Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1890 - November 1 2013    
      
   The following is a closed circuit advisory and not necessarily for air. With   
   a report on Amateur Radio Newsline's current finances, here's our producer   
   Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF:    
      
   --    
      
   Well, the last time I was on here with a financial report I told you that I   
   thought we had enough in the bank to hopefully hold us over the summer months   
   June, July and August, and that I would not be asking for any contributions   
   unless the sky was falling.  Sadly, the sky is falling this year.  This is   
   mainly because we did not get some of the larger donations that we have come   
   to count on to keep us going over the lean summer months when people are away   
   on vacation.    
      
   Right now, we only have a couple of hundred dollars left in our bank account.   
   Most of that will vanish as we pay off our financial obligation in regard to   
   presenting this year's Young Ham of the Year Award and the outstanding bills   
   which are quickly piling up.  And unlike the years up through October 2009   
   when I retired from full time employment, I'm now living on fixed income and   
   honestly cannot afford to underwrite the cost of bringing these newscasts to   
   you.    
      
   To be candid, I do not like to lead off a newscast with an appeal such as   
   this, but we have no other method of getting the word out to you that we need   
   your financial assistance to keep Amateur Radio Newsline on the air, and that   
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   continue bringing you the news and information you want to hear about amateur   
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   Thank you.  I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, and now this week's newscast.    
      
   --    
      
   Thanks Bill.  Now, Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1890 with a release   
   date of November 1 2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.    
      
   The following is a QST.  Australia's WICEN stands down as the brushfire   
   menace eases; A new satellite subband is coming to 2 meters; Congress is   
   asked to consider mandating regularly scheduled EAS tests and the South Sudan   
   will be on the air in mid-November.  Find out the details are on Amateur   
   Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1890 coming your way right now.    
      
      
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   RESCUE RADIO:  FOLLOW-UP - AUSTRALIAS WICEN STANDS DOWN AFTER FIRE EMERGENCY    
      
   The work of ham radio operators in the wildfire response has come to an end   
   down under.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, has this follow-up   
   report:    
      
   --    
      
   Australia's WICEN has stood down from its assistance to fire-fighting efforts   
   in the Australian state of New South Wales.  This as more favorable weather   
   conditions has lead toward containment of the blazes that threatened the   
   outskirts of the city of Sidney as it raged through the Blue Mountains.    
      
   WICEN had been activated by the Volunteer Rescue Association to provide   
   manpower after a State of Emergency was declared.  Several of its members   
   were sent to Lithgow as part of a Volunteer Rescue Association team 24.  The   
   others had been held in reserve for later deployment as needed.    
      
   With the worst of the emergency now over, WICEN New South Wales President   
   Compton Allen VK2HDX has thanked the ham radio operators who made themselves   
   available in New South Wales time of need.    
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, in Nelson, New   
   Zealand.    
      
   --    
      
   In all, the wildfires destroyed some 220 homes with an estimated insurance   
   value into the millions of dollars.  (VK3PC, published news reports)    
      
   **    
      
   RESTRUCTURING:  NEW REGION 2 BANDPLAN INCLUDES ADDED 2 METER SATELLITE   
   SUBBAND    
      
   More room on 2 meters for ham radio space operations is one of the outcomes   
   of a recent IARU Region 2 meeting in Cancun, Mexico.    
      
   The gathering whose minutes have now been published covered all Region 2   
   bandplans for all allocations from 137 kHz to 250 GHz.  Included is a new   
   allocation for the Amateur Satellite Service on 2 meters from 144.000 to   
   144.025 MHz.    
      
   There is also a reference to Near Space Stations or NSS operations in the   
   definitions section.  This is believed to be the first mention of High   
   Altitude Balloons in any amateur radio band plan.    
      
   IARU Region 2 is the organization of the International Amateur Radio Union   
   for the American continent. You can view the entire document containing this   
   and bandplans for all other amateur radio spectrum on the web at   
   tinyurl.com/ANS300-IARU-Region-2-bandplans.  (ANS)    
      
   **    
      
   RESCUE RADIO:  CONGRESS ASKED TO CONSIDER REGULARLY SCHEDULED EAS TEST    
      
   A bill recently introduced into the United States House of Representatives to   
   reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA includes a   
   provision that would require national EAS tests at least once every three   
   years.    
      
   The measure is designated as H.R. 3300 and reauthorizes FEMA through Fiscal   
   Year 2016 at $972 million each year.  However about $12 million of the total   
   would provide Congressional authorization for FEMA's Integrated Public Alert   
   and Warning System or IPAWS, which uses several technologies to   
   simultaneously send alerts through many different channels.  This includes   
   the EAS, along with wireless alerts, Internet services and NOAA.    
      
   The measure would also establish system requirements and capabilities for   
   IPAWS and gives certain stakeholders, including federal, state, local and   
   private sector entities, input into its development.  (RW)    
      
   **    
      
   RESCUE RADIO: FEMA AND NPR TEAM FOR ALERTING DEAF TO EMERGENCIES    
      
   The Department of Homeland Security has announced a pilot project in   
   cooperation with NPR Labs, to demonstrate the delivery of the first-ever,   
   real-time emergency alert messages to people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing   
   in five Gulf states.    
      
   Twenty-five NPR affiliates in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and   
   Texas have agreed to participate in the venture to transmit emergency alert   
   messages, such as weather alerts, to 475 individuals who are deaf or   
   hard-of-hearing in the stations' listening areas.  This to determine how   
   effectively the messages are being sent and received.    
      
   The public radio stations participating in the project will receive emergency   
   alert messages from FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System.  The   
   stations will then broadcast the emergency alerts to specially designed FM   
   Radio Data System receivers that alert the participants with a flashing   
   indicator.    
      
   The receivers can also show the content of the alert through the receiver's   
   digital display.  Participants can connect a strobe light or bed-shaker   
   alerting device to the receiver to help ensure alerts are noticed both day   
   and night.  (RI)    
      
   **    
      
   DX UP FRONT:  WAKE ATOL OPERATION COMING ON THE AIR    
      
   Up-front in DX, the Wake Atoll Commemorative K-9-W DXpedition team has been   
   approved for entry onto Wake Atoll and should be operational by the time many   
   of you hear this newscast. Their equipment is already on the atol and in safe   
   storage awaiting arrival of the operators that was scheduled for November 2nd   
   local time.  They will then immediately set up antennas and the stations.    
      
   As we go to air team leaders say that they plan to begin operations on   
   November 3rd and continue until November 15th, once again local Wake Island   
   time.  There will be two CW and two SSB stations operational during this   
   DXpedition.  More information and updates will be on the web at wake2013.org    
   (K9W Management Team)    
      
   **    
      
   DX UP FRONT:  SOUTH SUDAN TO BE ON NOVEMBER 14 - 28    
      
   An international group of hams, including CQ Magazine's DX Editor Wayne   
   Mills, N7NG, is planning to operate from South Sudan as Z81X from November   
   14th to the 28th.  This is the time period that includes the CW weekend of   
   the 2013 CQ World Wide DX Contest.    
      
   According to Mission Goodwill South Sudan spokesman Martti Laine, OH2BH, the   
   group of ten hams is led by International Amateur Radio Union Region One   
   President Hans Timmerman, PB2T, and includes two local operators.    
      
   The operation is hosted by South Sudan's Ministry of Posts and   
   Telecommunications, and will include a series of workshops aimed at   
   developing a permanent amateur radio licensing and regulatory structure.  On   
   the operating side, the plan is to activate all HF bands with an emphasis on   
   80 and 160 meters. QSL via OH0XX and we will have more DX news for you later   
   on in this weeks report.  (CQ)    
      
   **    
      
   BREAK 1    
      
   Time for you to identify your station.  We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,   
   heard on bulletin stations around the world including the KF4ADM repeater   
   serving Williamsburg Virginia.    
      
   (5 sec pause here)    
      
      
   **    
      
   RADIO POLITICS:  SENATE CONFIRMS WHEELER TO FCC CHAIR    
      
   The Senate confirmed Thomas Wheeler as the next chairman of the FCC and   
   Michael P. O'Rielly to fill another vacancy at the agency.    
      
   Wheeler's confirmation came after Senator Ted Cruz removed a hold on his   
   nomination after meeting with Wheeler on Tuesday afternoon, October 29th and   
   Wheeler was confirmed that evening.    
      
   His nomination was partnered with that of O'Rielly, a Republican, to draw   
   bipartisan support. Their confirmations came in a unanimous vote.    
   (published News Reports)    
      
   **    
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  FCC ISSUES $15000 TO UNLICENSED BROADCASTER    
      
   The FCC has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability in the amount of $15,000 to   
   Florida resident Juan R. Nieves, Jr..  This for his alleged operation of an   
   unlicensed radio transmitter on the frequency 97.7 MHz in the city of   
   Summerfield.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Norm Seeley, KI7UP, has the details:    
      
   --    
      
   According to the FCC,  agents from the Enforcement Bureau's Tampa Office used   
   direction-finding to locate the source of the transmissions on several   
   occasions last May and June to an FM transmitting antenna located at a   
   residence in Summerfield, Florida.   On each of those days, the agents took   
   field strength measurements of the station's signal and determined that it   
   exceeded the limits for license free operation under Part 15 of the   
   Commission's rules.    
      
   On June 25th the agents inspected the unlicensed radio station and   
   interviewed Juan R. Nieves, Jr..  He admitted renting the residence housing   
   the station, owning the transmitter, and being the sole responsible party for   
   the unlicensed operation.  In fact, he claimed to have operated the station   
   on 97.7 MHz for over a year.  He also stated that he had been in the   
   broadcast industry for many years, was a former officer of a low power   
   station in Summerfield and knew he needed a license to operate.    
      
   Now in proposing the $15,000 penalty the FCC says that it finds that the   
   violations in this case warrant a proposed forfeiture above the base amount.    
   The record evidence in this case shows that Nieves was an officer of a low   
   power FM station, and was expected to be familiar with the Commission's   
   licensing requirements.  Nevertheless, he operated the unlicensed station for   
   over a year, in deliberate disregard for the Communications Act and the   
   Commission's rules.  As such the FCC finds that an upward adjustment of   
   $5,000 in the forfeiture amount is warranted.    
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, in Scottsdale,   
   Arizona.    
      
   --    
      
   Nieves was given the customary 30 days from the October 24th issuance date to   
   pay the proposed $15,000 fine or to file an appeal.  (FCC)    
      
   **    
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  FORMER MISSOURI HAM FINED $500 FOR UNLICENSED OPERATION    
      
   The FCC has fined Jared A. Bruegman, the former KC0IQN, of Bolivar, Missouri,   
   $500.  This, for transmitting without a license in the Amateur Service 20   
   meter band.    
      
   Last February, the FCC issued Bruegman a Notice of Apparent Liability for   
   Forfeiture in the amount of $10,000 after its agents observed an unlicensed   
   radio transmitter operating on 14.312 MHz from a residence in Bolivar in   
   December 2012.  Bruegman was the only person at home at the time and admitted   
   to owning the radio transmitting equipment.    
      
   In his response to the Notice of Apparent Liability Bruegman claimed that the   
   $10,000 would be a financial hardship and requested that the FCC cancel the   
   proposed fine.  He also submitted the required financial records to back up   
   his claim.    
      
   Now in a Forfeiture Order released October 23, the FCC has reduced the fine   
   to $500 stating that there is a sufficient basis for such a reduction but not   
   to outright cancel the forfeiture.  It gave him the customary 30 days from   
   the date of it issuing the Forfeiture Order to pay or make arrangements to   
   pay the fine.  If he fails to do so the matter can be turned over to the   
   Department of Justice for further enforcement action.  (FCC)    
      
   **    
      
   PUBLIC SERVICE:  OREGON HAMS TEAM WITH FRS IN EMCOMM EXERCISE    
      
   The Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay, Oregon recently held a training   
   exercise where it activated its local Map Your Neighborhood captains'   
   emergency communications operations.  This, using the combined resources of   
   citizens with FRS radios and local ham radio operators who were asked to set   
   up a spontaneous net.    
      
   According to news reports, the Map Your Neighborhood captains responded with   
   professionalism and competency.  Moreover the operation by the hams taking   
   part in the exercise was described as simply being great.    
      
   The article in the North Coast Citizen Journal stated that that everyone was   
   proud of the community and its team of volunteers.  13 hams out of the 28   
   living in the area took part in the emergency preparedness exercise.    
   (CitizenJournal.com, eHam.net)    
      
   **    
      
   RADIO BUSINESS:  ELK ANTENNAS AND DAYSAVER POWER SUSTEMS TO MERGE    
      
   DaySaver Power Systems is merging with Elk Antennas. DaySaver products will   
   continue to be offered by Elk, which says that that the transition from   
   DaySaver Power Systems to Elk Antennas should be seamless, with no   
   interruption in order fulfillment or warranties.    
      
   Currently, the DaySaver.com website will continue to operate, but in the   
   future the link will likely take you to the Elk Antennas site at   
   ElkAntennas.com for an expanded array of products with the DaySaver name.    
      
   According to Elk Antenna's Jim Siemons, AF6PU, the merger helps fulfill Elk's   
   goal of expanding its product line for portable, remote and emergency   
   communications.  Both companies service the Amateur, Commercial, Military and   
   Public Safety Radio Services.  (Press Release)    
      
   **    
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  FIRST AND ONLY 2 METER DXCC IN SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE    
      
   Some names in the news.  Back in 2011 to Bob McQuarrie, ZL3TY was awarded the   
   first 2 Meter DXCC ever issued in the southern hemisphere.  This after he   
   contacted and confirmed contacts with 102 countries.  McQuarrie was also the   
   first New Zealand amateur to achieve DXCC in mixed VHF 6 meters and 2 meters   
   using digital technology combined with his CW skills and moonbounce.  Now   
   comes word that his name and call have been inducted in the New Zealand Hall   
   of Fame.  We say congratulations.  (SARL)    
      
   **    
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: VE3RHF NEW RAC DIRECTOR FOR ONTARIO SOUTH    
      
   Rod Hardman, VE3RHF has  been recently elected as the Radio Amateurs of   
   Canada Director for Ontario South.  His term as Director will be for the two   
   years starting January 1, 2014 and ending December 31, 2015.    
   (RAC)    
      
   **    
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: MIKE CALLAGHAN, WA6KPD RETIRES    
      
   And congratulations also to Mike Callaghan, WA6KPD, who recently announced   
   that he plans to retire on November 1st after a long and distinguished career   
   in broadcasting.  Callaghan was the chief engineer for station KIIS-FM in Los   
   Angeles.  This is a position that he has held for only a few months shy of 40   
   years.  You can read the story of his fascinating life in the broadcast   
   engineering field at tinyurl.com/Mike-Callaghan-retires  (RW)    
      
   **    
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS: INSPIRING YOUTH AT THE ARRL MIDWEST CONVENTION    
      
   Inspiring youth will be an important part of the upcoming ARRL Midwest   
   Convention slated for Joplin, Missouri on November 8th and 9th.  And to help   
   meat this goal New York City educator Carole Perry, WB2MGP will join forces   
   with former Astronaut, Colonel Steve Nagel, N5RAW, to bring the magic of two   
   way radio and spaceflight to youngsters in a Joplin school:    
      
   --    
      
   WB2MGP:  "He and I are going together to a high school where we will be goin   
   a presentation in front of an assembly of gifted science students and ohers   
   who will be able to ask questions of astronaut Nagel."    
      
   --    
      
   Then on convention Saturday, WB2MGP will be hosting a Youth Forum with Steve   
   Nagel, N5RAW, taking part:    
      
   --    
      
   WB2MGP:  "Astronaut Nagel is going to be coming to my Youth Forum.  I'm going   
   to have a 9-year-old give a very exciting presentation.  One of the Youth   
   Advisors for the ARRL will be giving a small presentation and then we will be   
   opening up for questions for astronaut Nagel from the audience which I hope   
   as it is in Dayton contains a lot youngsters in it so that they can be   
   inspired by the sheer presence of this incredible human being who has been in   
   space."    
      
   --    
      
   In addition to Steve Nagel and Carole Perry there will also be a Ham Radio in   
   Space presentation featuring Eddy Paul, KYOEF; Jeremy Widner, ACOEDX and   
   Randy Schulze, KDOEHKD.  They will provide those attending their session with   
   information how to successfully get on the FM ham radio satellites, in most   
   cases with equipment they already own.    
      
   More on the convention and its special ham in space youth events are on line   
   at www.arrlmidwestconvention.com http://www.arrlmidwestconvention.com/.    
   (ARNewsline(tm), AMSAT, WB2MGP)    
      
   **    
      
   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 http://www.arnewsline.org/ and being relayed by the   
   volunteer services of the following radio amateur:    
      
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   WORLDBEAT:  INDIA'S FIRST MULTI-MODE RADIO SCOUTING REPEATER OPENED    
      
   A new repeater dedicated for use by scouts has come to the airwaves in India.   
   Hosted by the Malabar Amateur Radio Repeater Society the VU2MJJ system came   
   to life on October 20th during the 2013 Scouting Jamboree on the air.    
      
   The VU2MJJ repeater is located at the Malabar club station and reportedly has   
   wide coverage in South India.  It is also the first D-STAR capable repeater   
   in India that can also relay other digital and analog modes including   
   traditional FM.    
      
   VU2MJJ operates on 145.450 Mhz with the standard minus offset shift.    
   (Southgate)    
      
   **    
      
   WORLDBEAT:  FRIEDRICHSHAFEN LECTURES AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD    
      
   Six of this years lectures presented at Germany's Ham Radio gathering are now   
   available as PowerPoint slides with synchronized audio.  Available programs   
   include Tom Perera, W1TP's talk on the Enigma and other historic cipher   
   machines; John Alexander, G7GCT's small cipher machines presentation and   
   Chris Duckling, G3SVL's, 100 Years of the RSGB and its International   
   Partners.  If you are interested in finding out more, go to   
   www.dokufunk.org/talk http://www.dokufunk.org/talk on the World-Wide-Web.    
   (Southgate)    
      
   **    
      
   RADIO IN SPACE:  ESA DRIVES FORWARD WITH ALL-ELECTRIC TELECOM SATELLITES    
      
   The European Space Agency is set to begin development of a new generation of   
   satellites propelled by solar electric thrusters as it signs a contract with   
   SES of Luxembourg for development of this project.  This for the next phase   
   of the Electra project.    
      
   Electra is described as a partnership between European Space Agency and   
   satellite operator SES to define, develop and validate in space an electric   
   only propulsion platform for geostationary telecommunication satellites of   
   around 3 tones.  The first launch is expected by the end of 2018.  (ESA)    
      
   **    
      
   EXTRATERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS:  LASER SPEED DEMO IN SPACE    
      
   NASA has used laser technology to transfer data over the 239,000 miles to and   
   from the moon.  This at a speed of 622 megabits per second.    
      
   Badri Younes is NASA's deputy associate administrator for space   
   communications and navigation.  In a press release he said that his agency is   
   encouraged by the results of the demonstration of the Lunar Laser   
   Communication Demonstration to this point.  As such NASA is confident that it   
   is on the right path to introduce this new capability into operational   
   service soon.    
      
   The space agency's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration is the first   
   two-way space communication system to use a laser instead of radio.  Younes   
   calls it the first step on NASA's roadmap toward building the next generation   
   of space communication capability.    
      
   The Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration is hosted on NASA's Lunar   
   Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer or LADEE satellite.  (NASA)    
      
   **    
      
   WORLDBEAT:  SOMALI BROADCAST STATION ATTACKED    
      
   The National Union of Somali Journalists says that it is shocked by the   
   latest violent attack on the media in Puntland, which involved a double bomb   
   strike on a private radio station in Galkayo.  According to the information   
   received from the site of the attack, gunmen hurled two hand bombs at Radio   
   Daljir, at around 10 p.m. local time on Tuesday, October 15th.  Eyewitness   
   said that the attackers were riding in sedan with no plate number.  No one   
   was injured in the assault.  More is on-line at   
   tinyurl.com/somali-broadcaster-bombed  (Published news reports)    
      
   **    
      
   ON THE AIR:  OQ4CLM CELEBRATES LIBERATION OF KNOKKE, HOLLAND    
      
   On the air, special event station OQ4CLM is on the air through November 15th   
   to commemorate the liberation of the town of Knokke, Holland by Canadian   
   troops in 1944.  This is the 32nd time the station has taken to the airwaves.   
   More information is on the web at www.oq4clm.be http://www.oq4clm.be/    
   (ON4RO)    
      
   **    
      
   ON THE AIR:  CELEBRATING 200 YEARS OF THE NETHERLANDS    
      
   Fred Weidema, PA0FAW, of Arnhem Holland will be operating as PG200NL, between   
   November 2nd and the 29th.  This in celebration of 200 Years of The   
   Netherlands.    
      
   As of now, he will mainly be active on CW, but he hopes to also use SSB and   
   some digital modes if locations become available.    
      
   In his announcement, Fred notes that he is an International Short Wave League   
   member and can be worked or listened to by I-S-W-L members for the   
   organizations Monitor award.  QSL go to PA0FAW either direct, via the bureau   
   or electronically using eQSL.  SWL reports are obviously also very welcome.   
   (PA0FAW)    
      
   **    
      
   DX    
      
   In DX, YL2GM is currently reported on the air from Sao Vicente Island as   
   D44TYL.  Activity has been mainly 20 and 15 meters SSB.  The length of his   
   stay is unknown.  QSL via YL2GM.    
      
   HB9EYP will be on the air from Zanzibar between November 2nd and the 9th   
   possibly using the call 5H3JJ.  Activity will be QRP on 20 through 6 meters   
   with 10 watts into a Windom antenna from a beachfront location. QSL via his   
   home callsign either direct, via the bureau or electronically using Logbook   
   to the World.    
      
   Members of the DX Friends group will activate San Andres Island as 5J0R from   
   November 1st to the 10th.  Operations will be on 160 through 6 meters using   
   CW, SSB and RTTY.  Visit their Web page at dxfriends.com/SanAndres2013 for   
   more information and QSL via EA5RM.    
      
   DL7VOA will be active as 6V7D from Senegal between November 29th and December   
   7th.  His operation will be mainly on CW, with some SSB, on 40 through 10   
   meters. QSL via DL7VOA.    
      
   A group of operators from India will be operating from the Lakshadweep   
   Islands from November 20th to the 10th of December as VU7AG and VU7KA. They   
   will be active on 160 through10 meters using CW , SSB  and RTTY.  QSL via   
   W4VKU    
      
   Lastly, a team of 8 operators will be active from the rare Banda Besar Island   
   between November 10th to the 15th.  Callsigns have not been announced yet but   
   operations will be on 40 through 10 meters using CW and SSB.  Look for more   
   details to be forthcoming at oc157.blogspot.co.uk.    
      
   (Above from various DX news sources)    
      
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   THAT FINAL ITEM:  POLICE SAY ALLEGEDLY INEBRIATED MAN CONFUSED $20 BILL WITH   
   CELL PHONE    
      
   And finally this week a story out of Minnesota that kind of speaks for   
   itself.  Here's Don Wilbanks, AE5DW:    
      
   --    
      
      
   Call this one enforcement of a truly different kind as in trying to make a   
   phone call without a phone.  This as a Minnesota man is been charged with   
   public intoxication after he allegedly tried to make a phone call using a $20   
   bill.    
      
   Iowa City Police on foot patrol on the pedestrian mall recently noticed the   
   man passed out on a bench at 2:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning.  The officers   
   said that the man smelled strongly of alcohol, had watery, bloodshot eyes,   
   slurred speech and poor balance.    
      
   When officers requested identification, the man reportedly grabbed money from   
   his wallet and handed to the officers instead.  Police say officers then   
   offered him the chance to call his friends from his cell phone but instead he   
   placed a $20 bill to his ear and used it to try to make the call.    
      
   But $20 bills don't have built in receivers or transmitters so for the police   
   that was enough.  They placed the unidentified man under arrest for his own   
   safety.    
      
   I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.    
      
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   And so ends another strange moment in communications history. (Press-Citizen)    
      
      
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