Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1935 - September 12 2014
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1935 with a release date of
September 12th 2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Radio Amateurs of Canada proposes world-wide
60 meter ham radio allocation; China announces a Lunar circling mission
carrying amateur radio; Slow Scan television is back on the air from
the International Space Station; the FCC announces an increase in the
cost of a United States vanity callsign and New Zealand hams get ready
to celebrate a major ham radio historical event. Find out the details
are on Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1935 coming your way right
now.
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RADIO POLITICS: RAC SAYS CANADA WILL PROPOSE WORLDWIDE 60 METER
ALLOCATION AT CITEL MEETING
Radio Amateurs of Canada has announced an agreement with that that
nation's telecommunications agencies to back the society's formal
proposal to create a world-wide 60 meter ham radio allocation. One
that would be introduced for discussion at WRC 2015.
According to the Radio Amateurs of Canada, this proposal will be
brought up at the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission or CITEL
meetings in Merida, Mexico next month. This, to be considered as
Canada's position going in to WRC 2015 and proposes two 25 KHz band
segments for amateurs. The first would be from 5.330 to 5.355 MHz and
the second beginning at 5.405 and ending at 5.430 MHz. Amateur access
would be on a non-interfering secondary basis which is a standard
operating approach already in force for several other amateur radio
allocations.
Radio Amateurs of Canada says that although this is very good news,
that the process is still ongoing. The final decision as to whether or
not to create this new band will be made next year at WRC 2015. But
says Radio Amateurs of Canada, presenting a firm proposal from that
nation with specific frequencies for support by the International
Telecommunications Union Region 2 countries is a giant step toward a
favorable outcome next year. (RAC)
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RADIO LAW: OFCOM PROPOSES CHANGES TO UK HAM RADIO LICENSING
United Kingdom telecommunications regulator Ofcom has published a 32
page proposal covering possible changes to that nations amateur radio
licensing.
In summary, the changes proposed are to drop what are termed as
Regional Secondary Locators; relax how U-K hams use their callsigns on
the air and provide access to 470 kHz and 5 MHZ for Full Class license
holders without the need for each to file for special permission. Also
covered are several changes dealing with club license ownership.
The consultation or commentary period on these proposals runs through
October 20th. If approved these could come into effect in April of
2015. (Ofcom, Southgate)
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: 4M-LXS LUNAR HAM RADIO PAYLOAD
China plans to launch a Lunar circling spacecraft carrying a ham radio
experiment and returning it safely back to Earth. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD, has the details:
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Hot on the tail of last week's announcement by Japan that it plans to
send a ham radio payload to an asteroid comes word that China will send
some ham radio gear around our Moon and then bring it back home.
The ham radio payload is known as 4M-LXS. It was developed by Lux
Space of Betzdorf, Luxembourg and is slated for launch as a part of a
196 hour China sponsored Moon circling mission in late October.
The amateur radio payload will weigh only 30 pounds and will transmit
on 145.980 MHz plus or minus 2.9 kHz. The transmitter will be able to
produce 1.5 watts fed to a simple monopole antenna. This should give a
Signal to Noise ratio comparable to amateur moon bounce signals
returning at the Earth's surface.
During the lunar flyby, the spacecraft will be 248,000 miles from Earth
and the distance to the Moon form the spacecraft will be between 7500
to and 15,000 miles depending on the final injection vector.
The continuous transmissions will start 77 point 8 minutes after launch
with five successive 1 minute sequences sent during each 5 minutes
transmit cycle. The digital mode J T 65 B will be used so as to permit
hams using the free W-J-S-T software to decode it.
Lux Space is encouraging radio amateurs around the world to receive the
transmissions and send in data that they can capture. A Java client
will be made available to automatically send the decoded files to a
central database. That address will be made available before the flight
on the Lux Space Facebook page. As we go to air, the launch is
expected to take place on October 23rd at 1800 UTC.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reporting.
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The ham radio payload 4M-LXS stands for the Manfred Memorial Moon
Mission. It was named in memory of the late Professor Manfred Fuchs
who was the founder and chairman of OHB group, of Bremen, Germany who
passed away last April 27th. A complete mission outline is on the web
at tinyurl.com/China-Moon-Flyby. (AMSAT-UK, LUXSpace, others)
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ISS SSTV BACK ON THE AIR
Slow Scan Television appears to be once again operational from the
International Space Station.
On Saturday, September 6, the ISS Slow Scan Television experiment was
activated from the Russian Service Module on 145.800 MHz FM. This
following an unsuccessful test back on August 27th using the Kenwood
TM-D710 transceiver and a new cable that was not entirely successful.
At that time only the carrier was detected but no SSTV audio tones were
heard.
By September 6th the earlier issue was rectified and radio amateurs on
the ground were treated to a day of Slow Scan television transmissions
of images devoted to the life and work of Russia's first cosmonaut Yuri
Gagarin. The pictures were in the PD180 SSTV format with an additional
voice commentary. (AMSAT-UK, ISS Fan Club, Southgate, others)
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PROPAGATION: LONG DURATION CME EXPECTED ON SEPTEMBER 12
If propagation seems a bit strange you can once again blame it on our
home star as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant,
K6PZW:
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At 17:46 U-T-C on Wednesday September 10th, Sunspot AR2158 erupted
producing an X1 point 6 level solar flare. A flash of ultraviolet
radiation from the solar blast ionized the upper layers of Earth's
atmosphere, disturbing High Frequency radio communications for more
than an hour. More importantly, the explosion hurled a Coronal Mass
Ejection or CME directly toward Earth.
Radio emissions from shock waves at the leading edge of the CME suggest
that the cloud tore away from the sun at speeds as high as 3750
kilometers per second. That would make this a very fast moving storm,
and likely to reach Earth before on or before September 13th.
That eruption was preceded by a smaller event. At zero thirty hours on
the morning of September 9th the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR2158
erupted, producing a long-duration solar flare and a bright Coronal
Mass Ejection.
That CME which shot away from the Sun at nearly 1,000 kilometers a
second had an Earth-directed component. As such, space scientists said
that a glancing but powerful blow was possible during the late hours of
September 11th or in the early hours of September 12th.
NOAA forecasters then issued a geomagnetic storm warning for September
12th noting that the storm could reach a G2 class moderate intensity
event with auroras visible across northern-tier US states such as
Maine, Michigan, and Minnesota.
Most of that celestial storm cloud was heading north of the sun-Earth
line, but not all. A fraction of this earlier CME will deliver a
glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field during the early hours of the
12th at about the time that this newscast goes to air.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant K6PZW, in Los
Angeles.
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In the past few weeks, glancing blows from minor C-M-E's have sparked
beautiful auroras around the Arctic Circle. More information on these
events is always available at spaceweather.com. (Published news
reports.)
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DX UP FRONT: US ANTARCTICA STATIONS JOIN LOTW
In DX up-front, K1IED who is the QSL Manager for United States
Antarctic stations KC4AAA, KC4AAC and KC4USV says that all three are
now using Logbook of the World. K1IED notes that logs from the past
two years, as well some that are older have already been uploaded. Also
some other older logs could be uploaded in the future as well. (OPDX)
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DX UP FRONT: FOLLOW-UP ON JH1AJT FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL CHILDREN ERITREA
TRIP
And an update on our story last week concerning the visit of Zorro
Miyazawa, JH1AJT, to the State of Eritrea as a part of a mission for
the Foundation for Global Children. According to the latest news
release he will be occupied by full of meetings during Tuesday 16th to
Friday 19th with very little chance of getting on the air. As of now,
he hopes to finally become operational on Saturday the 20th and Sunday
21st for a total of about 20 hours depending on the time he needs to
sleep. He likely will shut down the station in the evening of Monday
the 22nd and should back in Japan by noon on Wednesday September 24th.
(JA1TRC)
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DX UP FRONT: TIMOR LESTE SEPT 20 - 29
JA7LU and JA2VWG will be active as 4W6LU and 4W6DD, respectively, Timor
Leste between September 22nd and the 29th. Their operation will be on
40 through 6 meters using SSB and RTTY. QSL each operator direct only
via their home callsign. (OPDX)
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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
AD5JT repeater serving Lockhart, Texas.
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RADIO LAW: FCC RECONSIDERING BROADBAND ASPECT OF NET NEUTRALITY
The Federal Communications Commission appears to be taking a second
look at how it treats wireless net neutrality. This, in response to
public comments on the agency's proposed Open Internet access rules.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB, reports:
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Under the net neutrality rules the FCC put in place back in 2010,
wireless broadband was set apart from wired Internet access. As a
result, mobile service providers were given more leeway to treat some
streams of traffic differently from others. But that distinction is a
major concern for many of those who have commented on the agency's
newest Net Neutrality proposal.
According to news reports, FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler has been quoted
as saying that an open Internet encourages innovation. This says
Wheeler drives network use leading to more infrastructure build-out and
that mobile wireless broadband is a key component of that cycle.
Wheeler went on to say that mobile operators have claimed they don't
need the same degree of net neutrality regulation as wired broadband
providers because the wireless industry is more competitive. But says
the FCC chairman, that logic doesn't necessarily follow noting that
there was plenty of mobile carrier competition in the era before
independent applications stores when carriers approved all apps.
Wheeler said that while carriers should be allowed reasonable
management to ensure their networks run properly that the FCC will hold
them strictly to that definition. He also cited his recent letter to
Verizon Wireless that admonished the carrier's plan to throttle speeds
for some subscribers with unlimited data plans.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I'm Stephan Kinford, N8WB, reporting.
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According to FCC Chairman Wheeler, the wireless industry's role has
changed since 2010, with broadband services delivering higher speeds
that in some places as compared to wired services. In 2010, there
were only 200,000 Long Term Evolution or LTE subscribers in the United
States. Now, only four years later there are 120 million, with the
potential of networks reaching 300 million residents. (Published News
Reports)
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ENFORCEMENT: TWO HAMS RECEIVE WARNINGS REGARING FAILING TO PROPERLY ID
Two radio amateurs have been sent nearly identical warning letters from
the FCC. This, concerning their alleged failure to properly identify
their stations at regular intervals.
The letters which were sent to Gary E. Davis, W1IT and John J.
Krajewski, KB3MZQ. In them, FCC Special Council Laura Smith notes that
each of the operators was heard at the Commission's High Frequency
Direction Finding Center this past July 15th and 16th as failing to
properly identify their amateur stations while operating on 7.185 MHz.
In her letters to the operators Smith said that this type of is
contrary to the basis and purpose of the amateur radio service as set
out in Section 97.1 and is a violation of Section 97.119(a) of the
Commission's rules. Smith went on to say that the letters to the two
hams are meant to serve as a notice that, if operation of this type
reoccurs after their receipt that each operator could be subject to
severe penalties. This includes the possibilities of a monetary
forfeiture, a modification proceeding to restrict the frequencies upon
which each may operate or even license revocation. (FCC)
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ENFORCEMENT: NEW ZEALAND EXPANDS PROHIBITION ON ANIMAL TRAINING RF
GEAR
New Zealand is cracking down on prohibited radio frequency devices used
for animal management. This as the nation's telecommunications
authorities expand the terminology applied to control the illegal
import, distribution and use of these units.
Most of the illegal devices operate on 151.82, 151.88, 151.94, 154.57
and 154.60 MHz as permitted in the United States. However, these
frequencies are in direct conflict with licensed land mobile services
in New Zealand and cause interference its users. As a result of the
expanded terminology of the law New Zealand Customs is actively
intercepting such equipment when and where it is found entering the
country. (NZART, WIA)
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RADIO LAW: MAJOR INCREASE ANNOUNCED FOR VANITY CALL FEE
The cost of getting a 10 year amateur radio vanity license is going up
by a lot but down by not by very much. Sound confusing? Well here's
what has taken place.
The current Vanity Fee is $16.10. FCC had originally anticipated that
the new fee would be $21.60 but the Report and Order released in late
August came in at $21.40 or 40 cents less than originally proposed.
It should be noted that during its deliberations that the commission
had considered excluding broadcast auxiliaries, FM translators and
amateur radio vanity call fees from its regulatory fees categories. The
agency says that for now that it is retaining these fees because it
currently cannot say for with certainty whether the cost of recovery
and burden on small entities outweighs the collected revenue; or
whether eliminating the fee would adversely affect the licensing
process.
The good news in all this is that the FCC says that it will review
these categories again at some future date. None the less, this new
Vanity Call Sign fee increase is the largest upward adjustment in many
years. All these fees go into affect 30 days after publication in the
Federal Register. (FCC, RW)
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RADIO LAW: GAO SAYS FCC NEEDS MORE DATA ON TV STATION SHARING
AGREEMENTS
The Federal Communications Commission may have problems ensuring that
its regulations on shared arrangements by TV stations meet the agency's
goals on competition and diversity. This according to the United
States General Accounting Office is because it lacks basic data to do
so. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Davis, W2JKD, picks up the story from
here:
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At the request of Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller,
the GAO spent a year investigating the impact of shared service
agreements between TV stations to jointly sell advertising, produce and
acquire programming, or to share news or other equipment and resources.
Through interviews, a review of filings and documents, and a case study
in six markets, the GAO found it difficult to objectively determine how
such agreements affect the FCC's policy goals of competition, localism
and diversity in the broadcasting industry.
In conclusion, the GAO found that TV stations were increasingly sharing
services but said that the limited data on how prevalent those
agreements were was not available. Neither the FCC nor industry
representatives could point to a central data source to track such
agreements.
I'm Jim Davis, W2JKD.
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The entire report is available for download in PDF format at
tinyurl.com/gao-fcc-study (GAO, Other published News Reports)
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HAM HAPPENINGS: SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI ADDED TO ROUTE 66 EVENT
The amateur radio bands have been very busy this past week with the
15th annual "On the Air Route 66" special event. This year was very
important to hams in Springfield, Missouri . This is the recognized
birthplace of Route 66 and in 2014 it was added to the list of cities
along the road that runs from Chicago to Los Angeles.
The Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club played host to special event
station W6R and kicked off the event with a Field Day - like operation
from the historic Route 66 park. That's very close to the location
where the telegram was sent to Washington, DC in 1926 giving the
highway the name Route 66. Certificates, decals and QSL cards are
available at W6JBT.org. The event ends on September 15th. (K9EID)
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HAM HAPPENINGS: WC8VOA CELEBRATES 70 YEARS OF BETHANY OH VOA SITE
Ohio's West Chester Amateur Radio Association will be celebrating the
70th anniversary of the decommissioned Voice of America Bethany Relay
site on Saturday, September 20th. The club makes its home in the VOA
building and operates station WC8VOA which is the call they will use
for the commemorative event.
This location is also the home of the Voice of America Museum of
Broadcasting. More about the museum can be found on the web at
www.voamuseum.org. The clubs website is at wc8voa.org. (KD8VRX)
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HAM HAPPENINGS: VIDEOS OF ARRL CENTENNIAL CONVENTION NOW ON LINE
Several produced videos from the recent ARRL Centenary Convention in
Hartford, Connecticut are now available on-line. The first two are
from the hand of Randy Hall, K7AGE, and combine an overview of the show
itself with a visit to ARRL Headquarters and League station W1AW. Each
run between 5 and 7 minutes and are quite entertaining.
The ARRL itself has also posted two videos. The first is the
dedication of the Centennial Terrace at League headquarters that took
place just prior to the convention itself. The latest is the banquet
address given by FEMA Administrator, Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, on Friday,
July 18th.
All four have been posted to YouTube. Use the video sites search bar
with the words ARRL Centennial Convention to locate them for your own
viewing. (ARNewsline)
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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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CHANGING OF THE GUARD: TUSKEGEE AIRMAN AND CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
RECIPIENT GEORGE MITCHELL K6ZE - SK
Lifelong amateur radio operator George T. Mitchell, K6ZE, of San Diego,
California, passed away on September 4th at the age of 94.
During World War 2 George T. Mitchell was a member of the pioneering
black aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Mitchell, who built his
first amateur station at age 12, was responsible for teaching radio
operations and the Morse code to the aviation cadets at the Tuskegee
Institute in Alabama from 1943 to 1946. Following the war he went to
work as a civilian engineer for the United States Navy. He retired to
San Diego, but eventually returned to work for the Scripps Institute of
Oceanography. In 2007, in recognition with his service with the
Tuskegee Airmen, K6ZE, was a co-recipient of the Congressional Gold
Medal which is the United States' highest civilian award.
George T. Mitchell, was a member of many amateur radio groups,
including the OMIK Amateur Radio Association, the Air Force Flyers
Club, the Old Old Timers Club and the Quarter Century Wireless
Association. He was a member of the B.O. Davis Chapter of the Tuskegee
Airmen's Association and frequently spoke to school and civic groups
about the role these American heroes played in our nation's history.
George T. Mitchell, K6ZE, was preceded in death in by his first wife
Lillian. He is survived by his second wife D'Andrea Mitchell, sons
Brian Stokes Mitchell of New York City, George Mitchell, of Los
Angeles, Richard Mitchell, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, daughter, Lorna
Mitchell of Fresno, California and stepsons Deon and Robert Coons, both
of San Diego. (N7UR, Nevada Amateur Radio Newswire )
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: 80M HAM RADIO BAND USED FOR 2012 WIDEBAND VIDEO
AND DATA STUDY
A report on 2012 trials in the United Kingdom that used 3.613 MHz for
24 kHz bandwidth high-speed data and video transmissions is now
available to the public. It notes that by using modern modulation
techniques an SSB channel can support a raw data rate of 12,800 bits
per second and wider transmissions can support proportionally faster
data rates.
In recent years there has been increasing military interest in
high-speed data transmissions on the High Frequency bands. Experiments
have shown that color video at 15 frames per second can be streamed on
HF in a bandwidth of just 18 kHz. That is the type of bandwidth that
may possibly be accommodated in the 29 MHz amateur radio band.
More information on this experimentation can be found in a very
fascinating article with the long title of "Wide Band High Frequency
Communications 2012 UK Trials Summary" prepared by James Alexander of
Rockwell Collins Corporation. You can find it in cyberspace at
tinyurl.com/hf-video-testing (KC0DGY, Southgate, others)
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WORLDBEAT: US-TO-VK TRANS-PACIFIC RECEPTION ON 630 METERS REPORTED
The ARRL reports a radio amateur and medium-frequency experimenter in
Australia has received a 475.62 kHz transmission from a radio amateur
and Part 5 Experimental operator in Texas.
John Langridge, KB5NJD, in Texas, also holds Experimental license
WG2XIQ. He says that his digital WSPR signal was heard in Australia on
August 25 at 09:52 UTC by David Isele, VK2DDI.
While the approximately 8710 miles covered is not a distance record or
a first for that part of the electromagnetic spectrum, it does
represent the sort of accomplishments that hams in the United States
might one day come to enjoy if ever an amateur radio allocation is
approved by the FCC. More is on the web at tinyurl.com/630-meters-us-vk
(ARRL)
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: MODE-J TRANSPONDER ON JAPAN'S NEW NEXUS CUBESAT
The Japan AMSAT Association and students at the Nippon University are
jointly developing a CubeSat called NEXUS which will have a 145 to 435
MHz Mode-J transponder and a 38 dot 4 kilobits per second data
downlink.
NEXUS is an acronym of "Next Education Cross Unique Satellite." It
will be one unit CubeSat with a mass of between 2 and 3 pounds. If all
goes as planned, the tiny bird will provide radio communications via
its 145 to 435 MHz transponder; the ability to download 640 by 480
megapixel photos from its on-board camera; provide the data downlink at
38 point 4 kilobits per second using QPSK and more.
A launch opportunity for NEXUS has not yet been identified. Nippon
University students have previously developed the SEEDS and SPROUT
satellites. (JAMSAT )
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ON THE AIR: ROLLS-ROYCE SPECIAL EVENT OCT 10 - 11
October 11th and 12th will see a forty eight hours hour special event
operation by the United Kingdom's Hucknall Rolls Royce Amateur Radio
Club station GB1RR. This to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the
introduction of company's famed Eagle aero engine.
By way of background, Rolls-Royce was asked by the United Kingdom
government to develop an aero engine which entered military service in
1914.
For the anniversary event, the club plans to run SSB and PSK 31 on 160
through 10 meters plus FM and SSB locally on the 2 meter band using
four separate stations. Further details are at www.hrrarc.com (M0NJJ)
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DX
In DX, JA0JHQ will be on the air as AH0CO from Saipan Island through
September 16th. Activity will be on 80 through 10 meters. QSL via
JA0JHQ, direct or via the JARL Bureau.
PY2WAS will be operating as C6AAS from Cable Beach in the Bahamas from
October 4th to the 8th. This will be a holiday style operation
concentrating nighttime on 30 through 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL
via PY2WAS either direct or via the bureau.
DJ7RJ and DJ2CW will be operating stroke as FR from Reunion Island
starting September 30th. Activity will be on 160 through 10 meters
using CW and SSB with one operator there only through October 8th and
the other remaining on the island through the 30th. QSL via each
operator's home callsign.
HB9LCA will be active as S79LCA from the Seychelles through September
through 27th. Operations will be on 40 through 6 meters using mostly
CW with some SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
Lastly, four operators will take to the airwaves from The Gambia using
the call C5X from January 15th to the 26th of 2015. Activity will be on
160 through10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and some PSK. Logs will be
uploaded daily to ClubLog and Logbook of the World. The QSL manager is
for this operation will be M0OXO.
(This weeks DX news courtesy of the Ohio-Penn DX Newsletter)
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THAT FINAL ITEM: 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOR FIRST NZ TO UK CONTACT
And finally this week, the New Zealand Amateur Radio Transmitters which
is that nations national society has issued an update on preparations
to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the first two-way radio
communication between that nation and the United Kingdom. Amateur
Radio Newslines's Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, reports from down-under:
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On October 18, 1924, Frank Bell, 4AA, in Shag Valley, South Island, NZ
contacted Cecil Goyder, who was operating as 2SZ from the Mill Hill
school station in the United Kingdom.
New Zealand's Otago Branch 30 of the NZART is celebrating the 90th
anniversary of this radio contact that changed radio communication
forever as it established new and initially the then little understood
rules of short wave communication.
In preparation for the celebration, working partys are being held to
test the antenna while quite a bit of effort is going on arranging and
sourcing equipment. So far, two visits have been made to Johnny Bell
and his family who are the 6th generation of the Bell family at the
Shag Valley Station location.
The attempt to recreate the contact will take place on Saturday October
18th at around 06:30 UTC or 19:30 New Zealand Daylight time which is
the actual time of the original contact. This attempt will take place
on 80 meters which is as close to the original frequency as possible.
Later operations will include 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters. IRLP node
6507 will be on the club's 690 VHF repeater as well.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, in Nelson, New
Zealand.
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According to the latest update anybody is welcome to come and visit the
station or assist with operating it at any time during the week long
celebration. If you plan to do so just drop an e-mail to president
(at) ZL4AA.org.nz so that they will know that you plan to attend. More
is on-line at www.ZL4AA.org.nz and clicking the "90th Anniversary" tab.
(NZART)
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