Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1916 - May 2, 2014   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1916 with a release date of May 2 2014   
   to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.      
      
   The following is a Q-S-T. Coconino County Arizona bans mobile ham radio; UK   
   regulator Ofcom proposes new CB rules and more; hams in India help with   
   recent elections; a Florida resident is hit with a $48,000 proposed fine for   
   alleged cellphone jamming; Ham Nation to go live from the Dayton Hamvention   
   and its time to select USA's team for the World ARDF Championships.  All this   
   and more on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1916 coming your way   
   right now.   
      
      
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   RADIO LAW:  NORTHERN ARIZONA COUNTY BANS ALL FORMS OF MOBILE TWO-WAY RADIO   
      
   We begin this week with breaking news of a new ban on mobile cellphone use   
   in one Northern Arizona county.  One that effectively precludes all forms of   
   mobile two way radio other than those needed for public service by first   
   responders, police, fire and other authorized officials.  One of its biggest   
   impacts is that it will effectively preclude hams from operating mobile.     
      
   The new law is the work of the leaders of Coconino County located in the   
   north central part of Arizona and is a part of the Flagstaff metropolitan   
   statistical area.  It not only includes the city of Flagstaff but the Grand   
   Canyon and adjacent areas as well.     
      
   As written, the new ban outlaws mobile radio communications most drivers who   
   depend on the technology unless they are using a hands-free device.  It also   
   stops amateur radio operators and others who use push to talk microphone from   
   being able to easily assist in a volunteer capacity with local events.  The   
   measure provides a very narrowly crafted exemption for amateur radio   
   operators working during an emergency situation under the direction of   
   authorized first responders but nothing else.  If a ham or any other member   
   of the public wants to use a two-way communications device while operating   
   mobile anywhere in the county, he or she must pull over to the side of the   
   road or use a hands free connection such as Bluetooth to their mobile device.   
      
   According to the Arizona Daily Sun, there are hundreds of amateur radio   
   operators in the county who are very angry over the new law.  It says that   
   hams have been reaching out to the Chairman of the county Board of   
   Supervisors to get a clarification or an amendment that would create an   
   exemption allowing their mobile radio operations to continue.  But the   
   newspaper also says that when reached for comment county officials confirmed   
   that the ordinance does ban mobile amateur radio operations as well as all   
   other two-way mobile communications deemed as personal.   
      
   Motorists have been given a a six month grace period during which they will   
   receive only a warning.  After that violating the ordinance will be   
   punishable by a $100 fine, plus any other penalty allowable by law.    
      
   For more on this story follow go to tinyurl.com/arizona-hams-react-to-ban   
   and www.coconino.az.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5309   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the newsroom   
   in Los Angeles.    Now heres Jim Davis, W2JKD, with the rest of this weeks   
   newscast.    
      
   (WD6EBY, WA6ILQ, AZ Daily Sun, others)    
      
   **   
      
   PUBLIC SERVICE:  HAM RADIO AT THE BOSTON MARATHON   
      
   Once again ham radio provided numerous communications links for this years   
   running of the Boston Marathon.  According to news reports there was   
   heightened security due to last year's terror attack, but that did not slow   
   down the pace of this year's event.  Heather Embee, KB3TZD, has more:   
      
   --   
   The ARRL reports more than 300 amateur radio volunteers provided   
   communication support on April 21 for the 118th running of the Boston   
   Marathon.  In a show of solidarity following last year's tragic bombings   
   close to the finish line, a near record numbers of runners - upward of 36,000   
   - turned out for the Patriot's Day event along with a huge outpouring of   
   spectators.    
      
   Steve Schwarm, W3EVE, is the Boston Marathon Course Coordinator.  He said   
   that in the wake of the 2013 bombings that they received a fantastic showing   
   of volunteer support across the start, the course, and finish line from the   
   amateur radio community.  Schwarm noted that the level of ham radio support   
   for the 2014 event demonstrated that "Boston Strong" remains a rallying cry   
   in the wake of last year's tragedy.   
   The Boston Marathon is a major public service event for the region's   
   Amateur Radio volunteers.  It follows a 26.2 mile course from Hopkinton to   
   Boston, Massachusetts.  Amateur radio communication support became critical   
   in the aftermath of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, when conventional   
   telecommunications systems, such as cellular telephone, quickly became   
   overloaded and confusion reigned.   
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reporting   
   --   
      
   For an in depth look at the involvement of amateur radio in this years   
   Boston Marathon take your web browser to the news pages at www.arrl.org   
   http://www.arrl.org/.  (ARRL)   
      
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   RADIO LAW:  OFCOM 27 MHZ CB AND 915 MHZ CONSULTATIONS   
      
   United Kingdom telecommunications regulator Ofcom has published a   
   consultation on draft regulations that will among other things impact on 27   
   MHz CB radio.   
      
   The proposed Wireless Telegraphy Exemption regulations would implement a   
   number of previous decisions made by Ofcom.  Among other actions the   
   regulations would authorize the use of 870 to 876 MHz and 915 to 921 MHz for   
   a number of short range devices on a license-exempt basis.  They would also   
   enable the land-based use of Earth Stations on Moving Platforms on a license   
   free basis and also allow two different Amplitude Modulation modes to be used   
   for 27 MHz Citizens Band radio.     
      
   As far as the CB proposal, the change in the rules change would put the   
   modes available in the UK in line with most other nations world-wide where AM   
   and later SSB have been used for decades.  CB in the UK is currently an FM   
   only service.  (Various sources)   
      
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   PUBLIC SERVICE:  HAMS IN INDIA ASASIST IN GENERAL ELECTIONS   
      
   On the other side of the world, Radio amateurs in India have assisted in   
   that nations 2014 general elections that were to be held on Wednesday April   
   30th.     
      
   According to a news release form India's National Institute of Amateur Radio   
   the nations Chief Election Officer requested amateur radio communications   
   support into areas which are not accessible by normal telecommunication   
   facilities.  The National Institute in turn put out a call to its members who   
   had the time to volunteer for this duty and to confirm their availability   
   from 27th to the 30th.    
      
   The exact role that ham radio would play in the election was not spelled out   
   in the National Institute of Amateur Radio request but it was assumed to be   
   as a link between the isolated areas and India's central election   
   headquarters.  (NAIR, Southgate)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO NEAR SPACE:  LONG DURATION PARTY BALLOON FLIGHT FROM THE UK TO RUSSIA   
   VIA GREENLAND   
      
   An amazing journey for a long duration foil party balloon transmitting   
   Contestia 8/250 telemetry data on 434.500 MHz USB  The medium altitude craft   
   was launched on Friday, April 18th from Silverstone in the United Kingdom by   
   Leo Bodnar,  M0EXR.     
      
   During its long duration journey, the balloon known simply as B-46 first   
   headed West over to Southern Iceland, lopping North across Western Greenland   
   then heading West across the Norwegian Sea.  It then made landfall in Europe   
   along Sweden's Northern coastline traveling South East down into Finland and   
   into Russia where the flight appeared to end close to the Ukrainian border.    
   Depending on the altitude, the 12 gram, three foot balloon could have had a   
   radio range of between 180 and 300 miles.     
      
   Bondar was one of the first to experiment with long duration flights using   
   what are commonly known as party balloons.  Reports of his work in this area   
   appear to have prompted other individuals and groups world-wide to experiment   
   with similar technology.  The use of Contestia 8/250 sends two lines of   
   telemetry every 4 minutes and lasts about 1 minute.  Time between telemetry   
   data was filled with beeps at 3 second intervals.   
      
      
   You can see the flight path of B-46 at   
   http://spacenear.us/tracker/?filter=B-46   
   http://spacenear.us/tracker/?filter=B-46  More about this flight and Leo   
   Bondar's earlier ballooning experiments is on his website at   
   www.leobodnar.com/balloons http://www.leobodnar.com/balloons  (Southgate,   
   others)   
      
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   DX UP FRONT:  TONGA MAY 28 TO JUNE 3   
      
   In DX up front JA0RQV is planning to activate Niuatoputapu Island at the   
   very small northern end of Tongan territory between May 28th and June 3rd.    
   He will be signing  A35JP/P with operations will be on 80 through 6 meters   
   using CW and SSB.  But there is one hitch, that being his time on the air   
   will be limited to when and where he can find a source of electric power as   
   there are no power mains at the locayions he will be at.  That meand locating   
   a generator or a vehicle with a good battery to power his station.  JA0RQV   
   adds that in the off chance his flight is cancelled, he will instead operate   
   from Vava'u Island or Tongatapu Island. Either way, if you work him please   
   QSL via his home callsign either direct, via the bureau or electronically   
   using Logbook to the World.     
      
   **   
      
   DX UP FRONT:  SPRATLY ISLANDS IN APRIL 2015   
      
   Down the road, a group of operators are planning to be active as DX0P from   
   Spratly sometime in April of 2015.  Look for more details to be forthcoming   
   on this one in future 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 K7UGE repeater   
   serving Las Vegas Nevada.   
      
      
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   ENFORCEMENT:  FLORIDA RESIDENT ISSUES PROPOSED $48000 FINE FOR OPERATING   
   CELLPHOPNE JAMMING DEVICE   
      
   A Florida resident that the FCC says was the source of cellular telephone   
   jamming for upward of two years has been handed a $48,000 Notice of Liability   
   to Monetary Forfeiture.  The FCC says that Jason R. Humphreys of Seffner,   
   Florida, was caught with a jamming device in his car as he rode along   
   Interstate 4 disrupting not only cell phones, but allegedly police and other   
   emergency communications as well.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford,   
   N8WB, has the details:   
      
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   For the FCC it all began back on April 29, 2013.  That's when its    
   Enforcement Bureau received a complaint from Metro P-C-S that its cellular   
   telephone service had been experiencing interference during the morning and   
   evening commutes in the Tampa, Florida, area.  Based on the location of the   
   towers and the times that the alleged interference occurred, the Bureau   
   determined that the likely source of the interference was mobile along   
   Interstate 4 between downtown Tampa and Seffner, Florida.    
      
   On May 7th, agents from the Bureau's Tampa Office began monitoring the   
   suspected route.  On May 7th, 8th, and 9th the agents determined that strong   
   wideband emissions within the cellular and P-C-S bands were coming from a   
   blue Toyota Highlander with a Florida license plate.  On May 9th, the   
   Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, working with the FCC agents stopped the   
   suspect vehicle.  At that time the Sheriffs Deputies reported that   
   communications with police dispatch over their 800 MHz two-way portable   
   radios were interrupted as they approached the S-U-V.   
      
   The agents from the FCC Tampa Office and the Hillsborough Sheriff's Deputies   
   interviewed the driver, who identified himself as Jason R. Humphreys.  At   
   that time Humphreys admitted that he owned and had operated a cell phone   
   jammer from his car and had done so for the past 16 to 24 months.  An   
   inspection of the vehicle revealed the jammer behind the seat cover of the   
   passenger seat.  Humphreys stated that he had been operating the jammer to   
   keep people from talking on their cell phones while driving.    
      
   At the conclusion of the interview, the Hillsborough Sheriff Deputies seized   
   Humphreys' cell phone jammer pursuant to Florida state law.  On May 10th,   
   Metro P-C-S confirmed that the interference to its cell towers had ceased.     
      
   Now, after looking at all of the evidence in the case the FCC has issued the   
   proposed 48,000 fine.  In doing so it said that Jason Humphreys apparently   
   willfully and repeatedly violated Sections of the Communications Act and   
   several sections of the agency's rules by operating the cell phone jammer.    
   Also that operation of the device could and may have had disastrous   
   consequences by precluding the use of cell phones to reach life-saving 911   
   services provided by police, ambulance, and fire departments.  It also could   
   have disrupted critical communications of first responders driving on the   
   highway near Humphreys' vehicle.     
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, reporting.   
      
   --   
      
   The Notice of Proposed Liability or NAL to Jason R. Humphreys was approved   
   on April 24th and made public on April 29th.  At that time he was given the   
   customary 30 days to pay the fine in full or to file an appeal.  (FCC)   
      
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   PUBLIC SERVICE:  AMATEUR RAIO VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR USAF MARATHON    
      
   Approximately 65 radio amateurs are needed to provide communications for   
   this year's United States Air Force Marathon.     
      
   Slated for September 20th, this annual event takes place at Wright Patterson   
   air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.  Ham radio operators will be tasked to   
   ensure complete radio coverage over the course.  They will also provide   
   communications for runner location, logistics and emergencies from the   
   hydration stations back to the race officials.    
      
   If you live in the area or plan to be in the Dayton on race day and want to   
   be a part of the communications team, you can register to volunteer at www   
   dot usafmarathon dot com.  Just click on the word volunteer at the top right   
   of the page.     
      
   For further information about ham radios role in the marathon please contact   
   Dave Crawford via e-mail to kf4kww (at) sbcglobal.net.  (KF4KWW)    
      
   **   
      
   DIGITAL VOICE:  GETTING TO KNOW D-STAR WITHOUT BUYING A RADIO   
      
   If you are thinking about getting into D-STAR and are wondering just what   
   you can expect when you get a radio or DV Dongle, you can now find out by   
   listening to live audio online from the VA6EFR Gateway.     
      
   According to Jeff Bishop, to monitor without any D-STAR equipment just take   
   your web browser to the Edmonton Fire Radio website at   
   www.edmontonfireradio.com http://www.edmontonfireradio.com/ and click on the   
   listen live link.  You can also monitor on your mobile device using various   
   scanner apps on Android, iPhone and Blackberry. Depending on the app you   
   would search by location, and then select Canada, Alberta, Edmonton and   
   finally the VA6EFR D-STAR Gateway.   
      
   For those with D-STAR gear, Bishop says that his gateway is normally linked   
   to Reflector 30 C, however from time to time it may connect to other D-STAR   
   reflectors or repeaters.  (VE6EFR, D-STAR Remailer)   
      
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   DIGITAL VOICE:  MINUTE MAN REPEATER ASSN TAKING PART IN YAESU SYSTEM FUSION   
   BETA TESTING   
      
   The Massachusetts based Minute Man Repeater Association will be taking part   
   in Yaesu's "System Fusion" trial using its 146.790 Mhz system.  The repeater   
   is now a Yaesu DR-1 dual mode unit that can operate both traditional FM as   
   well as digital audio in the C4FM codec.  The system will repeat in the same   
   mode as it is receiving on its input.   
      
   Right now the systems controller is being reconfigured to work with the new   
   repeater.  For the time being the 146.79 machine is operating standalone with   
   no linking available.  Additionally, the 224.70 repeater which also depends   
   on the controller is temporarily off the air.   
      
   The Minute Man Repeater Association is a non-profit communications   
   organization dedicated to public service and emergency communications.  It   
   maintains a system of over twenty repeaters in Eastern and Central   
   Massachusetts which are made available to provide communications at events   
   such as the Boston Walk for Hunger, the Boston Marathon and many other   
   charity events. In addition the club provides equipment and recruits   
   volunteers to staff these events.  When not being used for public service or   
   emergencies, the repeaters are open to all radio amateurs for casual and   
   friendly contacts.    
      
   More about the Minute Man Repeater Association and its large repeater   
   network is on the web at www.mmra.org http://www.mmra.org/  (K1IW)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS:  AMSAT HEADQUARTERS MOVES TO KENSINGTON MD   
      
   After 30 years in the same location, AMSAT-North America is in the process   
   of moving to new facilities.  Because of this the office will be closed for   
   most of this week and will reopen on Friday, May 2nd.  During the move e-mail   
   will be operational but responses will be delayed.  Purchases made through   
   the AMSAT Store will continue but they will not be processed until the move   
   is completed.  AMSAT's new address is the Radio Amateur Satellite   
   Corporation, 10605 Concord St, Suite 304, Kensington, Maryland 20895.  AMSAT   
   new phone numbers: From the US call toll free to (888) 322-6728; From all   
   other locations call (301) 822-4376 and FAX transmissions go to (301)   
   822-4371).  (ANS)   
      
   **   
      
   THE SOCIAL SCENE:  MANASSAS HAMFEST AND YOUTH LOUNGE   
      
   The Ole Virginia Hams Amateur Radio Club will hold its 40th annual Manassas   
   Hamfest on June 8th from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time.  The venue   
   is the Prince William Fair Grounds in the city of Manassas, Virginia.     
      
   Something new this year will be an ARRL style Youth Lounge in partnership   
   with the Prince William County 4H Clubs.  The special event callsign N4H has   
   been issued for the event by the FCC and will be used to operate an HF   
   through VHF station located in the Youth Lounge area.  For more information   
   about this years Manassas Hamfest please visit manassashamfest.org on the   
   World-Wide-Web.  (KC4DV)   
      
   **   
      
   HAMVENTION 2014: W5KUB LIVE STREAM FROM HAMVENTION 2014   
      
   If you cannot make it to Hamvention 2014, then Tom Medlin, W5KUB, will make   
   it possible for you to join in all the fun vicariously over his video webcast   
   of the event.  Tom's Internet video stream will begin on Wednesday May 14th   
   showing his ride from his home not far from Memphis, Tennessee, to the   
   Hamvention at Dayton's Hara Arena.  The next three days, Tom and his crew   
   will be showcasing the magic of the Dayton Hamvention over his dedicated   
   video website at W5KUB.com.  During part of that time one of his co-hosts   
   will be astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5B0C.  For the latest update on Toms   
   plans, you can join his group on Facebook.  Just put W5KUB into the search   
   bar and you will be taken right to it.  (ARNewsline, W5KUB)   
      
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   HAMVENTION 2014:  HAM NATION LIVE ON THE TECH GUY MAY 17   
      
   Ham Nation, the popular amateur radio weekly program on the TWiT Internet   
   based television network will broadcast live from its booth located in   
   ''Audio Alley' at this year's Dayton Hamvention on Saturday, May 17th.     
      
   Show hosts Bob Heil, K9EID; Gordon West, WB6NOA; George Thomas W5JDX, and   
   Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L, will join Leo Laporte, W6TWT, at the start of his   
   Saturday afternoon national program called 'The Tech Guy.     
      
   Laporte's show is broadcast over 160 commercial radio stations.  The live   
   feed from Hamvention will take place at 2:00PM Eastern Daylight Time through   
   remote facilities provided by the EXCEDE Satellite system.   Please check   
   your local listings for the station that carries "The Tech Guy" program in   
   your area.   (Ham Nation)   
      
   **   
      
   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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   EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  NEW ULTRACAPICITOR DEVELOPED   
      
   Scientists at George Washington University have found that ultracapacitors   
   built with carbon nanotubes and graphene deliver high-performance at low   
   cost.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Cheryl Lasik, K9BIK, has the details of this   
   scientific breakthrough:   
      
   --   
      
   The research team made the new ultracapacitor out of graphene flakes and   
   single-walled carbon nanotubes by using an electric arc to vaporize a hollow   
   graphite rod filled with a catalyzing metallic powder.  They then combined   
   graphene flakes and carbon nanotubes, spread them on paper, and rolled them   
   into a new light-weight, high-performance, low cost ultracapacitor.   
      
   Jian Li is one of the authors on the report on the research done to create   
   these devices.  He explained that the nanotubes offer connectivity while the   
   graphene flakes provide high surface area and good in plane conductivity.  By   
   adding graphene, the mixture's specific capacitance tripled compared with   
   using the carbon nanotubes alone.  Li says that the result is like combining   
   the high energy density of batteries with the high power-density of   
   capacitors.    
      
   Ultracapacitors sometimes call Supercapacitors are generic terms for a   
   family of new electrochemical capacitors. These devices don't have a   
   conventional solid dielectric. Rather the capacitance value is determined by   
   two storage principles, which both contribute to the devices total   
   capacitance.     
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Cheryl Lased, K9BIK, reporting.   
      
   --   
      
   The significance of this new ultracapacitor is its light weight and low cost   
   making it useful in a variety of tasks from acting as a source of voltage to   
   maintain static memory to larger jobs such as being part of the power system   
   in electric cars.   
      
   An in depth abstract on this research report is available from the Journal   
   of Applied Physics at tinyurl.com/low-cost-ultracapacitor     
   (Sciencerecorder.com)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO IN SPACE:  ASTRO-HAM ON SPACEWALK TO REPLACE FAULTY ISS COMPUTER   
      
   An important piece of space hardware that's part of the International Space   
   Station has been replaced by two United States Astronauts.  On Wednesday,   
   April 23rd Rick Mastracchio, KC5ZTE, and Steven Swanson, hustled through what   
   NASA termed as an urgent repair job by taking a space walk to swap out a   
   computer and doing so in under an hour.      
      
   The removed back-up computer failed nearly three weeks ago. The primary   
   computer has been working perfectly, but NASA wanted to install a fresh spare   
   as soon as possible.     
   NASA feared that if the primary computer went down as well, the entire space   
   station could be in serious jeopardy. These two computers control the   
   pointing of the solar panels and radiators, as well as the movement of the   
   robot-arm rail cart.   
      
      
   Mission Control asked the spacewalkers to keep an eye out for any damage   
   that might explain the breakdown but nothing was found.  (NASA and published   
   news reports)   
      
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   WORLDBEAT:  GB2RS NOW AVAILABLE VIA TX-FACTOR   
      
   The new video streaming show TX-Factor has begun audio podcasting the weekly   
   Radio Society of Great Britain's GB2RS audio newscast.  Called the TX News,   
   this is a new service that allows users to stream the news file or have it   
   emailed automatically every week. Full information can be found at   
   txfactor.co.uk.   (GB2RS)   
      
   **   
      
   WORLDBEAT:  TASMANIA RECEIVES WATER SOAKED QSLS FROM FRANCE    
      
   If you live down-under and are expecting a QSL card via the bureau from   
   France, you may have a surprise in store.  It seems that a recent shipment of   
   QSL's received in the Victorian Head Office Bureau from France were   
   completely soaked in the box. The water had saturated the entire consignment   
   and not just those cards destined for Tasmania.  While the bureau has done   
   its best to save most of the cards some are so bad that they are being   
   returned to France to see if new cards can be obtained.  (VK7RT)    
      
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   ON THE AIR:  CELEBRATING 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PANAMA CANAL   
      
   On the air, listen out for HP2AT to be on the air from Panama with the   
   special callsign 3E100PC between June 1st and August 31st.  This operation is   
   to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal.    
   Operations will be on the HF bands.  All QSOs will be confirmed via Logbook   
   of the World.   (Press release)   
      
   **   
      
   ON THE AIR:  JAPAN TO CELEBRATE QRP DAY    
      
   On the other side of the Pacific, Japan's QRP day special event station   
   8J2VLP will be active with 5 watts through June 30th.  The QSLs will be sent   
   automatically via the JARL Bureau.  Three other stations with the call signs   
   8J4VLP, 8J6VLP, and 8J9VLP will also be on the air for this event.    
   (Southgate, others)   
      
   **   
      
   DX   
      
   In DX, ZS6AYU will be on the air from Botswana as A25GF between May 16th and   
   18th. Activity will be holiday style on 40 through10 meters using CW only. He   
   will also try 6 meters as time and conditions permit. QSL via ZS6AYU, direct   
   or by the bureau.    
      
   OT4R will be active stroke HI7 from the Dominican Republic between May 10th   
   and the 31st.  Operations will be on 20 and 10 meters SSB.  QSL   
   electronically via either Logbook to the World on,y.  No paper QSL cards will   
   be accepted for this operation.     
      
   HB9MFM will be using the call J79WTA from Dominica until June 8th.   His   
   operation is holiday style on 160 through 10 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK.    
   QSL via his home callsign, direct or via the bureau.   
      
   Lastly, W5JON has informed Amateur Radio Newsline that he will again be   
   operating as V47JA from his vacation home at Calypso Bay on St. Kitts from   
   June 25th to August 6th.  His location is about 200 feet from the Caribbean   
   and he plans to be active on 160 through 6 meters on SSB including operation   
   on 60 meters.  Paper QSL's go direct only to W5JON at his callbook address.    
   Electronic QSL's are via Logbook to the World.   
      
   (Above from OPDX and various other DX news sources)   
      
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   FINAL ITEM:  ITS ARDF TIME AGAIN   
      
   And finally this week, it has become an annual tradition for on-foot   
   transmitter hunters to gather to see who is best and to select USA's team for   
   the World Championships.  This year's get-together is only a few weeks away.    
   Newsline's Joe Moell, K0OV has the details.   
      
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   Fans of on-foot hidden transmitter hunting are getting ready for the   
   Fourteenth USA Championships of Amateur Radio Direction Finding, or ARDF,   
   that will take place June 5 through 8 near Boston.  The best radio-orienteers   
   in the country will be there, as well as some experts from around the world.    
   You don't need to be an expert, because anyone can join in the competition as   
   a learning experience.   
      
   The championships include full courses with five transmitters to find, one   
   day on two meters and another day on 80 meters.  There will also be   
   competitions in two new 80-meter events, a fast sprint and foxoring, which is   
   a combination of transmitter hunting and classic orienteering.   
      
   Site of these contests will be some large forests that are about ten miles   
   south of downtown Boston.  This year's organizer and host is Vadim Afonkin   
   KB1RLI.  He learned the sport as a youth in his native Russia.  When he got   
   back into it here in the states, he began a streak of winning medals at every   
   national championship.  Two years ago, he brought home a gold, two silvers   
   and a bronze medal from the ARDF World Championships in Serbia.   
      
   If you would like to take part as a competitor or a helper, point your Web   
   browser to www.bostonardf.org http://www.bostonardf.org/ for the latest   
   information and registration forms.  Do it right away, because the deadline   
   for registrations is fast approaching.  For more about the sporting side of   
   radio direction finding, including rules and ideas for equipment, go to   
   www.homingin.com http://www.homingin.com/.   
      
   From southern California, where the weather is so nice that we can practice   
   ARDF any month of the year, this is Joe Moell K0OV for Amateur Radio Newsline.   
      
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   Once again, full details on this upcoming Amateur Radio Direction Finding   
   event is on the web at www dot homing in dot com.   (K0OV)   
      
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