Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1893 - November 22 2013   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1893 with a release date of November 22   
   2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a Q-S-T.  Ham radio emergency communications efforts   
   continue in the Philippines; Amateur Radio responds to mid-west tornado   
   outbreak; the ARRL files symbol rate petition with the FCC; the International   
   Space Station celebrates 15 years on-orbit; Wake Island commemorative   
   operation ends with over 100,000 contacts and a mega launch puts 29 new   
   satellites on-orbit.  Find out the details are on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm)   
   report number 1893 coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   RESCUE RADIO FOLLOW-UP: MORE HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND ITU DEPLOYS TO THE   
   PHILIPPINES   
      
   Post typhoon rescue radio efforts continue in the Philippines.  We get the   
   latest from Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF:   
      
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   One of the most powerful storms ever recorded hit the central Philippines on   
   November 8 with 314-km per hour winds that killed about 4,000 people, swept   
   away coastal villages and devastated main cities.   
      
   The Philippines Amateur Radio Association (PARA) and its Ham Emergency Radio   
   Operation (HERO) network continue to provide emergency communications,   
   although some communications and limited power have recently been restored in   
   many disaster areas.   
      
   HERO stations have worked with authorities including the National Disaster   
   Risk Reduction and Management Council, the National Telecommunications   
   Commission, local communities and non-government organizations.   
      
   Ramon Anquilan DU1UGZ, Vice Chief Operating Officer of PARA, reports that   
   many are active throughout the archipelago including in most typhoon disaster   
   areas.   
      
   The news media has taken interest with Ramon DU1UGZ being interviewed,   
   including twice on the BBC and also a US network. Nathan DU5AOK in Tacloban   
   and Ramon have also been on radio station DZBB interviewed by the program   
   anchor Kiko Flores.   
      
   In one interview Ramon DU1UGZ told how people queued up at a HERO station to   
   get their health and welfare messages out. He knew that amateur radio   
   emergency communications were effective, and the results saw many "tearful   
   moments" when the messages got through.   
   Ramon DU1UGZ said that a group from Don Bosco Technical College Manila   
   including a radio amateur Rey DV1DWJ has reached Borongan and the HERO   
   station of Lester DV5PO.   
      
   With them was fuel for a generator and he assisted them to set up an   
   HF station.   
      
   On the Cebu side, Paul Kelly who is a retired US Colnel with the call   
   DU7/N1PK is assisting the Don Bosco effort.   
      
   PARA Chief Financial Officer, Jojo DU1VHY is a Don Bosco alumni and   
   coordinating its involvement.   
      
   In other reports another group, FARE-8 of Dipolog City with Roy Garbonera   
   DV8BQI is on a relief mission in Cebu. Roy has roots there and will be on HF.   
      
   In coming days the CARL club relief effort headed by Sidney Tan, DW7EEE,   
   will join ham club RECON MACE in the Municipality of Daanbantayan, at the   
   northern part of Cebu Island.   
      
   RECON MACE is assisting a French medical mission at Santa Fe Bantayan   
   Island. A French ham operator Denis Ramelet F5PXF has asked PARA to monitor   
   and assist medical teams, on Santa Fe Island in Bantayan.   
      
   Ramon DU1UGZ said the relief operators for Tacloban have arrived and backed   
   up Nathan DU5AOK who had been the HERO signal in the town.   
      
   With thanks to Jim Linton, VK3PC for the information in this report, I'm Jim   
   Meachen, in Nelson, New Zealand for the Amateur Radio Newsline.   
      
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   The International Telecommunications Union headquartered in Geneva,   
   Switzerland, has sent assistance in the form of satellite communications   
   equipment to the areas ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan.  Also, some hams have asked   
   how to directly aid their counterparts in the Philippines.  You can find that   
   information on the web para.org.ph  (VK3PC, PARA, GB2RS)   
      
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   RESCUE RADIO:  HAMS RESPOND TO MIDWEST TORNADOES   
      
   At least eight people are dead after a particularly dangerous tornado   
   situation unfolded across the Midwest Sunday, November 17th.  The   
   late-season, outbreak of tornadoes and high winds killed six people in   
   Illinois, two in Michigan and injured hundreds of others.  Amateur Radio   
   Newsline welcomes our newest reporter Hal Rogers, K8CMD, who has this report:   
      
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   According to the ARRL Peoria County ARES Emergency Coordinator Fritz Bock,   
   WD9FMB, ham radio responded with a team of volunteers to a Central Illinois   
   Division Red Cross.  This after receiving a request for emergency   
   communication support between various locations in Washington, Illinois.    
   Washington is a town of approximately 11,000 people and news reports say that   
   it is among the hardest hit by the storms with many  injuries having taken   
   place there.   
      
   Communication support was provided between the American Red Cross offices in   
   Peoria, a Methodist Church and the Tazewell County Emergency Operations   
   Center.  To the credit of the hams that installed and maintain them, VHF and   
   UHF FM systems remained operational for all of the required communications   
   paths.   
      
   Even the broadcast media was affected by the severe weather outbreak.  A   
   tornado tearing through East Peoria put two anchors for WEEK off the air   
   after the twister hit part of the station's property.  At the time the   
   stations Meteorologists were giving viewers on-air updates about an   
   approaching tornado when they said they heard something.  They scrambled for   
   shelter at about11:00 a.m., leaving the anchor desk while the station went to   
   a break.  It was later reported that the facility suffered some slight roof   
   damage and some power hits that took it off air for a few minutes.   
      
   Illinois Governor Pat Quinn told reporters today that the storms destroyed   
   or badly damaged upward of 400 homes in Washington, Illinois.  The storms   
   also affected Michigan, Indiana, Missouri and Wisconsin.  Seven Illinois   
   counties, including Peoria and Tazewell, have been declared disaster areas.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Hal Rogers, K8CMD, in Prama, Ohio.   
      
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   In Indiana it was a similar situation as we hear from Amateur Radio   
   Newsline's Jack Parker, W8ISH:   
      
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   As the multiple storm cells left Illinois they began to pick up strength   
   from afternoon heating. At last count 24 confirmed tornadoes raced across the   
   Indiana landscape leaving massive damage in it's wake. Vincinnes, Indiana   
   experienced an EF2 tornado that was a hundred yards wide and traveled more   
   than 19 miles.   
      
   Amateur Radio storm spotters from Evansville to the southwest up through   
   Marion, Indiana to the northeast reported funnel clouds and strong winds   
   along the way. EF2 torndoes caused damage in Lafayette, Lebanon, Bedford and   
   numerous Indiana cities. An EF3 tornado devastated Dayton, Indiana just west   
   of Kokomo.   
      
   The National Weather Service says the Sunday November 17th, outbreak is the   
   third largest such outbreak in one day, in state history. Local, county and   
   state officials credited the National Weather Service and Amateur Radio   
   weather spotters for the advanced warnings as the storms raced across the   
   state at 45 miles per hour.   
      
   At last report no Amateur Radio Operators were involved with emergency   
   communications following the storms. Thanks to their efforts and the National   
   Weather Service there were no deaths reported in Indiana.   
      
   Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Jack Parker W8ISH.   
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   The storm system eventually moved off shore into the Atlantic, but part of   
   the East Coast experienced heavy winds and rain from its remnants.   
      
   (W8ISH, ARRL, RW, WEEK-TV, others)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  ISS CELEBRATES ITS 15th BIRTHDAY   
      
   The International Space Station celebrated its 15th birthday on Wednesday,   
   November 20th.  This marking the day in 1998 when a rocket lifted to orbit   
   the first piece of what is now the largest man made structure ever built in   
   space.   
      
   The International Space Station began construction with the arrival on-orbit   
   of the Russian built Zarya Module.  This lead to the ongoing international   
   mission to build the orbital outpost one piece at a time.   
      
   Today, the ISS is about the size of a football field with roughly the same   
   amount of livable space as a six-bedroom house.  Amateur Radio became a part   
   of the Space Station two weeks after the first two licensed ham radio   
   operators took up residence in it on Expedition One.  Since then hams have   
   taken part in all 38 expeditions to this point.   
      
   Five different space agencies representing fifteen countries have   
   contributed to construction of the $100 billion orbital outpost.     
   (ARNewsline from published news reports)   
      
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   BREAK 1   
      
   Time for you to identify your station.  We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,   
   heard on bulletin stations around the world including the WA0FYA Zero Beaters   
   Amateur Radio Club net serving Dutzow and Washington, Missouri.   
      
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   FCC NEWS:  MAJOR CHANGE COMING TO FCC LEADERSHIP   
      
   A major leadership change is coming to Homeland Security at the FCC.  Bill   
   Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom with the details:   
      
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   FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has announced a major change in leadership at the   
   commission.  Wheeler intends to name Rear Admiral David Simpson as Chief of   
   the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, which oversees   
   emergency alerting.   
      
   According to the FCC, Admiral Simpson has more than 20 years of information   
   and communications technology experience supporting the Department of   
   Defense.  He has also worked closely with other agencies to provide secure   
   communication services and improve cyber defense readiness.  Most recently he   
   served as the vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency.  He   
   was also a senior delegate to the 2012 World Radio Telecommunications   
   Conference.  From 2009 through 2010 Admiral Simpson was the Director for   
   Communications and Information Services for U.S. Forces Iraq in Baghdad.    
   There he synchronized strategic and operational-level communications for U.S.   
   forces and helped the Iraq government build capacity for the information and   
   communications technology sector.   
      
   David Turetsky, who had been leading the bureau, will now take on a new role   
   as coordinator of the agency's informal task force on the FCC response to   
   international disasters such as Typhoon Haiyan.  In this new capacity he will   
   be drawing from his experience handling domestic United States disaster   
   response.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in Los Angeles.   
      
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   As we go to air, the effective date for this change has not been announced.    
   (FCC, RW)   
      
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   RADIO RULES:  ARRL FILES SYMBOL RATE PETITION WITH FCC   
      
   The ARRL has asked the FCC for a rules change to delete the current symbol   
   rate limit in part 97.307(f) of the Amateur Service rules.  In its place the   
   League wants the regulatory agency to replace it with a maximum bandwidth for   
   data emissions of 2.8 kHz on amateur frequencies below 29.7 MHz.   
      
   According to the League's petition, the changes proposed would relieve the   
   United States Amateur service of what ARRL terms as outdated, 1980s era   
   restrictions that presently hamper or preclude experimentation with modern   
   high frequency and other data transmission protocols.  The proposed rule   
   changes would also permit greater flexibility in the choice of data emissions.   
      
   Current FCC rules limit digital data emissions below 28 MHz to 300 baud, and   
   between 28 and 28.3 MHz to 1200 baud.  The petition notes that transmission   
   protocols are available and in active use in other radio services in which   
   the symbol rate exceeds the present limitations in part 97 but the necessary   
   bandwidths of those protocols are within the bandwidth of a typical High   
   Frequency 3 KHz single sideband transmission.   
      
   Symbol rate represents the number of times per second that a change of state   
   occurs, and should not be confused with data or bit rate.  The two are   
   separate and distinct entities.   
      
   The ARRL petition was filed November 15th.  The FCC has not yet assigned an   
   Rule Making number nor has it put the petition on public notice.  As such, at   
   this point there is no way for the ham radio community to file comments until   
   that happens.  (ARRL)   
      
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   HAM HISTORY:  WAKE ISLAND K9W OPERATION CONCLUDES WITH OVER 100,000 CONTACTS   
      
   The long awaited K9W Wake Atoll Commemorative DXpedition is now a part of   
   ham radio history.  The operators went QRT on Friday, November 15th, local   
   Wake Island Time.  During their operation the operators put over 100,000 QSOs   
   from 186 discrete DXCC entities in their logbook.  The K9W operators say that   
   they are grateful for the opportunity to have honored the Forgotten 98 during   
   our DXpedition.  For more details on this historic operation along with QSL   
   routing and any further updates please visit the K9W Web page at   
   www.wake2013.org http://www.wake2013.org/.  (WAKE 2013)   
      
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   ENFORCEMENT:  ANOTHER FLORIDA UNLICENSED STATION HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE AIR   
      
   The Pinellas Park Police Department Community Redevelopment Area Policing   
   Unit teamed with investigators from the FCC has busted an unlicensed   
   broadcaster.  One that was within the city limits of the city of Pinellas   
   Park, Florida.   
      
   On November 15th investigators determined that Joseph Kervenson of Kenneth   
   City was listed as the Chief Executive Officer of the unlicensed radio   
   station using the call letters of WKMJ.  The unlicensed station was operating   
   on 102.1 MHz in the FM broadcast band.   
      
   During the investigation officers seized the stations transmitter and   
   antenna.  Kervenson was charged with unauthorized transmissions to, or   
   interference with, a public or commercial radio station licensed by the FCC.    
   This is 3rd degree felony under Florida state law FSS 877.27.  He was booked   
   into the Pinellas County Jail with bail set at $5,000.  He has since been   
   released on bond.  (KB5TJI, tbnweekly.com)   
      
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   COMMUNITY SERVICE: HAMS NEEDED FOR SUTTON MA CHAIN OF LIGHTS   
      
   Ham radio communicators are being sought for the Massachusetts Sutton Chain   
   of lights festival.  This event takes place each year the 1st weekend of   
   December, which this year is the 7th.  The festival uses Trolleys to   
   transport people from one site to another. There will be about 9 such   
   Trolleys, which means that at least 10 operators, to run this event.  If you   
   live in the Boston area or are planning to be there on December 7th and want   
   to volunteer your services, please e-mail ka1otq (at) arrl (dot) net.  More   
   information about the event is on-line at tinyurl.com/sutton-lights-2013    
   (KA1OTQ)   
      
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   EDUCATION:  QCWA BOARD APPROVES 14 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FOR 2014   
      
   The Quarter Centaury Wireless Association's Board of Directors has announced   
   the approval of 14 scholarship awards in the amount of $20,000 to be issued   
   in 2014.  The QCWA Scholarship Program is administered by Foundation for   
   Amateur Radio, and all applications for scholarship awards must be sent to   
   them at FAR Scholarships, P. O. Box 911, Columbia, Maryland, 21044.   
      
   Since 1978, some 397 recipients have received over $396,850 in scholarship   
   awards through the QCWA Scholarship Award Program.  More information can be   
   found on the Foundation for Amateur Radio website at   
   www.farweb.org/2013-scholarship-application   
   http://www.farweb.org/2013-scholarship-application. (VE6AFO, QCWA)   
      
   **   
      
   ON THE WEB:  DECEMBER 2013 K9YA TELEGRAPH NOW AVAILABLE   
      
   The December 2013 issue of the K9YA Telegraph now available.  This is a   
   free, general interest monthly amateur radio electronic magazine delivered as   
   a full-color PDF file.  This latest issue contains a number of interesting   
   items including Part 2 of an article on International Law and Ham Radio   
   authored by Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL.  To check out sample issues, subscribe   
   or write an article, visit the K9YA Telegraph Web site at www.k9ya.org   
   http://www.k9ya.org/.  (K9YA.org)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  K4AC ELECTED NEW ARRL SOUTHEASTERN DIRECTOR   
      
   The ARRL Southeastern Division will have a new director come next January   
   1st.  This after ballots counted on November 18th showed that challenger Doug   
   Rehman, K4AC, of Mt Dora, Florida, narrowly defeated incumbent Director Greg   
   Sarratt, W4OZK, of Huntsville, Alabama.  This, by a vote of 961 to 949.    
   Rehman was among challengers who ran against Sarratt in 2010.  W4OZK has   
   served as a Director since 2007.   
      
   There will be no change in the Southeastern Division Vice Director position.   
   There, incumbent Jim Millsap, WB4NWS, handily outpolled challenger George   
   Hawrysko, K4AWA by a vote of 1429 to 467 votes.  Millsap, of Acworth,   
   Georgia, was appointed in 2012 to complete the term of Andrea Hartlage,   
   KG4IUM, who resigned when she moved out of the Southeastern Division.  (ARRL   
   Bulletin)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  N8SY NAMED NEW OHIO SM EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1 2014   
      
   Scott Yonally, N8SY, of Mansfield, Ohio has been named to replace Frank   
   Piper, KI8GW, as Ohio Section Manager effective on January 1st.  Yonally   
   holds appointments as an Official Relay Station.  He is also an Official   
   Emergency Station and previously served as Public Information Coordinator and   
   District Emergency Coordinator within the Ohio Field Organization.  Piper,   
   who has served as the Ohio Section Manager since 2009 cited increased job and   
   family commitments as his reason to stand down.  (ARRL)   
      
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   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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   WORKDBEAT:  DUTCH TELECOM SAYS BIG INSTANT FINES FOR FM PIRATES   
      
   The telecommunications regulator in Holland has said its going to get  tough   
   with pirate radio broadcast and will be hitting them hard where it hurts the   
   most.  In their wallets.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB, has   
   the details:   
      
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   The Netherlands telecommunications regulator Agentschap Telecom says it will   
   no longer simply warn those involved in illegal radio broadcasts but will   
   immediately issue heavy monetary fines.  The penalty applies to all illegal   
   FM broadcasts and can cost wrongdoers as much as 60,000 U-S dollars.   
      
   Up to now, owners of land or buildings where an antenna system is located   
   have received an initial warning letter asking them to stop the illegal   
   broadcasts.  A fine was imposed only if it appeared that the station was   
   still in operation after that warning letter was received.   
      
   Under the agency's new policy offenders will get an instant fine.  This   
   applies to all involved including the property owner or tenant where the   
   transmitter is situated, as well as the broadcast operators themselves.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, reporting.   
      
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   This action comes after the Dutch Telecommunications Agency revealed that it   
   receives about 1200 complaints each year of interference caused by pirate   
   radio operations.  (RW via Radio NL/Novum)   
      
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   RADIO LAW:  WORKSHOP HELD IN THE SOUTH SUDAN   
      
   An IARU Region 1 sponsored Radio Spectrum and Regulatory Workshop held with   
   the South Sudan administration on November 15th.  Its purpose is to assist   
   the administration with the implementation of amateur radio in that nation.   
      
   The workshop took place on the compound of the European Union in Juba the   
   capital of South Sudan.  Most of the 21 participants work for the South   
   Sudanese Radio Communications Agency, while others represented the Ministry   
   of the Interior.   
      
   The objectives of this workshop were, among other things, to educate   
   regulators on the creation of their own amateur and amateur-satellite   
   services; to assist the administration on creation of amateur-radio   
   regulations and the related national frequency allocation table and to   
   discuss the amateur radio's benefits for the nations society.   
      
   South Sudan became an independent country in 2011.  Currently amateur radio   
   is allowed only on a provisional basis.  There are two resident foreign   
   amateurs who received full amateur privileges.  Since 2011 only one   
   DXpedition was active from South Sudan.   
      
   The workshop was part of a goodwill project in cooperation with Radio   
   Arcala, DX University, the YASME Foundation, Rock City Investments Co, Yaesu   
   Musen Co. Ltd of Japan and the European DX Foundation.  You can read more at   
   tinyurl.com/south-sudan-ham-radio-meeting.  (Southgate, IARU-R1)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  MEGA SATELLITE LAUNCH PUTS 29 NEW BIRDS ON ORBIT   
      
   A large number of CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were launched   
   from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.  The launch occurred at   
   01:15 UTC on November 19th using an Orbital Sciences Minotaur One that   
   carried among its payloads a high school student-built satellite.   
      
   Designated as JT3sat it was designed, constructed and tested by students at   
   the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria,   
   Virginia. This is the first time ever that a satellite designed and built by   
   high school students has been launched into Earth orbit.   
      
   In all, there were twenty-nine satellites were on the launch vehicle of   
   which a dozen operate on Amateur Satellite Service frequencies.  Radio   
   amateurs from around the world have reported receiving signals from many of   
   the satellites.  For the latest news on all the new birds check the DK3WN   
   satellite blog www.dk3wn.info http://www.dk3wn.info/.  (Southgate, Space.com,   
   Yahoo News, other published reports.)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  FUNCUBE ON ORBIT   
      
   Another ham radio bird now on-orbit is the United Kingdom's FUNcube,  This   
   is an educational project with the goal of getting young people interested in   
   radio, space, physics and electronics.  Its launch was to take place on   
   November 21st at 07.10 GMT.  (RSGB)   
      
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   ON THE AIR   
      
   On the air, keep an ear open for special event station DB50FIRAC.  It will   
   be active between January 1st and December 31st of 2014.  Its purpose is to   
   celebrate the 50th anniversary of Federation Internationale des Radio   
   Amateurs Cheminots. QSL via the bureau or electronically using Logbook to the   
   World or eQSL.  (Via e-mail)   
      
      
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   DX   
      
   DC0KK will be on the air from Sri Lanka as 4S7KKG between through April   
   15th, 2014.   His activity will be mainly on CW and the Digital modes.  QSL   
   via DC0KK direct, via the bureau or electronically using Logbook to the World   
   on request.  All paper QSLs for will be sent via the bureau.   
      
   F6ICX is reportedly active as 5R8IC from Saint Marie Island until December   
   15th. His operation is holiday style operating CW, RTTY, and PSK63 on for 20   
   through 10 meters.  QSL via his home callsign as listed on QRZ.com.   
      
   EA5FL, EA5DY, EA5GVZ and EC5JC will activate special event station EG5MM on   
   December 11th.  This in celebration of International Mountain Day.  QSL via   
   EA5FL.   
      
   PU5IKE will be operational as ZW5AAA from Remedios Island between December   
   7th and 8th.  This will be a 10 meters SSB only operation.  QSL via PU5IKE   
   direct with a self addressed stamped envelope, via the bureau or   
   electronically using Logbook of the World or eQSL.  QSLs from SWLs are also   
   welcome.   
      
   DL3DXX will be active from Namibia December 24 through January 8, 2014   
   signing stroke V5. He will be operational on most of the High Frequency bands   
   though modes and times were not announced.  QSL via DJ2HD   
      
   Lastly, F5TLN, who is currently operational stroke OD5 from Lebanon reports   
   that he will be there until April 2014.  His activity has been mainly on 15   
   meter SSB.  QSL direct only via his home callsign.   
      
   (Above from various DX news sources)   
      
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   THAT FINAL ITEM:  ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER TO BE U.S. TALLEST BUILDING   
      
   And finally this week, a decision has been made that will give New York City   
   the honor of hosting the tallest building in the United States.  This after   
   it was decided that it's very top is not just an antenna support.  Amateur   
   Radio Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, reports:   
      
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   We don't know if there will ever be a ham radio repeater located at the   
   still under construction One World Trade Center in New York City, but it will   
   be the nation's tallest building when it opens next year.  This according to   
   a decision by the Chicago based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat   
   which said that its decision hinged on whether the tower's mast was a spire,   
   which counts in height measurements, or an antenna, which doesn't.   
      
   Anthony Wood is the executive director of the architectural evaluation   
   group.  In issuing the decision he said that even though the cladding was   
   taken off the new buildings spire, one can still see that it is an   
   architectural element and not just a plain steel mast from which to hang   
   antenna or satellite dishes.   
      
   Currently Chicago's Willis Tower, which used to be known as the Sears Tower   
   is considered as the tallest building in the United States.  Completed in   
   1974 it was once the world's tallest building at 1,451 feet tall.  That was   
   eclipsed when Dubai opened its Burj Khalifa which stands at 2,717 feet tall.    
   One World Trade Center is height locked in at a symbolic 1,776 feet high.   
      
   While its management of One World Trade Center hopes to lure many of the   
   broadcasters that moved back to other sites after the 9/11 al-Quida terror   
   attack that felled the original World Trade Center twin towers, so far no   
   major entity has made up its mind on such a move.  Each site has its own   
   advantages and disadvantages so it is not simply a technical, business or   
   operational choice but a combination of the three.  Add to that the long-term   
   leases at current broadcast sites such as the Empire State Building, the   
   costs involved in such a move along with uncertainty over the FCC's repacking   
   of the television band and it's easy to understand why many are reticent to   
   commit to such a transmitter relocation.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, in Zion, Illinois.   
      
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   One World Trade Center was initially developed by Silverstein Properties and   
   taken over by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in April 2006.    
   The 104 story building will feature a grand lobby an observation deck with   
   views of the entire metro-area and the spire that's capable of being used as   
   an antenna structure for those who so desire.  (Published News Reports)   
      
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