Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1853 - February 15 2013   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1853 with a release date of February 15   
   2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a Q-S-T. Ham radio responds to a Nor-Easter that hits the   
   U-S-A and Canada; the IARU to do a review of the Region 2 High Frequency   
   bandplan; a Utah Medical Center adds ham radio as a major back-up; the   
   STRAND One ham radio phone-sat to launch late this month and a Charlotte   
   North Carolina TV station accomplishes what hams have been doing for over a   
   decade. Find out the details are on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number   
   1853 coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   RESCUE RADIO: HAM RADIO RESPONDS TO NORTH-EAST BLIZZARD NEMO   
      
   Ham radio was ready when a severe winter storm hit the North-East. Amateur   
   Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, reports:   
      
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   Amateur radio operators in the North-East were kept busy as a gigantic   
   midwinter storm nick named Nemo buried the Northeast in snow on Saturday,   
   February 9th. The storm left behind a geographic region digging out of   
   heavy white drifts and reeling from gale-force winds. And ham radio severe   
   weather spotters were on the job as well. Take a listen:   
      
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   Taunton Skywarn audio.   
      
   --   
      
   That was the sound of the Taunton Skywarn Amateur Radio Club's emergency   
   activation network in Massachusettes as the network passed along snow levels   
   to the National Weather Service while the mega storm continued on its   
   Northward trek. During the storm WX1BOX was also tweeting flooding   
   information down on the coast and reported that Martha's Vinyard had   
   suffered some storm related damage.   
      
   In all, more than three feet of snow fell on parts of Connecticut, and more   
   than two feet accumulated on New Yorks Long Island. The storm also caused   
   coastal flooding that forced evacuations of some Massachusetts low-lying   
   communities. This as waves off the south shore of Boston and parts of Cape   
   Cod measured as high as 20 feet.   
      
   According to news reports, hundreds of thousands of people were without power   
   as wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour cut power lines and toppled trees.   
   More than 400,000 customers were reported without power in Massachusetts and   
   at least another 180,000 in Rhode Island. Also lost in some areas was both   
   wireline and cellular telephone service. For some it was several days   
   before utilities were restored.   
      
   Meantime, hams involved in Skywarn and other severe weather spotting services   
   did their best to keep the National Weather Service and through it the   
   public informed on the very latest in information regarding this bitterly   
   cold Nor-Easter as it played havoc with those in its path.   
      
   With thanks to Lloyd Colston, KC5FM, for supplying the WX1BOX audio clip, I'm   
   Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the newsroom in Los Angeles.   
      
   --   
      
   (KC5FM)   
      
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   RESCUE RADIO: CANADIAN HAMS READY WHEN STORM HITS   
      
   But the United States North-East was not the only region affected by Nemo.   
   The storm then moved North into Canada and Stefan Kinford, N8WB, has that   
   part of the story:   
      
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   After several days of warnings, a major winter storm moved into the Canadian   
   Maritimes. Messages from Bob Robichaud, VE1MBR, at the Atlantic Storm   
   Prediction Centre in Dartmouth were being sent out to all CANWARN members to   
   prepare them in case of activation. Information was also being posted on   
   the Maritime Amateur website.   
      
   On Friday morning the call was made to activate CANWARN in Nova Scotia and   
   Prince Edward Island on Saturday February 9th beginning at 8am Atlantic   
   Time. A message went out to all CANWARN members to let everyone know of the   
   net and that information Environment Canada would be looking for.   
      
   At 8 a.m. Saturday Morning, Net Control began operations by linking up 13   
   repeaters throughout Nova Scotia through the MAVCOM system, IRLP, Echolink   
   and HF operations on 80 meters 3.770 MHz. CANWARN spotters were asked to   
   record snowfall amounts each hour, visibility, wind speed, direction and   
   storm surge. Notes would also be kept for any changeover from snow to   
   freezing rain, ice pellets, rain, flooding and any other damage reports.   
      
   Starting at 11 a.m. damage reports starting coming in of trees down, roofs   
   being blown off, flooding in coastal areas and roads being breached. Power   
   outages were reported all over the province.   
      
   Over the next 12 hours Net Control recorded close to 200 messages. As   
   darkness approached hams were told by Environment Canada that hams could   
   close the net for the evening after the high tide at 10 pm in case of any   
   reports of storm surge. The net activated again Sunday morning for only one   
   hour to record any damage reports. At that time the net was terminated.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, Im Stephan Kinford, N8WB, reporting.   
      
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   More information about CANWARN Atlantic can be found on The Maritime Amateur   
   website at www.maritimeamateur.ca (VE1JBL)   
      
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   RESCUE RADIO: UTAH MEDICAL CENTER ADDS HAM RADIO EMCOMM BACKUP   
      
   Utah's Intermountain Healthcare Southwest Region's Dixie Regional Medical   
   Center has completed installation of two special antennas. Both will serve   
   as a part of its backup communications system powered by amateur radio.   
      
   Bob Vosper, AE7HY, is the Technical Manager for Washington County Amateur   
   Radio Emergency Service. He notes that much of Intermountain's   
   communications system is Internet-based. He notes that if the web   
   connection goes down, that a possible communications blackout could occur.   
      
   To cope with this potential situation, the hospital arranged for Washington   
   County Amateur Radio Emergency Service to install an amateur radio system as   
   a back up that can function without the aid of the Internet or local radio   
   repeaters. The system will also be able to transmit large blocks of data   
   over amateur radio bands.   
      
   According to Vosper, other backup systems were already in place but adding   
   ham radio is just an added redundancy. (StGeorge.com)   
      
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   WORLDBEAT: IARU TO REVIEW REGION II HF BABDPLAN THIS YEAR   
      
   The ARRL reports that the International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 High   
   Frequency bandplan will be a topic of discussion at a conference will be   
   held later this year in Mexico. According to the League, the Region 2   
   conference is held every three years and is attended by delegations from the   
   national Amateur Radio societies in the western hemisphere that are members   
   of the IARU.   
      
   The ARRL is the IARU Member Society for the US. It notes that IARU band   
   plans are voluntary guidelines. It adds that they do not have the force of   
   FCC regulations and that for radio amateurs in the US, IARU band plans are   
   informational, not regulations. However most other countries do not have   
   the detailed sub-band regulations as are in place here in the United States,   
   so for radio amateurs in those nations the voluntary IARU band plans may   
   offer the only guidance on frequency usage.   
      
   Hams living in Region 2 can find the current bandplan on-line at   
   www.iaru-r2.org/band-plan. The Region 1 and Region 3 band plans are also   
   posted there as well. (ARRL, IARU)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: STRAND-1 AMATEUR RADIO SMARTPHONE CUBESAT TO LAUNCH   
   FEBRUARY 25   
      
   The BBC says that the world's first 'smartphone-sat' project called STRAND-1   
   will be ready to launch at the end of February. The STRAND-1 CubeSat will   
   carry a Google Nexus One Android smartphone into space to demonstrate the   
   feasibility of using cheap smartphone's electronics to control a spacecraft.   
      
   Also included will be a software-based speech synthesizer to commemorate the   
   U-O-SAT family of amateur radio satellites that were launched in the   
   1980′s. There will also be an amateur radio AX.25 packet radio   
   downlink on 437.575 MHz.   
      
   The STRAND-1 satellite was built in Guildford in the United Kingdom by   
   volunteers from the Surrey Space Centre and Surrey Satellite Technology   
   Limited in their spare time. It is planned to be launched on February 25th   
   into a 785 km orbit by the Indian Space Research Organization rocket. More   
   is on-line at www.amsat-uk.org and we will have more ham radio space related   
   news later on in this weeks Amateur Radio Newsline report. (AMSAT-UK)   
      
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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 N3EVW repeater serving   
   Scranton Pennsylvania.   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: CONTINUED UNLICENSED OPERATION BRINGS NEW $25000 FINE   
      
   The FCC has affirmed a second $25,000 proposed fine to Whisler Fleurinor for   
   unlicensed operation and this one it says its going to collect in full.   
   Amateur Radio Newsline's Norm Seeley, KI7UP, has more:   
      
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   You may remember back to October of 2011. That's when the South Central   
   Region of the Enforcement Bureau issued a Forfeiture Order to Whisler   
   Fleurinor affirming its findings in a 25,000 Notice of Apparent Liability   
   for unlicensed operation of a radio transmitter. At that time the agency   
   agreed to reduce the forfeiture amount to $500 based solely on his inability   
   to pay claim. Fleurinor then paid the $500 forfeiture and that was supposed   
   to be the end of the matter. But it turned out to be just the tip of a much   
   larger unlicensed radio iceberg.   
      
   On several dates in late 2011, agents from the Miami Office used   
   direction-finding to locate the source of radio frequency transmissions on   
   the frequency 99.5 MHz. Once again the signal was traced it to Whisler   
   Fleurinor's commercial property in Fort Lauderdale. As a result, the Miami   
   FCC Office issued Fleurinor a second Notice of Apparent Liability for   
   Forfeiture on February 1, 2012, which proposed a $25,000 forfeiture. This   
   included a $15,000 upward adjustment because of the deliberate nature of the   
   violation and given that Fleurinor had already been fined and issued   
   multiple Notices of Unlicensed Operation for the same infringement.   
      
   In his response to the proposed fine Fleurinor denied that he violated the   
   Communications Act or any FCC order. He asserted that there had been no   
   radio transmission of any kind for at least 6 months, and that there is no   
   radio equipment at this location. Fleurinor also asserted that the only   
   remnant of any radio equipment is a roof antenna which has been disconnected   
   and was not operational. Finally, Fleurinor states that he is unable to pay   
   the forfeiture and urged cancellation on that basis as well.   
      
   However, in its February 8th decision, the FCC says it's not buying   
   Fleurinor's explanation or defense. It notes that agents from the Miami   
   Office determined that unlicensed radio transmissions on the frequency 99.5   
   MHz weew transmitted from the antenna located on top of Fleuronior's   
   commercial property on several occasions during 2011. Also that he admits   
   that the antenna at issue was his, but denies that he was operating the   
   unlicensed station on the specified dates. This says the FCC says it does   
   not find credible because its agents collected their evidence over several   
   months.   
      
   As to his inability to pay the proposed fine, the FCC says that hes going to   
   have to find a way to do so. This is because in an individual's inability   
   to pay a forfeiture is just one of the factors we consider in determining   
   the appropriate forfeiture penalty. In this case the FCC says that the   
   record evidence in this case shows that Fleurinor is a repeat offender,   
   having already received and paid a forfeiture for the very same violations   
   at issue and has been in violation, either continuously or intermittently   
   since at least 2008.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seely, KI7UP, watching this one from   
   out here in Scottsdale, Arizona   
      
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   The bottom line is that the $25,000 fine stands and Fleurinor was given the   
   customary 30 days to pay it, or the matter may be turned over to the   
   Department of Justice for further action. And Norm adds that the other   
   voice - er - bark you heard in his report is that of Henry J who wants a   
   bit of credit too. (FCC)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO CRIME: COPPER THEFT TAKES NWS RADIO SITE OFF THE AIR   
      
   National Weather Service Coordination Meteorologist Hector Guererro reports   
   that a case of vandalism at the Coleman National Weather Service   
   transmission site in Texas. One that took the Weather Radio station   
   transmitter temporarily off the air.   
      
   Guererro said that county authorities reported that vandals broke into the   
   transmitter building north of Coleman and stole the copper data feed lines   
   that come from the city of San Angelo. The weather alert transmitter, which   
   identifies as WXN-89, operates at 162.475 MHz. News reports say that many   
   area Weather Alert radios and scanners are tuned to that frequency.   
      
   The lines are being replaced and the transmitter should be back on the air by   
   the time you hear this report. Federal officials as well as Coleman county   
   authorities are investigating the break-in and vandalism that damaged the   
   federal government transmitting facility. (Nuizer.com, Brownwooid News)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO CRIME: KWWK KNOCKED OFF THE AIR BY COPPER THIEF   
      
   Rochester Minnesota police are investigating a recent copper theft that took   
   a local radio station off the air. Early Monday, February 4th, someone   
   broke into the KWWK radio transmitter and tower site. The thief made off   
   with both copper transmission line and a motor. An engineer found the crime   
   when he went into work around 4 a.m.. Damage to the property is estimated   
   at $550. (KTTC, others)   
      
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   DELIVERY NOTICE: USPS TO SUSPEND SATURDAY MAIL DELIVERY   
      
   Receiving a QSL card could soon take a little bit longer. This with word   
   that the United States Postal Service has announced that effective the week   
   of August 5th, it will stop Saturday delivery of most mail first-class and   
   standard mail, periodicals and direct-mail advertising. The only exceptions   
   will be packages, mail-order medicines, priority and express mail which will   
   still be delivered six days a week. At least for the time being. (USPS,   
   others)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO BUSINESS: HARBACH TO DISCONTINUE PETER DAHL TRANSFORMER LINE   
      
   The famed Peter Dahl line of transformers used in many ham radio power   
   amplifiers is going away. According to an announcement on the Harbach   
   Electronics website, the company says that producing these transformers in   
   these hard economic times is simply no longer cost effective. According to   
   Jeff Weinberg, W8CQ, of Harbach, he is in negotiations with other entities   
   for someone else to take over the manufacture of Peter Dahl transformers and   
   other components in that product line but as of airtime nothing has been   
   decided. Harbach will discontinue the Peter Dahl product like effective   
   February 14th. More is on-line at harbachelectronics.com. (Harbach   
   Electronics)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS: HEIL SOUND TO AGAIN HOST NAB HAM RADIO RECEPTION IN LAS   
   VEGAS   
      
   Heil Sound has once again signed on as a major sponsor of the Amateur Radio   
   Operators Reception at this years National Association of Broadcasters   
   Convention. The gathering is slated for Wednesday, April 10 from 6 to 8PM   
   Pacific at the LVH Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.   
      
   This will be Heil Sound's eighth year as a sponsor and, according to company   
   president Sarah Heil, there will be a "pile of Heil" with prizes being   
   awarded throughout the evening. Company founder Bob Heil, K9EID, will be on   
   hand to help emcee and entertain the crowd with his stories from the Ham   
   Radio world.   
      
   Again that's The 2013 Amateur Radio Operators Reception, sponsored by   
   Broadcast Supply Worldwide, Heil Sound, Ltd., and Turner Engineering, will   
   be held on Wednesday, April 10th from 6 to 8PM at the L-V-H Hotel for the   
   2013 NAB Amateur Radio Operators Reception. This reception is open to all   
   NAB badge holders and Bob and Sarah Heil say that they hope to see you   
   there. (Heil Sound)   
      
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   HAM HAPPENINGS: CENTRAL STATES VHF CONFERENCE JULY 15 - 18   
      
   Conference registration is now open for the 2013 Central States VHF   
   Conference that will be held July 25th to the 28th at the Elk Grove Holiday   
   Inn in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Conference features this year include   
   an antenna test range, various talks and presentations as well as a special   
   area for rover vehicles to be displayed. ARRL C-E-O Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, is   
   slated as the banquet keynote speaker. More information is on-line at   
   www.csvhfs.org/2013conference. (ANS, Central States VHF Society)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS: ALEX TARSHA, N0AMT JOINS QRZ.COM   
      
   Alex Tarsha, N0AMT, has joined QRZ dot com as a full time staff member in   
   its systems engineering department. Tarsha is a US Air Force veteran who   
   comes to QRZ from the defense industry where he has recently been serving as   
   a Lead Software Security engineer. At QRZ he will function as an   
   Information Technology Engineer performing server maintenance and software   
   development. Prior to Alex's arrival, and for the past 20 years, all of the   
   software and engineering behind QRZ dot com has been done by site creator   
   and owner Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ. (QRZ)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: CHIP MARGELLI, K7JA JOINS INNOVANTENNAS   
      
   And word that Chip Margelli, K7JA, has joined InnovAntennas. At Innov   
   Margelli will manage sales and marketing activities in the Americas and will   
   also contribute to the company's global strategic planning.   
      
   For those of you who might not be aware, K7JA has been as a champion   
   contester, DXer and DXpeditioner for over his five decades and was a 2008   
   inductee into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. On the professional side   
   Margelli has over 35 years experience in the amateur radio industry with   
   stints at Yaesu, Heil Sound and CQ Communications. (InnovAntennas)   
      
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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:   
      
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   THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD: FORMER HAMVENTION CHAIRMAN WALLACE WRIGHT AD8N   
   - SK   
      
   The changing of the guard in ham radio continues with word of the passing of   
   former Dayton Hamvention General Chairman Wallace Wright, Jr. AD8N, on   
   Sunday, January 27th. According to Ron Moorefield, W8ILC, Wright, then   
   WA8ZCA served in the Hamvention's leadership role in the 1977 year.   
      
   Wallace Wright spent most of his career with Dayton Power and Light retiring   
   after 32 years of service. He also provided spiritual leadership in several   
   communities within Southwest Ohio for over 40 years as an AME pastor and   
   pastoral assistant at Agape Bible Fellowship.   
      
   Wallace Wright, AD8N, is survived by his wife of over 43 years, Sylvia and   
   his two children. At the time of his passing he was age 73. (W8ILC)   
      
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   EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: SDR TOUCH TURNS TABLET OR PHONE INTO SDR RECEIVER   
      
   Ham Radio Science reports on an interesting new app called SDR Touch. This   
   is software that allows you to use your Android tablet or cell-phone along   
   with a RTL2832U USB plug in thumb drive as a Software Defined Radio.   
      
   All you need do is to plug the relatively inexpensive drive into your Android   
   4.0 devices USB port and load the SDR Touch app. The combination is   
   reported to allow you to tune and decode the audio from it. Simple, easy   
   and if we may add, cheap.   
      
   More about the device itself is on-line at www.realtek.com.tw. A video   
   showing it in action is at tinyurl.com/sdr-tablet. (Southgate, Ham Radio   
   Science)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ARISS SWITCHES TO ERICSSON RADIO AFTER EXPERIENCING   
   PROBLEMS WITH THE KENWOOD D700   
      
   ARISS has switched radios. After experiencing issues with the Kenwood D700   
   on two consecutive school contacts, Amateur Radio on the International Space   
   Station operations have announced plans to use the Ericsson radio on the   
   Columbus module for all contacts until problems with the D700 are resolved.   
      
   Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, is AMSAT's Vice President for Human Spaceflight   
   Programs. He says that for some reason signals from the Service Module   
   Kenwood D700 radio are much diminished. He notes that a recent contact with   
   Israel had low audio levels. Another contact with the Hospital for Sick   
   Children was even worse. Only one student was able to talk to Chris   
   Hadfield before signals on the ground were lost even though the crew reports   
   hearing the ground station well.   
      
   It should be noted that both these contacts were with made using telebridge   
   stations which have above average gear. Also astro-ham Hadfield used the   
   space stations IP Phone, immediately after the hospital radio contact and   
   answered all the student's questions so that all was not lost. A later   
   contact with a school in Japan using the Columbus Module Ericsson radio   
   proved very successful. (ANS, ARISS)   
      
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   ON THE AIR: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE ALGERIAN AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION   
      
   On the air, listen out for members of a group of Algerian hams who will   
   activate special event callsigns 7T9A and 7T50ARA. This to celebrate the   
   50th anniversary of the Algerian Amateur Radio Association. QSL both   
   callsigns by the Bureau or direct to: PO Box 1, Algiers RP 16000, Algeria.   
   Sorry, but no International Reply Coupons will be accepted for this one.   
   (Via e-mail)   
      
   **   
      
   DX   
      
   In DX, V47JA will again be operating from his Calypso Bay, St. Kitts,   
   vacation home from February 20th until March 21st. Active will be on 160   
   throuhgh 6 meters and will include 60 meters. Jon also advises Amateur   
   Radio Newsline that he plans to take part in the CQ 160 Meter Contest   
   February 22nd through the 24th and the ARRL International DX Contest on   
   March 2nd and 3rd, both on SSB. QSL's via W5JON either direct or   
   electronically via Logbook of the World.   
      
   VE3DZ will be on the air from Jamaica as 6Y2T until February 19th. He's   
   reportedly operational on 160 through 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL   
   via VE3DZ.   
      
   An international team will be on the air from Burundi through February 23rd.   
   In total they will have 9 operators and four stations using the callsign   
   9U4U. Activity is on 160 through 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. The   
   operations QSL Manager is M0URX   
      
   W1VE will be active as 8P9RM from Barbados starting February 26th. His   
   operation will be on 160 through 6 meters with a focus on CW and the lower   
   bands. QSL via W1VE.   
      
   An International group, along with the Tunisian Radio Amateurs and the   
   Engineering University of Gabes, are planning another DXpedition to Djerba   
   Island between April 29th and May 6th. The Tusisian Amateur Radio Society   
   is expected to receive the callsign TS8TI on or about March 15th.   
   Operations for this DX outing will be on all HF bands including the 30, 17   
   and 12 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, AMTOR and PSK31. Late word is that they   
   are looking for operators, sponsors and individual contributions to make   
   this operation possible.   
      
   Lastly, Bill Moore NC1L, the ARRL's Awards Branch Manager says that the   
   current 5X8C operation from Uganda, along with the T6TJ and T6BP operations   
   from Afghanistan have been approved for DXCC credit. If you've had cards   
   declined except Logbook of the World applications please send an e-mail to   
   bmoore (at) arrl.org to be placed on the list for an update. If your QSOs   
   were confirmed only via Logbook of the World, they were not imported to DXCC   
   since at the time of your application these were not yet approved. Moore   
   says that Logbook of the World confirmed QSOs' can be reclaimed via your   
   next submission only. Also from NC1L word that the Zed-81-A and Zed-81-D   
   operations commencing back in 2012 from Republic of South Sudan have also   
   been approved,   
      
   **   
      
   THAT FINAL ITEM: TV STATION LAUNCHES BALLOON TO EDGE OF SPACE   
      
   And finally this week, , Charlotte NBC affiliate WCNC, decided to do what ham   
   radio operators have been doing for many years. That being to put some   
   consumer grade video cameras inside a box, tie it to a helium filled balloon   
   and launch it toward near-space. Amateur Radio Newsline's Cheryl Lasek,   
   K9BIK, has the story of this unexpected extended flight:   
      
   --   
      
   Corrie Harding is WCNC's news director. He says that he saw a video on   
   YouTube of two people launching a beer can toward space and wanted to see if   
   his station could do the same thing. So with the help of Hackerspace   
   Charlotte the station took two Go-Pro cameras, a lunchbox, a helium filled   
   balloon, a 3D model of an astronaut with meteorologist Larry Sprinkle`s face   
   attached and launched it to see how high it would reach.   
      
   The balloon rose to an altitude of 102,457 feet before breaking and sending   
   both the cameras and the astronaut model plummeting back toward Earth. The   
   package took 3 1/2 hours to ascend and 45 minutes to fall back to Earth. The   
   station says that the package was found 25 days after the balloon was found   
   by an air search lying in several acres of briars 172 miles from where it   
   launched.   
      
   You can watch the video of the flight and the payload recovery at   
   tinyurl.com/wcnc-balloon.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, in Zion, Illinois.   
      
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   According to Mark Garrett at least one ham radio operator was involved in the   
   WCNC mission. Garrett identifies him as August Flassig, N6TYE, whose APRS   
   call was used for the flight. (Media World)   
      
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