Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1911 - March 28, 2014   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1911 with a release date of March 28   
   2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.      
      
   The following is a QST.  Ham radio is offered a pair of transponders on an   
   upcoming geostationary satellite launch; the final commissioning of the new   
   Ham TV on the International Space Station is again delayed; United Kingdom   
   hams may get added spectrum on 2 meters; the FCC grants several experimental   
   licenses in the 70 centimeter band; planning is underway for International   
   Marconi Day and an April 1st report on remote operation by you know who!  All   
   this and more on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1911 coming your   
   way right now.   
      
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  TWO GEOSTATIONARY HAM TRANSPONDERS TO BE ON ORBIT BY   
   END OF 2016   
      
   The dreams of many hams around the world will become reality within the next   
   two years.  This with the announcement that there will soon be a   
   geostationary satellite carrying amateur radio as a part of its payload.    
   Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD, has the rest of the story:   
      
   --   
      
   Ham radio will have its own geostationary transponders on-orbit by the end   
   of 2016.  This thanks to approval of a concept from by the Qatar Amateur   
   Radio Society to include a pair Phase 4 amateur transponders part of the   
   Qatar Satellite Company's new Es'HailSat-2 communications satellite.     
      
   Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, is the President of AMSAT Germany.  He says that   
   Qatar's  Es'HailSat-2 will carry a 250 kHz wide linear transponder intended   
   for conventional analogue operations such as CW and SSB.  Also on board will   
   be an 8 MHz wide transponder to be used for experimental digital modulation   
   schemes and digital amateur television.   
      
   Precise operating frequencies remain to be finalized but the uplinks will be   
   in the 2.400 to 2.450 GHz and the downlinks in the 10.450 to 10.500 GHz   
   amateur satellite service allocations.  Both of the transponders will be   
   feeding broad beam antennas to provide coverage over about 1/3rd of the   
   Earth's surface.  This equates to Europe, Africa, along with parts of South   
   America and Asia.  Because of its orbital position and antenna beam width, it   
   will not provide service into Central and North America.   
      
   Precise operational plans will be finalized over the coming months but it is   
   anticipated that only quite simple ground station equipment will be required   
   to hold QSO's via the transponders on board the soon to be orbited   
   geostationary satellite.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, in Berwick   
   Pennsylvania.   
      
   --   
      
   The Qatar Amateur Radio Society and Qatar Satellite Company are cooperating   
   on the ham radio aspect of the project.  A team of amateurs led by DB2OS is   
   also providing technical support.   
      
   More about the satellite is on the web at   
   http://www.qatarchronicle.com/science-and-technolgy/49977/eshailsat-announces-   
   tender-process-for-eshail-2/   
   http://www.qatarchronicle.com/science-and-technolgy/49977/eshailsat-announces-   
   tender-process-for-eshail-2/   (Qatar Amateur Radio Society, AMSAT-DL,   
   Southgate.)    
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  FINAL COMMISSIONING OF ISS HAM TV DELAYED   
      
   It appears as if there will be a few weeks delay in the final commissioning   
   of the new HAM TV system on board the International Space Station.  According   
   to ARISS Europe Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, the final step to bring HAM   
   TV into full operation now will not take place until late April or early May   
   due to the scheduled arrival of the SpaceX Dragon re-supply ship docking and   
   related operations.  Because of this the current Ham Video blank   
   transmissions will come to an end March 31.    
      
   NASA has confirmed the new launch of the re-supply mission. The Dragon   
   spacecraft will ride into space sitting atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on   
   March 30 at 10:50 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time from the Cape Canaveral Air   
   Force Station.  The mission will deliver 4,959 pounds of supplies to the ISS.   
   (ON4WF, SpaceX)   
      
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   RESTRUCTURING:  UK HAMS MAY GET ADDED SPECTRUM ON 2 METERS   
      
   The two meter band in the United Kingdom may soon be a megahertz larger.    
   This as United Kingdom telecommunications regulator Ofcom publishes a   
   consultation on the release of around 6 MHz of VHF spectrum in the 143 to 169   
   MHz band, which has been returned for civil use.   We get the details from   
   Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB:   
      
   --   
      
   For ham radio operators in the U-K, the key point of the Consultation is the   
   proposal to permit temporary access of the spectrum from 146 to 147 MHz for   
   amateur radio use, until or unless it might be needed by Business Radio or   
   other services.  Should additional spectrum be needed to meet those   
   operational requirements, Ofcom says that it will re remove the temporary ham   
   radio allocation.   
      
   Amateur Radio use of 146 to 147 MHz will be on a non-protected and   
   non-interference basis with any other service.  There will also be some   
   geographical restrictions to ensure that there is no interference to   
   neighboring countries. Authorization to use this spectrum by U-K hams will be   
   by an individual Notice of Variation to an applicant's amateur radio license.   
      
      
   A notice of Variance is the equivalent of a Special Temporary Authority   
   while an Ofcom Consultation is about the same as an FCC Notice of Proposed   
   Rule Making here in the United States.     
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, reporting.   
      
   --   
      
      
   Responses to the Ofcom proposals in the Consultation by United Kingdom   
   citizens are due by May 26th.     
   Those in the United Kingdom wishing file a response can do so on-line at    
   http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/vhf-143-169mhz/howtorespond/   
   http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/vhf-143-169mhz/howtorespond/    
   (Ofcom, Southgate)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO TECHNOLOGY:  CANADIAN HAMS ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE POND ON TWO METERS    
      
   A group of hams from Atlantic Canada will operate from Pouch Cove,   
   Newfoundland, from July 4th to the 12th.  This, in a bid to complete a 2   
   meter trans-Atlantic QSO and claim the Brendan Trophy.    
      
   The expedition will operate take to the air from Maidenhead Grid GN37   
   transmitting on 144.270 MHz with about 750 watts into a 30 meter long rope   
   Yagi with a gain of more than 23 dB over a dipole.  The group will   
   concentrate its efforts using the digital mode JT65B that offers greatly   
   enhanced performance over more conventional analog operation.  It will also   
   have the capability to operate CW and SSB if conditions warrant.   
      
   A special callsign has been requested and will be announced if and when   
   approved.  In the event that approval for a special callsign is not received,   
   the group will use VO1NO.    
      
   Real time information on operating modes and schedules will be posted during   
   the expedition on the team's web site, the ON4KST website site and the G4CQM   
   Shoutbox.  Facebook users are also welcome to join the group's page at   
   Brendan Quest 2 meter Trans-Atlantic Attempt 2014.    
      
   The Brendan Trophy is part of a series of awards offered by the Irish Radio   
   Transmitters Society to the first amateur radio operators to complete a 2   
   meter Trans-Atlantic QSO.   Further is on the web at www.brendanquest.org   
   http://www.brendanquest.org/ or by e-mail to info (at) brendanquest (dot) org   
   (Press release)   
      
   **   
      
   SPECTRUM SHARING:  FCC GRANTS EXPERIMENTAL LICENSES IN 70 CM BAND   
      
   The FCC has issued its list of recently granted experimental licenses and   
   there were a few that will likely be of interest to ham radio operators.    
   Primarily those using the shared 420 to 450 MHz band.   
      
   Amateur radio operators in the area north of Denver, Colorado may eventually   
   notice transmissions from Detect, Inc. on 449 MHz.  This will be in   
   connection with the testing of wind profiler radar and remote sensing   
   technology operating mobile around the Longmont area.   
      
   And General Dynamics is using the same band for development of   
   software-defined radios operating with Wide Networking Waveform mobile   
   technology in Scottsdale, Arizona.  The specific frequencies that General   
   Dynamics will be using are 420 to 424 dot 75, 445 dot 75 to 450, 1370 to 1400   
   and 1755 to 1850 MHz.    
      
   The complete list of experimental license grants from January 1st through   
   February 1st of this year has been made available in the FCC Public Notice   
   Report No. 453 which is subtitled Experimental Actions.   (TV Technology)   
      
   **   
      
   DX UP FRONT:  MELLISH REEF UPDATE   
      
   In DX up front, the Mellish Reef DXpedition team is now in Australia and   
   making ready to head out to sea.  According to the groups latest update all   
   of the equipment has arrived, antennas have been tested and are now stored   
   for the voyage.  If all continues as planned, the ship will be fueled and the   
   group was to set sail for Mellish Reef sometime on March 25th.  (Press   
   release)   
      
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   DX UP FRONT - DODCANESE ISLAND MAY 3 - 11   
      
   And word that nine operators will be active from Dodcanese with the special   
   callsign SX5LA from May 3rd to the 11th.  Operations will be on 160 through 6   
   meters using CW, SSB and RTTY.  The group plans to use beam antennas for 30   
   through 6 meters, a phased vertical for 40, a vertical for 80 and an Inverted   
   L for 160 meters.  Power out will be only 100 watts.  QSL's go via SV2FWV.    
   (Facebook)   
      
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   Time for you to identify your station.  We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,   
   heard on bulletin stations around the world including the W9YPC repeater   
   serving Markham Illinois.      
      
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   ENFORCEMENT:  FCC ISSUES $15000 NAL FOR UNLICENSED OPERATION IN AUSTIN TEXAS   
      
   In what might be called one of the stranger enforcement cases we have   
   reported, the FCC has issued a $15,000 Notice of Apparent Liability for   
   Forfeiture to Walter Olenick and M. Rae Nadler-Olenick.  This for their   
   alleged operation of an unlicensed radio station on the frequency 90.1 MHz in   
   Austin, Texas.  But the question is whether or not those handed the proposed   
   fine will recognize the FCC's authority to issue it.   Skeeter Nash, N5ASH,   
   is near Houston Texas with more:   
      
   --   
      
   According to the regulatory agency, back on August 12, 2013 agents from the   
   Enforcement Bureau's Houston Office used direction-finding to locate the   
   source of radio on 90.1 MHz to an antenna atop an approximately 50 feet tall   
   tower mounted to the side of an apartment building.   According to Travis   
   County Texas property records, the apartment building is owned by Mr. and   
   Mrs. Olenick.     
   On September 6, 2013, the Houston Office issued Mr. and Mrs. Olenick a   
   warning letter, which advised them that the operation of an unlicensed radio   
   station from their property violated the Communications Act.  The warning   
   also instructed Mr. and Mrs. Olenick to describe the steps taken to secure   
   the common areas of their property.     
   On September 16, 2013, the Houston Office received a reply from Mr. and Mrs.   
   Olenick, which did not deny that they owned the apartment building or   
   operated an unlicensed radio station from the apartment building.  Rather,   
   with respect to the common areas of the building, the response stated that   
   the agent did not have permission or consent to enter the premises.  They   
   also stated that because they had no commercial nexus with the Commission,   
   they did not consent, directly or by any implication, to the Commission's   
   policies, procedures, or jurisdiction.  They also implied that they do not   
   consider themselves subject to the laws of the United States, because they   
   stated they expect any future communications to come from the International   
   Bureau only after a treaty to which they are "signators" is signed.   
   But in its findings the FCC noted that it has every right to observe from   
   common grounds and that it also had the authority to regulate radio   
   transmissions within the state of Texas.  With that it gave the Olnicks the   
   customary 30 days from the February 19th issuance of the proposed $15,000   
   fine to pay or to file an appeal.      
      
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   That 30 day response period is now past but there's been no word from the   
   FCC if it has any response to the proposed $15000 fine.    (FCC)   
      
   **   
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  OKLAHOMA HOBBY RADIO ENTHUIAST ISSUED $12000 PROPOSED FINE   
      
   An Oklahoma hobby radio enthusiast has been issued a $12,000 Notice of   
   Apparent Liability for operating a Citizens Band radio transmitter to   
   interfere with the communications of other CB stations.   
      
   The recipient of the proposed fine is Orloff Haines, KF5IXX, from the city   
   of Enid whom the FCC says was the subject of action beginning back on May 14,   
   2013.  That's when an agent of the Enforcement Bureau's Dallas Office   
   T-hunted and positively identified the source of a continuous carrier on   
   27.1850 MHz to Orloff Haines's residence.  That frequency corresponds to CB   
   Channel 19.   
      
   At that point the agent decided to do a station inspection.  He identified   
   himself and while Orloff Haines was not present, Mrs. Haines showed the agent   
   her husbands CB station, which was transmitting on Channel 19.  At that point   
   Mrs. Haines stated that Mr. Haines was continuously transmitting on Channel   
   19, because other CB operators in the area were harassing her.     
      
   During the inspection the agent telephoned Orloff Haines who admitted that   
   he was keyed up on Channel 19 to prevent other CB operators in the area from   
   bothering his wife.  At the conclusion of the inspection, Mrs. Haines   
   voluntarily turned off the CB transmitter, resolving the interference.     
      
   In making its decision to issues the $12,000 proposed fine, the FCC noted   
   that on two prior occasions that Haines had been issued written warnings from   
   the Dallas Office advising him that intentionally interfering with other CB   
   operators violated the Communications Act and the Commission's Rules.  It   
   then stated that based on the evidence before it that finds Orloff Haines   
   apparently and willfully violated the rules by intentionally interfering with   
   other CB station communications and as such the punitive action is warranted.   
      
   Haynes was given the usual 30 days from the March 21st date that the Notice   
   was published to pay it in full, arrange time payments, or to file an appeal.   
   (FCC)   
      
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   ENFORCEMENT:  FLORIDA HAM ENTERS INTO CONSENT DECREE AND GIVES UP HIS LICENSE   
      
   A Florida ham has effectively resigned from the hobby and entered into a   
   Consent Decree with the FCC.  This to end enforcement action taken against   
   him for his alleged interference to a law enforcement two way radio system.    
   Amateur Radio Newsline Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, reports:   
      
   --   
   As part of a Consent Decree ending an enforcement action Cocoa, Florida,   
   radio amateur Terry L. Van Volkenburg, KC5RF, has given up his Advanced class   
   Amateur Radio license.  He also agreed to make a $1000 "voluntary donation"   
   to the United States Treasury, in installments, and waive all rights to   
   contest the validity of the Consent Decree that was released on March 19.     
   The case goes back some two years to September of 2012.  That's when the FCC   
   began an investigation in response to an interference complaint filed by the   
   Brevard County Sheriff's Department.  The Enforcement Bureau subsequently   
   determined that Van Volkenburg had transmitted on 465.300 MHz without a   
   license for operating in that spectrum and interfering with the radio system   
   in the county jail.    
   On March 1, 2013, the FCC found Van Volkenburg liable for a $25,000   
   forfeiture, which the Commission subsequently determined he would be unable   
   to pay.  The Commission said it was entering into the agreement and   
   terminating the enforcement proceeding in part, to avoid further expenditure   
   of public resources.  The Enforcement Bureau also agreed not to institute any   
   new proceeding on the basis of the one just concluded.   
   In settling the enforcement action, Van Volkenburg admitted, solely for the   
   purpose of the Consent Decree and for Commission civil enforcement purposes   
   that the radio transmissions he made on 465.300 MHz sparked the investigation   
   of violations of the Communications Act.     
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, reporting.   
   --   
   Prior to signing the Consent Decree, the FCC said, Van Volkenburg had   
   requested in writing that the Commission cancel his Amateur Radio license   
   which it did effective March 14th.  (FCC, ARRL)   
      
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   HAM HAPPENINGS:  INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY - APRIL 26   
      
   Saturday April 26th is when stations around the world will be on the air to   
   celebrate International Marconi Day.  This is a once a year opportunity to   
   make contact with historic Marconi locations around the world and to   
   celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi on the  April 25th 1874.    
      
   At airtime, over 20 Marconi related sites have confirmed that they will be   
   on board this year's celebration.  These include the historic GB4IMD at   
   Poldhu in Cornwall, England along with VO1AA on Signal Hill in St. Johns,   
   Newfoundland, and W2MRC at Monmouth Junction in New Jersey.    
      
   All stations planning to participate are urged to register in advance.  Full   
   details are at www.gb4imd.com http://www.gb4imd.com/.     
   (IMD)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  WA8RJF NAMED NEW VHF EDITOR OF CQ MAGAZINE    
   Tony Emanuele, WA8RJF, has been named the new VHF Editor of CQ Amateur Radio   
   magazine.  A ham for nearly 50 years, Emanuele who lives in Painesville,   
   Ohio, has been active on VHF and above for the past 30 years.  He enjoys   
   building equipment and has operated on all bands from 6 meters to 47 GHz.    
   Professionally, Emanuele is Sales Engineer and Sales Manager for a specialty   
   LCD company.   He succeeds Joe Lynch, N6CL, who stepped down after 22 years   
   as VHF Editor to devote his full energies to his new position as Director of   
   Religious Education for the United States Military Academy at West Point, New   
   York.  N6CL's final column will appear in the March/April issue of CQ.  (CQ   
   Magazine)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  PHOTOS OF MARLON BRANDOS HAMSHACK ON LINE   
      
   And Fernando Casanova, EC1AME, has posted that back in the 1980s while he   
   was reading the Spanish magazine HOLA and found a very interesting article   
   about Marlon Brando's private island in the Pacific.  Among the pictures he   
   spotted 2 ham radio related ones and later posted them to the EA1URO internet   
   discussion site.   
      
   As some of you may know, Marlon Brando was licensed as KE6ZPH here in the   
   USA and FO5GJ while in Tahiti.  According to Wilipedia.com, Brando  was   
   listed in the Federal Communications Commission records as Martin Brandeaux   
   to preserve his privacy and that he used that name while on the air.    
      
   His private island was to become a luxury resort in 2013, so EC1AME says   
   that its a perfect moment to remember how it looked in the 80's.  You can see   
   those photos on the web at tinyurl.com/marlon-brando-station  (EC1AME)   
      
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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   
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   WORLDBEAT:  UK REPEATERS REDUCE HOURS ON THE AIR DUE TO LACK OF USERS   
      
   Now here's something you do not hear about very often.  Repeaters reducing   
   the amount of time that they operate because their user base is fading away.    
   Its taking place over in the UK and Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has more:   
      
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   Due to the falling membership, the Leicestershire Repeater Group has taken   
   the decision to limit the hours of operation of the repeaters GB3CF, GB3GV,   
   GB3LE and GB3UM to conserve funds.  As a result, the repeaters are now   
   switched off overnight between 22.00 and 05.00 UTC.  The groups beacons   
   GB3LEX and GB3LES continue to operate 24 hours a day.  For the Amateur Radio   
   Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, in Nottingham in the heart of the U.K..   
      
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   Here in the United States many repeaters are also seeing a falling number of   
   users.  This as the cost of site rental, insurance and electrical power   
   continue to rise.  As such, we cannot help but wonder if limiting the hours   
   that relatively underused repeaters operate could become a phenomena that   
   could spread to this side of the Atlantic as well.   
      
   More about the United Kingdom group, its repeaters and beacons is on the web   
   at  www.leicestershirerepeatergroup.org.uk   
   http://www.leicestershirerepeatergroup.org.uk/.  (GB2RS)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  PRN CODES FOR KICKSAT SPRITES RELEASED   
      
   Zac Manchester, KD2BHC, has posted an update regarding the KickSat CubeSat   
   which will carry 104 tiny Sprite satellites into a short term Earth orbit.     
      
   KickSat with its Sprite cargo are part of the payload to be carried into   
   space on the SpaceX Falcon 9 C-R-S 3 mission.  As previously reported, all of   
   the tiny Sprite satellites transmit on the same frequency.  So as to identify   
   one from another, each Sprite has a unique pair of Pseudo-Random Number or   
   PRN codes that marks its transmissions and allowing a receiver to tell the   
   them apart.     
      
   A list of all Sprite PRN codes is available in a spreadsheet format at   
   tinyurl.com/sprite-id  (Southgate)   
      
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   RADIO FROM SPACE:  NASA PUBLISHES UNPRECEDENTED MILKY WAY IMAGES   
      
   NASA has released an interactive mosaic of infrared images of the Milky Way.   
   According to the space agency what's known as the Galactic Legacy Mid-Plane   
   Survey Extraordinaire project or GLIMPSE360 for short allows viewers to see   
   stars normally obstructed by interstellar dust.     
      
   The variable zoom image is a composite of more than 2 million photos taken   
   the by the Spitzer Space Telescope over the course of a decade and sent back   
   to earth via its radio system.  NASA says that all of these images together   
   still only make up three percent of our night sky, but because the Milky Way   
   is shaped like a stellar pancake, that small percentage still shows more than   
   half of the stars in its disc.     
      
   You can view the composite image on-line at tinyurl.com/glimpse360  (NASA,   
   other news reports)   
      
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   RADIOSPORTS:  NEW SPONSOR AND DATE FOR SOUTH DAKOTA QSO PARTY   
      
   The South Dakota QSO Party has a new sponsor and a new date.  After the   
   person who was coordinating the event had to give it up due to other   
   obligations a small group made up of members of the USS South Dakota Wireless   
   Association formed the N0EBC Group and has stepped forward to take over the   
   QSO Party management.  The new dates for the South Dakota QSO Party are   
   October 18th and 19th this year.  The club's primary focus is special events   
   with the major undertaking being the Veteran's Day Special Event W-Zero-V at   
   the South Dakota Battleship Memorial.  Details on the changes can be found at   
   www.kb0wsw.com/SDQP http://www.kb0wsw.com/SDQP   (KB0WSW)   
      
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   DX   
      
   In DX, a large group of operators will be active as DA0HEL from Helgoland   
   Island between April 3rd and the12th.  They plan to have 3 to 4 stations on   
   the air but no bands nor operating times have been announced.  If you make   
   contact, QSL to DF6QC via the bureau.   
      
   LW9EOC, will be active as 5JZ0T from San Andres Island between April 18th to   
   the 25th.  His operations will be on 80 through 10 meters using CW, SSB and   
   RTTY. QSL via his home callsign.   
      
   F4FET has announced that he will operate maritime mobile and portable from   
   the Isle of Mull between May 12th and the 18th.  His activity will be holiday   
   style on the High Frequency bands. QSL via his home callsign, direct, via the   
   bureau or using ClubLog's Oh QRS   
      
   JH7EQW will be on the air as A52EQW from Dochula Resort in Bhutan at the end   
   of August or early in September.  Look for more details to be forthcoming.   
   QSL via his  home callsign.   
      
   KT5S is planning to be active as V-31-N-X from Belize starting at the end   
   September. Operations will be on the HF bands.  QSL via his home callsign.   
      
   Lastly, BA3AX and BD3AEO have postponed their trip to Yuetuo Island that had   
   been slated for March 21st to the 24th. No reason given for the cancellation.   
      
   9(Above from OPDX and other DX news sources)   
      
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   THAT FINAL ITEM: PIERRE ON APRI 1ST:  REMOTE OPERATING IN 2014 AND BEYOND   
      
   And finally this week, one of the hot topics in ham radio today, especially   
   among contesters and DX'ers, is remote operating.  Our intrepid once yearly   
   roving reporter, Pierre Pullinmyleg,  has been looking into the phenomenon   
   and files this report.  Remotely, of course:   
      
   --   
      
   Zee magazines and zee internets, zey are always talking about ziss "remote   
   operating" and it haz been something of a mystery to me.  But I love a good   
   mystery!   
      
   Some people say remote operating will change zee face of DXing and   
   contesting.  That is the first mystery to me.    
      
   When I listen to some ham operators trying to contact a DXpedition or a rare   
   DX station in a contest, zee face is not zee first part of the body that   
   comes to mind.    
      
   The next thing I tried to figure out is whether my so-called univerzal   
   remote would let me operate my station remotely while watching TV.  I tried   
   all sorts of combinations of button-pushing.  I found zee organic gardening   
   channel, turned zee coffeemaker on and off, and started zee car three times.   
   But zee ham rig stayed on the same frequency and I could not key zee mic.  So   
   much for a "universal" remote.   
      
   Then I realized that perhaps I had it all backwards and that I have been   
   doing  ham radio remote operation for many years.  I switched on my linear   
   and keyed my mic.    
      
   Every time I spoke, I remotely opened and closed garage doors up and down my   
   street; I  remotely rotated the neighbors' satellite dishes, and I remotely   
   set off four car alarms.     
      
   Zee  appeal of all this is still a mystery to me.   
      
   Oh, there's za doorbell... a mystery visitor ... zee plot thickens...   
      
   From the FCC's until now secret prison outside Gettysburg, this is Pierre   
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