Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1869 - June 7 2013   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1869 with a release date of June 7th   
   2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QST. A ham radio operator severe weather researcher   
   looses his life in an Oklahoma tornado; the FCC sets commentary date for   
   comments on RF exposure reassessment; new life for ham radio in Ghana; the   
   government seizes an unlicensed broadcast station near Boston and some long   
   missing moon dust is found in a California warehouse. All this and more on   
   Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1869 coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   RESCUE RADIO: THREE SEVERE WEATHER RESEARCHERS LOST IN OKLAHOMA TORNADO   
      
   A ham radio operator, his son and an associate who chased severe weather to   
   help science better understand Mother Nature's wrath has been killed by a   
   tornado in Oklahoma. Amateur Radio Newsline's Burt Hicks has the sad   
   details:   
      
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   Professional storm chasers Tim Samaras, WJ0G, his son Paul and fellow   
   investigator Carl Young lost their lives on May 31st when a tornado that   
   they were trailing unexpectedly changed paths and rammed their vehicle near   
   El Reno, Oklahoma.   
      
   According to news reports it all happened so suddenly that the three severe   
   weather investigators were unable to escape the storms wrath. Tim Samaras   
   was found dead in his vehicle still strapped in his seat belt. Paul Samaras   
   and Carl Young had apparently been pulled from the vehicle by the tornado   
   with the remains of one found almost a half mile away.   
      
   Tim and Paul Samaras and Carl Young were not your average storm chasers. The   
   three were a part of a scientific field study called TWISTEX or the Tactical   
   Weather Instrumented Sampling in or Near Tornadoes Experiment. This is a   
   scientific field research program that had been originated by Tim Samaras.   
   Its purpose is to better understand the origin, maintenance and decay of   
   tornadic activity in the hope of gaining insight and knowledge of the seldom   
   sampled near surface internal tornado environment. The experiment was well   
   known in the meteorology community and had been featured on The Discovery   
   Channel's television program Storm Chasers.   
      
   In a public statement honoring the three, the National Oceanic and   
   Atmospheric Administration stated that Tim Samaras was a respected tornado   
   researcher and friend of NOAA who brought to the field a unique portfolio of   
   expertise in engineering, science, writing and videography. The NOAA   
   statement went on to say that Samaras work was documented through an   
   extensive list of formal publications and conference papers. News reports   
   said that Tim Samaras held the Guinness World Record for recording the   
   greatest pressure drop ever measured inside a tornado and was the only   
   person to ever record video from the interior of a tornado using special   
   technology that he had developed.   
      
   Terry Garcia is the Executive Vice President of the National Geographic   
   Society. He said that his organization had provided 18 grants to Tim   
   Samaras for research over the years for field work like he was doing in   
   Oklahoma at the time of his death. Garcia added that tornadoes were not Tim   
   Samaras' only interest and that his work on lightning was featured in the   
   August 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Burt Hicks, in Los Angeles.   
      
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   We know that you join us in sending condolences to the families of these   
   three valiant severe weather researchers. (ARNewsline(tm) from various news   
   sources)   
      
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   RADIO LAW: FCC SETS DEADLINES FOR RF EXPOSURE REASSESSMENT COMMENTS   
      
   The ARRL report the deadlines have been set for comments and reply comments   
   in an FCC proceeding to reassess the limits and policies governing exposure   
   to radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields   
      
   On March 27, the FCC released a First Report and Order, Further Notice of   
   Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry in ET Docket Nos. 13-84 and   
   03-137.   
      
   Publication in the June 4, 2013 Federal Register started the clock on a   
   90-day period for comments, the deadline for which is September 3rd. There   
   is an additional 60-day period for reply comments, i.e. until November 1st.   
      
   The unusually long period for comments reflects the complexity of the   
   proceeding and underscores the Commission's desire for specific information   
   on the costs and benefits related to the RF exposure issue.   
      
   While the FCC proposals do not change the existing RF exposure limits, they   
   include the deletion of existing special exemptions from evaluation in the   
   Amateur Radio Service in Section 97.13(c) of its rules. Minor rules changes   
   adopted in the Report and Order section of the document take effect on   
   August 5.   
      
   A summary of the document is at tinyurl.com/exposure-limit-comment (ARRL)   
      
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   ELECTRONIC LAW: WHITE HOUSE GOING AFTER PATENT TROLLS   
      
   If you are a ham or other hobbyist who produces a podcast, listen up. The   
   White House says that its time to end what the legal world calls patent   
   trolling. And it's taking the first steps by issuing five executive actions   
   and seven legislative recommendations designed to protect U.S. companies and   
   their products from spurious litigation from Patent Assertion Entities that   
   are more commonly called Patent Trolls. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather   
   Embee, KB3TZD, reports:   
      
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   According to the National Economic Council and the Council of Economic   
   Advisors, Patent Trolls are entities that threaten to sue thousands of   
   companies at once, without specific evidence of infringement against any of   
   them. They may also create shell companies that make it difficult for   
   defendants to know who is suing them and assert that their patents cover   
   inventions not imagined at the time they were granted.   
      
   Information made public by the two councils say that suits brought by patent   
   trolls have jumped by nearly 250% in just the last two years, rising from   
   29% of all infringement suits to 62% of all infringement suits. Estimates   
   suggest that patent trolls may have threatened over 100,000 companies with   
   patent infringement last year alone.   
      
   But it does not end there. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says that   
   there is yet another new aspect to this situation This is where Patent   
   Trolls are increasingly targeting retailers, consumers and other end-users   
   of products containing patented technology especially software.   
      
   Among the initial steps being taken by the Obama administration is having the   
   Patent and Trademark Office begin a rulemaking to require patent applicants   
   and owners to regularly update patent ownership information when they are   
   involved in patent proceedings before that agency, specifically naming who   
   controls the patent. Its also will give more training to its patent   
   examiners on scrutiny of functional claims and develop strategies to improve   
   claim clarity. This in areas where stakeholders remain concerned about   
   patents with overly broad claims.   
      
   Possibly more important to all U.S, citizens is the White House statement   
   that says end users should not be subject to lawsuits for simply using a   
   product as it was intended. It says that citizens need an easier way to   
   know their rights before entering into costly litigation or settlements with   
   Patent Trolls.   
      
   For the amateur Radio Newsline, I;m Heather Embee, KB3TZD, in Berwick,   
   Pennsylvania.   
      
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   The Obama Administration says it stands ready to work with Congress to enact   
   legislation to curb this type of patent abuse. This could be particularly   
   important to a growing sector of hams that are producing and posting amateur   
   radio oriented podcasts to the World-Wide-Web. This is especially true of   
   the teens and pre-teens whose ham radio oriented podcasts appear to be the   
   fastest growing segment of all. (RW, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)   
      
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   WORLDBEAT: NEW LIFE FOR HAM RADIO IN GHANA   
      
   Some good news out of Ghana. The first Amateur Radio Administration meeting   
   aimed at bringing together operators, industry experts and other relevant   
   bodies to exchange experiences and best practices in the field was recently   
   held in that nation. Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB,   
   reports:   
      
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   The weeklong workshop was organized by Ghana's National Communication   
   Authority in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union and   
   the International Amateur Radio Union.   
      
   Paarock VanPercy is the Director General of Ghana's National Communication   
   Authority. Speaking at the opening session of the gathering he said amateur   
   radio needs to be regulated to ensure that the frequencies used by these   
   operations did not interfere or impact on the operations of commercial and   
   professional radio users. However he then underscored the importance of   
   amateur radio operations, saying they had contributed immensely in the   
   fields of science, engineering, industry and social services.   
      
   VanPercy advised Senior High Schools, polytechnic schools and universities to   
   apply for licenses from the National Communication Authority to expose   
   students to amateur radio operations for research. He also announced that   
   his agency would soon publish the syllabus for amateur radio examinations in   
   that nation.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8EWB, in Wadsworeth,   
   Ohio.   
      
   --   
      
   You can read the full story at tinyurl.com/ham-radio-in-ghana.   
   (Ghana.gov, Southgate)   
      
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   WORLDBEAT: HAMS IN SPAIN GRANTED NEW BANDSPACE   
      
   Hams in Spain have been granted an extension of the 160 meter band along with   
   a new 630 meter allocation. This with word that Spanish radio amateurs have   
   been authorized to use a new segment from 1810 to 1830 kHz on secondary   
   basis. The new frequencies are in addition to their primary allocation of   
   1830 to 1850 kHz. Spanish radio amateurs are also now allowed to use the   
   band of 472 to 479 kHz also on secondary basis. (EA7SB, Southgate)   
      
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   RESTRUCTURING: MORE 6 METER BABNDSPACE IN GERMANY   
      
   Radio amateurs in Germany have had their 6 meter band extended until at least   
   the end of the year. The latest allocation is from 50.03 to 51MHz and the   
   bottom 30 kHz ties up with where the new 6 meter Synchronized Propagation or   
   Synced Beacons are planned. German radio amateurs may use all modes with a   
   bandwidth up to 12 kHz but must not cause interference to the primary user   
   of the band which is the German the military. (GB2RS)   
      
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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 KB5UJM repeater serving   
   San Antonio, Texas.   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: GOVERNMENT SEIZES UNLICENSED BROADCAST STATION NEAR BOSTON   
      
   It does not happen very often, but in this case the U.S. Attorney's Office   
   for Massachusetts has seized transmission equipment from an unlicensed   
   broadcaster operating in the Boston area. This after the FCC received   
   interference complaints from a licensed station and tracked the unauthorized   
   transmissions to the neighborhood of Roslindale last January. Amateur Radio   
   Newsline's Norm Seeley, KI7UP, picks up the story:   
      
   --   
      
   According to the court documents, upon finding the transmitters location   
   agents from the commission's Enforcement Bureau went to the building and   
   posted Notices of Unlicensed Operation on the station door. These contained   
   a warning the operator to stop transmitting without a license. When the   
   agents returned, the notices were gone, and the station was still putting   
   out a signal on 88.5 MHz.   
      
   The FCC escalated the case into a forfeiture action and that's when the   
   office of the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts became involved. And on May   
   21st Federal agents raided the station and seized the transmission   
   equipment.   
      
   Carmen Ortiz is a U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts. In a press statement she   
   said that it is a potential hazard to public safety for pirate radio   
   stations to broadcast illegally and interfere with critical radio   
   communications. She added that the U.S. Attorney's Office will work in   
   conjunction with the FCC to identify and seize equipment from these pirate   
   broadcasters.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, in Scottsdale,   
   Arizona.   
      
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   The warrant in this case was only recently unsealed in U.S. District Court.   
   Whether or not it signals a change in tactics on the part of government   
   enforcement action against unlicensed broadcasts remains to be seen. (FCC,   
   RW)   
      
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   RADIO LICENSING: VEC CLERICAL ERROR LEADS TO PROPOSED LICENSE MODIFICATION   
      
   A clerical error by a Volunteer Examination Coordinator will likely lead to a   
   license downgrade for a California ham. This after the FCC releases an   
   order proposing to modify the license of James H. Schofield, KI6JIM, from   
   General to Technician due to no fault of his own.   
      
   On November 29, 2012, the W5YI Volunteer Examiner Coordinator sent an   
   electronic data file to the Commission requesting that Schofield's operator   
   license for amateur station KI6JIM be modified to upgrade to General Class   
   amateur radio operator privileges. Based on this application, the   
   Commission granted Schofield a General Class license on November 29, 2012.   
      
   On May 30, 2013, the W5YI VEC notified the Commission that it had made a   
   typographical error in the November 2012 data file and that a licensee other   
   than Schofield had qualified for a General Class operator license. W5YI VEC   
   noted that a correction was filed, resulting in the other licensee receiving   
   the operator license for which he had qualified but that Schofield's   
   operator privileges had not been returned to Technician Class operator   
   privileges. The W5YI VEC urged the FCC to modify Schofield's license to   
   correct the operator privileges.   
      
   Now in a June 4th Order Proposing Modification the FCC says it believes that   
   the grant of General Class operator privileges to Schofield was erroneous   
   because he did not pass the examination necessary to qualify for that class   
   of operator license. Rather, he appears to be currently authorized to   
   operate with General Class operator privileges due to a typographical error   
   made during the application process. As such it believes that a   
   modification of the license for amateur station KI6JIM to replace General   
   Class operator privileges with Technician Class operator privileges is   
   appropriate. It also notes that if Schofield opposes this action that he   
   has 30 days to submit a written statement with sufficient evidence to show   
   that the modification would not be in the public interest. (FCC)   
      
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   RESCUE RADIO: FCC SAYS OK TO NEW PSA USING SIMULATED EAS TONES   
      
   The FCC has issued a waiver specifically for a new series of on the air   
   Public Service Announcements or PSA's which include a simulated Wireless   
   Emergency Alert or EAS Attention Signal.   
      
   The new PSAs are called "Wireless Alerts =97 Sounds of Your Life." Normally   
   airing live EAS tones is prohibited. However in this case, the Ad Council   
   confirmed to Radio World that FCC says the attention signal in the PSA does   
   not mislead the listening or viewing public into erroneously concluding that   
   an actual emergency message is being transmitted.   
      
   The Alabama Broadcasters Association had previously suggested that   
   broadcasters not to air these new PSAs from the Ad Council because they   
   contained actual EAS tones. However in an updated memo issued to members   
   late Friday, May 31st, the association said that the tone sounds the same as   
   the EAS alert tone, but has a different set of codes. As such, it will not   
   trigger a stations EAS receiver.   
      
   The new English and Spanish language PSAs are being distributed as part of   
   Hurricane Preparedness Week. This is an annual effort by FEMA, the National   
   Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Department of Homeland   
   Security and the National Hurricane Center to inform the public about   
   hurricane hazards and help citizens prepare and take action. (RW, FCC)   
      
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   HAM HAPPENINGS: INDIA SMALL SATELLITE WORKSHOP FEATURES HAM RADIO   
      
   A Small Satellite Developer Workshop featuring Amateur Radio is now slated   
   for July 8th to the 13th in Chennai, India. The amateur radio segment is   
   being conducted by the National Institute of Amateur Radio with topics to be   
   discussed to include Software Designed Receiver design and Basics of   
   Spacecraft Technology among others. Further details are on the web at   
   www.spaceschool.co.in. (NAIR)   
      
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   HAM HAPPENINGS: EMC WORKING GROUP FRIEDRICHSHAFEN MEETING   
      
   The International Amateur Radio Union's Region 1 Electromagnetic   
   Compatibility Working Group has invited its members as well as observers   
   from all national societies to attend the meeting. This to take place in   
   Friedrichshafen, Germany on Friday, June 28th.   
      
   The meeting will be held from 12:00 to 13:30 local time at the same venue as   
   last year. Details of how to find the meeting room can be obtained from the   
   Deutscher Amateur Radio Club or IARU booths in the main convention hall or   
   from the convention's operations personnel. More including a group of EMC   
   Working Group members is on line at tinyurl.com/iaru-r1-emc-2013. (IARU   
   Region 1)   
      
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   HAM HAPPENINGS: SOUTHERN CAL BOZO NET 2 METER SSB NET   
      
   Meantime on this side of the Atlantic, if you are a 2 meter SSB user looking   
   to meet others, listen up. The Southern California 2 Meter BOZO Net meets   
   on 144.240 MHz Upper Sideband at 8:00 P.M. Pacific every Sunday evening.   
   Net organizers invite anyone within rage to sign in and join in the   
   discussions. More information can be found at www.2meterbozo.net. (N6EQ)   
      
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   HAM HAPPENINGS: CR6RI TO CELEBRATE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION   
      
   Rotary International which holds the distinction of being the worlds first   
   Volunteer Service Organization is holding it's annual convention this year   
   in Lisbon, Portugal from June 22nd to the 26th. To help celebrate this   
   event Rotarians Of Amateur Radio which is a fellowship of Rotarians, is   
   activating a special event station CR6RI during the Convention's exhibition   
   hours from 09:00 to 18:00 UTC daily. Frequencies to be used will be 14.287,   
   14.293 and possibly 21.293 MHz. More information will be made available on   
   qrz.com. About 30,000 Rotary members are expected to attend this year's   
   convention gathering.   
   (VK4ZD)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS: KX9X REPLACES W1AGP AS ARRL MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS   
   MANAGER   
      
   Some names in the news this week This with word that ARRL Contest Branch   
   Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, has accepted the position of Media and Public   
   Relations Manager for the League.   
      
   Sean Kutzko joined the ARRL as the Contest Branch Manager in October 2007.   
   An enthusiastic operator in contests and VHF weak-signal work as well as a   
   backpack QRPer, Kutzko holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the   
   University of Illinois at Springfield and has worked at several National   
   Public Radio affiliates in the Midwest.   
      
   Kuzko replaces former Media and Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP   
   who officially retired earlier this year but had stayed on until a   
   replacement could be found. Pitts will remain as a consultant on the   
   planning of the ARRL's 2014 centennial celebration.   
      
   Taking over as Contest Branch Manager is Mike DeChristopher, N1TA.   
   DeChristopher started at ARRL last year as a Logbook of The World Specialist   
   and Awards and Programs Assistant. He resides in Feeding Hills,   
   Massachusetts and is very active in contesting from that location.   
      
   Kutzko and DeChristopher will begin their new positions on June 17th.   
   (ARRL)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS: BOB RATCLIFFE NAMED CHIEF OF FCC ENFORCEMENT BUREAU   
      
   Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn has named Bob Ratcliffe acting chief of   
   the FCC's Enforcement Bureau. Ratcliffe moves over from the Media Bureau,   
   where he had been had been deputy chief. Ratcliffe has been at the   
   commission for more than 35 years. He's had stints as acting chief of the   
   Media Bureau during the final phases of the digital television transition in   
   2009 and as deputy chief of the Enforcement Bureau from 2006 to 2009.   
   Previously, Ratcliffe held various positions in the former Mass Media   
   Bureau. The move was prompted because Clyburn recently named the previous   
   chief of the Enforcement Bureau, Michele Ellison, as her chief of staff.   
   (RW)   
      
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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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   CHANGING OF THE GUARD: VETERAN KNX ANCHOR HARRY BIRRELL, KM6WX - SK   
      
   The changing of the guard in ham radio continues. This with word of the   
   passing of longtime veteran Los Angeles newsman Harry Birrell, KM6WX, at age   
   85.   
      
   A native of Steubenville, Ohio, Harry Birrell started his broadcasting career   
   at WBVP in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania in 1949. From there he moved to WEIR   
   West Virginia and held positions at several other stations before moving   
   West. He joined KFWB the then Group W Westinghouse station in Los Angeles   
   before moving to KNX Newsradio in 1968. There Birrell was hired as a news   
   anchor and spent the next 25 years as one of the best known radio voices in   
   Southern California. He partially retired from KNX in 1993 but spent the   
   next 5 1/2 years working from his home studio. From there he sent in daily   
   reports of Ventura County news that were heard on the station. He went into   
   full retirement in 1999.   
      
   During his long career Harry Birrell was honored with nine Golden Mikes   
   awarded by the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California   
   for his excellence in broadcasting. He has also been recognized repeatedly   
   by the Greater Los Angeles Press Club, the Valley Press Club, the Associated   
   Press and United Press International. Perhaps his highest tribute was being   
   named recipient of the Dupont-Columbia Award for Excellence in Broadcast   
   Journalism given to him by the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia   
   University.   
      
   According to his bio on QRZ.com, Harry Birrell and his wife Emily had been   
   married over 57 years when she passed away in 2007. He is survived by his   
   two children and five grand-children. At airtime, funeral arrangements had   
   not yet been announced.   
      
   (KNX Newsradio, QRZ.com and other published news reports)   
      
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   EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: PERCEPTIVE RADIO ADAPTS TO WHERE IT IS   
      
   A radio that is able to change the context of a broadcast depending on where   
   you are and what you are doing, has been demonstrated by the BBC. The   
   Perceptive Radio, created by Ian Forrester of the corporation's Future Media   
   division, is thought to be a world first.   
      
   For its initial showing the team produced a computer-generated radio drama   
   where the script altered depending on factors such as weather. This   
   proof-of-concept drama used a computer generated voice for one of the   
   characters and could adapt on the fly according to data pulled from external   
   sources. For instance, it could make reference to local places which would   
   differ from the script depending on where in the world a listener is.   
      
   If you want to read more about this latest in almost senescent computer   
   technology you will find it on the web at tinyurl.com/thinking-radio.   
      
   (BBC, Southgate)   
      
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   RADIO FROM SPACE: FIRST PAPER BASED ON KAT-7 RADIO TELESCOPE RELEASED   
      
   The South African Radio League reports that the first scientific paper based   
   on observations performed with South Africa's new KAT-7 radio telescope, has   
   been accepted for publication by the prestigious journal Monthly Notices of   
   the Royal Astronomy Society.   
      
   Using the new KAT-7 telescope and the existing 26 meter radio telescope at   
   the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, South African and   
   international astronomers have observed a neutron star system known as   
   Circinus X-1. This as it fires matter from its core in extensive, compact   
   jets that flare brightly.   
      
   The details of the flares are visible only in radio waves. The full story   
   and a brief video are on line at www.amsatsa.org.za. (AMSAT-SA)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: Fox-1 Ham Radio CubeSat frequencies announced   
      
   The International Amateur Radio Union Frequency Coordination Panel has   
   announced coordinated frequencies for the AMSAT-NA Fox-1CubeSat. The   
   uplink will be on 435.180 MHz for FM voice and the downlink on145.980 MHz   
   with FM voice and an optional sub audible FSK digital carrier channel.   
      
   Fox-1a is a one unit cubesat that will serve as a communications relay for   
   radio amateurs worldwide via the onboard FM repeater system. It will also   
   carry an experiment consisting of a 3-axis gyro developed by Penn State   
   University. The communications and scientific experiment missions will run   
   concurrently. (AMSAT)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: HAMTV FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION   
      
   The frequencies of 2422.0 MHz and 2437.0 MHz have been announced for a new   
   ham radio Digital TV transmitter that will operate as an educational adjunct   
   from the International Space Station.   
      
   The main mission of what's being called Ham TV is to perform school contacts   
   between the astronauts onboard ISS and educational institutions on the   
   ground. This by providing space station to ground video within ARISS   
   program.   
      
   To accomplish this, the ISS will host a new S-Band video transmitting station   
   in addition to the existing VHF FM ham band transceiver. The new equipment   
   will have the ability to transmit images from orbit during the school   
   contacts. It will also be able to broadcast other pre-recorded video images   
   up to 24 hours a day to allow ground stations tuning. More information on   
   this new on-orbit service is on the Web at tinyurl.com/iss-dtv. (IRTS)   
      
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   ON THE AIR: PS2013CCB CELEBRATES FIFA IN BRAZIL   
      
   On the air, listen out for Brazilian special event station PS2013CCB to be   
   active between June 15th to the 30th to celebrate the FIFA Confederations   
   Cup Brazil event. Operation will be on 40 through 10 meters using CW, SSB   
   and various digital modes. Operations are. QSL via PS7AB, only via the   
   bureau or electronically using either Logbook of the World or eQSL. SWL   
   card request are also welcome. (OPDX)   
      
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   DX   
      
   In DX, F9IE, is now operational stroke CT7 from Portugal on 60 meters. He is   
   running 100 and should be there for about another week. He is said to be   
   operating CW on 5405 and 5373 kHz with SSB on 5403.5 and 5371.5 kHz. No QSL   
   information has been provided.   
      
   The VU7KV Lakshadweep Islands operation last month has been approved for DXCC   
   credit. If anyone had this contact rejected in a recent submission send an   
   e-mail to bmoore (at) arrl (dot) org to be placed on the list for an update   
   to your record.   
      
   VK3DAC is currently operational from Christmas Island as VK9DAC   
   He is active on 80 through 10 meters as time permits. QSL as directed by the   
   operator.   
      
   DL1DI will be active as PJ4D from the island of Bonaire between June 22nd and   
   July 10th. All that's known so far is that he will be there on vacation.   
   More details to be follow.   
      
   W1XP is currently active stroke P4 from Aruba. Listen out for him on the   
   various High Frequency bands. QSL's go via his home call.   
      
   F5SWB will be on the air as TU5DF from the Ivory Coast from June through   
   October. Activity will be on all of the High Frequency bands. QSL via   
   F5SWB.   
      
   Lastly, word that ZS6EZ and ZS6P will be active from Mozambique from October   
   15th to the 22nd as C92Z and C91P respectively. They will also be   
   operational using the call C82DX. QSL C92Z via ZS6EZ. Cards for C91P go   
   via ZS6P   
      
      
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   THAT FINAL ITEM: LOST MOON DUST FOUND IN STORAGE ON EARTH   
      
   And finally this week, several vials of moon dust brought back to Earth by   
   the first men on the moon have been found inside a lab warehouse in   
   California. This after sitting in storage unnoticed for more than 40 years.   
   Amateur Radio Newsline's Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, reports:   
      
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   Many of you likely remember those fuzzy live pictures from the moons surface   
   when Astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human being to set foot on an   
   alien world. We also watched as Armstrong and Apollo 11 crew mate Buzz   
   Aldrin collected samples from the Lunar surface before returning with them   
   to mother Earth. Now some four decades later a part of the samples that   
   Armstrong and Aldrin brought back with them were recently rediscovered by an   
   archivist who was going over artifacts tucked away at the Lawrence Berkeley   
   National Laboratory.   
      
   Karen Nelson, who made the surprising discovery, said in a statement from the   
   lab that they don't know how or when the samples ended up in storage. She   
   says that she came across about 20 vials with handwritten labels dated "24   
   July 1970," packed in a vacuum-sealed glass jar.   
      
   Accompanying the jar was an academic paper published in the Proceedings of   
   the Second Lunar Science Conference in 1971, titled "Study of Carbon   
   Compounds in Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 Returned Lunar Samples." All of the   
   authors of the paper were from the University of California, Berkeley's   
   Space Sciences Laboratory. This included Nobel Prize-winning chemist Melvin   
   Calvin, who worked with NASA on efforts to protect the moon from   
   contamination during the first lunar landing, as well as planning on how to   
   protect those on Earth from unknown pathogens that might have been lurking   
   on the Moon's surface.   
      
   It turns out that the moon dust samples were supposed to have been sent back   
   to NASA after the Space Sciences Laboratory team finished their research on   
   them for some unknown reason they instead ended up in storage.   
      
   After making the discovery Nelson then got in touch with NASA officials.   
   They in turn permitted her to open the jar to remove the vials before she   
   returned them to the space agency and making for a happy ending to a 4   
   decade old story that began on the surface of the Moon.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, in Zion, Illinois.   
      
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   In all, NASA's moon-walking Apollo astronauts brought 842 pounds of lunar   
   samples back to Earth between 1969 and 1972, and very little of it was   
   thought to be unaccounted for until Nelson's discovery. More on this   
   important find is on the Web at tinyurl.com/moon-dust-found   
      
   (TechMag7 and other published news reports)   
      
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   AE5DW, in Southern Mississippi saying 73 and we thank you for listening.   
      
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