Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1867 - May 24 2013

[William M. Pasternak]

Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1867 - May 24 2013

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Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1867 with a release date of May 24
2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T. Ham radio joins other services in responding
to tornadoes in the Great Plains; Israeli hams get limited access to 5
MHz, a distracted driving law that exempts ham radio is signed by
Hawaii's governor; a major DXpedition to Heard Island is delayed and an
in-depth look at Hamvention 2013. All this and more on Amateur Radio
Newsline(tm) report number 1867 coming your way right now.


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RESCUE RADIO: RADIO SERVICES RESPOND TO MIDWEST TORNADOES

Several radio services including broadcasters and hams responded as
several days of severe weather including tornadoes hit the Central
Plains. Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, is here with
what we know so far:

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The pictures seen on cable and network news channels of the devastation
in Oklahoma have been gut-wrenching.

But emergency officials are saying the warnings and local broadcast
coverage by radio and television probably saved hundreds if not
thousands of lives.

Amateur radio played a part in the initial hours after the tornado went
through the community of Moore in the Oklahoma City area.

Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW, is the American Radio Relay League section manager
for Oklahoma. He tells Newsline in an interview that the real call-up
came through the Amateur Radio Emegency Service for operators to assist
the Red Cross chapter.

"We've had one specific request of ARES to assist with the Red Cross in
communications between the chapter office and their feeding area down
at the incident command post and we secured from that."

O'Dell says the operation secured Wednesday night.

"I do know of a couple of instances where there have been some other
folks that have been involved not for any real length of time. Once
Comm-El got their systems up and running, everything was in pretty good
shape."

O'Dell, who lives about 75 miles north of the tornado-affected region
of the state, says while the devastation is vast, it is confined to a
narrow area. And that enabled emergency crews to keep police, fire and
emergency radios up and running and restore wireless service rapidly.

"What a lot of people don't understand is that this is a 17-mile-long
tract but it's only a couple of miles wide," O'Dell says. "You get
outside of that and things work pretty well. So, just the communication
within that strip is the only thing that's been really in question."

O'Dell says the Oklahoma City-Moore area has lots of experience dealing
with tornadoes....

"This isn't their first rodeo," O'Dell says. "These people know what
they're doing, they're very good at it. The communications systems
because of this and because of events they've had in the past,
especially the May 3, 1999 storm that went basically through a very
similar part of Moore, a lot of the communications systems have been
hardened a whole lot.

"And, have also been decentralized. So that the infrastructure issue
isn't quite as big a deal as you would have in a much broader
situation."

O'Dell describes the people of Oklahoma as resilient.

Although he concedes there are a couple people who lost their homes in
1999 and on the same site in the most recent tornado.

O'Dell says he wouldn't be surprised if some of them took this second
hit as a divinely-inspired message to move elsewhere.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V.

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As this newscast is being prepared rescue workers are still sifting
through the rubble of the twisters that brought death and destruction
to the area. Meantime ham radio operators remain on alert in case they
are needed. (ARNewsline(tm))

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PROPAGATION ALERT: M5 X-RAY FLARE OF MAY 22, 2013

Some breaking propagation news. I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF

CQ Magazine reports via Facebook that a strong M5.0 solar flare
occurred on Wednesday, May 22nd at around 13:32 UTC. Its origin was on
the sunspot 1745, on the west side of the Sun.

A CME or coronal mass ejection was projected into space and is clearly
visible in the images of NASA SOHO spacecraft. If the plasma is
directed Earthward the CME could soon trigger aurora and other
geomagnetic activity including some level of High Frequency radio
degradation.

If you are on Facebook be sure to "Like" the CQ Magazine to have alerts
like this show up in your timeline. More information on this event, as
well as sunspots and solar flares is on-line at SunSpotWatch.com

I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF. Jim. (CQ via Facebook)

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RESTRUCTURING: ISRAELI AMATEURS GET LIMITED 5 MHZ TEMPORARY ACCESSES

The Israel's radio regulator has decided to grant temporary permissions
on an individual application basis for use of eight discrete
frequencies between 5298.5 and 5.047 MHz. These channels are available
to General and Extra Class license holders. The maximum power allowed
is 100 Watts Peak Envelope Power measured at the Transmitter rather
than Effective Radiated Power from the antenna.

The Israel Amateur Radio Club is that nation's national amateur radio
society. It says that it's main goal in obtaining this allocation is
to experiment for local short range emergency communication readiness
and that long distance activity is a side product.

The validity of this temporary authority is from a given applications
approval date until mid March 2014 but it appears this could be
extended. Operation is on a secondary status and was coordinated with
the Spectrum Committee representing primary and other relevant spectrum
users. More information is on-line at tinyurl.com/Israel-5-mhz. (IARC,
RSGB)

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RADIO LAW: HAWAII CELL LAW EXCLUDING HAM RADIO SIGNED BUY GOVERNOR

Mobile ham radio operations have received an exclusion as Hawaii
Governor Neal Ambercrombie signed House Bill 980 on Monday May 20th. .
This is the State's new law that takes effect on July 1st and enforces
a ban on the use of mobile electronics and places strict limitations on
text messaging while operating a motor vehicle.

Specifically, with certain exceptions, House Bill 980 prohibits the use
of cellphones and other mobile electronic devices while operating a
vehicle statewide. It specifically prohibits activities such as
texting, instant-messaging, gaming and e-mailing, which take a driver's
eyes and mind off the road and hands off of the steering wheel. The use
of hands-free devices remain permitted but a new change is a
restriction for those under 18 years of age.

According to Ron Hashiro, AH6RH, the exemption for mobile amateur radio
use which was already available in four counties has survived the 2013
State Legislature and remains in effect state-wide.

Hashiro, who is the Hawaii State Civil Defense ARES Emergency
Coordinator and the State Civil Defense RACES Coordinator praised the
amateur radio operators who since 2009 who have been involved in the
legislative effort to preserve mobile amateur radio operating
privileges. More is on the web at tinyurl.com/hawaii-cell-law-signed
(AH6RH)

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BREAKING DX NEWS: HEARD ISLAND DXPEDITION RESCHEDULED

Some breaking news in the world of DX. This with word that a planned
Cordell Expedition operation from Heard Island has been postponed until
January of 2015.

According to expedition organizer Robert Schmieder, KK6EK and
co-planner Rich Holoch, KY6R, the primary reason for the delay was the
cost of using the preferred vessel, the Marion Dufresne, to put the
team on the island for the required time.

In note to the Ohio Penn DX Newsletter and republished by the Southgate
News, KK6EK and KY6R say that despite extensive negotiations and
rescheduling of the cruise, it became clear that the cost of using this
vessel will exceed $1 million. Therefore the total cost for the
project would be about $1.5 million and that even increasing the team
size to 50 to partially cover this cost was not enough. So the
planners reluctantly concluded that sponsorship at this level would be
impossible.

KK6EK and KY6R say that they have therefore decided to delay the
expedition to the early 2015 date to allow more time to restructure the
project. It will also give them the ability to locate a more suitable
vessel and bring the cost more in line with projected available
resources.

According to Club Log, Heard Island is Number 7 on its DXCC Most Wanted
List. The operations website is at www.heardisland.org. A detailed
account of the problems being incurred in planning this important
expedition is on line at tinyurl.com/Heard-Rescheduled and we will have
more DX related news near the end of this week's newscast. (OPDX,
Southgate)

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>From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world including the N8URW
repeater serving Jackson, Michigan.

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HAM HAPPENINGS: A LOOK AT HAMVENTION 2013

The 2013 Dayton Hamvention will likely go down in the amateur radio
history books as one of the best. And while it will be a while before
we know the actual number of those attending, all indictors say that it
was again a banner year. Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford,
N8WB, reports:

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It was rather foggy on Friday, May 17th when the doors opened at the
Hara Arena for the 2013 Dayton Hamvention. But the gloom outside was
quickly replaced by crowds of hams inside the showplace ready for three
days of ham radio fun. One of these was Hollywood producer Dave Bell,
W6AQ:

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Bell: "So the first thing I do is go down the ramp to deposit my
ticket stub; my winning ticket stub which has never won. And then down
into the main arena which I call the `snake pit' because it is always
full and this Friday it was even fuller than usual. It was packed/

"I turned around and went out the the way I came in and into a
relatively empty hallway to go around to where the rest of the
merchants were and it was busy over there too. I think the merchants
must have done a gangbusters business this time."

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According to several long time attendees, numbers appeared good for an
opening day as its been the past two or three years. The ARRL reports
that its Expo area drew a substantial crowd with popular activities
such as the W1AW 75th anniversary exhibit, the Youth Lounge and
spectral purity testing provided courtesy of the ARRL Lab. And as
usual, lines formed immediately for DXCC card checking.

There were several new products introduced at Hamvention 2013 and while
we do not have time this week to cover all of them, perhaps one of the
most interesting was Yaesu's new High Frequency transceiver. Tim
Phactor, KT7F, of Yaesu described the new entry:

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Phactor: "Weve come out with a very new HF rig which is called the
FTDX-1200 which is an entry level TFT screen radio.

"Last year you may remember that we came out with the FTDX-3000 which
was an opportunity for those who liked the 5000 to have a price point a
little less. So this year we just topped that with now an entry level
TFT screen radio with a built-in bandscope and the kind of features you
would find on a higher priced radio."

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Not to be outdone, Icom was there with two new products. The company
showcased both its ID-51A portable and IC-7100 mobile radios. Both are
are D-STAR ready and as such they facilitate clear digital voice, short
data messages, worldwide D-STAR linked repeater access over the
Internet and more.

The IC-7100 is particularly of interest in that it combines VHF and UHF
analog and digital with all-band all-mode mobile operations using a new
slanted control head with what is the amateur industries first
touchscreen interface. This is the radio many saw previewed on the Ham
Nation Internet TV show a few months ago.

Icom, along with several other manufacturers were also prize
contributors to one of the highlights at the Hamvention for over a
quarter of a century. That being the Youth Forum hosted by New York
City educator Carole Perry, WB2MGP. This session usually pulls one of
the largest crowds of any session and 2013 was no exception:

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Perry: "Well this year was a banner year for the Youth Forum. It was
our 26th year and we had close to 300 people in what I refer to as the
love audience. Those who come out to support the kids.

"I had six young speakers age 10 to 18 who gave phenomenal
presentations. We had a scientist doing a live demonstration on
cloaking (which is) a new technology and he tied it into his childhood
involved with amateur radio. And we had twenty-two radios that were
donated by the manufacturers Icom, Kenwood and MFJ. And it was simply
wonderful!"

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Meantime, over in the ARRL Expo area there was also an emphasis on
youth and according to the Leagues president Kay Cragie, N3KN, this
young peoples interest in ham radio bodes well for the future:

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Cragie: "One of the things I think is most positive is that young
people who are in technical and engineering fields `get' amateur radio
today. A lot of them are going to spend their careers in the wireless
industry so radio makes sense to them in a way that it might not have
twenty or twenty-five years ago when everything was computer
programming."

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Even though the theme of this year's Hamvention was DX, there was a lot
there dealing with ham radio technology as well. One of the most
interesting hi-tech displays was over at the Amsat booth where
AMSAT-North America had the engineering model of the Fox-1 satellite on
display. The satellite is presently scheduled to fly in November 2014.

But for the average ham in the street it was a book that caught a lot
of attention. The Heil Ham Radio Handbook, Edition 2 is a newly
revised edition of Bob Heil, K9EID's earlier work but updated for ham
radio in the 21st century. And according to K9EID, this was for him a
labor of love:

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Heil: "The big focus here for us this year is our book. Thanks to a
lot of people, Stephan Kinford probably being one of the most valuable,
we were able to take our book from 1976 and we've enhanced it. A lot
of the old stuff left there but we also put a lot of new stuff in it.
And its really been successful here; everybody is thrilled with it and
I am honored to bring things to this industry that haven't been here
before."

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Thank you for the compliment Bob. I can tell you that working with you
on this project was one I enjoyed as well.

Theres lots more to tell you about Hamvention 2013, but that's all the
time we have right now. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephan
Kinford, N8WB, in ham radio city, U.S.A.

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Stephan will be back next week with more on Hamvention 2013. Meantime
if you were not there and did not see any of the live streaming video
of this years event there's still a way to get a peak at some of the
highlights in a slide show video posted to YouTube by Joe Eisenberg,
K0NEB, Just take your web browser to tinyurl.com/freeze-frame-video,
sit back and enjoy. (ARNewsline(tm))

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HAM HAPPENINGS: NORTHERN NEVADA SWAPFEST ON JUNE 1ST

Turning to other events on the ham radio social calendar, the 8th
annual Northern Nevada Swap Meet is slated for Saturday, June 1st at
the Brad Hollander N7RCA Ranch in the city of Minden. That's about 15
miles South of Carson City. Anyone interested in radio from the latest
and greatest to old boat anchor gear is welcome. A map and contact
information is on-line at www.N7RCA.info. (N7RCA)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: SEA-PAC AMATEUR RADIO CONVENTION MAY 31 -JUNE2

The SEA-PAC Amateur Radio Convention takes place in Seaside, Oregon,
May 31st to June 2nd. SEA-PAC is the Northwest's largest amateur radio
gathering with communication equipment dealers and factory
representatives on hand to demonstrate the very latest in ham radio
technology. Also seminars will be held on emergency communications,
digital communications, the national electrical code for amateur radio
and there will also be amateur radio licensing testing. For more
information on this fun event take your web browser to seapac.org.
(SEA-PAC)

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This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur. From the United
States of America, 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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ENFORCEMENT: PITTSBURGH CB OPERATOR ISSUED $18000 NAL

A Pennsylvania Citizens Band radio operator has been issued an $18,000
Notice of Apparent Liability for several violations of Part 95 of the
FCC rules. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reports:

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In its May 14 order the FCC alleges that Pittsburgh resident Nathaniel
Johnson failed to comply with restricted hours of station operation as
required in an official notice. Also that he failed to make his CB
station available for inspection by authorized FCC representatives.

This story goes back to January 19, 2012. Thats when the FCC received
a complaint alleging that Nataniel Johnson's CB station was causing
interference to his neighbors' telephone and television reception.

When agents in the Enforcement Bureau's Philadelphia Office attempted
to conduct an on-scene inspection at Johnson's residence on February
16, 2012, no one answered the door. So on March 19, 2012, the
Philadelphia Office sent a Warning Letter to Johnson, directing him to
contact the Philadelphia Office within ten calendar days to schedule an
inspection. The Warning Letter also specified that if the harmful
interference continued, and arrangements were not made with the
Philadelphia Office to schedule an inspection, the Commission might
impose restricted hours of operation for the CB station. Johnson did
not contact the Philadelphia Office to schedule an inspection as
directed.

This pattern repeated itself even after the FCC sent Johnson two
separate warning letters and imposed quiet hours on his operation.

On October 11, 2012, agents from the Philadelphia Office performed an
on-scene investigation to confirm the source of continuing interference
to televisions and telephones in Nathaniel Johnson's neighborhood. At
9:55 a.m., during the Quiet Hours period, the agents monitored multiple
radio transmissions on the frequencies 27.025 MHz, 27.055 MHz, and
27.015 MHz. They then T-Hunted the interference directly to Johnson's
residence.

Agents then knocked multiple times on the door but no one answered but
the transmissions on 27.025 MHz, 27.055 MHz, and 27.015 MHz ceased. The
agents left copies of the June 12 Warning Letter on Johnson's front
door, back door, and in his mailbox to remind him of the operational
restrictions and the directive to immediately contact the Philadelphia
Office to schedule an inspection.

However the FCC says that to the day it issued the Notice of Apparent
Liability that Nathaniel Johnson still had not contacted the
Philadelphia Office, and that Office continues to receive interference
complaints concerning Johnson's CB station operation.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, in Berwick,
P.A..

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In addition to the $18,000 proposed fine which he was given the
customary 30 days to pay the FCC has also ordered Johnson submit a
written statement, signed under penalty of perjury, confirming
compliance with the Quiet Hours restriction. He is also ordered to
specify a date and time no later than forty-five calendar days from
issuance of the NAL when FCC agents can inspect his CB radio station.
(FCC)

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PUBLIC SERVICE: HAM RADIO COMMUNICATORS NEEDED FOR 2013 SUMMER SPECIAL
OLYMPIC GAMES

Ham radio volunteers in Southern California are needed to provide
communicators for the 2013 Special Olympics Summer Games. The dates
are June 8 and 9 with the venue being the California State University
in the city of Long Beach.

More than 1,100 athletes from throughout the region will showcase their
determination, courage, and skills at this years summer games. This
event is free and open to the public. If you or your group is
available to volunteer please contact Mark Lidikay, KE6TNM, by e-mail
to MLidikay (at) holdenandrew (dot) com (KE6TNM via N6ZXJ)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: CLYBURN NOW ACTING CHAIR OF THE FCC

Some names in the news. First up is FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn
who became acting chair of the agency, effective Monday, May 20th. She
is temporarily replacing former FCC chairman Julius Genachowski who
retired from that position on Friday, May 17th.

Clyburn is the first woman to hold that post and will continue to helm
the agency until President Obama's nominee for Chairman, Tom Wheeler
can receive his nomination hearing. According to a Senate Commerce
Committee spokesman that's not likely to happen any earlier than
sometime in June.

Also up for grabs is the seat of now retired Commissioner Robert
McDowell who is headed for a new position at the Hudson Institute. That
could take from several weeks to several months. Until at least one of
the two vacant positions can be filled the FCC will be at operating
with the bare minimum of three seated commissioners that is required
for a quorum. (RW)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: JUSTIN JOHNSON, G0KSC RECEIVES AWARD FROM RSGB

InnovAntennas, Ltd. founder Justin Johnson, G0KSC, has been awarded the
Harold Rose Plate by the Radio Society of Great Britain. This in
recognition of Justin's many contributions to 50 MHz antenna technology
and the amateur radio community.

The award citation was presented to G0KSC at the RSGB's Annual General
Meeting in April. This is considered to be a very prestigious honor
and was made in recognition of Justin's years of design, development
and teaching of the tools and techniques that have led to the
introduction of several novel antenna designs. These include such
antennas as the Loop Fed Array and the Optimized Wide-band
Low-Impedance Yagi. (GB2RS)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: CQ MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES HALLS OF FAME INDUCTEES

CQ magazine has announced eight inductees to its Amateur Radio Hall of
Fame. Its also adding two members each to the CQ DX and Contest Halls
of Fame.

The 2013 inductees to the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame are longtime
amateur radio industry leader Evelyn Garrison, WS7A; former QST
Magazine Managing Editor Joel Kleinman, N1BKE; well known BBC
correspondent Laurie Margolis, G3UML/GPC3L; former Wireless Institute
of Australia leader and Chairman of IARU Region 3 Michael Owen, VK3KI;
Harry Rubinstein the ex-9EEV who is credited as the inventor of the
printed circuit and several other devices; journalist, author and
historian Walker Tompkins, K6ATX; famed guitarist and performer Joe
Walsh, WB6ACU, and former CQ Novice Editor Bill Welsh, W6DDB. Evelyn
Garrison, Joel Kleinman, Michael Owen, Harry Rubenstein and Bill Welsh
are being honored posthumously for their contributions.

The 2013 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are Vladimir Bykov,
UA4WHX/AC4LN and Robert "Gary" Dixon, K4MQG. CQ Contest Hall of Fame
inductees are Dale Green, VE7SV, and Charles Fulp, K3WW.

Formal ceremonies to the CQ Contest and CQ DX Halls of Fame took place
at last weeks Dayton Hamvention. A more detailed descriptions of this
years inductees will appear in the July 2013 issue of CQ magazine. (CQ)

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With you 52 weeks a year, every year since 1976. From the United
States of America, 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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RADIO HISTORY: FIRST RADIO REPORT OF SPORTING EVENT COMMEMORATED

A bit of radio history. Were you aware that the first reporting by
wireless of a sporting event took place in Dublin Bay during the
Kingstown Yacht Regatta way back in July 1898? It did and plans are
afoot for ham radio to commemorate the event.

The story goes this way. At the request of the Express newspaper, famed
inventor Guglielmo Marconi installed wireless equipment aboard the
vessel the Flying Huntress and transmitted reports to the
harbormaster's office in the town of Kingstown which is now known as
Dun Laoghaire. The results were posted in a window and published even
before the yachts returned to port.

Now in 2013, to commemorate the event Ireland's Howth Martello Radio
Group and the South Dublin Radio Club plan to set up two special event
stations. As the races took place off Howth Head, one station will
operate from the Martello Tower in Howth and the other from the
Maritime Museum in Dun Laoghaire.

The weekend of 20-21 July is proposed for this operation but it has to
be added that planning is at an early stage. As such things are still
subject to change. (IRTS)

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RADIO SCIENCE: NASA ROVER EXPLORING GREENLAND ICE SHELF

A new NASA wheeled explorer has been released here on mother Earth.
Named Grover which is an acronym for the Goddard Remotely Operated
Vehicle for Exploration and Research the radio equipped rover will
explore Greenland's ice sheets to better understand how they form, and
how quickly they may be melting.

Grover was developed by teams of students in the 2010 and 2011 summer
engineering boot camps at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland,
according to a release from NASA. The 6-foot-tall, 800-pound vehicle
is equipped with ground- penetrating radar that will send pulses into
the ice sheet, and measure the reflections to tell researchers about
the characteristics of the snow and ice layers.

While radio equipped, Grover is solar-powered and semi-autonomous. It
began its first mission on Friday, May 3rd, and will continue through
Saturday, June 8th. More about this Earth based NASA explorer is in
line at tinyurl.com/meet-grover (NASA, Live Science)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: CALL FOR PAPERS FOR 2013 DIGITAL ARRL-TAPR DCC

Hams worldwide are invited to submit papers for publication in the
printed proceedings of the joint ARRL and Tucson Amateur Packet Radio
Digital Communications Conference. The conference slated for September
20th to the 22nd in Seattle, Washington but you do not have to attend
to submit a paper for consideration. Submissions will not be edited
and authors will retain all rights. If you have such a presentation
that you would like to see included, please send it before July 31st to
Maty Weinberg, ARRL Headquarters, 225 Main Street, Newington,
Connecticut, 06111 or by e-mail to maty (at) arrl (dot) org. (ANS)

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WORLDBEAT: DARC AWARDS: PDF VERSIONS AND PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL

The national amateur radio society of Germany says that following a
successful test certain Deutscher Amateur Radio Club awards will become
available as PDF printable file at reduced fees, and payment via PayPal
will be accepted. At the same time fees for printed awards were
adjusted to their actual costs.

The DARC says that as of June onwards printed awards will cost 7 Euros
while an e-mailed PDF file award will be available for only 3 Euro.
Implementation of this new payment system will begin with the Worked
All Europe Award with others to follow.

(DARC)

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WORLDBEAT: THREE DECADE OLD TI9CCC DATES FINALLY APPROVED

Bill Moore, NC1L, at the ARRL DXCC Desk reports that an almost three
decade old operation from Cocos Island has been approved for DXCC
credit. According to Moore, over the years some applicants have had
the TI9CCC operation rejected in their DXCC application mostly due to
an "Incorrect Date Period." Now, the issue with the dates for this
operation has been resolved. If you had this operation rejected, and
your confirmation falls between February 15 through February 28, 1984
you are invited to send an e-mail to bmoore (at) arrl (dot) org to be
placed on the list for an update to your record.

(ARRL DXCC)

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DX

In DX, word that OD5SK is currently active from Jordan as JY8KS. He is
reported to be on the HF bands only. QSL via IZ8CLM.

Five English amateurs will use the callsign SZ8S from the Greek island
of Samos through the 30th of May. This will count as EU-049 for the
Islands on the Air Award. QSLs go via G1LAT for direct cards or via
M0SCG for bureau cards.

VE3DZ will be active from Bermuda through May 30th as VP9FOC He will be
operational on all of the High Frequency bands QSL via home call.

DJ2II will visit IOTA reference EU-042 through May 30th working stroke
P on 80 through 10 meters. He will be using SSB and CW only. QSL via
DJ2II either direct or via the bureau.

K9VV and WP2XX will be visiting the Radio Reef DXers super station on
St Croix Island from May 21st to 28th. They will be on the air with
their own callsigns and as KP2M for the CQ WPX CW contest. QSL for
KP2M go via Logbook of the World or direct via AI4U.

UT6UD will be operational from Hiva Oa Island in the Marquesas from
July 7th to the 13th and from Rurutu in the Austral Islands from July
14th to the 22nd operating stroke F Oh. He will be active on 30
through 10 meters on CW , SSB , RTTY. QSL via his home call of UT6UD.

Lastly, WB8BZK will be on the air stroke VE3 from Seseganaga Lake in
Ontario. Canada between May 26th and 31st. He will be operating only
on 6 meters, primarily on 50.135MHz running SSB and CW. Operating
times are tentatively each morning at 1230 GMT and then again between
22.30 and 23.00 GMT each evening. If you make contact, please QSL with
a self addressed, USA- stamped envelope to WB8BZK at his address on
QRZ.com.

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THAT FINAL ITEM: DAYTON 2013 - THE MARGELLI REPORT

And finally this week, no report on the Dayton Hamvention would be
complete without a few words from someone who has quite literally
devoted his entire life and professional career to amateur radio. Heres
a quick assessment of this years Dayton gathering from Chip Margelli,
K7JA:

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Margelli: "Ive seen a lot of excited people this weekend looking to
put up new antennas or get new radios or looking tp learn something
new.

"The theme of the convention this year is DX and to me DX is what ham
radio is all about. It's right at the heart and soul of everything to
do with ham radio.

"Everybody seems to be having a good time learning, seeing, meeting up
with old friends and just having a ball in Dayton."

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Thank you Chip and our thanks also to the organizers of Hamvention 2013
for yet another great show. Ands less we forget to mention, mark your
calendars now with the dates of next May 16, 17 and 18 for Hamvention
2014. We will see you there. (ARNewsline(tm))

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commemorating the event from us here at the Amateur Radio Newsline.
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For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors' desk, I'm Jim
Davis, W2JKD, saying 73 from Florida's Treasure Coast, and we thank you
for listening.

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