Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1886 - October 4 2013   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1886 with a release date of   
   October 4 2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a Q-S-T.  The FCC in shutdown.  How will it affect ham   
   radio?  A new report says that faulty radio communications may have led   
   to deaths of 19 firefighters in Arizona; Hams in Pakistan stand ready   
   to assist following devastating earthquakes; The IARU Administrative   
   Council looks for ways to work with non member societies; D-Star comes   
   to 40 meters down-under and rappelling off a 367 foot hotel was all in   
   a days work for a California ham.  Find out the details are on Amateur   
   Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1886 coming your way right now.   
      
      
      
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   RADIO LAW:  GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AFFECTS THE FCC   
      
   With the government shutdown that came into affect on October 1st, one   
   of the many agencies affected is the FCC.  Amateur Radio Newsline's   
   Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom and takes a look at how this   
   will affect the United States world of Amateur Radio:   
      
   --   
      
   Until the government shutdown actually occurred on October 1st, no one   
   was quite sure which FCC services required by Amateur Radio would be   
   affected.   
      
   A widely circulated FCC shutdown plan suggested only essential   
   personnel mandated by law would remain on duty until the budget   
   situation is resolved.   
      
   Automated services such as license processing and address changes were   
   unavailable as anyone who attempted to access the FCC's Website on   
   October 1st were quick to learn,   
      
   The landing page at FCC.gov said in part: "We regret the disruption,   
   but during the Federal Government-wide shutdown, the FCC is limited to   
   performing duties that are immediately necessary for the safety of life   
   or the protection of property. FCC online systems will not be available   
   until further notice."   
      
   After giving a short list of links to cancelled meetings and actions,   
   the statement continued:   
      
   "If you need to contact the FCC to address an emergency situation,   
   please call: (202) 418-1122 or email: FCCOPCenter@fcc.gov."   
      
   The Network Outage Reporting System remains open for telecommunications   
   providers to report network outages.   
      
   There is no way to access the U-L-S pages; no way to file license   
   applications, updates or changes or report rules violations. Simply   
   put, the physical and electronic doors to the FCC are closed -- and   
   won't re-open until Congress ends the budget impasse.   
      
   Commission employees who remain on call are ready to act should there   
   be an actual crisis. As many as 16 have been retained to handle   
   emergencies, including staffing the FCC   
   level interference detection, mitigation and disaster response   
   operations.   
      
   So if you are waiting for a license or other paperwork from the FCC to   
   show up in your mailbox, you will simply have to keep on waiting.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in Los   
   Angeles.   
      
   --   
      
   As this newscast goes to air its unknown how long it will take both   
   ides of the political aisle to come to terms on this latest government   
   funding crisis.   
      
   **   
      
   PROPAGATION:  SOLAR ERUPTION HURLS CME INTO SPACE   
      
   On September 29th, a long magnetic filament in the sun's northern   
   hemisphere erupted producing what some observers are calling a   
   magnificent Coronal Mass Ejection.  NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory   
   or SoHo photographed the C-M-E leaving the sun at a speed of close to 2   
   million miles per hour.  Although the event was not aimed at our   
   planet, it was expected to receive a glancing blow from the plasma   
   cloud beginning on or about October 3rd. Keep an eye on   
   spaceweather.com for the latest updates on this and other solar events   
   that could impact on radio communications here on planet Earth.   
      
   (Published news reports)   
      
   **   
      
   RESCUE RADIO:  FAULTY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS MAY HAVE LED TO DEATHS OF 19   
   FIREFIGHTERS IN ARIZONA   
      
   An investigation into the deaths of nineteen firefighters in Arizona on   
   June 30th has found that inadequate communication may nave played a   
   significant role in their fate.  The dead men, all members of an elite   
   unit called the Granite Mountain Hotshots died when they were overrun   
   by a wildfire near the town of Yarnell. Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark   
   Abramowicz, NT3V, takes a look at what the report has to say:   
      
   --   
      
   It is a sobering and detailed report that investigators put together to   
   try to ascertain what happened, why it happened and to prevent a   
   tragedy like this from happening again.   
      
   Because there were no survivors, investigators relied on recordings of   
   radio transmissions, eyewitness accounts of fire incident managers and   
   neighboring crews, including pilots flying tankers dropping flame   
   retardant and helicopter pilots.   
      
   The report's key findings on communications:   
      
   "Radio communications were challenging throughout the incident. Some   
   radios were not programmed with appropriate tone guards. Crews   
   identified the problem, engaged in troubleshooting, and developed   
   workarounds so they could communicate using their radios.   
      
   And, this telling conclusion:   
      
   "Radio traffic was heavy during critical times on the fire."   
      
   Did it mean the Hot Shots trying to escape to what they thought was a   
   nearby safe zone - a ranch - weren't able to cut in on the traffic?   
      
   Here's more, quoting from the 122-page investigation report:   
      
   "Although much communication occurred among crews throughout the day,   
   few people understood Granite Mountain's intentions, movements, and   
   location, once they left the black."   
      
   The black is considered a safe zone.   
      
   Quoting again from the report:   
      
   "The Team believes this is due to brief, informal, and vague radio   
   transmissions and talk-arounds that can occur during wildland fire   
   communications.   
      
   "Based on radio conversations, Operations and other resources had   
   concluded the Granite Mountain IHC was located in the black, near the   
   ridge top where they had started that morning. This resulted in   
   confusion about the crews actual location at the time of search and   
   rescue."   
      
   Finally, the investigative team made some key recommendations to the   
   state of Arizona and the National Wildfire Coordination group.   
      
   Among them, increasing resource tracking, communications and real time   
   weather information.   
      
   And, putting together an interagency task force to conduct a further   
   analysis of what happened, as well as examining the human factors and   
   wildland fire communications.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V.   
      
   --   
      
   The report describes radio communications during the time of the fire   
   as being very challenging.  (K7DB, Yarnell Hill Fire Investigation)   
      
   **   
      
   RESCUE RADIO: PAKISTANI HAMS READY TO ASSIST FOLLOWING QUAKE   
      
   The toll mounts in south-western Pakistan after it was hit by the 7.7   
   scale earthquake on Tuesday, September 24th.   
      
   Mujtaba Haider Imran AP2MI, is the president of the Pakistan Relief.    
   He says that government officials put the death toll at 349 and rising.   
    Other news sources put the number of deaths so far at 515 with more   
   than 600 injured. Few of the mud and homemade brick houses in the area   
   survived. Since then tens of thousands of people have been sleeping   
   under the open sky or tents.   
      
   The disaster took place in a remote and thinly populated area.    
   Pakinstan Amateur Radio Society members say that they are prepared to   
   provide any emergency communications support to as needed.  A-P-2-M-U-T   
   is already on the scene and involved with gathering information on the   
   devastation and needed relief supplies.   
      
   Pakistan Relief has so far donated 2500 jerry cans, 1500 mosquito nets,   
   an unknown number of first aid kits and other essential equipment.  The   
   coordination process is underway with Pakistan Air Force to airlift and   
   drop these goods in the worst hit areas.   
      
   A second 7.2 magnitude quake in the same region on the 28th caused   
   further damage to the regions infrastructure. (VK3PC, the Guardian,   
   other news sources)   
      
   **   
      
   INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: IARU ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL LOOKS TO WORK WITH   
   NON IARU MEMBER SOCIETIES   
      
   The International Amateur Radio Union Administrative Council is looking   
   into ways to work with non-IARU Amateur Radio organizations.  This in   
   nations where the IARU member-society may not be representing all of   
   that country's radio amateurs.   
      
   The issue came under discussion at the annual IARU Administrative   
   Council meeting held September 21st to the 23rd in Cancun, Mexico.   
   According to a news release from the gathering, in many of these   
   countries, there are other non-IARU member-societies.  The   
   Administrative Council is studying ways to work with the non-IARU   
   societies to ensure that the interests of all the amateurs are   
   represented in those countries where the IARU member-society fails to   
   do so.  (IARU, ARRL press releases)   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK 1   
      
   Time for you to identify your station.  We are the Amateur Radio   
   Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the   
   Peak Radio Association repeaters of Corvallis, Oregon.   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
   **   
      
      
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  HAM ARRESTED IN INDIANAPOLIS FOR ALLEGEDLY IMPERSONATING   
   A POLICE OFFICER   
      
   An Indianapolis area ham has been arrested after he was allegedly   
   spotted pretending to be a cop at the funeral of a police officer who   
   was being laid to rest.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Jack Parker, W8ISH,   
   has the details:   
      
   --   
      
   News of the death of an Indianapolis police officer shot and killed   
   while responding to a domestic dispute made headlines all last week.   
   But, on the afternoon of his funeral another man in uniform stole the   
   headlines.  As law enforcement officers, friends, family and media   
   gathered at the cemetery another man in blue was arrested for   
   impersonating a police officer.   
      
   As it turns out these two men had more in common than first thought.    
   They are both Indianapolis based Amateur Radio Operators.  Arrested is   
   38 year old Minh Nguyen, callsign KB9WDY.  He was arrested as he waited   
   with Westside residents and other police officers as the miles long   
   funeral procession neared the west side district headquarters when   
   deceased officer Rod Bradway was assigned.   
      
   Rod Bradway was killed last week while attempting to save a woman and   
   her child from an armed domestic partner.  Bradways Amateur Radio call   
   sign is KC9PFW.  Authorities don't believe the two men knew each other.   
   The police badge and uniform was the common link to this sad commentary.   
      
   According to the arrest report, Police say Nguyen was taking   
   photographs from a black 2012 Dodge Charger equipped with a siren,   
   flashing lights and a two-way radio.  Police found an AR 15 rifle in   
   his car and later found guns, police uniforms and police equipment at   
   his the home.   
      
   Police say he has had prior arrests on similar and other unusual   
   behavior.  The report said Nguyen also had "property stolen from the   
   city of Indianapolis," including property room slips and envelopes that   
   the public does not have access to.   
      
   Minh Nguyen faces felony charges of impersonating a public servant and   
   theft, which carries a sentence of six months to three years in prison.   
    A conviction could also lead to revocation of his Amateur Radio   
   license by the FCC if they choose to review the case.   
      
   Reporting from Indianapolis, this is Jack Parker W8ISH.   
      
   --   
      
   The public and law enforcement officers were not aware of the Nguyen   
   arrest until after Officer Rod Bradway, KC9PFW, was laid to rest   
   following a full honors ceremony at Crown Hill Cemetery on Indianapolis   
   north side.  (ARNewsline, W8ISH)   
      
   **   
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  PUBLIC RADIO STATION FINED $12000 FOR 6 YEARS OF MISSING   
   PAPERWORK   
      
   The FCC has proposed a $12,000 fine and a shorter license renewal term   
   for Gallup Public Radio.  This based on some missing documents from its   
   public file.   
      
   New Mexico station KGLP -FM admitted it was missing nearly six years'   
   worth of issues and programs lists from the file.  In its reply to the   
   FCC the station indicated it has now reconstructed the missing   
   documents.   
      
   However the FCC's Media Bureau said in its decision the station is   
   still responsible for the lapse.  The commission found the violations   
   to be "extensive," occurring for nearly six years of an eight-year   
   license term.  For that reason the agency raised the proposed monetary   
   forfeiture from the base $10,000 to $12,000 and also granted the   
   station a shortened, four-year, license renewal term.   
      
   Gallup Public Radio was given the usual 30 days from imposition of the   
   fine to pay the amount in full or to file a further appeal. (FCC, RW)   
      
   **   
      
   DIGITAL AUDIO:  D-STAR EXPERIMENTAL NET ON 40 METERS FROM VK LAND   
      
   If you have interest in digital audio on the High Frequency bands you   
   might want to tune your D-Star equipped transceiver to 7.215 MHz at   
   noon UTC.  This to see if you can take part in a D-Star test net   
   operating from Australia most mornings.   
      
   The net control is Brian Farrar, VK2AH, in New South Whales who says   
   the best contacts so far have been from his location to the city of   
   Horsham about 550 miles away. Farrar says that net participants have   
   tried other bands with no much success but 40 meters seems promising.   
      
   VK2AK is not only on for the net but also tries 40 meter D-Star at   
   other times of the day as well.  While operating he also monitors   
   D-Star Reflector REF003 and does put out alerts when he is looking for   
   D-Star contacts from his QTH down-under. (VK3TOM, D-Star Remailer)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO HAPPENINGS:  NIKOLA TESLA MONUMENT UNVEILED IN NEW YORK   
      
   The president of Serbia has traveled to the United States where he   
   recently unveiled the Nikola Tesla Monument at Tesla's former   
   laboratory in Long Island.  In a press statement prior to the actual   
   ceremony, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said that it was the   
   strength of Tesla's vision is what influences how the public speaks   
   about Nikola Tesla with respect some 70 years after he died.   
      
   Nikola Tesla who passed away on January 7, 1943 was a Serbian-born and   
   later inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist,   
   and futurist.  He is perhaps best known for his contributions to the   
   design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.   
      
   For decades The Tesla Science Center  has been trying to set up a   
   commemorative museum at the site of Nikola Tesla's old laboratory,  Now   
   those behind the project and who managed to raise over a million   
   dollars in an internet crowd funding campaign can celebrate the fact   
   that their goal is finally starting to become a reality.  (IntelliHub)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO HAPPENINGS:  NEW RCA EXHIBIT AND STUDY CENTER TO OPEN AT NJ   
   COLLEGE   
      
   A new exhibit highlighting the Radio Corporation of America's rich   
   history across the 20th century will open shortly at the College of New   
   Jersey, in Ewing Township.  The display will draw from the more than   
   6000 artifacts that the college inherited after the David Sarnoff   
   Library, which at one time was RCA's main technical archive and museum,   
   closed in 2009.  The new exhibition covers the development of radio,   
   television, and broadcasting, as well as RCA's work in liquid-crystal   
   displays, electron microscopy, solid-state physics, and computers.  The   
   Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  Foundation funded   
   the new Sarnoff Study Center which is connected to the exhibition.  The   
   Center will serve as the central educational component of the Sarnoff   
   Collection.  More is on the web at tinyurl.com/rca-exhibit  (Artscom NJ)   
      
   **   
      
   EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  THE INDESTRUCTIBLE LDMOS FET   
      
   A new Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor or LDMOS type Field   
   Effect Transistor designated as type BLF578XR has been developed by NXP   
   Semiconductor.  This for use as an RF power amplifier in broadcast and   
   industrial applications.   
      
   The new device is rated at 1400 Watt output, 50 Volts DC with a gain of   
   23.5 dB and an efficiency of 69%.  Even more amazing, it is designed to   
   survive a 125 to 1 or higher VSWR and as such it is literally almost   
   indestructible.   
      
   The current priced of a single unit BLF578XR transistor is 230 Euros or   
   about 300 U-S dollars but like most semiconductors, it should come down   
   in price over time.  (SARL)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  GB2RS MANAGER TO RETIRE   
      
   Some names in the news.  First up this week is Gordon Adams, G3LEQ whom   
   after 35 years of unbroken service, is to retire as manager of the   
   Radio Society of Great Britain's GB2RS bulletin broadcast service.  The   
   Society says that GB2RS has always been a much valued part its news   
   service and every week nearly 100 volunteer newsreaders give of their   
   time to broadcast the material to all parts of the UK.   According to   
   the RSGB, Adams has agreed to continue in post until a successor is   
   found.  (RSGB)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  MARNICK JOINS UK REGULATOR OFCOM   
      
   British telecommunications regulator Ofcom has announced the   
   appointment of Philip Marnick as its new Group Director in Charge of   
   Spectrum.  Marnick comes to the agency with 27 years' experience in the   
   wireless communications industry including a stint at U K Broadband   
   where he served as Chief Technology Officer.  He will join Ofcom in   
   November and will lead the Spectrum Policy Group. This is organizations   
   arm responsible for setting and implementing the strategy for managing   
   spectrum, which involves clearing, awarding and licensing it.     
   (Southgate)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  WA2OJK NAMED HEAD OF CQ ADVERTISING DEPT   
      
   CQ Communications has announced that effective immediately. Jon Kummer,   
   WA2OJK, has been appointed to head the company's advertising   
   department.  Kummer is no stranger to CQ or to many in the hobby radio   
   industry.  In years past WA2OJK sold advertising for CQ Amateur Radio,   
   Popular Communications and WorldRadio Online, as well as Modern   
   Electronics and Electronic Servicing & Technology when the latter were   
   CQ publications.  Jon Kummer may be reached by e-mail at jon (dot)   
   kummer (at) cqcomm (dot) com or by phone to 516-883-1641 during normal   
   weekday hours Eastern Time.  (CQ)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  TWO HAM ASTRONAUTS DEPART NASA   
      
   NASA astronauts Gregory Chamitoff, KD5PKZ, and Ronald Garan, KF5GPO,   
   are leaving the agency. Chamitoff is joining the faculty of Texas A and   
   M University in College Station, Texas, and the University of Sydney in   
   Australia.  Garan has said that he plans to work on a range of new   
   entrepreneurial and humanitarian efforts.  (Southgate)   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK 2   
      
   This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur.  We are the Amateur   
   Radio Newsline with links to the world from our only official website   
   at www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the volunteer services of   
   the following radio amateur:   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
   **   
      
   THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD:  NOISE REDUCTION INVENTOR RAY ROLBY - SK   
      
   The technologist who literally invented electronic noise reduction has   
   passed away.  This with word that Dolby Laboratories founder Dr. Ray   
   Dolby died September 12th at his home in San Francisco at age 80.   
      
   Early in his career, Ray Dolby was employed by Ampex Corporation where   
   he was chief designer of the electronic aspects of the first practical   
   videotape recording system.  In 1965 he founded Dolby Laboratories,   
   whose major accomplishments include the development of electronic noise   
   reduction and surround sound technologies.   
      
   According to a company spokesperson, in recent years, Ray Dolby had   
   been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.  Then last July he was   
   diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia.   
      
   Ray Dolby is survived by his wife, Dagmar, his sons, Tom and David and   
   their spouses.  A celebration of his life will be held at a later date.   
    The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the   
   Alzheimer's Association, 1060 La Avenida Street, Mountain View,   
   California, 94043, or the Brain Health Center, % CPMC Foundation, 45   
   Castro St., San Francisco, California, 94117.  (Dolby Labs, RW,   
   ProSound, twice.com)   
      
   **   
      
   ON THE AIR:  5P14EHC TO CELEBRATE THE EUROPEAN HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP   
   NEXT JANUARY   
      
   Keep an ear open early next year when members of the Danish Radio   
   Amateurs group as they activate the special event callsign 5P14EHC.   
   This station will be operational throughout January of 2014 in   
   celebration of Denmark hosting the European Handball Championship for   
   Men.  Look for operation of 5P14EHC to be on all bands including the   
   30, 17 and 12 meters. Activity will likely encompass all modes   
   available, but will exclude cross-mode, cross-band contacts and those   
   made via repeater, repeater interties and Echolink. All QSOs will be   
   verified electronically via Logbook of the World and eQSL.  Paper QSL's   
   will also be available as well.  (Various)   
      
   **   
      
   DX   
      
      
      
   In DX, The Martello Tower Group is returning to Herm Island from   
   October 4th to 9th using the callsign GP0PKT.  Their operation will be   
   80 through 10 meters including the WARC bands using SSB and RTTY.    
   Although Herm is part of the Guernsey Islands on the Air group, it   
   isn't activated very often and the GP0 prefix usually attracts some   
   interest.  All QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of The World.  Direct   
   or bureau cards should be sent via G6NHU.   
      
   K7ZO will be active from Nicaragua during the CQ World Wide  DX SSB   
   Contest from October 26 to the 27th as a Single-Operator All-Band entry   
   using the callsign YN5Z.  QSL to K7ZO direct, via the bureau or   
   electronically using Logbook of the World.   
      
      
   DJ7RJ will be on Reunion Island signing stroke FR until November 2nd.    
   Listen out for him on 160 through 10 meters SSB and CW with a focus on   
   the lower bands. QSL via DJ7RJ either direct or via the bureau.   
      
   WP3A will be active as ED8P from Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary   
   Islands also during the CQ World Wide  DX SSB Contest.  He will enter   
   as a Single-Operator, 15 meter Single Band Low Power Assisted entry.   
   His QSL's go via NP3O.   
      
   DL4VM will be operating stroke OZ when he returns back North Jutland.    
   He will be there through October 19th.  QSL via DL4VM either direct or   
   via the bureau.   
      
   DK8LRF is reportedly operational from Columbia as HK3JCL through   
   November 23rd.  His activity will mostly be on 20 and 40 meters using   
   SSB.  QSL to his home callsign via the bureau.   
      
   (Above from various DX news sources)   
      
   **   
      
   THAT FINAL ITEM:  WALKING DOWN THE SIDE OF A LANDMARK HOTEL   
      
   And finally this week, its not every ham that gets to rappel down the   
   side of a 35 story landmark, but it was all in a days work on Friday,   
   September 27th, for Tony Buittitta, KD6AJG.  Amateur Radio Newsline's   
   Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, has the rest of the story:   
      
   --   
      
   By profession, Tony Buittitta, KD6AJG is a news photographer for KTTV   
   Fox 11 television.  He is also a member of the Los Angeles Sheriff's   
   Department Search and Rescue team. So when reporter Bob De Castro,   
   decided to walk down the side of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel to raise   
   money for the Boy Scouts of America through the Los Angeles Council   
   "Over the Edge IV" rappelling demonstration, Tony, who is fully trained   
   and qualified in this area was a natural to accompany him down the side   
   of the building:   
      
   --   
      
   KD6AJG:  "The station asked me if I would be interested in being part   
   of that and I was really excited.  I just couldn't wait to do it.  So   
   it was like ‘yeh, no problem.'"   
      
   --   
      
   Oh yes, in addition to going along for the 367 foot vertical walk, Tony   
   had another duty.  That was to bring some live television pictures of   
   both of them as they made their way down:   
      
   --   
      
   KD6AJG:  "I've done lots of rappels; come out of helicopters and (off)   
   mountains and stuff like that. That kind of stuff does not bother me.   
   I'm really comfortable with my skill level as far as that goes.   
      
   "But the night before this, I couldn't sleep (because) I was trying to   
   figure out the technical part of it.  How to do all this and then put   
   it on live TV."   
      
   --   
      
   We asked Tony to tell us a bit about the technology involved to make it   
   all happen.  It turned out to be rather complex:   
      
   --   
      
   KD6AJG: "Lots of microwave links (and) some new technology using   
   broadband called Live View in my balk-pack.  Se we had a camera on the   
   roof on the reporter going back via Live View broadband technology.  I   
   had a GoPro (camera) on my head and then in the back pack I had all   
   kinds of converters sp we could get audio into the GoPro and then a   
   portable microwave link one on frequency that was bouncing from my back   
   up to the rooftop where we had dangled some receive antennas over the   
   side.  Then from the output of that receiver into another receiver   
   which was hitting Saddle Peak where the station would pick us up.   
      
   "Then in addition to all those microwave links and broadband we had our   
   helicopter on another microwave frequency hovering right over us.  So   
   there was quite a bit going on and actually on the air it all cut   
   together seamlessly with no problem."   
      
   --   
      
   And did he enjoy the experience?   
      
   --   
      
   KD6AJG: "Oh, I had a blast.  My responsibility was to try to keep the   
   reporter in frame, but shooting on the GoPro stuck to your head you   
   really never know where you are pointing.  If I could do it again I   
   probably would like to have done a test and see what the shot looked   
   like.   
      
   "I was able to get him in there quite a bit; try to keep up with him   
   and to try to stay level with him.   
      
   "I wish I could do it again and make a few changes to the camera but   
   for the most part I did OK.  I got some good stuff and it was fun,   
   that's for sure."   
      
   --   
      
   If you want to know what its like to venture 367 feet down the side of   
   the Westin Bonaventure Hotel you can do so vicariously. That's because   
   Bob and Tony's walk was televised live on the stations Good Day L.A.   
   morning program and is on line at tinyurl.com/rappel-over-the-edge.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, Im Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.   
      
   --   
      
   And one more thing.  While we are not 100% sure, it appears as if   
   KD6AJG may have inadvertently become a sort of a record holder.  This    
   as being the first ham radio operator to ever rappel down the side of   
   the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, even though he had no way to get on the   
   amateur radio airwaves at the time.  (ARNewsline(tm))   
      
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