Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1840 - November 16 2012   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1840 with a release date of November 16,   
   2012 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a Q-S-T. China to revise its amateur radio service rules,   
   French radar signals heard on several ham radio bands, Norway affirms new   
   spectrum for its ham radio community, a rescue radio group receives a large   
   grant to get more gear, the Dayton Hamvention announces the theme of   
   Hamvention 2013 and a new ham radio cubesat will blink a holiday message   
   from space on Christmas Eve. Find out the details are on Amateur Radio   
   Newsline(tm) report number 1840 coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   RESTRUCTURING: CHINA TO REVISE ITS AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE   
      
   Big amateur radio changes ahead for ham radio in China. Amateur Radio   
   Newsline's Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, reports from down-under:   
      
   --   
      
   According to word from Jim Linton, VK3PC, mandatory membership of the Chinese   
   Radio Sports Association will likely soon be a thing of the past. This as   
   China moves forward under soon to be announced new amateur service   
   regulations.   
      
   For the past 30 years, only a sports organization could transmit on the   
   amateur Radio bands. That began on the 29th of March, 1982 with the station   
   BY1PK, at first on CW and with limited spectrum made available for ham radio   
   operations. But this is 2012 and the old system of someone first being a   
   member of a sport-related body before entering amateur radio no longer works   
   and will end. Now clubs and individuals will have their own callsigns   
   throughout the world's most populated country.   
      
   Also being considered for emergency communications is a new error-correcting   
   low power data mode for HF radio using Chinese characters, a Software   
   Defined Radio receiver network for noisy locations, an alarm system, VHF and   
   UHF repeaters and overall training.   
      
   Along with the revised regulations will be a new entity called the Chinese   
   Radio Amateur Club, that will be solely focused on amateur radio. The new   
   group will deal with the regulations including visitor licenses, conduct   
   exams and licensing, create band plans, allow nation-wide mobile operation,   
   develop emergency communications infrastructure, amateur satellites, and   
   work with the International Amateur Radio Union.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, in Nelson, New   
   Zealand   
      
   --   
      
   When enacted, these revised regulations promise to bring China more in line   
   with the rest of amateur radio service regulations world wide. As such   
   don't be too surprised to hear many more mainland China stations on the   
   hambands once the new rules do take effect. (VK3PC)   
      
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   INTRUDER WATCH: HAM RADIO OPPOSED EUROPEAN PLT STANDARD APPROVED   
      
   Europe has a new Power Line Communication or PLT standard and hams on the   
   other side of the Atlantic are not very happy. Amateur Radio Newsline's   
   Bruce Tennant, K6PZW reports:   
      
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   Despite opposition from the Radio Society of Great Britain and several other   
   European national ham radio societies, the European Committee for   
   Electrotechnical Standardization or CENELEC Working Group 11 has voted in   
   favor of a draft standard for what ham radio operators are calling polluting   
   Power Line Communication or PLT apparatus. According to the Radio Society   
   of Great Britain this means the chance of radio interference from P-L-T   
   devices could be 10,000 times higher than the previous standard and holding   
   the potential of ruining people's enjoyment of radio.   
      
   A statement on the RSGB website says that one of the reasons why the combined   
   voice of the amateur radio fraternity was not heeded was the absence of   
   complaints reported to and by the national enforcement agencies. As a   
   consequence it is imperative that interference cases are diagnosed and   
   reported to, and pursued with, U-K telecommunications regulator Ofcom if   
   and when they occur.   
      
   The statement goes on to note that the RSGB EMC Committee is working with   
   other parties to enable radio amateurs to do this and to build up statistics   
   on the status of complaints. If a significant number of people are affected   
   the organization can then lobby for further revision to the standard. If   
   the devices do not cause publicized problems then the protection provided by   
   this new standard will be deemed adequate.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, Im Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.   
      
   --   
      
   You can read the full RSGB statement at tinyurl.com/european-PLT-approved.   
   (Southgate)   
      
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   INTRUDER WATCH: FRENCH RADAR ON THE HF HAM BANDS   
      
   The IARU Region 1 Monitoring Service reports that French radar is again   
   active near and in the High Frequency ham bands. Recent reports have heard   
   it near 7, 14, 14,259, and 21 MHz transmitting a 20 kHz wide burst system.   
      
   But that's not all. Region 1 monitors also report that taxi operators in the   
   Russia Federation, Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan are now using FM in the   
   28 MHz, 10 meter amateur radio band more than ever. You can read more about   
   both these intruders on-line tinyurl.com/10-meter-intruders (IARU-R1)   
      
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   RESTRUCTURING: NORWAY AFFIRMS NEW SPECTRUM FOR AMATEUR RADIO OPERATIONS   
      
   Its now official. Norway has affirmed news bands for ham radio in that   
   nation. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, of the RSGB News reports:   
      
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   The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority has made changes to the   
   Norwegian amateur license regulations.   
      
   The major change is that permission has been given to use 472 to 479 kHz with   
   a maximum 1 Watt EIRP, with the former permission to use 493 to 510 kHz   
   removed.   
      
   Permission has been given to use 70.1875 to 70.2625MHz, except in the three   
   Norwegian southwest counties of Hordaland, Rogaland and West-Agder, where   
   there still is commercial traffic within this frequency segment.   
      
   Other segments allowing 100W transmitter power and maximum 16kHz bandwidth   
   include 70.0625 to 70.0875MHz, 70.3625 to 70.3875MHz and 70.4125 to   
   70.4625MHz.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, Im Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, in Nottingham in the   
   U.K.   
      
   --   
      
   The new rules in Norway are reportedly effective now. (GB2RS)   
      
   **   
      
   RESCUE RADIO: SOUTH AFRICA HAMNET AIDS IN SEARCH FOR MISSING AIRCRADT   
      
   South Africa's HAMNET, the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications   
   Organization has concluded it's involvement in a cross-border search and   
   rescue operation for a missing aircraft. This after a light aircraft, on an   
   October 28th flight from Malawi to an airport in South Africa failed to   
   make regular radio contact over Mozambique.   
      
   Soon after the plane was reported as missing, the South African Air Rescue   
   Control Centre was advised and requested to assist. HAMNET was called out   
   on Monday, October 29th by the Air Rescue Control Centre to form a team to   
   travel to the region and provide a High Frequency communications link   
   between the two countries. Operations took place on the internationally   
   agreed Emergency Centre of Activity frequencies using the 30 and 20 meter   
   bands.   
      
   Unfortunately the search for the missing plane and its occupants was   
   unsuccessful and was scaled back on Saturday November 3rd. At that point   
   the HAMNET team stood down and has now returned home. (IARU Region 1)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: FITSAT-1 SCHEDULES CHRISTMAS EVE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION   
      
   And there will be a Christmas present of sorts from ham radio in space. On   
   December 24th which is Christmas Eve the students in Japan who built the   
   FITSAT-1 satellite are planning to active the birds LED optical array and   
   flash a message in Morse Code to those of us here on mother Earth.   
      
   According to JA6AVG, the students plan to start testing the optical system at   
   the end of November. As such its Morse message beacon may well be visible   
   from Earth with the unaided eye well before the scheduled transmission date.   
      
   FITSAT-1 is a CubeSat that was developed by students at the Fukuoka Institute   
   of Technology in Japan. In addition to the optical transmission system the   
   bird carries a CW beacon on 437.250 MHz and a data link on 437.445 MHz.   
   There is also a 5.8 GHz data downlink.   
      
   Further information about the FITSAT-1 cubesat is on-line at   
   tinyurl.com/fitsat-christmas-signal. And we will have more ham radio space   
   related news later on in this weeks Amateur Radio Newsline report.   
   (FITSAT-1 Team)   
      
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   BREAK 1   
      
   From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard   
   on bulletin stations around the world including the WL7CVG repeater serving   
   Alaska's Kenai Peninsula.   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
      
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   RESCUE RADIO: NIAGRA COUNTY NY RACES GETS $7000 GRANT   
      
   Some good news for a dedicated rescue radio group. Buffalo dot com reports   
   that the Niagara County New York Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service has   
   received a $7,000 donation from Waste Management, parent company of the CWM   
   Chemical Services.   
      
   Jim Callahan of Waste Management made the presentation of the check that will   
   provide the group with equipment for expanding and enhancing its services to   
   Niagara County in the event of a disaster. In doing so Callahan called the   
   RACES hams as being the unsung heroes who are prepared to help communicate   
   through any emergency situation, when other means of communication may be   
   down. (Buffalo.com)   
      
   **   
      
   ENFORCEMENT: PAGER COMPANY FINE REDUCED TO $7000   
      
   The Federal Communications Commission has affirmed a $7000 monetary   
   forfeiture order to Leetek America, Inc. a subsidiary of Lee Technology   
   Korea. This for marketing of an unauthorized pager transmitter system. Jim   
   Davis, W2JKD, has the details:   
      
   --   
      
   On August 25, 2008, the Enforcement Bureau's Spectrum Enforcement Division   
   issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture or NAL to Leetek in the   
   amount of $14,000. This for its apparent willful and repeated violations of   
   Section 302(b) of the Act and Section 2.803(a) of the Rules in connection   
   with its marketing of two models of unauthorized pager transmitter systems.   
      
      
   The Division's investigation into this matter was initiated by a complaint   
   that Leetek was marketing a pager transmitter system that did not comply   
   with the Rules and was causing interference to primary licensed operators.   
      
   Leetek responded to the NAL on September 2, 2008. In its reply, the company   
   repeated the argument that it imported only three units of the LTK-1700CT   
   solely for the purpose of design review and performance testing. Leetek's   
   response also clarified information Leetek submitted to the Division in its   
   response with respect to the LTK-1400S pager transmitter system. It   
   asserted that it never marketed a pager transmitter system with the model   
   number LTK-1400S. Rather that its third party website provider mistyped   
   LTK-1400S as the model number for Leetek's authorized LTK-1400A pager   
   transmitter system. Leetek also said that it never marketed or sold a pager   
   transmitter system with a LTK-1400S model number. According to Leetek, the   
   company was marketing an authorized pager transmitter system called he   
   LTK-1400A, but its third-party website provider misprinted the model number   
   as LTK-1400.   
      
   In rendering its final decision, the FCC says that based on the company's   
   statements, which were made under penalty of perjury, it appears that the   
   device mistakenly marketed on Leetek's website under model number LTK-1400S   
   was properly authorized. Therefore the agency finds that a reduction of the   
   proposed forfeiture is warranted as to that model. However having   
   considered Leetek's response to the proposed fine in light of the applicable   
   statutory factors the FCC concludes that Leetek did willfully and repeatedly   
   violate Section 2.803(a) of the Rules in connection with its marketing of   
   the uncertified LTK-1700CT pager transmitter system, and is therefore liable   
   for a forfeiture in the amount of $7,000.   
      
   Im Jim Davis, W2JKD.   
      
   --   
      
   Because this was an affirmed fine, Leetek Payment was given only fifteen   
   calendar days after the release date of this Forfeiture Order to pay the   
   amount in full. That period is now past. If the forfeiture was not paid   
   within the period specified, the FCC said that the case may be referred to   
   the U.S. Department of Justice for enforcement.   
   (FCC)   
      
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   RADIO LAW: EXTENSION OF HEART MONITORING DEVICE GRANTED   
      
   The FCC has granted a request by Boston Scientific Corporation to extend the   
   existing waiver of Section 15.205 of its rules to continue tests of the   
   company's Cognis cardiac device.   
      
   The FCC says that granting Boston Scientifics' request will permit this   
   device to continue to use the 90 to 110 kHz frequency band while Boston   
   Scientific completes its ongoing MultiSENSE clinical trial, begun in 2010,   
   in which it is using the Cognis device to collect physiologic data related   
   to patients' worsening heart failure.   
      
   The present waiver is scheduled to expire on November 17, 2012, and the   
   extension will permit the continued manufacture and marketing of the subject   
   devices until December 31, 2013, when the referenced clinical trial is   
   expected to complete its enrollment. (FCC)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS: EPISODE 4 OF YOUTH IN AMATEUR RADIO PODCAST AVAILABLE   
      
   Episode 4 of the Youth in Amateur Radio Podcast is now available for   
   download. This month's topics include getting on the air and how repeaters   
   work. The report can be downloaded on yarphams.com or on itunes, or the   
   producers RSS feed. As always please feel free to contact the production   
   team with comments and suggestions. They can be reached by e-mail to Joe   
   Andrews in care of kd0los (at) yahoo (dot) com. (KD0LOS)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS: MICHAEL J. OWEN AWARD CREATED BY IARU   
      
   Some names in the news. A new Michael J. Owen, VK3KI, Award has been created   
   and announced at the recently concluded IARU Region 3 Conference held in Ho   
   Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The purpose of the award is to recognize an   
   individual or individuals that best exemplify the dedication and hard work   
   of International Amateur Radio Union volunteers.   
      
   At the same conference the Wireless Institute of Australia proposed that an   
   annual award or trophy be introduced in Michael Owen's name for the highest   
   Region 3 individual operator score in the IARU High Frequency Contest. It   
   reported that the proposal was well received and the details are to be   
   announced at a later date. (RSGB)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: G4SWX NAMED NEW RSGB VHF MANAGER   
      
   The RSGB has announced the appointment of John Regnault, G4SWX as the   
   societies new VHF Manager. Regnault is described as an active amateur on   
   the VHF and UHF bands, a long standing designer and home builder of VHF   
   equipment and a contributor to the RSGB publication RadCom. He replaces   
   David Butler, G4ASR, who took on the job temporarily following the death of   
   Terry Stevens, G8DKS, earlier in the year. (RSGB)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: GREG WALDEN, W7EQI, RE-ELECTED TO CONGRESS   
      
   Congressman Greg Walden, W7EQI, who is the chairman of the House Energy and   
   Commerce Committee's Communications Subcommittee has been re-elected by a   
   wide margin in Oregon's second district. Walden pulled almost 70% of the   
   vote, according to unofficial results from the Oregon Secretary of State.   
   (Published News Reports)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: NEWSLINE'S WA6ITF TO APPEAR ON ECHOLINK NET NOV. 17   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline producer Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, will be the featured   
   guest on the Saturday night, November 17th edition of the Echolink Newsline   
   Net. The net meets every Saturday at 9 p.m. Eastern on the Dodropin   
   conference server which is Echolink Node number 355800. According to Steve   
   Sercrest, W8WFO, this is not the original name for the gathering. Rather,   
   because it's been running our weekly report for such a long time that those   
   signing in began calling it the Amateur Radio Newsline or Newsline network.   
   Again, you are welcome to join in the net conference at Echolink node 355800   
   on Saturday night, November 17th at 9 p.m. Eastern to hear Newsline's Bill   
   Pasternak, WA6ITF, talk about numerous things in ham radio and do is best to   
   answer your questions. Bill says he hopes to meet many of you there.   
   (W8WFO)   
      
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   BREAK 2   
      
   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:   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
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   EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: BOEING UNVEILS EMP DRONE   
      
   From our technology page, it appears as if science fiction has become a   
   military fact. This after a successful missile test has ushered in a new   
   era of warfare in which the military can take out electronic targets without   
   destroying a single building or harming human beings. Amateur Radio   
   Newsline's Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is here with the story:   
      
   --   
      
   According to news reports, back on October 16th an experimental missile   
   called CHAMP fired bursts of high power microwave energy at an unoccupied   
   site to damage computers and other electronic systems during a test at the   
   Utah Test and Training Range. The Counter Electronics High Power Microwave   
   Advanced Missile Project flew over the Utah test site and brought down the   
   compound's entire spectrum of electronic systems, apparently without   
   producing any other damage at all. Even cameras recording the test was shut   
   down.   
      
   Keith Coleman is the CHAMP program manager for Boeing Phantom Works. He says   
   that in the near future this technology may be used to render an enemy's   
   electronic and data systems useless even before the first troops or aircraft   
   arrive.   
      
   The idea of using microwaves or electromagnetic pulses to knock out   
   electronic systems without having to reduce cities or military bases to   
   rubble first arose during Cold War nuclear tests. There scientists found   
   that explosions created electromagnetic pulses that damaged some civilian   
   power grids and other facilities.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the newsroom   
   in Los Angeles.   
      
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   It will be interesting to see where the development of this new electronic   
   warfare device goes in years to come. (Science OnLine, Business Insider,   
   Discovery News, others)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: WORK PROCEEDING ON RECOVERY OF AO-27   
      
   Amsat Oscar 27 is down but not out. This according to controllers who are   
   working to return of the satellites FM repeater back to service after it   
   stopped responding on October 5th. Heres the back story.   
      
   In early October AO-27 was restored to running on its primary bootloader   
   program. Control operators were able to turn on the Transmitter for a short   
   time on several occasions. Also required were multiple recoveries the stuck   
   AFSK modem.   
      
   During recovery efforts AO-27 crashed once again on October 16. The command   
   team again recovered the satellite to the bootloader state. It was also   
   recovered from another occurrence of the AFSK modem problem and they again   
   performed another software upload.   
      
   On October 18 the transmitter was left on in an attempt to discharge the   
   batteries with the hope that faults could be cleared. Once the battery was   
   recharged the high-level software aboard AO-27 ran for a few seconds before   
   locking up. The team was able to reset it back to the bootloader once   
   again. Telemetry indicate AO-27 is locking up while fetching telemetry from   
   the hardware. As such, controllers say that it does not look like there   
   will be a quick resolution to this crash.   
      
   In the meantime the AO-27 controllers are asking the ham radio public not to   
   attempt to use the AO-27 if you hear it in Amalog mode. This to prevent   
   interfering with the command team's recovery efforts. (AMSAT)   
      
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   RADIO IN SPACE: JAPAN SCHEDULES FIRST LAUNCH OF NEW EPSILON ROCKET   
      
   Japan is scheduled to launch its first Epsilon solid-fueled rocket next   
   August or September. The flight will deploy a planetary telescope while   
   on-orbit while demonstrating new low-cost rocket assembly and control   
   techniques, the Japanese space agency announced last week.   
      
   The Epsilon program is designed to cut in half the cost of Japanese small   
   satellite launches. Japan's M5 rocket, which launched seven times before   
   retiring in 2006, cost $94 million per flight. Engineers designed the   
   Epsilon rocket with a simplified control system, and the vehicle's own   
   computers will autonomously monitor the status of its systems during   
   countdown.   
      
   Only a handful of engineers with laptop computers are required on the launch   
   control team. The Epsilon is also designed to launch after only seven days   
   of assembly on the launch pad, reducing labor and overhead costs. (ANS)   
      
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   CONTEST CORNER: RESULTS OF 2012 ARRL JUNE VHF CONTEST ON LINE   
      
   Sean Kutzko, KX9X, who is the Leagues Contest Branch Manager, says that the   
   results for the 2012 ARRL June VHF Contest are now available online. If you   
   took part and want to know where you placed, you can find out by taking your   
   web browser to www.arrl.org/contest-results-articles. (KX9X)   
      
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   SWL NEWS: L.A. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'S TIS STATION GOES DARK   
      
   If you are an A-M broadcast band DX'er and have not been able to hear the   
   Travelers Information Station on 530 kHz at Los Angeles International   
   Airport theres a good reason. It has reportedly been off the air for a   
   month or so. No word as to why, but it does open up that frequency in the   
   Southwest United States for DX'ing a 50 Kilowatt religious station in Turks   
   and Caicos islands that operates on the same frequency. (CGC)   
      
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   SWL NEWS: UK REGULATOR OFCOM CANCELS 648 KHZ BBC NOV   
      
   British telecommunications regulator Ofcom has issued a notice of variation   
   the Wireless Telegraphy Act to Babcock Communications Ltd. This to remove   
   Babcock's authorization to the frequency of 648 kHz previously used to   
   broadcast the BBC World Service.   
      
   Subject to international co-ordination, this frequency will now be available   
   for use by community radio licensing in various parts of the UK, in addition   
   to FM and other AM frequencies that are already potentially available for   
   this purpose.   
      
   However, some note that the characteristics of 648 kHz is at the lower end of   
   the AM broadcast spectrum and therefore requiring relatively large towers   
   and transmitter sites. This they say may make it less suitable for   
   community radio than other AM frequencies higher up in the Medium Wave band.   
      
   A Notice of Variation in the UK is very much like a Special Temporary   
   Authorization or STA issued here in the United States by our FCC.   
      
   You can read the Ofcom announcement on line at tinyurl.com/uk-nov-cancel   
   (GB2RS)   
      
   **   
      
   DX   
      
   In DX, word that F8FQX will be active from Cameroon as TJ3SN next 3 to 4   
   years. He will be operational on High Frequency bands plus 6 meters using   
   various modes. QSL via IZ1BZV direct or electronically using Logbook of   
   the World.   
      
   Members of F6KOP team and others will be on the air from Uganda next February   
   6th to the 18th as 5X8C. They will be active on 160 through 10 meters using   
   CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via the bureau or electronically using Logbook   
   of the World.   
      
   AA9A will be active from Antigua Island February 10th to the 20th as V24A.   
   His operation will include the 2013 ARRL DX CW Contest. No bands or modes   
   mentioned. QSL via home call   
      
   HB9TUZ will be active as 8Q7MS from Gangehi Island Resort on the North Ari   
   Atoll Male in the Republic of the Maldives from December 26th to January   
   3rd. His operation will be on 80 through 10 meters using SSB only. QSL   
   electronically only using eQSL.   
      
   Lastly the 2012 operation 5X1EME operation from Uganda has been approved for   
   DXCC credit. If you have a card for this operation you can submit it to   
   checkers to be added to your DXCC total.   
      
   (Above courtesy of various DX news sources)   
      
   **   
      
   THAT FINAL ITEM: DAYTON 2013 IS A DX HAMVENTION   
      
   The Dayton Hamvention has announced its theme for 2013. Amateur Radio   
   Newsline's Cheryl, Lasek, K9BIK, has the details:   
      
   --   
      
   When the 2013 Dayton Hamvention opens its doors next May 17th the theme will   
   be that of it being the DX Hamvention. This according to General Chairman   
   Charles Kaiser who says that this name will reflect the distant contact   
   which is an important part of ham radio.   
      
   Kaiser says that the Dayton Hamvention is often an important DX destination   
   for amateurs from around the globe to visit. Also, working DX is often a   
   mix of band conditions, the diligent application of radio theory and of   
   coarse a little bit of magic.   
      
   Kaiser noted that many attendees return to Dayton each year to meet other   
   hams that they have talked to on the radio. He says that the quest for that   
   distant contact advances amateur radio on many levels so the Hamvention team   
   is honoring DX in all of its forms this year.   
      
   In the same press release, Kaiser announced that Jim Tiderman, N8IDS, will   
   serve as his assistant General Chairman for 2013. Kaiser says that Tiderman   
   has been active in Hamvention for many years and brings a natural leadership   
   style to the Hamvention Team.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, Im Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, not far from Dayton   
   in Zion Illinois.   
      
   --   
      
   Hamvention 2013 will take place next May 17th to the 19th at its traditional   
   home at the Hara Arena in suburban Trotwood, Ohio For more information   
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