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   30 Oct 14 22:02:56   
   
   Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1942 - October 31 2014   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1942 with a release date of October 31   
   2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.      
      
   The following is a Q-S-T.  Several ham radio payloads are lost in a launch   
   mishap of an Orbital Sciences re-supply mission to the International Space   
   Station; Indonesia hams may play a part in that nations Ebola prevention   
   plan; Islands on the Air program to freeze all actions involving the Crimea;   
   a flea power pico balloon launched down-under is heard in the United States   
   and Sunspot A R 2192 says a temporary goodbye by sending two more X-class   
   flares our way.  Find out the details are on Amateur Radio Newsline report   
   number 1942 coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   **   
      
   RADIO FROM SPACE:  TWO 70 CM EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITES LOST IN ANTARES LAUNCH   
   EXPLOSION   
      
   Two experimental payloads designed to operate in the 70 centimeter amateur   
   satellite band have been lost.  This, after an Orbital Sciences Antares 130   
   launch vehicle on a re-supply mission to the International Space Station was   
   destroyed only a few seconds after it had cleared the launch tower.     
      
   The October 28th launch from NASA's Wallops Island Virginia facility at   
   first appeared to be going smoothly.  But at about 8 seconds after liftoff   
   the Antares booster exploded in a hail of flames and fell back toward its   
   launch pad.     
      
   While there were no full or half duplex ham radio communications satellites   
   on-board, two of the microsats being carried to the International Space   
   Station for later deployment were designed to operate as data and beacon   
   downlinks in the 70 centimeter amateur satellite band.     
      
   One was the GOMX-2 which was a developmental concept microsat for aircraft   
   location.  It was to transmit data on 437.250 MHz.     
      
   The other was to be the Radiometer Atmospheric Cubesat Experiment known by   
   the acronym  RACE.  It was co-developed by a student team at the Texas   
   Spacecraft Laboratory at the University of Texas in Austin in cooperation   
   with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.  This was to   
   be a technology microsat designed to transmit GMSK coding at 38.4 kilobytes   
   per second and CW telemetry on a downlink frequency of 437.525 MHz   
      
   The primary cargo on the Antares was food and other supplies to restock the   
   ISS day to day crew needs along with some restricted payload not identified   
   by NASA or the launch provider.  Yet another part of the cargo was material   
   for scientific projects that included a Houston school's experiment on pea   
   growth, a study on blood flow in space.    News reports say that NASA   
   officials have already apologized to those students who lost their   
   experiments.  In all, nearly 1,600 pounds of science and research materials   
   were lost in the launch mishap.   
      
   (ARNewsline from published news reports)   
      
   **   
      
   RESCUE RADIO:  INDONESIA HAMS MAY BE CALLED ON IF EBOLA HITS THAT NATION   
      
   Ham radio operators in Indonesia could become part of a response team if the   
   Ebola virus were to hit that nation.  This as researchers from a study   
   program of the University of Gadjah Mada School of Engineering introduce   
   guidelines for anticipating and preventing the spread of the deadly disease   
   in that nation.   
      
   According to a professor of physics engineering at the college, Indonesia   
   lacks both the knowledge and the adequate health equipment needed to detect   
   Ebola early.  Using a simulation created for such an event and in cooperation   
   with the Yogyakarta branch of the Indonesian Amateur Radio Organization and   
   the Indonesian Red Cross the three will work together to formulate a standard   
   operating procedure for tackling Ebola infections.  This will be submitted to   
   the governor for his consideration.     
      
   According to the Jakarta Post, it is hoped that the proposal could provide   
   basic guidelines for an Ebola mitigation procedure on the national level.    
   The complete story can be found at tinyurl.com/hams-vs-ebola-part-1  (Jakarta   
   Post)   
      
   **   
      
   RESCUE RADIO:  HAM RADIO AND THE CLEAN-UP FOLLOWING CYCLONE HUDHUD   
      
   The big clean-up continues in the wake of powerful cyclone Hudhud which   
   affected areas along India's Bay of Bengal coastline and ham radio continues   
   as a part of the effort.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, has   
   the latest:   
      
   --   
      
   Cyclone Hudhud made landfall on October 12th.  The storm packed wind gusts   
   estimated at up to 135 miles per hour and leaving a path of destruction in   
   its wake.  Some media accounts putting the death toll as high as 46.   
      
   Amid the disaster scene ham radio operators worked to maintain the   
   communications for the public, the government and relief authorities.   The   
   Amateur Radio Society of India National Coordinator for Disaster   
   communication is Jayu Bhide, VU2JAU.  He says the area had trees uprooted,   
   railway lines blocked and both telephone lines and mobile phone towers   
   damaged in the area where the storm made landfall.    
      
   In his latest report VU2JAU said there were many radio amateurs active on an   
   emergency response net of 7 dot 145 MHz that was operational 24 hours a day.    
   Operators included VU3UFX, VU3PLP, and VU2AOR.  Assigned to the Sambalpur   
   area were VU2DPI,  VU2SIC and VU2PGU.  Now, some three weeks later a group of   
   radio amateurs continue to assist both relief authorities and the general   
   public in regions where normal lines of communications have yet to be   
   restored.     
      
   VU2JAU says that while the worst is over for the time being that many   
   lessons on how to prepare for the next big storm have been learned.  As the   
   National Coordinator for Disaster Communication in India, he plans to visit   
   the state of Odisha to help make ham radio as fail-safe as is possible during   
   an emergency.  This includes the use of a repeater for VHF hand-held radio   
   communications.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, reporting from   
   Nelson, New Zealand.   
      
   --   
      
   The Bay of Bengal is well known for some of the world's strongest killer   
   cyclones. Meantime, amateur radio operators from West Bengal and Hyderabad   
   are on alert to establish radio communication in case their help is needed in   
   the wake of yet another storm.  Cyclone Nilofar predicted to hit India about   
   the time this newscast goes to air.  (VK3PC)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO POLITICS:  IOTA TO FREEZE ALL ACTIONS DEALING WITH THE CRIMEA   
      
   The Islands on the Air management has decided that due to the unresolved   
   political situation in Crimea, it has no course open to it except to freeze   
   certain actions connected with Crimea for a an initial period of one year.    
   This, in the routine management of the Islands on the Air program.     
      
   This means that it will not accept or issue credit for EU-180 operations   
   taking place after March 17th 2014 that use a non-Ukrainian callsign.  Nor   
   will it accede to any requests from program participants for update of their   
   records, changes of callsign and/or checkpoint that involve a change of DXCC   
   entity.    
      
   The Committee says that it will review the situation after one year in the   
   light of developments.     
   The original announcement made on October 21st can be read at rsgbiota.org    
   (G3KMA, IOTA website)   
      
   **    
      
   DX UP FRONT:  VIETNAM BY KM0O NOVEMBER 25 TO DECEMBER 24   
      
   In DX up front, word that KM0O will be operational as 3W3O from Vietnam   
   between November 25th and December 24th.  His main activity will be the CQ   
   World Wide  DX CW Contest on November 29th and 30th but expect him to be on   
   160 and 80 meters before and after the contest.  QSL to KM0O direct, via the   
   bureau or electronically using Logbook of the World.  (OPDX)   
      
   **   
      
   DX UP FRONT:  TENERIFE FROM DECEMBER 9 TO JANUARY 8   
      
   Also, IK1PMR and PA3LEO will be on the air signing portable EA8 from   
   Tenerife Island between December 9th of this year and January 8th of 2015.   
   Activity will be on 160 through 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY.  QSL via   
   HB9FKK or each operators home callsign direct or via the bureau.  Electronic   
   QSL's go via Logbook of the World or direct e-mail.   (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 KB5ELV repeater   
   serving Eire, Pennsylvania.   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
      
   **   
      
   PROPAGATION:  MORE X-CLASS FLARES FROM SUNSPOT AR2192   
      
   Space Weather reports that giant sunspot AR2192 we reported on last week   
   erupted again at 21:40 UTC on October 24th producing a powerful X3-class   
   solar flare.  A pulse of extreme Ultra Violet radiation from the flare   
   ionized the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere, causing a brief but strong   
   blackout of High Frequency radio communications over the dayside of Earth.    
   This was followed by an X 1class flare on Saturday October 25th at 1709 UTC   
   that had a similar effect.   
      
   Coronagraphic data from NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory suggest   
   that the explosions did not hurl a significant Coronal Mass Ejection toward   
   our home planet.  Also of interest is that so far none of the X-flares from   
   this active region has so far produced a major C-M-E.     
      
   Sunspot AR2192 is now approaching the Sun's western limb and by the time   
   many of you hear this it will be gone for its two-week transit on our home   
   star's far side.  However, the odds of an Earth-directed radiation storm will   
   remain high for a while.  This is because the western limb of the sun is   
   well-connected to Earth and solar magnetic fields springing out of that   
   region spiral back to our planet.  If a sunspot passing through the area   
   explodes, those magnetic fields can funnel energetic particles in our   
   direction.  (Spaceweather, Southgate)   
      
   **    
      
   RADIO LAW:  IARU SEEKS TO REIN IN ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE   
      
   The International Amateur Radio Union Administrative Council has called upon   
   all International Telecommunications Union signatory nations to take steps to   
   ensure that the operation of electrical apparatus or installations of any   
   kind does not cause harmful interference to amateur radio operations.  The   
   council said new technologies such as wireless power transfer are likely to   
   be deployed widely in the near future.  As such, it expressed a deep concern   
   that present standards, regulations, and enforcement resources are inadequate   
   to protect radio services, including amateur radio, from harmful   
   interference.  (WIA News)   
      
   **   
      
   RESCUE RADIO:  FALSE FEMA ALERT MESSAGE ON ATT U-VERSE ON OCT 24   
      
   AT&T has confirmed that it accidentally relayed an incorrect emergency alert   
   message from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to its U-verse customers   
   in parts of Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Michigan and Mississippi.   
      
   The alert messages began popping up on screens around 10 a.m. Eastern   
   Daylight Time on October 24th.  Red banners appeared the television screens   
   of viewers in the affected areas alerting them to stand by for an important   
   message.     
      
   Soon after the incident FEMA spokesperson Rafael Lemaitre stated that there   
   had been  an inappropriate playing of the national emergency alert   
   notification tones on a syndicated radio broadcast.  He went on to state that   
   there is not a national emergency but that the broadcast triggered alert   
   notification in states where it had been played.  Lemaitre said his agency   
   was working with the FCC to quantify the scale of the incident.  (TechTimes)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO LAW:  ANOTHER DELAY IN BROADCAST SPECTRUM AUCTION   
      
   The Federal Communications Commission has once again postponed an auction   
   that would allow television broadcasters to sell a portion of their spectrum   
   to wireless carriers.  This, due to ongoing legal issues surrounding the   
   auction.   
      
   Earlier this summer, the National Association of Broadcasters petitioned the   
   U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review some   
   aspects of the auction. They stated that they are concerned about the   
   potential impact that such an auction could have on TV stations.   
      
   Gary Epstein is the Chair of the FCC's Incentive Auction Task Force.  In a   
   recent blog post Epstein stated the FCC is confident they will prevail in   
   court.  That said, and given the reality of that schedule, the complexity of   
   implementation and many other aspects of the auction, the agency now   
   anticipates accepting applications in the fall of 2015 with an auction start   
   to take place in early 2016.   
      
   This is the second time the auction has been pushed back.  It was originally   
   expected to get under way this year before being delayed until mid 2015.    
   More is on the web at tinyurl.com/spectrum-auction-delay  (TechSpot.com)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS:  W9L CELEBRATING VETERANS DAY NOVEMBER 11   
      
   Members of The American Legion Amateur Radio Club will operate station W9L   
   on November 11th which is Veterans Day 2014.  W9L will be on the air from   
   1400 to 2100 U-T-C from the clubs national headquarters in Indianapolis,   
   Indiana.     
      
   The High Frequency operation will take place on 14.275 MHz.  There will also   
   be local participation on 146.46 MHz simplex, the Hamilton County 145.17 MHz   
   repeater and an interconnection via IRLP node 4816.     
      
   Hams who make contact with W9L or shortwave listeners who hear the station   
   are eligible to receive a full color commemorative certificate.  More about   
   this operation including QSL routing is at www.legion.org/hamradio  (KJ9M)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS:  KC9HYY/WSL3 COMMEMORATES SINKING OF HMHS BRITANNIC   
      
   Special event station KC9HYY stroke WSL3 which will operational in   
   remembrance of the 98th anniversary of the sinking of the HMHS Britannic.     
      
   The Britannic was the third and largest Olympic-class ocean liners of the   
   White Star Line.  She was launched just before the start of the World War One   
   and soon converted to use as a hospital ship.  On the morning of November   
   21st 1916, the Britannic was shaken by an explosion from an underwater mine   
   in the Kea Channel and sank 55 minutes later. There were 1,066 people on   
   board of which 1,036 survived.   
      
   Now, in remembrance of this event, callsign KC9HYY stroke WSL3 will be   
   taking to the ham radio bands from November 21st to the 24th operating 40   
   through 10 meters using SSB and some of the digital modes.  More information   
   including QSL routing is on QRZ.com under the callsign listing for KC9HYY.    
   (KC9HYY)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS:  CELEBRATION MARCONI EXPERIMENTS FROM YACHT ELETTRA   
      
   Also keep an ear open for special event station IY1IEY to be on the air   
   between November 1st and December 31st to commemorate the experiments   
   conducted by Gugliemo Marconi from his yacht Elettra between 1919 and 1936.    
   Operations will be on all of the High Frequency bands including 30, 17 and 12   
   meters.  QSL IK1QBT direct.  (OPDX)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS:  REGISTRATION FOR ILLW 2015 GROWING   
      
   Its not even 2015 yet, but registrations for next August's  International   
   Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend already stand at 75 with nearly half being   
   from Australia.  Others already on the list represent Argentina, Canada,   
   England, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Puerto   
   Rico, Scotland, South Africa, and the United States.     
      
   It's never too early to register a lighthouse or lightship to take part in   
   this very popular yearly event.  Simply take your web browser to illw dot net   
   and follow the simple instructions on the page.     
      
   And less we forget, the dates of the next International Lighthouse and   
   Lightship Weekend is August 15th and 16th of 2015.  (VK3PC)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  INDONESIA INNAUGERATES RADIO AMATEURS AS IT NEW LEADERS   
      
   Indonesia's new national leaders are both amateur radio licensees.  The ARRL   
   reports that President Joko Widodo, YD2JKW, holds a General class license.    
   Vice President Jusuf Kalla, YC8HYK, is an Advanced class licensee.  Elected   
   in July, Jokowi and Kalla were inaugurated on October 20 in Jakarta.    
   Indonesia is the world's third-largest democracy, with a population of   
   approximately 250 million.  (ARRL)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  M0PHI NEW CHAIR OF RSGB TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE   
      
   The Radio Society of Great Britain has announced the appointment of Philip   
   Willis, M0PHI as the new Chairman of its Training and Education Committee    
   Willis succeeds Steve Hartley, G0FUW.     
   (GB2RS)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  RADIO AMATEUR RECEIVES IEC 1906 AWARD   
      
   International Amateur Radio Union Electromagnetic Compatibility Coordinator   
   Thilo Kootz, who holds the call signs DL9KCE and AD7IY, has been presented   
   with the IEC or International Electromechanical Commission 1906 Award.  This   
   award recognizes exceptional and recent achievement related to the activities   
   of the IEC and which contributes in a significant way to advancing the work   
   of the Commission.  Kootz received the honor for his contributions in   
   developing the model for radiated emission limits in the frequency range   
   below 30 MHz.  (Southgate)   
      
   **   
      
   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:   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO NEAR SPACE:  AUSTRALIAN FLOATER PICO BALLOON HERD IN THE UNITED STATES   
      
   A light weight micro power ham radio floater balloon launched in Australia   
   has been heard in the United States as we hear from WIA Newsman Graham Kemp,   
   VK4BB:   
      
   --   
      
   A party-type Pico balloon carrying a payload was launched from Melbourne  on   
   Saturday October the 18th and tracked to Tamworth News South Wales,  between   
   Sydney and Brisbane.   
      
   It was launched by Andy Nguyen VK3YT who says that during that flight solar    
   powered Pico balloon PS-23 balloon payload was heard on WSPR as far away  as   
   the United States by W8AC James Martin in Ohio.   
      
   The tracking of the 25-Milliwatt balloon involved stations in VK1, VK2, VK3,   
   VK5, VK6, VK7 and ZL1 using Olivia and JT65 on 30m and 20m.   
      
   Andy VK3YT says PS-23 landed near Tamworth to be recovered by a team of   
   Scouts  from the local JOTA, lead by Ashley VK2XSO and Ron VK2HRD.   
      
   It was launched again on Sunday but this time with Payload number 2 using    
   JT9. That flight landed in the Tasman Sea on Sunday night.   
      
   Andy VK3YT says the tests performed by the two payloads proved the viability   
   of using JT9 and JT65 types of weak signal digital modes for balloon   
   telemetry.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB, of the WIA News in   
   Australia.   
      
   --   
      
   According to VK4BB, both balloons were tracked all the way to ground level   
   by VK6XT near the city of Perth in Western Australia and ZL1RS in New   
   Zealand, both of whom are many thousands of kilometers away from where the   
   launch and the flights took place.   (WIA News)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  UK ASTROHAMS CAN USE GB1SS FROM ISS   
      
   United Kingdom telecommunications regulator Ofcom has confirmed that the   
   callsign GB1SS will be made available for issue to UK astronauts who wish to   
   operate from the International Space Station.     
      
   The first British astronaut slated to go on an expedition to the ISS is Tim   
   Peake who joined the corps in 2009 and hopes to go to the ISS in November   
   2015.  Peake holds the United States callsign KG5BVI and has recently been   
   training in the use the Ericsson 2 meter handheld radio which is installed in   
   the Columbus module of the orbiting outpost.   
      
   Also hoping to visit the International Space Station but as a space tourist   
   is entertainer Sarah Brightman.  As previously reported she will begin her   
   official training for a ten day visit early next year but its unknown if she   
   will take to the ham radio airwaves during her time on-orbit.   
      
   The very first United Kingdom astronaut ham was Helen Sharman, GB1MIR who   
   spent time aboard the Russian MIR space station.  While there, Sharman made   
   contact with radio amateurs around the world including many with students in   
   school classes.  (Ofcom, Southgate, others)   
      
   **   
      
   SPACE RESEARCH:  THIRD MOCK MARS MISSION STARTS IN HAWAII   
      
   A small group of individuals will spend next eight months living in an   
   isolated dome-shaped building on a Hawaiian volcano.  The NASA-financed study   
   is called the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation or Hi-Seas   
   Mission 3.  It has been designed to examine how well a small isolated group   
   of people can get along and work together.   
      
   The study is a precursor for NASA's future manned-missions Mars to take   
   place in the 2030's.  It will be a long journey as it will take astronauts   
   around six months to reach Mars.  They will then spend at least 500 days on   
   the red planet followed by another six months to get back to Earth.  The full   
   story is at tinyurl.com/hawaii-space-dome.  Details of the two past simulated   
   Mars missions is at tinyurl.com/hi-seas-hawaii.  (Uncover Michigan, Carol   
   Bailey)   
      
   **   
      
   ON THE AIR:  HAM RADIO FALKLAND ISLANDS WWI COMMEMORATION   
      
      
   The United Kingdom's Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society is sending an   
   expedition to the Falkland Islands to coincide with the 100th anniversary of   
   the WW1 'Battle of Falklands' on December 8th.  VP8RAF stroke 100 and VP8FIR   
   stroke 100 will operate from the Joint Services Welfare Facility Amateur   
   Radio Station from December 5th through the 9th.  Also, all VP8 prefix   
   stations will be able to use stroke 100 between 1st November and 15th   
   December 2014  (GB2RS)   
      
   **   
      
   ON THE AIR:  DIGITAL ONLY OPERATION TO CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF NOTED   
   INDIAN SCIENTIST   
      
   And listen out for the special callsign AT1JCB from India between November   
   21st through December 9th.  This in celebration of the birth of Scientist   
   Aacharya Jagdish Chandra Bose and  of his many scientific achievements.  This   
   will be a digital-only operation by VU2EXP using PSK31, PSK63, PSK125, JT65   
   and other digital modes on 40 through 10 meters.  QSL via VU2EXP direct or   
   electronically using Logbook of the World or eQSL.  (VU2EXP)   
      
   **   
      
   DX   
      
   In DX, PG5M has announced that he will be operational as CE0Y stroke PG5M   
   from Easter Island between November 23rd to the 28th.  This will be a   
   holiday-style operation with further details forthcoming.  QSL via his home   
   callsign direct, via the bureau.     
      
   Members of the F6KOP Team and Lyon DX Gang are activating Tromelin Island   
   between as FT4TA through November 10th.  They plan to have 4 stations on the   
   air for 10 days on 160 through 10 meters using SSB, CW and RTTY.  QSL via   
   F1NGP.    
      
   Members of the 9M2SE Malaysian Special Expedition Team will be active from   
   Pangkor Island between 0800 UTC on November 7th and 0100 on November 9th.    
   Activity will be on 40 through 10 meters using SSB and CW.  No QSL   
   information was provided in the announcement.   
      
   UA3IPL will be active as stroke JW from Spitsbergen Island for 4 months   
   starting October 30th.  His operation will be on the High Frequency bands   
   using slow speed Morse, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and JT65.  QSL via RW6HS direct.   
      
   Lastly, G8OFQ will be active stroke HC8 from the Galapagos Islands from July   
   1st to September 30th of 2015.  Operations will be on 160 through 6 meters   
   but no times or modes have been mentioned.  QSL via HA3JB   
      
   (This weeks DX news courtesy of the Ohio-Penn DX Newsletter)   
      
   **   
      
   THAT FINAL ITEM:  15 YEAR OLD HAM WORKS CYCLONE HUDHUD EMCOMM   
      
   And finally this week, when Cyclone Hudhud swept through the India's city of   
   Visakhapatnam it took out all normal means of communications.  As already   
   reported, ham radio operators were called on to create a communications   
   network to fill the void.  One of those responding was 15-year-old Tom K.   
   Jose, VU3TMO.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephen Kinford, N8WB, has his story:   
      
   --   
      
   Taking time off from school, Tom K. Jose, VU3TMO was stationed in the   
   emergency response control room set up at Visakhapatnam  Police Commission.    
   There he spent hours collecting messages from other team members spread over   
   the cyclone affected areas that he passed on to the administrators in charge   
   of relief measures.     
      
   VU3TMO who is a first year student at Little Flower Junior College received   
   his amateur radio license at the age of 13.  Together with the first response   
   team he operated under adverse conditions, often skipping meals and spending   
   long hours on the radio, waiting for messages.  Some days VU3TMO and the   
   others in the team handled upward of 500 health, welfare and direct relief   
   messages directly related to the cyclone.    
      
   Tom K. Jose, VU3TMO comes from a ham radio family.  According to his page on   
   QRZ.com, his parents are VU2JOS and VU3LMS, his brother is VU3TNI and his   
   grandfather is VU2ACN.  He is a member of India's National Institute of   
   Amateur Radio and the Dayton Amateur Radio Association and one of the   
   youngest active radio amateurs in his nation.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, reporting.   
      
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   The complete story of the assistance provided by VU3TMO and the other   
   volunteers provided in the wake of cyclone Hudhud is in cyberspace at   
   tinyurl.com/young-cyclone-communicator  (The Hindu On-Line)   
      
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