Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1743 - January 7 2011   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1743 with a release date of Friday,   
   January 7, 2011 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a Q-S-T.  Hams in Missouri face a series of killer tornados   
   while their counterparts in Australia go on alert as massive rains hit   
   Queensland state.  Also, the South African Radio League prepares to ask that   
   nations telecommunications reg   
      
      
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   RESCUE RADIO:  MISSOURI SKYWARN HAMS CALLED OUT AS TWISTERS HIT REGION   
      
   Ham radio first responders' associated with SKYWARN were called out as killer   
   storms swept across Southwest Missouri just before New Years.  David Black,   
   KB4KCH, is in our South-East Bureau with the details:   
      
   --   
      
   For amateur radio operators in Missouri, the end of 2010 was anything but   
   quiet.  Killer storms roared across southwestern parts of the state December   
   30th and 31st.  Two of the twisters were rated as EF-3s.  3 people were killed   
   in Missouri, with three m   
      
   Rod Kittleman, K0ADI, is the ARRL's Information Officer in Southwestern   
   Missouri.  He says hams monitored the storms including supercell thunderstorms   
   as they moved from Arkansas, across the state line, leaving extensive damage:   
      
   --   
      
   K0ADI:  "We had storm spotters from our SKYWARN group out all the way from   
   Chhristian County ARES, Green County, Texas County, etc.  Pretty much   
   (observing) as the storms tracked along through Arkansas through Missouri, we   
   had each of the ARES groups in t   
      
   "We had spotters that were out, chasing the storm and watching the stor.  A   
   very, very active bunch of people."   
      
   --   
      
   For at least 14 hours, radio amateurs stayed active, tracking storms and   
   reporting on their progress to National Weather Service forecasters in   
   Springfield.  Kittleman says the storms hit with bad timing, which teaches   
   hams a valuable lesson:   
      
   --   
      
   K0ADI:  " You always have to be prepared because you never know whats going to   
   happen.  The bad thing about this storm is that it happened on a holiday when   
   a lot of people are not thinking about these kind of storms.  They are out   
   doing their holiday act   
      
   "Everybody needs to be prepared for all times in all seasons, but this shows   
   that ham radio operators are always prepared all season long."   
      
   --   
      
   Despite the large amount of territory affected, Kittleman says Skywarn and   
   ARES groups coordinated efforts closely.  That resulted in an active flow of   
   real time information on the storms and the damage they were causing:   
      
   --   
      
   K0ADI:  "I was actually n the air about 7:30 in the morning and tracked one   
   tornado that went from the Missouri - Arkansas border all the way up to the   
   Ft. Leonardwood wild area.  That was the one that ended up killing a couple of   
   people up there."   
      
   --   
      
   The various amateur radio teams are being praised for their efforts to keep   
   the community safe.  Weather Service Forecasters say they were impressed at   
   the amount of response and support hams in the state gave when it was so badly   
   needed.   
      
   From the Southeast Bureau in Birmingam, Alabama, I'm David Black, KB4KCH, for   
   The Amateur Radio Newsline.   
      
   --   
      
   In all, At least 5 tornadoes, 2 of which produced fatalities and numerous   
   severe thunderstorms pounded the Missouri Ozarks for over 14 hours on December   
   30th into New Years Eve.   
      
   (N0UAM, K0ADI, others)   
      
      
   **   
      
   RESCUE RADIO:  VK HAMS RESPOND TO QUEENSLAND FLOODING   
      
   Massive flooding in Australia's Queensland state puts that nations corps of   
   ham radio volunteers on alert.   Les Unwin, VK4VIL, is in the city of   
   Rockhampton with the latest:   
      
   --   
      
   Following widespread rains over the past several  weeks, Queensland's Fitzroy   
   River is currently in full flood, with water inundating towns on its movement   
   downstream.   
   The Fitzroy basin, covering some 53,000 square kilometers is Australia's   
   second largest river system.   
      
   After completely drowning some towns such as Theodore in its more western   
   tributaries, then devastating the larger town of Emerald of 12,000 people,   
   Rockhampton, population 75000, is now facing what could be its second largest   
   flood in recorded history.     
      
   Rockhampton and District Amateur Radio Club President, Jack Chomley VK4JRC has   
   a good number of club members on standby and registered with State Emergency   
   Service and the Disaster Management Committee , with suitable equipment   
   available for activation if   
      
   The River is expected to take several weeks to return to its normal level.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Les Unwin, VK4VIL, in Rochhampton.   
   --   
      
   Expect more on this rescue radio effort in upcoming Amateur Radio Newsline   
   reports.  (WIA News)   
      
   **   
      
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  ALLEGED HONEYBEE SHOOTER WAS A HAM   
      
   The ham believed to be the so called possible 'honeybee' shooter is dead.    
   Gary Amaya, 48, KC9AWD, was shot with his own gun while apparently trying to   
   rob an Orland Park, Illinois, tanning salon on Saturday, December 11th.   
      
   Last October, three men were shot, one fatally, near the Illinois-Indiana   
   border.  The shootings appeared entirely random.  One victim, a farmer, had a   
   conversation with the shooter about honeybees before he was shot, earning the   
   killer his nickname of th   
      
   Two months later, Gary Amaya was allegedly robbing an L.A. Tan location at   
   gunpoint when a customer, Jason McDaniel, came through the door.  McDaniel   
   disarmed Amaya, and ultimately shot him twice, killing him.   
      
   Shortly after Amaya was killed, police released survailence video.  The tape   
   shows Amaya, clad in black, having bound the attendant behind the counter.    
   McDaniel enters the store, and is brought behind the counter.  At one point,   
   Amaya, having set the gun   
      
   According to an unnamed family friend, Amaya showed no earlier signs of   
   violence.  But something apparently changed in the man from tiny downstate   
   Rankin, Illinois this past summer after helost his job at a Milford trucking   
   company.  By October, when the    
      
   **   
      
   RESTRUCTURING:  SARL PREPARING DOCUMENTATION TO INCREASE 160 METRE ALLOCATION   
      
   The South African Radio League is preparing documentation to gain access to   
   additional spectrum on the 160 meter band for amateur communication in that   
   nation.   
      
   South African radio amateurs are invited to make input by sending their views   
   as to why it is necessary to expand the very narrow allocation currently   
   available.  Responders are asked to include items such as propagation studies   
   and of what benefit an exp   
      
   South African hams should send the information to zs6akv (at) sarl (dot) org   
   (dot) za by end January.  The South African Radio League proposal will be   
   presented at the next SARL and the Independent Communications Authority of   
   South Africa liaison meeting    
      
   **   
      
   BREAK 1   
      
   From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on   
   bulletin stations around the world including the W9BBK repeater serving   
   Bollingbrook, Illinois.   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
      
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   ENFORCEMENT NEEDED:  RESEARCHERS CALL CYBERSECURITY THE NEW CIVIL DEFENSE   
      
   A pair of University of Cincinnati researchers says the nation's cybersecurity   
   is being threatened because an important element in establishing it is not   
   being emphasized enough.  That of citizen awareness and participation.    
   Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill   
      
   --   
      
   In equating today's citizen role in cybersecurity to the Civil Defense efforts   
   developed at the advent of the era of atomic weapons, Political Science   
   faculty members Richard Harknett and James Stever argue that an active role   
   for citizenry participation    
      
   They make their case in a new paper published in the "Journal of Homeland   
   Security and Emergency Management."  Harknett and Stever argue that a   
   three-pronged approach to cybersecurity is necessary.  They note that ideas of   
   coordination within government a   
      
   The two researchers say that the general population must be engaged as active   
   security providers, not simply beneficiaries of security policy.  This is   
   because their practices often create the threats to which government must   
   respond.  As an example, they   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasrternak, WA6ITF, in Los Angeles.   
      
   --   
      
   Currently, the government is in a period of re-examining policy towards   
   cybersecurity.  The New York Times recently published an extensive story   
   examining U.S. deficiencies in policy towards cyber attacks, and a new study   
   of 600 computer and computer-secu   
      
   **   
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  FCC CITES MICHIGAN BUSINESS FOR SELLING UNAUTHORIZED CB SETS   
      
   The FCC has issued an Official Citation to to Doctor Radio's CB Shop of   
   Monroe, Michigan.  This for marketing unauthorized radio frequency devices in   
   the United States in violation of Section 302(b) of the Communications Act,   
   and Section 2.803(a)(1) of th   
      
   By way of background, on October 20, 2010, an agent from the Enforcement   
   Bureau's Detroit Office  visited the Doctor Radio.  At that time he observed   
   that the store offered for sale the Cobra Sound Tracker and the Cobra 150 GTL   
   DX.  A store employee expla   
      
   The Citation warns Doctor Radio's CB Shop that if, after receipt of the   
   Citation, that it violates the Communications Act or the Rules by engaging in   
   such sales that the Commission may impose monetary forfeitures of up to   
   $16,000 for each such violation o   
      
   Doctor Radio's CB Shop was given thirty days after the January 5th release   
   date of the Citation to reply either through a personal interview at the   
   closest FCC office, or through a written statement.  Any written statements   
   must specify what actions have    
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS CORRECTION:  IT'S A QSO A DAY FOR G6NHU DURING 2011   
      
   And a correction to last weeks story about Keith Maton, G6NHU, who has   
   embarked on an ambitious project throughout 2011 to have a QSO every day of   
   the year.  Somehow we typo'ed his call the wrong way in the story header.  His   
   correct all letters are G6NHU   
      
   And as we noted correctly, there is a blog to follow the progress of this   
   project at www.qso365.co.uk.  The blog won't necessarily be updated every day   
   but it will document how the project is going with updates as time permits.    
   (G6NHU)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  W4MD APPOINTED AS ALABAMA SM   
      
   David Drummond, W4MD, of Northport, Alabama has been appointed Alabama Section   
   Manager effective January 1st.  He succeeds Jay Isbell, KA4KUN, who had served   
   as Section Manager   
   since January 2008 but had resigned in December 2010 due to health related   
   reasons.  Drummond has served as Alabama Assistant Section Manager since   
   January 2008.  He will complete the current Alabama Section Manager term that   
   continues through December 31   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  2011 NEW ZEALIND DX HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES   
      
   John N. Shaw,  ZL1BYZ, Bryan Anderson, ZL2AFT, and the late Peter W. Watson.    
   ZL3GQ, have been selected asv the 2011 honorees have beem selected for   
   iunduction into the New Zealand DX Hall of Fame.  Each was choen based on his   
   dedication to ham radio and    
      
   The New Zealand DX Hall of Fame was established in 2009 to honor those   
   outstanding ZL DXers and contesters who have excelled in the radio sport   
   aspect hobby over many years.  The current panel of judges includes Ken   
   McCormack, ZL1AIH, Duncan McMahon, ZL3J   
      
   **   
      
   THE SOCIAL SCENE:  HAMVENTION AWARDS NOMINATING PERIOD ENDS JANUARY 15th   
      
   And a reminder that the deadline for Hamvention award nominations is getting   
   close.  The Hamvention now sponsors four annual awards.  These are the   
   Technical Excellence, Special Achievement and Radio Amateur of the Year   
   Awards.  And as the special Radio C   
      
   If you know of a radio amateur or a club deserving of recognition please   
   submit your nomination.  Further information and nomination forms can be found   
   on-line at www.Hamvention.com in the awards section.  To be considered for any   
   award the nominations mu   
      
   Again, the cutoff date to submit nominations is January 15th which is less   
   than a week away.  (Hamvention)   
      
      
   **   
      
   WITH NEWSLINE:  RADIO SCOOTER INTERNATIONAL TO AIR ARNEWSLINE(tm)   
      
   Some good news for those hams who have been asking if any Internet radio   
   stations retransmit these weekly Amateur Radio Newsline reports.  Well Bill   
   Bergadano,  KA2EMZ, reports that his station known as Radio Scooter   
   International began carrying Amateur R   
      
   According to Bergadano, Amateur Radio Newsline airs at  03:00 U-T-C on   
   Mondays.  That translates into 7:30PM Eastern and 4:30PM Pacific Time.   
      
   To listen go to www dot radioscooterinternational dot net.  Then click the   
   antenna and then the play button on the next page.   
      
   Bergadano tells Newsline that Radio Scooter International has been on the air   
   since 2005, and, has been heard in over 80 countries.  (KA2EMZ)   
      
   **   
      
   WITH NEWSLINE:  PODCAST ADDRESS CHANGE   
      
   And a follow-up to last weeks report that some listeners with the latest iPods   
   cannot get Amateur Radio Newsline to play on their 4th generation devices.  We   
   have received several listener responses with possible answers, but Kevin   
   Trotman, N5PRE, who spo   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK 2   
      
   This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur.  From the United States of   
   America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline with links to the world from our   
   only official website at www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the volunteer   
   services of the followi   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
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   SWL CORNER:  THREE DX TESTS SET FOR FEBRUARY   
      
   If you are an SWL or a ham with a good Medium Wave receiver, listen up.  On   
   Saturday February 12th, at precisely oh-seven hundred and oh-eight-hundred   
   U-T-C, radio station KHMO 1070 Kilohertz in Hannibal, Missouri, will conduct a   
   DX test for SWL's worldwi   
      
   Also on February 12th, from oh-nine hundred to oh-ten-hundred U-T-C, WLIQ 1530   
   Kilohertz in Quincy Illinois will conduct a DX test of its own  WLIQ will test   
   for twenty minutes using Morse code, sweep tones, voice announcement, special   
   music, sound bites    
      
   The third, and last test is on Saturday, February 19th. This one will be will   
   be from oh-seven-hundred to oh-eight-hundred U-T-C from WLRB 1510 Kilohertz   
   from Macomb Illinois.  The WLRB test for the first thirty-minutes will use   
   Morse code, sweep tones, v   
      
   If you would like to receive a Q-S-L, you can send a written report, or a   
   cassette or CD to the Chief Engineer of these stations by following the rules   
   and sending reports the following address: Gary Glaenzer, c/o (Put the name of   
   the station whose DX tes   
      
   Tapes or CDs will be accepted along with written reports but must be cued up   
   to the point of where the best reception is.  If sending in a report by mail,   
   you must include a return, self addressed, stamped envelope if you expect to   
   get back a QSL or any r   
      
   The reports are being sent to the engineers home address, not the station.  So   
   please be patient, as Mr. Glaenzer is the Chief Engineer for 16 radio stations   
   in Missouri and Illinois.  E-QSLs are available.  Send them to the engineer at   
   glaenzer (at) fron   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  TMA-20 LAUNCH VIDEO NOW ON LINE   
      
   Video of the spectacular night launch of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft can be   
   sewen on-line at tinyurl.com/2gx5hqd.  The TMA-20 launch carried Expedition 26   
   crew members NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev,   
   and European Space Ag   
      
   This is Nespoliu's second trip into space.  In June of 2006, IZ0JPA was   
   assigned to the Space Shuttle mission STS-120, which is dedicated to the   
   build-up of the International Space Station.  (UniverseToday.com,   
   ARNewsline.org(tm))   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: HOW TO WORK SATELLITES WITH YOUR HT   
      
   Clint Bradford, K6LCS, of Mira Loma California, has published an updated copy   
   of the "How to Work Ham Satellites With Your HT" tutorial.  Its posted on-line   
   at www dot work dash sat dot com.  (ANS)   
      
   **   
      
   ON THE AIR:  CELEBRATING FRANZ LISZT   
      
   A group of Hungarian radio amateurs from Jánoshalma will use the special   
   callsign HG200LST between January 1st and December 31st.  This activity is to   
   celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of composer and virtuoso pianist   
   Franz Liszt QSL this opera   
      
   **   
      
   HAM DX HELP WANTED:  DX'ERS SOUGHT FOR LUXIUARY FILI OPERATION   
      
   VK4AN, OZ1IKY and possibly others are planning a major operation as 3D2A to   
   Fiji between March 15th and April 2nd and are currently looking for   
   experienced DXers to join them during this operation.  They state that their   
   activities will be from Nadi in a    
      
   **   
      
   DX   
      
   In DX, word that HA3AUI is shortly heading back to Western Africa.  Look for   
   him to be active as 6W2SC from Senegal and J5UAP from Guinea-Bissau between   
   February 1st  and March 31st.  His activity will be on 160 through 10 meters,   
   mainly on CW and the dig   
      
   VO1AU will be active stroke 9M6 from, East Malaysia between March 2nd and the   
   15th.  His operation will include the Commonwealth and   
   ARRL DX SSB Contests.  QSL via VO1MX.   
      
   DC9TH is now on the air as 8Q7TH from Baa Atoll in the Maldives.  He's   
   reporetedly been heard on 20 meter SSB.  If you work him, please QSL to his   
   home callsign.   
      
   EI8CC, the former Honorary Secretary of the Irish Radio Transmitting Societyt   
   and new Irish ambassador to Lesotho will soon be on the air from that nation   
   on CW and SSB as 7P8CC.  The final items of his station have been shipped so   
   expect to hear him on t   
      
   Lastly, ZS6TQ is now active as 9Q0HQ/6 from the Republic of the Congo.  His   
   operation is primerally on weekends and during the week after 1800 UTC. Listen   
   out for him on 40through 6 meters using CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL via K3IRV.   
      
   (Above from various DX ,news sources)   
      
   **   
      
   THAT FINAL ITEM:  RUSSIA TO TAKE THE INTERNET INTO SPACE   
      
   And finally this week, Russian engineers have started drawing up a plans to   
   take the Internet into space.  They say that their new Kosmonet project and   
   its implementation will provide an opportunity for Runet users to enter the   
   Internet in a whole new way   
      
   --   
      
   The developers of the system say that rapid access to the Internet is only   
   part of the task set before the Kosmonet.  They give priority to guaranteeing   
   communications between spacecraft and establishing control over Russian   
   orbited flying objects from an   
      
   Vitaly Davydov is the deputy head of the Russian space agency.  He says that   
   such a communication system is crucial for the north and in the Polar Regions   
   of Russia because satellites in the geostationary orbit cannot provide access   
   to these regions.  He    
      
   The new project is an upgraded version of the present system known as Gonets   
   which translates into the word Messenger in English.  Davydov says that it is   
   crucial for Russia to have the possibility of ensuring communication with any   
   of its satellites at a   
      
   The developers emphasize that the "Kosmonet" does not depend on a ground   
   infrastructure.  Rather, communications will be maintained with the assistance   
   of terminals and basic stations through satellites.  Consequently, emergency   
   situations such as earthqu   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennent, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.   
      
   --   
      
   Davydov says that at present, there is no such a system, and his nation hopes   
   to enter into this market first.  (Southgate)   
      
   **   
      
   NEWSCAST CLOSE   
      
   With thanks to Alan Labs, AMSAT, the ARRL, the CGC Communicator, CQ Magazine,   
   the FCC, the Ohio Penn DX Bulletin, Radio Netherlands, Rain, the RSGB, the   
   Southgate News and Australia's WIA News, that's all from the Amateur Radio   
   Newsline(tm).  Our e-mail a   
      
   For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk, I'm Jim Davis,   
   W2JKD, saying 73 and we thank you for listening.   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2011.  All rights reserved.   
      
      
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