Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1917 - May 9, 2014   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1917 with a release date of May 9 2014   
   to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.      
      
   The following is a Q-S-T.  The killer of 8 people including a ham radio   
   operator admits his guilt; Canadian hams granted new band from 472 to 479   
   KHz; KickSat may not be able to deploy its cargo of Sprite picosats; United   
   States ARDF registration extended to June 1st and a long trek across Europe   
   and Asia for a ham radio floater balloon.  All this and more on Amateur Radio   
   Newsline(tm) report number 1917 coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   RADIO JUSTICE:  KILLER OF 8 INCLUDING A HAM RADIO OPERATOR PLEADS GUILTY   
      
   The Southern California man who killed 8 people including a ham radio   
   operator sitting in his truck has pleaded guilty to all charges.  Amateur   
   Radio Newsline's Joe Moell, K0OV, has the details:   
      
   --   
      
   David Caouette N6DAC, was a star high-school athlete who turned down college   
   scholarships and NFL scouts so he could join the Navy and serve in Vietnam.    
   He became a father of three who loved offroading in his Land Rover.  David   
   was age 64 on October 12, 2011 when he was shot down in cold blood outside   
   Salon Meritage in Seal Beach, California.  He was the last of the eight   
   persons killed by 44-year-old Scott Dekraai, a man enraged by a custody   
   dispute with his wife, who was the first of the victims.  Dekraai, who was   
   heavily armed and wearing a bulletproof vest, says he shot N6DAC because he   
   thought he was an off-duty or undercover officer.   
      
   After Dekraai initially pled Not Guilty, the goal of Orange County's   
   District Attorney was to have Dekraai's trial within a year.  But that was   
   not to be.  First the defense wasn't ready, then there were more delays when   
   his public defender alleged that Dekraai's rights were violated because a   
   jailhouse informant in an adjacent cell enticed Dekraai to make statements   
   that were recorded.  But on Friday, May 2, Dekraai went back to Superior   
   Court and pleaded guilty to all eight murders, telling the judge, "It's the   
   right thing to do, your honor."   
      
   Prosecutors were quick to point out that this was not a plea bargain and   
   they are still seeking the death penalty.  The judge is expected to rule on   
   that matter in June after fully examining defense allegations regarding the   
   informant.  Even if the judge leaves the death penalty on the table,   
   Dekraai's fate is not expected to be placed into the hands of a jury until   
   some time next year.   
      
   After the May 2 hearing, N6DAC's son Paul Caouette is quoted as saying that   
   he does not believe that Dekraai is remorseful and that if anybody deserves   
   the death penalty, he does.  From Orange County, California, this is Joe   
   Moell, K0OV for Amateur Radio Newsline.   
      
   --   
      
   Dekraai still faces eight life sentences without the possibility of parole   
   if the judge rules out the death penalty.  (K0OV from published news reports)   
      
   **   
      
   RESTRUCTURING:  CANADIAN HAMS GRANTED ACCESS TO 472 TO 479 KHZ   
      
   Hams in Canada will soon have access to the 472 to 479 Kilohertz band.     
   This with the release of the new Canadian Table of Frequency Allocations by   
   telecommunications regulator Industry Canada.      
      
   While approved by the International Telecommunications Union at WRC 2012   
   each country had to implement regulations for its amateurs before the band is   
   available.  Operations are subject to the international foot notes, which   
   limit power to 5 watts effective radiated power except in certain areas   
   within 500 miles of certain other countries.     
      
   Radio Amateurs of Canada says that its Zero to Thirty Megahertz Band   
   Planning Committee will be proposing a suitable band plan to enable best use   
   of this new very narrow band.  Canadian hams with comments and suggestions   
   can send them to the committee via e-mail to rachq (at) rac.ca.     
      
   Canadian amateur operators have recently secured two new segments of   
   spectrum thanks to the hard work of their national society. The 60 meter band   
   channels were made official a few month ago as well.  (RAC)   
      
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   RESCUE RADIO:  HAMS RESPOND TO MIDWEST TORNADOES   
      
   Ham radio volunteers affiliated with SKYWARN and ARES were called out when   
   an outbreak of severe weather raked across about one third of the United   
   States beginning on Sunday, April 27th.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce   
   Tennant, K6PZW has more:   
      
   --   
      
   The powerful thunderstorms across the Midwest and South, sparked a deadly   
   outbreak of severe weather that would span five days and sweep across 20   
   states.  The brutal weather system soon spawned a series of lethal tornadoes,   
   torrential downpours, life-threatening floods, wind gusts up to 80 miles per   
   hour and a number of landslides.  At least 34 deaths occurred in Oklahoma,   
   Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee with hundreds of injuries also   
   reported.   
      
   Mike Corey KI1U, is the ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager.  He said he had   
   received reports of weather observations from hams involved in SKYWARN   
   helping by providing tornado warnings issued by the National Weather Service.   
   Corey said that many people heeded those warnings sheltered in underground   
   bunkers as homes and buildings buckled above them.      
      
   According to Corey, in one instance, SKYWARN volunteers traced a tornado's   
   movement throughout Arkansas.  While forecasters watched by radar, they also   
   were able to monitor real time reports from SKYWARN on one of its nets.  All   
   of these sightings came from very reliable on-the-ground observations.    
      
   With the severe weather of late spring and summer now here, SKYWARN and   
   Amateur Radio Emergency Service volunteers across the Midwest and South   
   Central states will be on stand-by alert for some time.     
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, reporting.   
      
   --   
      
   According to the ARRL, members of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service were   
   also involved as severe rainstorms led to flood warnings being issued for   
   some areas.  (ARRL, other published news reports)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  KICKSAT SPRITE DEPLOYMENT MAY NOT HAPPEN   
      
   An unexpected reset of the master clock on KickSat may mean that the   
   deployment of the 104 Sprite 437 MHz micro-satellites will not take place   
   before the KickSat CubeSat burns up as it reenters the Earths atmosphere.     
      
   It appears the reset happened some time in the morning of Wednesday, April   
   30th and was not the result of a power issue as the batteries have been   
   holding steady around 6.5 volts.  Rather it seems the likely cause was   
   radiation setting the deployment countdown for KickSat back to 16 days.   
      
   Controllers of KickSat have been trying every possible contingency.    
   KickSat's uplink radio which could use to command the deployment, can't turn   
   on unless the batteries reach 8 volts, and it doesn't look like they'll reach   
   that level in time.  (KD2BHC)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  NASA TELEVISION TO AIR EXPEDITION 39 CREW'S RETURN FROM   
   SPACE STATION   
      
   Three crew members currently aboard the International Space Station are   
   scheduled to end more than six months on the orbiting laboratory Tuesday, May   
   13th U.S. time, and NASA Television will provide complete coverage of their   
   return to Earth.   
      
   Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA, Flight Engineer Rick   
   Mastracchio, KC5ZTE and Soyuz commander Mikhail Tyurin, RA9ANS, will undock   
   their Soyuz spacecraft from the station at 6:33 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.   
   The spacecraft will land in Kazakhstan at 9:57 p.m..    
      
   NASA TV coverage of Expedition 39's return to Earth will begin Monday, May   
   12, with the change of command ceremony in which Wakata will turn over   
   command of station operations to Steve Swanson. Coverage will continue   
   Tuesday and Wednesday with Expedition 39 landing and post-landing activities.   
   The return of the three space-farring astro-hams will wrap up their 188 days   
   on-orbit since launching from Kazakhstan last November 7th.  (NASA TV via   
   K6LCS)   
      
   **   
      
   NEWSLINE UPDATE:  USA ARDF CHAMPIONSHIP REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO JUNE 1   
      
   An update to a story in last week's Newsline regarding the USA's National   
   Championships of on-foot direction finding will take place June 5th through   
   8th near Boston.  After our newscast went to air we received word that the   
   deadline for signing up to compete has been extended until June 1st.     
      
   These Championships are open to anyone who can safely navigate the woods by   
   themselves.  Competitors bring their own direction-finding gear, and extra   
   gear is sometimes available for loan from other attendees.     
      
   For more about the international sport of on-foot Amateur Radio Direction   
   Finding, plus details about the Boston competitions, go to www.homingin.com   
   http://www.homingin.com/.  (K0OV)   
      
   **   
      
   DX UP FRONT:  NEW THAI CLUB STATION ON THE AIR   
      
   In DX up front, E21EIC has told the Ohio-Penn DX Newsletter that he received   
   a new Thailand club callsign of E20AX that will be hosted by his station.   
   This new call will be used for training new hams, for contest operations and   
   by guest operators.  If you make contact QSL via E21EIC electronically using   
   OQRS or Logbook to the World.  (OPDX)   
      
   **   
      
   DX UP FRONT:  SOUTH COOK ISLANDS   
      
   And four members of the Yamato Amateur Radio Club will be on the air from   
   Rarotonga in the South Cook Islands, between May 22nd to the 31st.  Activity   
   will be on all High Frequency bands from 160 through 10 meters using CW, SSB   
   and RTTY.  QSL via each operator's home callsign with a Self Addressed   
   Stamped Envelope or via the bureau.  (OPDX)   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK 1   
      
   Time for you to identify your station.  We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,   
   heard on bulletin stations around the world including the N0DRC repeater   
   serving Trinidad, Colorado.   
      
      
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   ENFORCEMENT:  FCC ISSUES CITATION TO WASHINGTON STATE RESIDENT OVER   
   INTERFERENCE TO 40 METERS   
      
   A Washington sate resident has been warned by the FCC that he could face   
   some severe penalties unless he terminates the use of what the regulatory   
   agency calls an incidental radiator that is interfering with amateur radio   
   communications in the 40 meter band.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephen   
   Kinford, N8WB, has the details:   
      
   --   
      
   In an April 23rd Citation and Order issued to Thomas Edward Rogers of   
   Woodinville, the FCC noted that on May 22, 2013, in response to complaints of   
   interference to licensed Amateur Radio Service operations, an agent from the   
   Enforcement Bureau's Seattle Office located the source of transmissions   
   radiating on numerous frequencies between 7 and 8 MHz to Mr. Rogers   
   residence.     
      
   On June 17, 2013, an RFI letter was issued to Mr. Rogers concerning his   
   responsibilities to resolve radio frequency interference issues.  Rogers did   
   not respond to the letter and the Seattle Office continued to receive   
   complaints of interference.  Agents from the Seattle Office returned to   
   Rogers' home on October 30, 2013, and confirmed that the signals emanating   
   from the  residence on frequencies between 7 and 8 MHz were still active, and   
   continued to cause interference to a licensed radio service.   
      
   Now, in its Citation and Order the FCC has ordered Thomas Edward Rogers to   
   stop operating devices that are causing interference to licensed radio   
   operations and to comply with federal rules and regulations related to radio   
   frequency devices.   This includes consumer and industrial devices such as   
   lighting ballasts that utilize radio frequencies in their operation.  Failure   
   to take action to resolve the interference may result in severe penalties,   
   including fines of up to $16,000 per day.     
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, Im Stephen Kinford, N8WB, reporting   
      
   --   
      
   Rogers was also given 30 calendar days to respond in writing to the Citation   
   and must state that he has ceased operating the incidental radiators and   
   describe the specific actions taken or planned to eliminate all harmful   
   interference.  The response must be signed under penalty of perjury.  (FCC)   
      
   **   
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  LOUISVILLE UNLICENSED BROADCASTER FACES $15000 NAL   
      
   The FCC has proposed a penalty of $15,000 against Jose Alejandro Aguilar for   
   apparently operating an unlicensed radio station in Louisville, Kentucky.    
   The Commission says that it had previously warned Aguilar in person that such   
   unlicensed operations are illegal and he admitted that he operated the radio   
   station without a license.  But says the FCC, Jose Aguilar continued to   
   operate the radio station notwithstanding the warning.  This says the   
   regulatory agency says that this demonstrates a deliberate disregard for the   
   Commission's authority and its rules and as such warrants a significant   
   penalty.  Agular was given the usual 30 days to pay or to file an appeal.    
   (FCC)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO RULES:  FCC COMMISSIONER PAI WANTS AM REVITALIZATION SHOULD BE   
   COMPLETED BY END OF OCTOBER   
      
   FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai has set the end of October as the target for   
   getting the regulatory agency's AM Revitalization plan completed.  He made   
   that commitment on Monday, May 5th in a speech to the Pennsylvania   
   Association of Broadcasters gathered in Hershey Pennsylvania.     
      
   During his talk, Pai said that time isn't on the side of the grand old AM   
   band, so he wants to  commit to getting the FCC's work done by Haloween.     
      
   Pai noted that the FCC proposals will not be a panacea for the real problems   
   confronting AM broadcasters, that they will help.  He added that he plans to   
   hold a series of meetings with stakeholders to discuss these proposals.  (B&C)   
      
   **   
      
   RESCUE RADIO:  HWN LOOKING FOR MORE NET CONTROL STATIONS   
      
   The Hurricane Watch Net that provides communications to and from hurricane   
   threatened and affected areas is looking to add to its roster of net control   
   stations.     
      
   In addition to severe weather spotting, Net Control Stations have added   
   responsibilities that include the relaying of weather reports to and from the   
   National Hurricane Center in Miami and to other net controllers as long as a   
   storm is within 300 miles of the U.S. coast.  They also spend a time   
   monitoring the Hurricane Watch Net on-line chat room for developments coming   
   their way via the Internwt.    
      
   Living in a location on the East Coast or Gulf Coast is desirable as are   
   bi-lingual operators.  Prospective members in Latin America or the Caribbean   
   are needed as well.    
      
   More information can be found at tinyurl.com/join-hwn-ncs  (HWN via RW)   
      
   **   
      
   HAMVENTION NEWS:  REPEATER NETWORK TO AGAIN SERVE INDIANA TO DAYTON   
      
   If you will be driving from Indiana to this years Dayton Hamvention you will   
   find some good VHF and UHF communications along the way.  This as K9NZF   
   Systems and the Chief Anderson Amateur Radio Club announce the MegALinK   
   special event wide area voice network for this years event.   
      
   The MegALinK Network was conceived as a way to provide FM mobile voice   
   coverage from central Indiana all the way to Dayton, Ohio, and onto the   
   grounds of the Hara Arena which is the Dayton Hamventions home base.     
      
   Core systems participating in the operation are located in Anderson, Modoc   
   and Greenwood Indiana, along with a repeater on-site at the Hamvention   
   itself.  More information including frequencies, coverage area and Echolink   
   connections is on-line at www dot k9nzf dot com.  Simply click on the words   
   Hamvention Megalink.  (Megalink Network)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS:  MICROWAVE UPDATE 2014   
      
   The annual Microwave Update or MUD conference will be held on October 24th   
   and 25th in Rochester, New York at the Rochester Marriott Airport Hotel.  The   
   Rochester VHF Group conference where hams from all over the world have the   
   opportunity to discuss the latest technical developments and operating   
   achievements taking place in the 902 MHz-and-up amateur radio frequencies.   
   There will be test equipment for measurements including noise figure up to 47   
   GHz available on-site. For full details and registration, go to the Microwave   
   Update 2014 website at microwaveupdate.org.  (MUD2014)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  2 INDUCTED INTO ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME   
      
   Some names in the news.  The accomplishments of two astronauts who helped   
   inspire another generation of space explorers have been honored for their   
   achievements on-orbit.  Shannon Lucid and Jerry Ross, the former N5SCW, of   
   the space shuttle era were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame   
   during a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on May 3rd.     
      
   Shannon Lucid flew aboard the Atlantis three times and is the only American   
   woman to serve aboard the Russian Mir space station from where she operated   
   the R0MIR radio gear.  Jerry Ross was the first person to complete seven   
   space shuttle missions. Five of those were aboard Atlantis. He spent more   
   than 1,393 hours in space and 58 hours, 18 minutes on nine spacewalks.   
      
   During the ceremony, each told of the challenges, triumphs and lighter   
   moments of their careers in space to an audience assembled underneath shuttle   
   Atlantis.  (Published News Reports)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  500 MILE MARATHON WALK TO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN   
      
   As reported in the current issue of the German magazine 'FUNK Amateur',   
   retiree Volker Loose, DK2MT, will start a almost 500 mile walk from his home   
   in Haltern, Germany to the HAM RADIO hamfest in Friedrichshafen.   
      
   But that's not all.  Loose is not planning to walk on flat ground.  Rather   
   he is a Summits on the Air enthusiast and his route will take him up and down   
   40 mountains during his 47 day walk.     
      
   DK2MT plans to cover about 12 miles a day including stops to operate with   
   his Elecraft  KX3 and a VHF hand held.  His on the air operation will mainly   
   be on CW using an Inverted V antenna supported a telescope pole.   (DD5LP /   
   VK2JI)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  YOUNG SISTERS IN IRELAND NOW BOTH LICENSED   
      
   Mid-Ulster Ireland Amateur Radio Club member Summer McCormick, MI6YLT, was   
   only 12 when she received her amateur radio license in 2013.  Now her sister   
   Grace, aged 10, has received her license and the call sign MI6YLG.  Both   
   sisters are now members of the British Young Ladies Amateur Radio   
   Association.  A video of Summer on 20 meters is at   
   tinyurl.com/summer-on-the-air.  (Southgate)   
      
   **    
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  LAS VEGAS EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PASSES FCC HAM TECH TEST   
      
   And not to be outdone, back here in the United States Las Vegas   
   Review-Journal reports that Zorion Connell, KG7KNK has passed his amateur   
   Technician class exam at the age of eight.     
      
   Connell, who is in third grade, passed his test on April 5th, and received   
   his license on April 11th.  He is thought to be the youngest radio amateur in   
   at the state of Nevada.     
      
   By the way, KG7KNK is no stranger to radio communication.  He obtained his   
   General Mobile Radio Service authorization and call sign WQNZ596 when he was   
   age 5.   
      
      
   You can read the full Las Vegas Review-Journal story at    
   www.reviewjournal.com/news/education/8-year-old-passes-fcc-s-amateur-radio-lic   
   ense-exam   
   http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/education/8-year-old-passes-fcc-s-amateur-ra   
   dio-license-exam   (Southgate, reviewjournal.com)   
      
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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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   EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  SPIN WAVES INCREASE SOLID STATE EFFICIENCY   
      
   Something new called Spin waves could make electronics one thousand times   
   more efficient than current machines.  This by using magnetic materials to   
   control the passage of electrons through transistor switches.  Here's Amateur   
   Radio Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD:   
      
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   As computers become more advanced, the silicon chips that house the   
   infinitely small switches that make up logic gates used to perform computing   
   functions get smaller and smaller.   As the chips and switches get smaller   
   and more are squeezed closer together however, it gets harder to keep the   
   electrons flowing where they need to without jumping to other components.    
      
   Now researchers at UCLA found that by introducing multiferroic magnetic   
   materials they created a switch that could be turned on or off simply by   
   applying alternating voltage.  This creates an oscillating electric field   
   within a piezoelectric material which generates spin waves that induced along   
   a nickel film.  These steps cause power to move through the material in a   
   wave that matches the oscillation frequency of the electromagnetic field   
   called a spin wave bus.   
      
   The difference between using spin waves to carry electrons and letting them   
   flow naturally is similar to the difference between a river and wave.  By   
   powering future devices by varying the amount of voltage used, less power is   
   used over-all by virtue of the low voltage part of the wave. At the same time   
   the leaking transistor problem is solved, eliminating wasted power and   
   allowing for the potential that spin waves could make electronics one   
   thousand times more efficient in the future.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reporting.   
      
   --   
      
   You can find a link to the complete and in-depth report on this subject is   
   at http://tinyurl.com/spin-waves-2014 http://tinyurl.com/spin-waves-2014.    
   Backround information on Spin Waves  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_wave   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_wave  (Guardian, Wikipedia)   
      
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   WORLDBEAT:  ICASA AWARDS LONG-TERM 5MHZ LICENSE TO SARL   
      
   Some good news out of South Africa.  Almost a year ago the South African   
   Radio League obtained a license from the Independent Communications Authority   
   of South Africa or ICASA to do propagation research on 5250 and 5260   
   kilohertz.  This work is in support the 2015 World Radio Conference agenda   
   item 1.4 which will consider a possible new allocation to the amateur service   
   from 5250 to 5450 kHz.   
      
   To support the agenda item propagation conditions, frequency sharing studies   
   on the impact to other services currently allocated in the band and in the   
   adjacent bands would need to be carried out.  So last year the South Africa   
   Radio League submitted a proposal to the Council of ICASA for the sponsorship   
   of long term license.   The South Africa Radio League has now received the   
   official license which is valid through October 31st of 2015.   
      
   Now, in association with the Kempton Park Amateur Radio Technical Society   
   some early result of the recent WSPR (pronounced wisper) digital mode   
   experiment have been released.  More about on this is at www.sarl.org.za   
   http://www.sarl.org.za/ on the propagation research page.  (SARL)   
      
   **   
      
   WORLDBEAT:  HAM RADIO IN DR. WHO THEME MUSIC ARTICLE   
      
   Amateur radio got a very brief mention in an article on making music for the   
   British Doctor Who series from broadcast test equipment at the Radiophonic   
   Workshop.  The story in the United Kingdom newspaper the Register titled   
   "Delia and the Doctor: How to cook up a tune for a Time Lord." Among other   
   things it describes the BBC's Wobulator which was basically a Beat Frequency   
   Oscillator used by hams to receive CW and SSB and how it was used in the   
   creation of the tune.   (Southgate)   
      
   **   
      
   DX   
      
   In DX, LA0HF is now operational as TY2BP from Benin.  Activity is on 20, 17,   
   15, 12, 10 and 6 meter SSB but the length of his stay is not known at this   
   time. QSL via IK2IQD.   
      
   VAO1AXC stroke CY0 is now active from the Sable Islands for two months as a   
   part of his work rotation. If you work him please QSL via JE1LET.   
      
   EA5IDQ will be active stroke TF from Iceland between May 11th and the 22nd.   
   This will be his first DXpedition and he will be operating holiday style on   
   40 through 10 meters using SSB and several digital modes. QSL via his   
   information on QRZ.com.   
      
   DK7TX will be active as stroke P from Spiekeroog Island between June 11th to   
   the 17th.  Listen out for him mainly on 20, 15 and 10 meters.  QSL's go to   
   his home callsign either via the bureau or electronically using eQSL.   
      
   AI2N, N2ZN and WJ2O will be operational as PJ4J from Bonaire between May   
   21st to the 28th.  Their trip is timed to coincide with the CQ World Wide CW   
   Contest an May 24th and 25th which they plan to enter as a multi-operator,   
   single transmitter all band station.  QSL as directed on the air.     
      
   DK2WV and DJ9AF will be active as 7Q7WV from the Karonga Museum in Malawi   
   through May 21st.  Listen out for them on 160 through 6 meters using CW, SSB   
   and RTTY.  QSL direct, via the bureau or electronically using Logbook to the   
   World.    
      
   Last but by no means least, JA1N-LX will be active as 3D2YA from Mana Island   
   in the Mamanuca group between October 3rd and the 9th.  His operations will   
   be on 30 through 10 meters using mainly CW with some SSB and digital, if   
   possible.  QSL via JA1NLX, direct or via the OQRS.  Do not send cards via the   
   bureau for this operation.   
      
   (Above from OPDX and other DX news sources)   
      
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   THAT FINAL ITEM:  ASIAN TREK FOR RADIO HAM'S B-47 PARTY BALLOON   
      
   And finally this week, another success for Leo Bondar, MZ0XER and his long   
   duration radio balloon flights equipped with ham radio positioning gear.    
   Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Hal Rogers, K8CMD, with the details:   
      
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   Last week it was Leo Bondar's floater balloon called B 46 which flew from   
   the United Kingdom Eastward over Greenland and then looping back over Europe   
   and finally ending its adventure near the Ukrainian border.  Now comes Leo's   
   balloon B 47 which was launched on Monday, April 28th.  It spent the next 8   
   days floating across Europe and Asia at an altitude of around 39,000 feet,   
   all the while sending back telemetry on 434.500 MHz Upper Sideband using the   
   amateur radio data mode Contestia 8/250.   
      
   B 47's journey took it from its launch point in the United Kingdom, then   
   over the English Channel to France, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia,   
   Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, North Korea before flying over Japan where it   
   was last reported on Monday, May 5th.  From there it was headed out North   
   East over the Sea of Okhotsk toward the Bering Sea on a direct course toward   
   Alaska if it makes it that far.  If it does go out to sea, tracking may be   
   difficult for a while as there are very few land masses over most of the   
   projected flight path.  Depending on the altitude, the 12 gram, three foot   
   balloon could have had a radio range of between 180 and 300 miles but that   
   may be out of range of any tracking station as B 47 floats along.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Hal Rogers, K8CMD   
      
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   You can see the latest update on this medium altitude ham radio floater at   
   tinyurl.com/leo-balloon-b47.   (Southgate, others)   
      
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