will also be a presentation by

Ten-Tec; a Meet the Speakers gathering, QRP Club Night, a

homebrew competition and of coarse the famed Four Days in

May Buildathon. Registrants will be eligible to win one of

four Ten-Tec transceivers that will be drawn for during some

of the seminar sessions.

If you are planning to go to Hamvention 2014 and have an

interest in low power operation you might want to drop by

Four Days in May to spend a bit of time with the QRP crowd.

Buses to and from the Hamvention at the Hara Arena will be

available. More is on the web at www.qrparci.org/fdim

(FDIM, KB8DNS, VHF Reflector)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: A HAM RADIO RESTRSPECTIVE THROUGH FILM AND

VIDEO

Still with Hamvention related news, we here at amateur Radio

Newsline will again be hosting the annual Ham Radio Town

Meeting. This year in keeping with the overall "maker

renaissance" theme of the 2014 Dayton Hamvention and also

its association with the 100th anniversary of our national

society the American Radio Relay League this years Ham Radio

Town Meeting is will present "The History of Ham Radio as

Told in Film and Video."

Through the magic of preserved promotional films,

documentaries and videos, with some dating back a half

century or more, this session will be a nostalgic trip

through time. It will also show you ham radio as is was in

the past and how we hams as the first true "makers" helped

mature all forms of telecommunications to what we have

today. The session will also show the important role played

by the ARRL in its nurturing, maturing and protecting the

Amateur Radio Service. We also hope to have some of those

involved in the production of these films and videos on hand

to answer any questions that you might have.

And as a side benefit, the session will also give you a

place to take a break, sit down for a while and be

entertained by our hobby's glorious past.

So please join us in on Saturday, May 17th from 1:45 thru

3:00 p.m. Eastern time in Hara Arena meeting room 5 for "The

History of Ham Radio as Told in Film and Video." We hope to

see some of you there. (ARNewsline)

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BREAK 2

This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur. 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: NEW ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHTS CAN WIPE

OUT RADIO

If you are having severe interference on the High frequency

bands, it could be coming from your lights or that of a

neighbor or even a business a few miles away. Amateur Radio

Newsline's Jim Davis, W2JKD, has the details:

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Interference to radio and even television reception caused

by compact fluorescent and LED lighting is quickly becoming

a world-wide problem. According to Jim Linton, VK3PC, as we

conserve energy by the use of these new illuminating devices

occasionally these some will also emit radio interference.

Among the rising number of cases here in the United States

fluorescent lights in a Los Angeles office caused problems

for a node of Verizon's Long-Term Evolution or LTE network.

Another that we have reported on involves the fluorescent

lighting system electronic ballasts in a Texas beauty

salon's lighting system interfering with a mobile phone

network.

In Australia, complaints about TV reception have come to

Australian Communications and Media Authority which has

traced the problem to some LED lights. In England and

elsewhere there have reports of TV interference complaints,

even spreading to set-top boxes and cable TV.

But Linton says not to blame the actual technology, but

rather its implementation. He notes that the interference

is mainly due to the cheap design used in some products. He

advises that if an interference problem takes place to

return them to the place of purchase. If you get no

satisfaction, we suggest you bring the matter to the

attention of the telecommunications regulatory authority in

the nation where you live.

I'm Jim Davis, W2JKD

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Here in the United States complaints would go to the FCC's

Enforcement Bureau with a courtesy copy to the American

Radio Relay League. (VK3PC, WIA)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ISS HAMTV MOVES TO 2369 MHZ

The new Digital Amateur TV on the International Space

Station is again up and running but has changed frequency to

2369 MHz. Presently the system is transmitting a blank

image and no audio in configuration 5. This translates to

the use of ARISS antenna 43 with a Symbol rate of 1 point 3.

Reports on reception of blank transmissions can be filed via

the web at tinyurl.com/Space-Ham-TV. (ON4WF)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: FUNCUBE-1 HAM RADIO TRANSPONDER TO BE

ACTIVE WEEKENDS

More on time for a new UK ham radio bird. Following the 48

hour test on April 5th and 6th, the FUNcube-1 control team

has decided to switch the satellite into full time

transponder and low power beacon operation on weekends.

The team plan to switch to this mode during the first

suitable pass over the U-K on Friday evenings. If for some

reason this is not possible, then the switch will be done on

the first suitable pass on Saturday. And the end of

operating time the bird's controllers will switch the full

time transponder mode off during a suitable pass on Sunday

evenings. Again, if this is not possible the switch off will

be made on Monday mornings, approx. 0930 to 1200 UTC.

This schedule is totally reliant on the availability of

command stations with its aim is to significantly increase

the availability of the FUNcube-1 transponder to radio

amateurs. This new schedule will continue until further

notice. (FUNcube 1 release)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ARTSAT PROJECT INVADER NOW CO-77

The ARTSAT Project named INVADER has been officially dubbed

Cubesat OSCAR-77 or CO-77. As such it now joins a number of

earlier Japanese cubesats such as CO-57, CO-58 and CO-66

presently on-orbit. (W3XO, AMSAT)

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ON THE AIR: W0ZQ 222 MHZ BEACON GETS POWER INCREASE

On the air, word that the output power of the W0ZQ/B

propagation beacon on 222.061 MHz from Grid Square EN34 has

been raised to 55 watts. The antenna is a folded big wheel

at about 55 above average terrain. Signal reports are

appreciated and shound be sent to W0ZQ at his address on

QRZ.com. Grid Square EN34 is located near Bloomington,

Minnesota. (W0ZQ, VHF Reflector)

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DX

In DX, ARRL Awards Branch Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, says

that the 2013 9-X-Zero-H-P from Rwanda has been approved for

DXCC credit. If anyone had this rejected in a recent

application please send a note to for an

update to your record. Please include the date of your

submission to help expedite recovery of the information.

UA4WHX has been reported to be on the air as HC8ART from

Isabella Island in the Galapagos chain. Activity is on CW,

SSB and RTTY. As always, the length of his stay is unknown.

QSL via his home callsign.

CE1WFN will be active as CE0Y stroke CE1WFN from Easter

Island through April 17th. Operations are reported to be on

the High Frequency bands with QSL's going direct to his home

callsign.

CT1QP is now active as CN2CL from Morocco and will be there

until April 15th. This is a mobile DXpedition from the

Sahara Desert. QSL via CT1QP.

DL6UAA is once again back on Mauritius as 3B8MM and will be

there until the end of April. Activity is usually on 80

through 10 meters and possibly 6 using mostly CW with some

SSB and digital possible. QSL via DL6UAA either direct or

via the bureau.

M1LOL and M1REK using the call MM1REK will be active from

the Isle of Muck from May 24th to the 31st. The Isle of

Muck is a small land mass off the west coast of Scotland.

The groups operation will be on 80 through 10 meters using

SSB and several digital modes. QSL direct or via the

bureau.

And finally, EI6DX will be on the air stroke F Oh from Bora

Bora in French Polynesia between May 7 and the 18th.

Activity will be holiday style on 80 through 10 meters using

CW and SSB. QSL via RX3RC, either direct or via the bureau.

And for those unfamiliar with the term holiday style, it

basically means the operator is on vacation and will get on

the air as time permits.

(Above from OPDX and other DX news sources)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: TOYOTA CONFIRMS COLLISION FREE CARS

And finally this week, radio may help make the next

generation of automobiles a lot safer than today's models as

we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK:

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Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan says that within the next

two years it will introduce systems that will make it

possible for cars to communicate with each other in order

to avoid collisions.

According to a statement by the company, the system will use

radio to gather data on the speed of other vehicles to keep

a safe distance. Another system consisting of cameras,

radar and control software will help a car maintain position

in a lane on its own.

The system Toyota has developed incorporates technologies

derived from its automated driving research and the carmaker

has said it aims to create a virtual "co-pilot" in vehicles

that helps drivers avert accidents.

Toyota also recently showcased a new pre-crash technology

that can steer a vehicle moving at a high speed away from

pedestrians when automatic braking alone cannot avoid a

collision.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, in

Zion, Illinois.

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Toyota says that this new system will be available sometime

after 2015. (WIA News)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE

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