Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1935 - September 12 2014   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1935 with a release date of September   
   12th 2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.      
      
   The following is a QST.   Radio Amateurs of Canada proposes world-wide 60   
   meter ham radio allocation; China announces a Lunar circling mission carrying   
   amateur radio; Slow Scan television is back on the air from the International   
   Space Station; the FCC announces an increase in the cost of a United States   
   vanity callsign and New Zealand hams get ready to celebrate a major ham radio   
   historical event.  Find out the details are on Amateur Radio Newsline report   
   number 1935 coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   RADIO POLITICS:  RAC SAYS CANADA WILL PROPOSE WORLDWIDE 60 METER ALLOCATION   
   AT CITEL MEETING   
      
   Radio Amateurs of Canada has announced an agreement with that that nation's   
   telecommunications agencies to back the society's formal proposal to create a   
   world-wide 60 meter ham radio allocation.  One that would be introduced for   
   discussion at WRC 2015.    
      
   According to the Radio Amateurs of Canada, this proposal will be brought up    
   at the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission or CITEL meetings in   
   Merida, Mexico next month.  This, to be considered as Canada's position going   
   in to WRC 2015 and proposes two 25 KHz band segments for amateurs.  The first   
   would be from 5.330 to 5.355 MHz and the second beginning at 5.405 and ending   
   at 5.430 MHz.  Amateur access would be on a non-interfering secondary basis   
   which is a standard operating approach already in force for several other   
   amateur radio allocations.   
      
   Radio Amateurs of Canada says that although this is very good news, that the   
   process is still ongoing.  The final decision as to whether or not to create   
   this new band will be made next year at WRC 2015.  But says Radio Amateurs of   
   Canada, presenting a firm proposal from that nation with specific frequencies   
   for support by the International Telecommunications Union Region 2 countries   
   is a giant step toward a favorable outcome next year.  (RAC)   
      
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   RADIO LAW: OFCOM PROPOSES CHANGES TO UK HAM RADIO LICENSING   
      
   United Kingdom telecommunications regulator Ofcom has published a 32 page   
   proposal covering possible changes to that nations amateur radio licensing.    
      
   In summary, the changes proposed are to drop what are termed as Regional   
   Secondary Locators; relax how UK hams use their callsigns on the air and   
   provide access to 470 kHz and 5 MHZ for Full Class license holders without   
   the need for each to file for special permission.  Also covered are several   
   changes dealing with club license ownership.     
      
   The consultation or commentary period on these proposals runs through   
   October 20th.  If approved these could come into effect in April of 2015.    
   (Ofcom, Southgate)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  4M-LXS LUNAR HAM RADIO PAYLOAD   
      
   China plans to launch a Lunar circling spacecraft carrying a ham radio   
   experiment and returning it safely back to Earth.  Amateur Radio Newsline's   
   Heather Embee, KB3TZD, has the details:   
      
   --   
      
   Hot on the tail of last week's announcement by Japan that it plans to send a   
   ham radio payload to an asteroid comes word that China will send some ham   
   radio gear around our Moon and then bring it back home.   
      
   The ham radio payload is known as 4M-LXS.  It was developed by Lux Space of   
   Betzdorf, Luxembourg and is slated for launch as a part of a 196 hour China   
   sponsored Moon circling mission in late October.     
      
   The amateur radio payload will weigh only 30 pounds and will transmit on   
   145.980 MHz plus or minus 2.9 kHz.  The transmitter will be able to produce   
   1.5 watts fed to a simple monopole antenna.  This should give a Signal to   
   Noise ratio comparable to amateur moon bounce signals returning at the   
   Earth's surface.   
      
   During the lunar flyby, the spacecraft will be 248,000 miles from Earth and   
   the distance to the Moon form the spacecraft will be between 7500 to and   
   15,000 miles depending on the final injection vector.     
      
   The continuous transmissions will start 77 point 8 minutes after launch with   
   five successive 1 minute sequences sent during each 5 minutes transmit cycle.   
   The digital mode J T 65 B will be used so as to permit hams using the free   
   WSJT software to decode it.     
      
   Lux Space is encouraging radio amateurs around the world to receive the   
   transmissions and send in data that they can capture.  A Java client will be   
   made available to automatically send the decoded files to a central database.   
   That address will be made available before the flight on the Lux Space   
   Facebook page.  As we go to air, the launch is expected to take place on   
   October 23rd  at 1800 UTC.     
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reporting.   
      
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   The ham radio payload 4M-LXS stands for the Manfred Memorial Moon Mission.    
   It was named in memory of the late Professor Manfred Fuchs who was the   
   founder and chairman of OHB group, of Bremen, Germany who passed away last   
   April 27th.  A complete mission outline is on the web at   
   tinyurl.com/China-Moon-Flyby.   (AMSAT-UK, LUXSpace, others)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  ISS SSTV BACK ON THE AIR   
      
   Slow Scan Television appears to be once again operational from the   
   International Space Station.     
      
   On Saturday, September 6, the ISS Slow Scan Television experiment was   
   activated from the Russian Service Module on 145.800 MHz FM.  This following   
   an unsuccessful test back on August 27th using the Kenwood TM-D710   
   transceiver and a new cable that was not entirely successful.  At that time   
   only the carrier was detected but no SSTV audio tones were heard.   
      
   By September 6th the earlier issue was rectified and radio amateurs on the   
   ground were treated to a day of Slow Scan television transmissions of images   
   devoted to the life and work of Russia's first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The   
   pictures were in the PD180 SSTV format with an additional voice commentary.    
   (AMSAT-UK, ISS Fan Club, Southgate, others)   
      
   **   
      
   PROPAGATION:  LONG DURATION CME EXPECTED ON SEPTEMBER 12   
      
   If propagation seems a bit strange you can once again blame it on our home   
   star as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW:   
      
   --   
      
   At 17:46 UTC on Wednesday September 10th, Sunspot AR2158 erupted producing   
   an X1 point 6 level solar flare.  A flash of ultraviolet radiation from the   
   solar blast ionized the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere, disturbing High   
   Frequency radio communications for more than an hour. More importantly, the   
   explosion hurled a Coronal Mass Ejection or CME directly toward Earth.    
      
   Radio emissions from shock waves at the leading edge of the CME suggest that   
   the cloud tore away from the sun at speeds as high as 3750 kilometers per   
   second.  That would make this a very fast moving storm, and likely to reach   
   Earth before on or before September 13th.      
      
   That eruption was preceded by a smaller event.  At zero thirty hours on the   
   morning of September 9th the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR2158 erupted,   
   producing a long-duration solar flare and a bright Coronal Mass Ejection.   
      
   That CME which shot away from the Sun at nearly 1,000 kilometers a second   
   had an Earth-directed component.  As such, space scientists said that a   
   glancing but powerful blow was possible during the late hours of September   
   11th or in the early hours of September 12th.   
      
   NOAA forecasters then issued a geomagnetic storm warning for September 12th   
   noting that the storm could reach a G2 class moderate intensity event with   
   auroras visible across northern-tier US states such as Maine, Michigan, and   
   Minnesota.     
      
   Most of that celestial storm cloud was heading north of the sun-Earth line,   
   but not all.  A fraction of this earlier CME will deliver a glancing blow to   
   Earth's magnetic field during the early hours of the 12th at about the time   
   that this newscast goes to air.     
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant K6PZW, in Los Angeles.   
      
   --   
      
   In the past few weeks, glancing blows from minor CME's have sparked   
   beautiful auroras around the Arctic Circle.  More information on these events   
   is always available at spaceweather.com.       
   (Published news reports.)   
      
      
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   DX UP FRONT:  US ANTARCTICA STATIONS JOIN LOTW   
      
   In DX up-front, K1IED who is the QSL Manager for United States Antarctic   
   stations KC4AAA, KC4AAC and KC4USV says that all three are now using Logbook   
   of the World.  K1IED notes that logs from the past two years, as well some   
   that are older have already been uploaded.  Also some other older logs could   
   be uploaded in the future as well.  (OPDX)   
      
   **   
      
   DX UP FRONT: FOLLOW-UP ON JH1AJT FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL CHILDREN ERITREA TRIP   
      
   And an update on our story last week concerning the visit of Zorro Miyazawa,   
   JH1AJT, to the State of Eritrea as a part of a mission for the Foundation for   
   Global Children.  According to the latest news release he will be occupied by   
   full of meetings during Tuesday 16th to Friday 19th with very little chance   
   of getting on the air.  As of now, he hopes to finally become operational on   
   Saturday the 20th and Sunday 21st for a total of about 20 hours depending on   
   the time he needs to sleep.  He likely will shut down the station in the   
   evening of Monday the 22nd and should back in Japan by noon on Wednesday   
   September 24th.   (JA1TRC)   
      
   **   
      
   DX UP FRONT:  TIMOR LESTE SEPT 20 - 29   
      
   JA7LU and JA2VWG will be active as 4W6LU and 4W6DD, respectively, Timor   
   Leste between September 22nd and the 29th.  Their operation will be on 40   
   through 6 meters using SSB and RTTY.  QSL each operator direct only via their   
   home callsign.  (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 AD5JT repeater   
   serving Lockhart, Texas.   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
      
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   RADIO LAW:  FCC RECONSIDERING BROADBAND ASPECT OF NET NEUTRALITY   
      
   The Federal Communications Commission appears to be taking a second look at   
   how it treats wireless net neutrality.  This, in response to public comments   
   on the agency's proposed Open Internet access rules.  Amateur Radio   
   Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB,  reports:   
      
   --   
      
   Under the net neutrality rules the FCC put in place back in 2010, wireless   
   broadband was set apart from wired Internet access.  As a result, mobile   
   service providers were given more leeway to treat some streams of traffic   
   differently from others.  But that distinction is a major concern for many of   
   those who have commented on the agency's newest Net Neutrality proposal.   
      
   According to news reports, FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler has been quoted as   
   saying that an open Internet encourages innovation.  This says Wheeler drives   
   network use leading to more infrastructure build-out and that mobile wireless   
   broadband is a key component of that cycle.   
      
   Wheeler went on to say that mobile operators have claimed they don't need   
   the same degree of net neutrality regulation as wired broadband providers   
   because the wireless industry is more competitive.   But says the FCC   
   chairman, that logic doesn't necessarily follow noting that there was plenty   
   of mobile carrier competition in the era before independent applications   
   stores when carriers approved all apps.   
      
   Wheeler said that while carriers should be allowed reasonable management to   
   ensure their networks run properly that the FCC will hold them strictly to   
   that definition.  He also cited his recent letter to Verizon Wireless that   
   admonished the carrier's plan to throttle speeds for some subscribers with   
   unlimited data plans.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I'm Stephan Kinford, N8WB, reporting.   
      
   --   
      
   According to FCC Chairman Wheeler, the wireless industry's role has changed   
   since 2010, with broadband services delivering higher speeds that in some   
   places as  compared  to wired services.  In 2010, there were only 200,000   
   Long Term Evolution or LTE subscribers in the United States.  Now, only four   
   years later there are 120 million, with the potential of networks reaching   
   300 million residents.  (Published News Reports)   
      
   **   
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  TWO HAMS RECEIVE WARNINGS REGARING FAILING TO PROPERLY ID   
      
   Two radio amateurs have been sent nearly identical warning letters from the   
   FCC.  This, concerning their alleged failure to properly identify their   
   stations at regular intervals.     
      
   The letters which were sent to Gary E. Davis, W1IT and John J. Krajewski,   
   KB3MZQ.  In them, FCC Special Council Laura Smith notes that each of the   
   operators was heard at the Commission's High Frequency Direction Finding   
   Center this past July 15th and 16th as failing to properly identify their   
   amateur stations while operating on 7.185 MHz.     
      
   In her letters to the operators Smith said that this type of is contrary to   
   the basis and purpose of the amateur radio service as set out in Section 97.1   
   and is a violation of Section 97.119(a) of the Commission's rules.  Smith   
   went on to say that the letters to the two hams are meant to serve as a   
   notice that, if operation of this type reoccurs after their receipt that each   
   operator could be subject to severe penalties.  This includes the   
   possibilities of a monetary forfeiture, a modification proceeding to restrict   
   the frequencies upon which each may operate or even license revocation.     
   (FCC)   
      
   **   
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  NEW ZEALAND EXPANDS PROHIBITION ON ANIMAL TRAINING RF GEAR   
      
   New Zealand is cracking down on prohibited radio frequency devices used for   
   animal management.  This as the nation's telecommunications authorities   
   expand the terminology applied to control the illegal import, distribution   
   and use of these units.   
      
   Most of the illegal devices operate on 151.82, 151.88, 151.94, 154.57 and   
   154.60 MHz as permitted in the United States.  However, these frequencies are   
   in direct conflict with licensed land mobile services in New Zealand and   
   cause interference its users.  As a result of the expanded terminology of the   
   law New Zealand Customs is actively intercepting such equipment when and   
   where it is found entering the country.  (NZART, WIA)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO LAW:  MAJOR INCREASE ANNOUNCED FOR VANITY CALL FEE   
      
   The cost of getting a 10 year amateur radio vanity license is going up by a   
   lot but down by not by very much.  Sound confusing?  Well here's what has   
   taken place.   
      
   The current Vanity Fee is $16.10.  FCC had originally anticipated that the   
   new fee would be $21.60 but the Report and Order released in late August came   
   in at $21.40 or 40 cents less than originally proposed.     
      
   It should be noted that during its deliberations that the commission had   
   considered excluding broadcast auxiliaries, FM translators and amateur radio   
   vanity call fees from its regulatory fees categories. The agency says that   
   for now that it is retaining these fees because it currently cannot say for   
   with certainty whether the cost of recovery and burden on small entities   
   outweighs the collected revenue; or whether eliminating the fee would   
   adversely affect the licensing process.     
      
   The good news in all this is that the FCC says that it will review these   
   categories again at some future date.  None the less, this new Vanity Call   
   Sign fee increase is the largest upward adjustment in many years.  All these   
   fees go into affect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.  (FCC,   
   RW)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO LAW:  GAO SAYS FCC NEEDS MORE DATA ON TV STATION SHARING AGREEMENTS   
      
   The Federal Communications Commission may have problems ensuring that its   
   regulations on shared arrangements by TV stations meet the agency's goals on   
   competition and diversity.  This according to the United States General   
   Accounting Office is because it lacks basic data to do so.  Amateur Radio   
   Newsline's Jim Davis, W2JKD, picks up the story from here:   
      
   --   
      
   At the request of Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, the   
   GAO spent a year investigating the impact of shared service agreements   
   between TV stations to jointly sell advertising, produce and acquire   
   programming, or to share news or other equipment and resources.     
      
   Through interviews, a review of filings and documents, and a case study in   
   six markets, the GAO found it difficult to objectively determine how such   
   agreements affect the FCC's policy goals of competition, localism and   
   diversity in the broadcasting industry.   
      
   In conclusion, the GAO found that TV stations were increasingly sharing   
   services but said that the limited data on how prevalent those agreements   
   were was not available.  Neither the FCC nor industry representatives could   
   point to a central data source to track such agreements.     
      
   I'm Jim Davis, W2JKD.   
      
   --   
      
   The entire report is available for download in PDF format at   
   tinyurl.com/gao-fcc-study     
   (GAO, Other published News Reports)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS:  SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI ADDED TO ROUTE 66 EVENT   
      
   The amateur radio bands have been very busy this past week with the 15th   
   annual "On the Air Route 66" special event.  This year was very important to   
   hams in Springfield, Missouri .  This is the recognized birthplace of Route   
   66 and in 2014 it was added to the list of cities along the road that runs   
   from Chicago to Los Angeles.     
      
   The Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club played host to special event   
   station W6R and kicked off the event with a Field Day - like operation from   
   the historic Route 66 park.  That's very close to the location where the   
   telegram was sent to Washington, DC in 1926 giving the highway the name Route   
   66.   Certificates, decals and QSL cards are available at W6JBT.org.  The   
   event ends on September 15th.   (K9EID)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS:  WC8VOA CELEBRATES 70 YEARS OF BETHANY OH VOA SITE   
      
   Ohio's West Chester Amateur Radio Association will be celebrating the 70th   
   anniversary of the decommissioned Voice of America Bethany Relay site on   
   Saturday, September 20th.  The club makes its home in the VOA building and   
   operates station WC8VOA which is the call they will use for the commemorative   
   event.     
      
   This location is also the home of the Voice of America Museum of   
   Broadcasting.  More about the museum can be found on the web at   
   www.voamuseum.org.  The clubs website is at wc8voa.org.     
   (KD8VRX)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS:  VIDEOS OF ARRL CENTENNIAL CONVENTION NOW ON LINE   
      
   Several produced videos from the recent ARRL Centenary Convention in   
   Hartford, Connecticut are now available on-line.  The first two are from the   
   hand of Randy Hall, K7AGE, and combine an overview of the show itself with a   
   visit to ARRL Headquarters and League station W1AW.  Each run between 5 and 7   
   minutes and are quite entertaining.   
      
   The ARRL itself has also posted two videos.  The first is the dedication of   
   the Centennial Terrace at League headquarters that took place just prior to   
   the convention itself.  The latest is the banquet address given by FEMA   
   Administrator, Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, on Friday, July 18th.   
      
   All four have been posted to YouTube.  Use the video sites search bar with   
   the words ARRL Centennial Convention to locate them for your own viewing.    
   (ARNewsline)   
      
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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 and being relayed by the volunteer services of the   
   following radio amateur:   
      
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   CHANGING OF THE GUARD:  TUSKEGEE AIRMAN AND CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL   
   RECIPIENT GEORGE MITCHELL K6ZE - SK   
      
   Lifelong amateur radio operator George T. Mitchell, K6ZE, of San Diego,   
   California, passed away on September 4th at the age of 94.     
      
   During World War 2 George T. Mitchell was a member of the pioneering black   
   aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen.  Mitchell, who built his first amateur   
   station at age 12, was responsible for teaching radio operations and the   
   Morse code to the aviation cadets at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama from   
   1943 to 1946.  Following the war he went to work as a civilian engineer for   
   the United States Navy.  He retired to San Diego, but eventually returned to   
   work for the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.  In 2007, in recognition with   
   his service with the Tuskegee Airmen, K6ZE, was a co-recipient of the   
   Congressional Gold Medal which is the United States' highest civilian award.     
      
   George T. Mitchell, was a member of many amateur radio groups, including the   
   OMIK Amateur Radio Association, the Air Force Flyers Club, the Old Old Timers   
   Club and the Quarter Century Wireless Association.  He was a member of the   
   B.O. Davis Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen's Association and frequently spoke   
   to school and civic groups about the role these American heroes played in our   
   nation's history.    
      
   George T. Mitchell, K6ZE, was preceded in death in by his first wife   
   Lillian.  He is survived by his second wife D'Andrea Mitchell, sons Brian   
   Stokes Mitchell of New York City, George Mitchell, of Los Angeles, Richard   
   Mitchell, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, daughter, Lorna Mitchell of Fresno,   
   California and stepsons Deon and Robert Coons, both of San Diego.    (N7UR,   
   Nevada Amateur Radio Newswire )   
      
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   EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  80M HAM RADIO BAND USED FOR 2012 WIDEBAND VIDEO AND   
   DATA STUDY   
      
   A report on 2012 trials in the United Kingdom that used 3.613 MHz for 24 kHz   
   bandwidth high-speed data and video transmissions is now available to the   
   public.  It notes that by using modern modulation techniques an SSB channel   
   can support a raw data rate of 12,800 bits per second and wider transmissions   
   can support proportionally faster data rates.    
      
   In recent years there has been increasing military interest in high-speed   
   data transmissions on the High Frequency bands.  Experiments have shown that   
   color video at 15 frames per second can be streamed on HF in a bandwidth of   
   just 18 kHz.  That is the type of bandwidth that may possibly be accommodated   
   in the 29 MHz amateur radio band.     
      
   More information on this experimentation can be found in a very fascinating   
   article with the long title of "Wide Band High Frequency Communications 2012   
   UK Trials Summary" prepared by James Alexander of Rockwell Collins   
   Corporation.  You can find it in cyberspace at tinyurl.com/hf-video-testing    
   (KC0DGY, Southgate, others)   
      
   **   
      
   WORLDBEAT:  US-TO-VK TRANS-PACIFIC RECEPTION ON 630 METERS REPORTED   
      
   The ARRL reports a radio amateur and medium-frequency experimenter in   
   Australia has received a 475.62 kHz transmission from a radio amateur and   
   Part 5 Experimental operator in Texas.    
      
   John Langridge, KB5NJD, in Texas, also holds Experimental license WG2XIQ.    
   He says that his digital WSPR signal was heard in Australia on August 25 at   
   09:52 UTC by David Isele, VK2DDI.     
      
   While the approximately 8710 miles covered is not a distance record or a   
   first for that part of the electromagnetic spectrum, it does represent the   
   sort of accomplishments that hams in the United States might one day come to   
   enjoy if ever an amateur radio allocation is approved by the FCC.  More is on   
   the web at tinyurl.com/630-meters-us-vk  (ARRL)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  MODE-J TRANSPONDER ON JAPAN'S NEW  NEXUS CUBESAT   
      
   The Japan AMSAT Association and students at the Nippon University are   
   jointly developing a CubeSat called NEXUS which will have a 145 to 435 MHz   
   Mode-J transponder and a 38 dot 4 kilobits per second data downlink.      
      
   NEXUS is an acronym of "Next Education Cross Unique Satellite."  It will be   
   one unit CubeSat with a mass of between 2 and 3 pounds.  If all goes as   
   planned, the tiny bird will provide radio communications via its 145 to 435   
   MHz transponder; the ability to download 640 by 480 megapixel photos from its   
   on-board camera; provide the data downlink at 38 point 4 kilobits per second   
   using QPSK and more.   
      
   A launch opportunity for NEXUS has not yet been identified.  Nippon   
   University students have previously developed the SEEDS and SPROUT   
   satellites.  (JAMSAT )   
      
   **   
      
   ON THE AIR:  ROLLS-ROYCE SPECIAL EVENT OCT 10 - 11   
      
   October 11th and 12th will see a forty eight hours hour special event   
   operation by the United Kingdom's Hucknall Rolls Royce Amateur Radio Club   
   station GB1RR.  This to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the introduction   
   of company's famed Eagle aero engine.    
      
   By way of background, Rolls-Royce was asked by the United Kingdom government   
   to develop an aero engine which entered military service in 1914.   
      
   For the anniversary event, the club plans to run SSB and PSK 31 on 160   
   through 10 meters plus FM and SSB locally on the 2 meter band using four   
   separate stations.  Further details are at www.hrrarc.com  (M0NJJ)   
      
   **   
      
   DX   
      
   In DX, JA0JHQ will be on the air as AH0CO from Saipan Island through   
   September 16th.  Activity will be on 80 through 10 meters.   QSL via JA0JHQ,   
   direct or via the JARL Bureau.   
      
   PY2WAS will be operating as C6AAS from Cable Beach in the Bahamas from   
   October 4th to the 8th.  This will be a holiday style operation concentrating   
   nighttime on 30 through 10 meters using CW and SSB.  QSL via PY2WAS either   
   direct or via the bureau.   
      
   DJ7RJ and DJ2CW will be operating stroke as FR from Reunion Island starting   
   September 30th.  Activity will be on 160 through 10 meters using CW and SSB   
   with one operator there only through October 8th and the other remaining on   
   the island through the 30th.  QSL via each operator's home callsign.   
      
   HB9LCA will be active as S79LCA from the Seychelles through September   
   through 27th.  Operations will be on 40 through 6 meters using mostly CW with   
   some SSB.  QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.   
      
   Lastly, four operators will take to the airwaves from The Gambia using the   
   call C5X from January 15th to the 26th of 2015. Activity will be on 160   
   through10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and some PSK.  Logs will be uploaded   
   daily to ClubLog and Logbook of the World.  The QSL manager is for this   
   operation will be M0OXO.    
      
   (This weeks DX news courtesy of the Ohio-Penn DX Newsletter)   
      
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   THAT FINAL ITEM:  90TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOR FIRST NZ TO UK CONTACT   
      
   And finally this week, the New Zealand Amateur Radio Transmitters which is   
   that nations national society has issued an update on preparations to   
   celebrate the 90th anniversary of the first two-way radio communication   
   between that nation and the United Kingdom.  Amateur Radio Newslines's Jim   
   Meachen, ZL2BHF, reports from down-under:   
      
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   On October 18, 1924, Frank Bell, 4AA, in Shag Valley, South Island, NZ   
   contacted Cecil Goyder, who was operating as 2SZ from the Mill Hill school   
   station in the United Kingdom.   
      
   New Zealand's Otago Branch 30 of the NZART is celebrating the 90th   
   anniversary of this radio contact that changed radio communication forever as   
   it established new and initially the then little understood rules of short   
   wave communication.    
      
   In preparation for the celebration, working partys are being held to test   
   the antenna while quite a bit of effort is going on arranging and sourcing   
   equipment.  So far, two visits have been made to Johnny Bell and his family   
   who are the 6th generation of the Bell family at the Shag Valley Station   
   location.     
      
   The attempt to recreate the contact will take place on Saturday October 18th   
   at around 06:30 UTC or 19:30 New Zealand Daylight time which is the actual   
   time of the original contact.  This attempt will take place on 80 meters   
   which is as close to the original frequency as possible.  Later operations   
   will include 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters.  IRLP node 6507 will be on the   
   club's 690 VHF repeater as well.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, in Nelson, New   
   Zealand.   
      
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   According to the latest update anybody is welcome to come and visit the   
   station or assist with operating it at any time during the week long   
   celebration.  If you plan to do so just drop an e-mail to president (at)   
   ZL4AA.org.nz so that they will know that you plan to attend.  More is on-line   
   at www.ZL4AA.org.nz and clicking the "90th Anniversary" tab.  (NZART)   
      
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