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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Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world
including the Alaska Morning Net serving America's
frontier.
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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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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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