Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1936 - September 19 2014    
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1936 with a release date of September   
   19th 2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.      
      
   The following is a QST.  Qatar will include ham radio in an upcoming   
   geostationary satellite launch; more information surfaces on the   
   restructuring of the United Kingdom's ham radio rules; Philippine hams once   
   again respond as a typhoon makes landfall; W5KUB announces live coverage of   
   the K6H operating event and a soon to be space traveler starts training next   
   January.  Find out the details are on Amateur Radio Newsline report number   
   1936 coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  QATAR ES'HAILSAT TO INCLUDE GEOSTATIONARY PHASE 4   
   TRANSPONDERS    
      
   Once again, ham radio in space leads off this week's newscast.  This with   
   word that a ham radio payload is expected to be in geosynchronous orbit   
   around the Earth by the end of 2016.    Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather   
   Embee, KB3TZD picks up the story from here:   
      
   --   
      
   Qatar's Es'hailSat Satellite Company has signed a contract with Mitsubishi   
   Electric Corporation to build a geostationary communications satellite for   
   it.  Once on-orbit, Es'hail 2 will be positioned at the 26ø East for   
   television broadcasting in that part of the world using both KU and KA band   
   transponders.  It will also provide the first ham radio geostationary   
   communication capability linking Brazil and India using a pair of Phase 4   
   amateur radio transponders that it will carry woth it into space.    
      
   The ham payload will consist of a 250 kilohertz wide linear transponder for   
   conventional analogue operations in addition to a second transponder which   
   will have an 8 MHz bandwidth.  The latter is intended for experimental   
   digital modulation systems and DVB format amateur television.    
      
   As of now, uplinks will be in the 2.400 to 2.450 GHz range with downlinks in   
   the    
   10.450 to 10.500 GHz amateur satellite service allocations.  Both   
   transponders will have broad beam antennas to provide full coverage over   
   about third of the Earth's surface.    
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, in Berwick,   
   Pennsylvania.   
      
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   The Qatar Amateur Radio Society and Qatar Satellite Company are cooperating   
   on the  project.  Technical support is coming from Germany's AMSAT-DL.   This   
   is not the first time ham radio has been offered space for geostationary   
   transponders.  Back in 1980, a company called Cablesat proposed orbiting a   
   pair of broadcast and communications satellites at either end of the   
   continental geostationary arc each with a ham radio payload on board.  The   
   plans for those two birds were later abandoned.   (ANS, ARNewsline)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  SEND YOUR MESSAGE TO EARTH FROM AROUND THE MOON    
      
   Last week we reported that the Lux Space 4M amateur radio payload is   
   expected to fly around the Moon at the end of October.  Now comes word that a   
   limited number of hams will be able to upload a message on the 4 M website   
   that will be transmitted on 145.980 MHz using the JT65B mode during the   
   flight.    
      
   Lux Space says that there is only room for 2500 messages each up to 13   
   characters long.  Yours might be something like your first name and callsign   
   or whatever fits in that limited number of characters available to you.    
   There will be also a number of experiments and contests with prizes to the   
   winners in each experiment and category.     
      
   You can register to take part as well as to upload your message at   
   moon.luxspace.lu/messages.  But if you want to take advantage of this once in   
   a lifetime chance you will have to hurry due to the limited number of   
   messages the mission can take with it.  (LuxSpace, Southgate)   
      
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   RESTRUCTURING: NATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY OF INDIA SEEKS RULES   
   RESTRUCTURING   
      
   The Amateur Radio Society of India has renewed its efforts to remove what it   
   calls the old British colonial-style excessive red tape that limits the   
   growth of ham radio in that nation as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's   
   Bruce Tennant, K6PZW.   
      
   --   
      
   Gopal Madhavan, VU2GMN, is the president of the Amateur Radio Society of   
   India and believes that some very archaic rules and long standing issues   
   exist that restrict ham radio in that nation.  These include just obtaining a   
   license.  Now he has outlined these concerns in a letter representing his   
   society to the nations Minister of Communications, Information Technology,   
   Law and Justice.     
      
   One of the points VU2GNM addresses is gaining a security clearance before an   
   amateur radio license can be issued.  According to Madhavan, this can take   
   months or even years, and often the paperwork is lost in transit between   
   various agencies.    
      
   VU2GNM then goes on to note the voluntary contributions that amateur radio   
   makes in terms of technical training, experimentation, and communication.  He   
   also points out the public service role of the ham radio community throughout   
   the world in regard to disasters and emergencies.     
      
   VU2GNM says that the society is seeking an immediate easing of many   
   antiquated regulations.  He believes that could lead to the issuing new   
   licenses and to help amateur radio grow in a country of more than 1 point 2   
   billion people.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.   
      
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   According to a statement contained in the Amateur Radio Society of India   
   letter the nations new government wants to do away with measures that bring   
   no benefit to its citizens.  The national society says that it would like to   
   see amateur radio included in that process.  (VK3PC)   
      
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   RESTRUCTURING:  UPDATE ON PROPOSED UK LICENSE RESTRUCTURING   
      
   An update on the proposed changes to the United Kingdom's regulations   
   covering that nation's amateur radio service that we first reported on last   
   week.   
      
   According to news reports, in recognition of the role of amateur radio users   
   in emergencies, the consultation or Notice of Proposed Rule Making would   
   change the United Kingdom license condition that states that hams can only   
   communicate with other hams.  Rather, where a license-holder is participating   
   in a rescue operation possibly as a part of a Radio Amateurs' Emergency   
   Network or RAYNET operation, provisions would be made to permit these hams to   
   talk to others such as rescue team members involved in an emergency operation.   
      
   Ofcom also proposes permitting encryption of communications for hams   
   involved in RAYNET operations. Currently, encryption is forbidden, which   
   creates a problem if an incident commander asks for a message to be encrypted.   
      
   The consultation also seeks comment on Ofcom proposals to add license   
   conditions that ensure that a callsign assigned to an amateur radio club   
   remains with that club.  It also proposes a relaxation of the requirement   
   that amateur licenses are automatically revoked if they don't revalidate   
   their licenses every five years and the easing of the demand that hams   
   transmit their callsigns every 15 minutes.   
      
   As previously reported, Ofcom is already looking for opinions from the   
   United Kingdom ham radio community regarding proposed changes to spectrum and   
   other aspects of amateur licensing.  This includes giving that nations radio   
   amateurs access to spectrum in the 470 kHz and 5 MHz bands.    
      
   The consultation or commentary period on these proposals runs through   
   October 20th.  If approved any rules changes could come into effect in April   
   of 2015. The complete story is on the web at tinyurl.com/uk-regs-update     
   (Ofcom via the Register.com)   
      
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   DX UP FRONT:  PENANG ISLAND JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUAY 2015   
      
   In DX up front, word that PA0RRS will be active as 9M2MRS from Penang Island   
   Malaysia between January 1st and February 3rd  of 2015.  He currently plans   
   to operate 30 through 10 meters CW, RTTY and PSK with SSB only on request.    
   QSL via his home callsign, direct, via the bureau or using the OQRS on   
   ClubLog.  (OPDX)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIOSPORT:  VOODOO CONTEST GROUP TO KUWAIT FOR CQ WW DX CONTEST   
      
   The Voodoo Contest Group has been invited to operate at the 2014 CQ World   
   Wide DX CW contest from emerging Multi-Multi contest station being assembled   
   by 9K2HN in  northern Kuwait.  According to the announcement, the visiting   
   club members are expected to arrive at the station on November 22nd and will   
   operate before the contest with particular emphasis on the lower bands.  The   
   Voodoo Contest Group is a band of United States and United Kingdom hams   
   dedicated to winning the CQ World Wide CW Contest each year.  QSLs for the   
   9K2HN operation will go via instructions on QRZ.com. (AA7A, Southgate)   
      
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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 KC4HAZ repeater   
   network serving all of Central Florida.     
      
      
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   RESCUE RADIO:  PHILIPPINE HAM RADIO RESPOND TO TYPHOON KALMEGI    
      
   Once again, ham radio volunteers were activated in the Philippines.  This as   
   fast-moving Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall on Sunday, September 14th.    
   Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB, reports:   
      
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   The Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council had   
   asked all in Typhoon Kalmaegi's path to take the necessary precautions.  Even   
   with this early warning the storm left at least 10 people dead from   
   landslides, flash floods,  storm surge and wind gusts that at times exceded   
   100 miles per hour.    
      
   As the Typhoon approached, the Philippines Amateur Radio Association   
   activated its Ham Emergency Radio Operations or HERO network for priority   
   disaster traffic and relief coordination.  The group then requested that the   
   frequency of 7 dot 095 MHz, plus or minus 5 kHz be kept clear for emergency   
   response operations.  The HERO operators remained in place as required   
   throughout the severe weather event.     
      
   At the height of the storm some 7,800 residents were moved to evacuation   
   centers. The typhoon then headed out to the East over the South China Sea   
   toward Hong Kong where it hit with wind gusts again close to 100 miles per   
   and injuring some 29 people.     
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Ohio.   
      
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   The Typhoon then took aim at southern China where the nations Meteorological   
   Administration had an orange alert in place.  That's the second-most severe   
   in the nation's four-tier severe weather warning system.  (VK3PC, published   
   news reports)   
      
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   RESCUE RADIO:  HAM RADIO RESPONDS TO NEVADA FLASH FLOOIDING   
      
   The ARRL reports that ARES and RACES members in Clark County, Nevada,   
   activated Monday, September 8, after heavy rains sparked flash flooding.    
   Accoding he ARRL, the ham radio volunteers deployed after being called up by   
   local emergency managers to support communication during recovery efforts in   
   the Moapa Valley northeast of Las Vegas.    
      
   Heavy flooding and mud closed nearly 50 miles of Interstate 15, stranding   
   motorist and truckers while buckling or washing away pavement in many areas.    
   The marooned motorists were cared for at a middle school in the city of   
   Mesquite, on the Arizona border.  Emergency sheltering was also needed for   
   nearly 200 tribal members of the Moapa River Reservation.    
      
   A slow-moving storm that spun off from Hurricane Norbert dumped nearly 4   
   inches of rain within 90 minutes onto the town of Moapa.  The Amateur Radio   
   Emergency Service personnel staffed the Emergency Operations Center in Las   
   Vegas while the Clark County Mobile Communications Vehicle was on the scene   
   as a result of this severe weather event in which at least two people lost   
   their lives.   (ARRL)   
      
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   RADIO LAW:  NEW VANITY FEE IN EFFECT   
      
   The new $21.40 Amateur Service vanity call sign regulatory fee became   
   effective on September 11th.  The $5.30 increase represents the largest   
   vanity fee hike in many years.  The FCC released a Report and Order and   
   Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on August 29, in which it recalculated   
   the fee to $21.40 for the 10-year license term.   (FCC, RW)   
      
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   PUBLIC SERVICE: HAM COMMUNICATORS NEEDED FOR BOSTON HALF MARATHOM   
      
   Sunday, October 12th will see this years running of the Boston Half Marathon   
   and ham radio operators are needed for the event.  Some 20 radio amateurs   
   will be required to cover medical teams to support their communications and   
   logistics.  The event will run from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern time.    
   All any volunteer needs is a dual band hand held with some extra batteries   
   and perhaps a gain antenna.  If you live in the area or will be visiting and   
   want to volunteer, simply take your web browser to   
   tinyurl.com/boston-half-2014  (KG1H)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  IARU REGION 1 OUTSTANDING HAM YOUTH AWARD   
      
   Some names in the news.  Mitchel Mynhardt, ZS6YH, has been selected to be   
   the recipient of the first International Amateur Radio Union's Region 1   
   Outstanding Ham Youth Award.  This, for the year 2013.   
      
   Last March a call went out soliciting nominations of the first Region 1   
   Outstanding Ham Youth Award.  In May 2014, the nominations closed after three   
   nominations had been received.  Seven Youth Coordinators from IARU Region 1   
   were then named to judge the entries with ZS6YH selected to be the 2013   
   recipient.  (IARU-R1, SARL)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  AMSAT-NA BOD ELECTION RESULTS   
      
   The votes have been counted and the results are in.  Elected to AMSAT North   
   America board seats for a two year term are Tom Clark, K3IO; JoAnne Maenpaa,   
   K9JKM; and Lou McFadin, W5DID.     
      
   Jerry Buxton, N0JY will serve the remaining year of the late Tony Monteiro,   
   AA2TX term.  The First Alternate is Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, and the Second   
   Alternate is Frank Griffin, K4FEG.     
   (AMSAT-NA)   
      
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   HAM HAPPENIGS:  K6H HOLLYWOOD CELEBRATES HAM RADIO TO STREAM LIVE AT   
   W5KUB.COM   
      
   Even if you miss making make contact with the upcoming K6H Hollywood   
   Celebrates Ham Radio operation, you will be able to watch it live on-line.    
   This, thanks to Tom Medlin, W5KUB who will be streaming the event live on his   
   W5KUB.com video website.  Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, has more:   
      
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   As previously announced here on Amateur Radio Newsline, the Southern   
   California based Papa Repeater System in association with Broadcast Employees   
   Amateur Radio Society and the Disney Emergency Amateur Radio Service will be   
   hosting this second K6H Hollywood Celebrates Ham Radio on the air.  The event   
   will again originate from legendary Stage 9 of the CBS Studio Center on   
   Sunday, September 28th from 7 AM to 3 PM Pacific time.  Stage 9, best known   
   as the Seinfeld Stage is currently the home of the hit ABC Situation Comedy   
   Last Man Standing in which amateur radio is an ongoing part of the plotline.   
      
   Operations of K6H will be on 10, 20 and 40 meters along with D-STAR on   
   reflector 12A.  The event will also use the facilities of Disney Amateur   
   Radio Interconnect to link the WB6AJE repeater in Los Angeles to Disney/ABC   
   employee sponsored repeaters in Manhattan New York, Bristol Connecticut,   
   Washington DC and Orlando Florida.  Various IRLP and Echolink nodes will also   
   be on-line.  Those who make contact with K6H will receive a special limited   
   edition QSL card.     
      
   And as the day moves along, Tom Medlin, W5KUB , will be live from the event   
   and will be streaming the highlights along with interviews of those who   
   happen to drop by to operate K6H.  And as if this was not enough, the Papa   
   website at papasys.org will also stream video directly from each of the   
   operating stations, so that you may just be able to  see yourself actually   
   making contact with K6H.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the Newsroom   
   in Los Angeles.   
      
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   The first K6H operation took place on October 28th of 2012 and was a rousing   
   success.  Looking at what has been added this time around will likely result   
   in even more fun as Hollywood once again celebrates Ham Radio, this year on   
   Sunday, September 28th.   (PAPA, AA6RA, W5KUB)   
      
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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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   RADIOSPORTS:  RESULTS OF THE 2014 WORLD ARDF CHAMPIONSHIPS   
      
   The Seventeenth World Championships of Amateur Radio Direction Finding have   
   just concluded and Team USA has medaled again.  Newsline's Joe Moell, K0OV   
   has the story.   
      
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   The Kazakhstan Federation of Radiosports and Radioamateur was host for this   
   year's ARDF World Championships.  Over 270 on-foot transmitter hunting   
   experts from 25 nations converged on National Park Burabay on September 6 for   
   six days of competitions and cultural events.     
      
   World Championships take place every even-numbered year and USA began   
   sending a team in 1998.  Our team medaled for the first time in 2006 and has   
   done so every time since.  2014 was no exception, as Vadim Afonkin KB1RLI of   
   Boston won silver in the two meter competition's category for men ages 40   
   through 49.  Vadim also finished in the top seven in the sprint and foxoring   
   competitions.   
      
   USA's team consisted of four men and three women, ages 29 through 72.  This   
   was about half the size of the team that went to the World Championships in   
   Serbia two years ago.  Medical, financial and political considerations all   
   played a hand in reducing the size of this year's team.  For instance, a foot   
   injury sidelined Bob Cooley KF6VSE of Pleasanton, California.  He won four   
   medals two years ago, including three golds, but was unable to travel this   
   year.   
      
   This year's Team USA members were selected from the best performers in the   
   2014 USA Championships in Massachusetts and the 2013 USA Championships in   
   North Carolina.  Plans are now under way for our 2015 national championships   
   in Colorado during the last weekend of August.  Winners there may earn places   
   on Team USA 2016 for the World Championships in Bulgaria.   
      
   For more information on the championships and the sport of ARDF, plus links   
   to complete results, point your Web browser to www.homingin.com   
   http://www.homingin.com/.  That's homingin as one word.     
      
   From southern California this is Joe Moell, K0OV for Amateur Radio Newsline.   
      
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   This is the first time that Kazakhstan has hosted the ARDF World   
   Championships. In addition to the competitors another one hundred and fifty   
   visitors were on hand as a part of this major radiosporting event.   (K0OV)   
      
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   WORLDBEAT:  UK TO CONDUCT LTE TEST TRANSMISSIONS IN 2.3 GHZ HAM RADIO BAND   
      
   The Radio Society of Great Britain has been advised by telecommunications   
   regulator Ofcom to expect Long Term Evolution or LTE test transmissions over   
   the next few months in the 2.3 GHz band.  The tests will be conducted in and   
   around the central London area at up to 38 decibels per watt effective   
   radiated power.     
      
   Ofcom notes that there is a chance that amateur radio operations could be   
   affected by these tests.  For those not aware, Long-Term Evolution is a   
   worldwide standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile   
   phones and data terminals.  (RSGB)   
      
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   ON THE AIR:  CELEBRATING THE 89TH ANNIVERSAY OF THE IARU   
      
   Closer at hand, special event station TM89IARU to active on specific dates   
   through September 29th to celebrate the 89th anniversary of the founding of   
   the International Amateur Radio Union.  Operations are on most High Frequency   
   bands using various modes. More information in the French language can be   
   found at tinyurl.com/iaru-at-89  (OPDX)   
      
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   ON THE AIR:  TC3AFT CELEBRATES FRANCE AND TURKEY FRIENDSHIP    
      
   Another special event station to keep an ear open for is TC3AFT to be   
   activated from the Turkey's Izmir area in late September.  The callsign   
   suffix represents the words France and Turkey friendship.  Operators of the   
   station will be F1RAF and TA3GO with activity on 80 through 10 meters using   
   only SSB.  If you make contact, QSL via TA3GO.   (OPDX)   
      
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   DX   
      
   In DX, word that DF1YP is on the air stroke FO from Moorea Island in French   
   Polynesia and should be active until October 8th.  Activity will be holiday   
   style mainly on 20 meters on SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or via   
   the bureau.   
      
   Members of the Italian DXpedition Team should be on the air from Benin by   
   the time you hear this newscast.  According to the groups announcement the   
   operation that was originally scheduled to take place later on this year had   
   to be moved up due to business commitments on the part of some of the   
   operators.  They are currently on the air operating as TY1AA through   
   September 26th.  If you make contact QSL to I2YSB, either direct or via the   
   bureau.   
      
   FK8IK has announced that his trip to the Chesterfield Islands and other   
   Islands on the Air locations that were scheduled for November will not be   
   taking place as planned.  This is because the sailboat he was planning to use   
   for transportation is no longer available on these dates.  No new schedule   
   has been announced.   
      
   Lastly, AA9A, will be operational as PJ7AA from Sint Maarten between   
   February 18th and March 16th of 2015.   Activity will be on 40 through 10   
   meters using CW and SSB.  QSL via AA9A or electronically using Logbook of the   
   World.     
      
   (This weeks DX courtesy of the Ohio-Penn DX Newsletter)   
      
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   THAT FINAL ITEM:  SONGSTRESS SARAH BRIGHTMAN TO BEGIN TRAINING AS SPACE   
   TOURIST IN EARLY 2015   
      
   And finally this week, international singing sensation Sarah Brightman will   
   soon begin training for her planned trip to the International Space Station   
   but any ham radio operation by her is still in doubt.  Amateur Radio   
   Newsline's Gary Bernstein, N9VU, has the details:    
      
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   According to Russia's ITAR-TAAS News Agency, Sarah Brightman plans to begin   
   pre-flight training for her journey to the International Space Station early   
   next year.     
      
   Yuri Lonchakov is the head of the Russia's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training   
   Centre.  He says that Brightman's training will actually begin next January   
   at the Star City facility not far from Moscow.   Less than three months ago   
   Lonchakov said that the famous singer had already passed a number of required   
   tests and was ready to begin preparations for the trip.      
      
   In conjunction with her role as a UNESCO Artist for Peace ambassador,   
   Brightman says that she will present life on board the space station which   
   requires the mindful, shared consumption of resources and an unwavering focus   
   on sustainability.  This as a model for how we might better inhabit our   
   planet.    
      
   Brightman is also considered as an ardent supporter of women's education in   
   science.  In 2012 in conjunction with Virgin Galactic, the Brightman STEM   
   Scholarship program was created to help young women in the United States   
   pursue this type of education across their four-year college careers.  Stem   
   is an acronym that covers the subjects of science, technology, engineering,   
   and mathematics.     
      
   Once her training is completed Brightman is tentatively scheduled to be part   
   of a three-person crew travelling to the ISS on board the Soyuz TMA-18M   
   spacecraft later in 2015  At airtime it is not known whethershe will be   
   trained in the use of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station   
   gear or if she will get an amateur license from the United Kingdom regulator   
   Ofcom so that she can make use of it.     
      
   In 1991 the first UK astronaut Helen Sharman was issued with a special   
   callsign GB1MIR by Ofcom's predecessor the Radiocommunications Division of   
   the Department of Trade and Industry. She was then able to contact radio   
   amateurs on Earth during her stay on the now de-orbited Mir space station.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Gary Bernstein, N9VU, reporting.   
      
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   The first space tourist was U-S entrepreneur Dennis Tito, KG6FZX who made   
   the flight to the ISS in 2001 and spent eight days at the station.  The most   
   recent visitor was Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberte, who spent 11   
   days at the ISS in 2009.  If the Sarah Brightman reaches the ISS next year,   
   she will become the eighth visitor to the orbiting outpost. More about her   
   plans for her space adventure are on her website at www.sarahbrightman.com   
   http://www.sarahbrightman.com/.  (ITAR-TAAS, AMSAT-UK)   
      
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   NEWSCAST CLOSE   
      
   With thanks to Alan Labs, AMSAT, the ARRL, CQ Magazine, the FCC, the Ohio   
   Penn DX Bulletin, Radio Netherlands, Rain, the RSGB, the South African Radio   
   League, the Southgate News, TwiT-TV, Australia's WIA News and you our   
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