Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1944 - November 14 2014   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1944 with a release date of November   
   14th 2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.      
      
   The following is a QST.  The FCC revokes the amateur license of a convicted   
   sex offender; the ARRL asks the FCC to continue issuing paper amateur license   
   documents; permanent access to 60 meters moves a bit closer for hams in   
   Argentina; the 4M Lunar fly-by transponder goes QRT; more non-ham intruders   
   hit the amateur radio bands and the capturing first light gives a look back   
   in time.  All this and more on Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1944   
   coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   RADIO LAW:  FCC REVERSES ALJ AND REVOKES LICENSE OF CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER   
      
   The FCC has reversed an earlier decision made by one of its Administrative   
   Law judges and revoked the Amateur Service license of a Seattle Washington   
   resident who had been convicted of at least one felony sex offense involving   
   a minor.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, has the details:   
      
   --   
      
   According to the FCC, back in 2007 its Enforcement Bureau received   
   information that David Titus, KB7ILD, had been convicted as an adult of the   
   Class 3 sex related felony and served 25 months in prison.  The bureau issued   
   an Order to Show Cause why his license should not be revoked when the agency   
   learned Titus may have been convicted of earlier felonies for sex related   
   crimes while a juvenile.   
      
   In his initial decision made in 2010, Administrative Law Judge Richard   
   Sippel concluded the bureau had not met the burden of proof to determine that   
   Titus lacked the qualifications to be a commission licensee.  Though he found   
   Titus had committed at least four sexual offenses against children, he stated   
   that only the adult conviction should be considered because the other   
   offenses took place when Titus was himself a minor.  He also noted that this   
   had been more than a decade before the then ongoing FCC show-cause proceeding.   
      
   The adult offense occurred when Titus was 18.  Judge Sippel found what he   
   apparently believed to be credible evidence Titus had been rehabilitated   
   between then and 2007.  That was backed up by testimony from a psychologist   
   and several other character witnesses.  Also noted at the time was that Titus   
   had expressed his personal remorse.   
      
   The Enforcement Bureau appealed Judge Sippel's decision to the full   
   commission.  The bureau argued judge Sippel failed to take into account the   
   number and the egregious nature of the Titus offenses and that the passage of   
   time should not have mattered in adjudicating this case.  The bureau also   
   asserted that the judge ignored the danger to children when a sex offender   
   has access to amateur radio.   
      
   In rendering its November 5th decision, the commission agreed with the   
   Enforcement Bureau and found that Judge Sippel should have considered Titus'   
   juvenile convictions.  Also that that Judge Sippel should have given more   
   weight to the Washington State Police advisory that Titus remained a   
   high-risk sex offender.     
      
   The Commission then found Titus unqualified to hold an amateur license and   
   ordered that it be revoked.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in New Orleans.   
      
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   In rendering its decision the Commission stated that it would be remiss in   
   its responsibilities as a licensing authority if it continues to authorize   
   David Titus to hold an amateur radio license that could be used to put him in   
   contact with children.  At this point it would appear as if Titus only option   
   to try to regain his amateur service license would be to take any further   
   appeals into the Federal Court system.  The complete 10 page decision can be   
   read on-line at tinyurl.com/titus-license-revoked.  (FCC, RW, other published   
   reports)   
      
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   RADIO LAW:  ARRL ASKS FCC TO KEEP ISSUING PAPER LICENSES FOR RADIO AMATEURS   
      
   The ARRL is giving partial thumbs down to virtual licenses for radio   
   amateurs.  This in comments filed November 5th, where the League has   
   recommended the FCC continue to provide paper license documents to amateur   
   radio licensees who want them.     
      
   According to the ARRL Letter, the League's comments were in response to an   
   FCC Public Notice in WT Docket 14-161.   Among other issues it proposes the   
   regulatory agency wants to cease the routine issuance of hard-copy license   
   documents to all Wireless Service licensees but will permit the agency to   
   continue the issuance of paper documents during the transition period to   
   specific classes of licensees that specifically request them.     
      
   Under the FCC proposal once a license application is granted, the Universal   
   Licensing System will generate an official electronic license but will no   
   longer mail a paper copy license unless notified that the licensee wishes to   
   receive such a document.  Until new procedures are finalized, however, the   
   Commission will continue to print and mail paper licenses, unless notified to   
   stop.   
      
   The FCC claims that the proposed elimination of most paper documents is an   
   action being taken under the Report on FCC Reform issued earlier this year.    
   It says that to the extent permitted by Federal records retention   
   requirements that licensing bureaus should eliminate paper copies of   
   licenses.     
      
   You can read the entire twelve pages detailing proposed changes on the FCC   
   website at tinyurl.com/no-more-paper-license.  The ARRL's comments are at   
   tinyurl.com/arrl-paper-license-response.  (ARRL)   
      
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   RESTRUCTURING:  FULL 60 METER ACCESS MOVES CLOSER IN ARGENTINA BUT NOT YET   
      
   The IARU member society the Radio Club Argentino has gained support for   
   future access to the 60 meter or 5 MHz band.  This, ahead of the issue being   
   decided in November 2015 by the next World Radiocommunications Conference.    
   Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB, has more:   
      
   --   
      
   In its November 10th newsletter the Radio Club Argentino said that the   
   release of the 60 meter band in Argentina could happen sooner than most   
   thought.  This after it raised the issue to the nation's telecommunications   
   authorities.     
      
   The meeting had included an in depth discussion on the matter.  At that   
   gathering, the Argentine Ministry of Communications delegation supported the   
   allocation of a continuous 60 meter band segment of 5.275 to 5.450 MHz for   
   amateur radio on a secondary basis.  It also had agreed to bring the matter   
   up at a meeting of the Inter-American Telecommunications Commission known as   
   CITEL meeting held recently in Mexico.  The initiative won sufficient support   
   from CITEL delegates to be adopted as the regional position.     
      
   The 60 meter band was first introduced in 2002.  Ever since that time   
   various nations have released it temporarily to their radio amateurs as   
   various spot frequencies or with a wider multi-channeled allocation.   Making   
   it a world-wide ham radio secondary allocation will be discussed at the next   
   World Radiocommunications gathering to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, next   
   year.     
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kindord, N8WB, reporting.   
      
   --   
      
   The International Amateur Radio Union supports a 60 meter world-wide   
   allocation because it sits between the 80  and 40 meter bands.  This provides   
   useful propagation for local to medium distances, often needed for disaster   
   communication training and actual emergency response events.  (VK3PC)   
      
   **   
      
   INTRUDER WATCH:  LATEST IARUMS REPORT ON HF RADIO INTRUDERS   
      
   The International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring System reports on   
   interference caused by Russian taxis operating in the 10 meter amateur radio   
   band.  The report says that the taxi cabs were monitored flooding all of 10   
   meter FM on a daily basis and that so far nobody seems to be able to stop the   
   taxi intrusions.  The report noted that the MUF or maximum usable frequency   
   has been rather high, and the F2 layers were strong and stable.    
      
   The Monitoring Service also reports on some strong disturbances that were   
   caused by an Over the Horizon system in China in the evening hours of evening   
   hours October 26th and 27th covering 80 percent of the 40 meter band.  It   
   also says that Spanish fishermen were heard daily on 3.500, 3.510, 3.520 MHz   
   and several other frequencies using upper sideband every morning and evening.   
   The report notes that many Far East intruders were also found on 10 meter FM   
   in the mornings.  (IARUMS)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  4M LUNAR FLY-BY PACKAGE FALLS SILENT   
      
   The Lux Space 4 M moon circling ham radio mission carrying an amateur radio   
   JT65B payload has fallen silent.  This after transmitting continiously for   
   438 hours which was well past the predicted 100 hour limit.     
      
   The Southgate News reports that during the afternoon of November 10th the   
   battery voltage dropped from 13.1V to 12.1V and continued falling.  The last   
   signal was received by Rein Smit, W6SZ, in Alta Loma, California at 01:35 UTC   
   on November 11th when the battery voltage had fallen to 8.4 volts.   
      
   4 M stands for the Manfred Memorial Moon Mission.  Carried to the Moon on a   
   Chinese Long March booster, it successfully completed its loop around the   
   moon on October 28th,  It then returned to Earth and went into a high   
   elliptical orbit around our home planet where it remains today.  (Southgate)   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK 1   
      
   Time for you to identify your station.  We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,   
   heard on bulletin stations around the world including the N2VRO repeater   
   serving Hudson Valley New York.   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
      
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   WORLDBEAT:  RSGB ANNOUNCES 10,000 USERS FOR DMR   
      
   Digital Mobile Radio better known by the acronym DMR appears to be coming of   
   age in ham radio.  Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, has more:   
      
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   The Radio Society of Great Britain reports that on October 29th the   
   world-wide Digital Mobile Radio system added its 10,000th ham radio user ID.    
   According to the society, there are now over 800 Digital Mobile Radio   
   repeaters in 33 countries, allowing amateurs using DMR radios to talk to each   
   other globally using the internet.     
      
   DMR was not developed specifically for ham radio.  Rather the standard is a   
   VHF and UHF digital voice method that was published by the European   
   Telecommunications Standards Institute in 2005 with the goal of providing   
   digital communication systems that are low cost, of low complexity and   
   interoperable between equipment vendors.  The system uses a 12.5 KHz or   
   narrower channel bandwidth, 4 FSK digital modulation and the ability to be   
   used anywhere between 30 MHz and 1 Gigahertz.  As such products built   
   specifically to the DMR standard also complies with the FCC mandates for   
   narrowband systems here in the United States.   
      
   For yet unexplained reasons, DMR has begun creating its own following within   
   the ham radio community as an alternative to other digital voice modes.  How   
   far DMR will grow within the world of amateur radio digital audio as compared   
   to the various systems designed specifically for use by radio amateurs is   
   impossible to predict, but 10,000 is a pretty good start.     
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in Los Angeles.   
      
   --   
      
   You can find further information about DMR and its adoption in amateur radio   
   circles at www.va3xpr.net.  (GB2RS, RSGB)   
      
   **   
      
   EMCOMM:  FCC EYES NEW RULES TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AS VOICE NETWORKS   
   TRANSITION TO IP   
      
   The Federal Communications Commission will likely consider new rules to   
   ensure consumer choice and safety as the nation shifts from copper-based   
   networks to Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP transmission.  This, when it   
   meets on November 21st.   
      
   In making the announcement agency officials said that Chairman Thomas   
   Wheeler will offer a set of proposals during the meeting designed to protect   
   voice customers.  This will likely include network-sharing rules and possibly   
   requiring power backup systems on VoIP networks. Traditional copper wire   
   based telephone networks supply power to connected telephones, but phones   
   connected to fiber based networks require their own power source.     
      
   During natural disasters and other emergencies utility supplied power can be   
   disabled.  The FCC believes it to be important for VoIP customers to be able   
   to make phone calls, FCC officials said.     
   (Published reports)   
      
   **   
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  FCC OPENS INQUIRY INTO FALSE EAS ALERT   
      
   A follow-up to our story two weeks regarding the October 24th false   
   emergency alert that hit AT&T U-verse customers in parts of Georgia, Texas,   
   Tennessee, Michigan and Mississippi.  Late word is that the FCC's Public   
   Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has opened a full scale inquiry as to how   
   it happened and to prevent it from happening again.   
      
   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.  It was later revealed   
   the unauthorized activation originated during a broadcast of the Bobby Bones   
   Show out of Nashville. Tennessee.    
      
   While stations that aired the alert may yet face Enforcement Bureau action   
   or fines, the real concern is that the incident revealed potential flaws in   
   how Emergency Alert System is set up.  So the just-launched inquiry will   
   focus on ways to improve the system to prevent a similar problem in the   
   future.  Among the issues being looked at are how stations authenticate an   
   alert message and what sort of actions local police agencies take when faced   
   with a flood of public confusion after an authorized alert is sent.   
      
   At the same time, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is urging   
   stations to immediately check their equipment to make sure the fake alert   
   isn't still armed and ready to broadcast.  This is a possibility that   
   equipment manufacturers have told the FCC is possible.     
   (Inside Radio)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS:  LOTW ERROR HANDELING CQ WPX SUBMISSIONS    
      
   According to the ARRL, its been determined that some CQ WPX Awards Program   
   applications using the League's Logbook of The World were not properly   
   processed.  Specifically, applications for WPX credits submitted via Logbook   
   of The World from October 8th at 0500 UTC until November 5th at 1700 UTC were   
   never processed but these applicants credit cards were not charged.    
   Applicants should now re-submit any application for WPX credits made during   
   this period.  (ARRL)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS:  MONTANA RADIO CLUB PRAISED BY MEDIA OUTLET   
      
   Members of the Yellowstone Amateur Radio Emergency Services received some   
   words of commendation from a local media outlet in their home base of   
   Billings, Montana.  According to a report on the KPAX.com website, the ham   
   radio group has helped with many cicic activities including the Peaks to   
   Prairie Adventure Race, the Big Sky State Games and the Montana Marathon.   
      
   But a lot of the praise is toward the clubs efforts in helping to train   
   those interested in entering the hobby and preparing them for the required   
   FCC test.  It noted that the club sponsors training classes every other   
   month.      
      
   The report cites the clubs disaster preparedness.  Ron Glass, WN7Y who   
   serves as the emergency coordinator for the Yellowstone group notes that hams   
   are on call with the county and the city and the state to provide back-up   
   communications if they need to anytime the communications is threatened or   
   overloaded.   
      
   Yellowstone Amateur Radio Emergency Services is an ARES program sponsored by   
   the Yellowstone Radio Club.  The complete story about its work is on the web   
   is at tinyurl.com/yellowstone-radio-club.  The sponsoring clubs own website   
   can be found at www.k7efa.net              (eHam.net and other published news   
   reports)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS:  COMMEMORATING B36 CREW LOSS   
      
   The Sun City Amateur Radio Club of El Paso Texas will be operating a special   
   event station K5WPH on December 13th and 14th from 1600 to 0100 UTC.  This to   
   commemorate the crew of a B-36-D bomber that crashed in the near-by Franklin   
   Mountains on December 11th 1953.  If you make contact, please QSL with a self   
   addressed stamped envelope to the Sun City Amateur Radio Club, B-36 Special   
   Event, 3709 Wickham, El Paso, Texas, 79904.  (KD6CUB)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: K6LCS FUNDRAISING FOR AMSAT-NA WITH A DIFFERENCE   
      
   Some names in the news.  Clint Bradford, K6LCS, is making donating to   
   AMSAT-North America's Fox satellite project a bit more interesting.  This as   
   he announces that he is cleaning out his closet of some space-related   
   memorabilia and offering it as incentives to donate.   
      
   Among the first items that Bradford has donated are a United States Postal   
   Service commemorative first-day cover celebrating the Soyuz/Apollo mission.    
   Also posted is a 24-stamp plate block, and an Apollo 11 Tenth Year first-day   
   cover.     
      
   According to Bradford, this is a way for satellite supporters to acquire a   
   piece of history and at the same time support future satellite projects.    
   More information on the web at tinyurl.com/fox-fundraising.  (Southgate,   
   K6LCS)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  VE3AJB ACCEPTS SEVEL ACTING POSITIONS IN RAC ONTARIO   
   SECTION   
      
   Radio Amateurs of Canada has announced that Allan Boyd, VE3AJB has accepted   
   the position of Assistant Section Manager for Ontario North Section.  He will   
   also continue in his role as Chair of the Ontario Section Managers Council   
   and will also undertake two other positions related to the Ontario Section.    
   Boyd was the Ontario Section Manager before the creation of new sections in   
   Ontario.  (RAC, VE4BAW)   
      
   **   
      
      
   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, in this position.  (GB2RS)   
      
   **   
      
   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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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  ISS EXPEDIITION 41 COMES HOME   
      
   After nearly six months on the International Space Station, three crew   
   members of Expedition 41 are back on solid ground.  Flight Engineers   
   Alexander Gerst, KF5ONO, of Germany, Reid Wiseman, KF5LKT, of the United   
   States and Commander Max Suraev landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday night   
   November 9th after a three and a half hour descent from the orbiting outpost   
   in a Soyuz vehicle.   
      
   While on-orbit, Gerst signing OR4ISS made contact with several Earth bound   
   stations including one with the Explorers Club on October 25th.  During that   
   exchange he got to speak to Apollo 16 Astronaut Charlie Duke who asked Gerst   
   what was the most interesting in flight experiment he was working on.  Gerst   
   had a hard time in declaring any one in particular.   
      
   Their replacements, who will launch to the ISS on November 24th are   
   Expedition 42 crew members Terry Virts, Anton Shkaplerov and Samantha   
   Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF.  Russian cosmonauts Elena Serova, Alexander   
   Samoukutyaev and US astronaut Barry Wilmore are already on the ISS and have   
   already activated the Expedition 42 operations.    
      
   As an aside, only a few weeks ago the International Space Station marked the   
   14th anniversary of the arrival of its first crew. The station has been   
   manned continuously since November 2, 2000.  (various news sources)   
      
   **   
      
   WORLDBEAT:  LISTEN OUT FOR 91 NEW SOUTH AFRICA HAMS   
      
   There should be upward of ninety-one new South African amateurs on the air   
   soon.  The South African Radio League reports that one hundred candidates   
   recently took their ham radio exam and of these ninety-one passed the test.    
   Thanks to an agreement with the nation's telecommunications regulator and the   
   South African Radio League those who passed the exam should be on the air as   
   soon as their call signs get posted to the South African Radio League list of   
   successful candidate's web page.  (SARL)   
      
   **   
      
   ON THE AIR:  SPECIAL-EVENT STATION FOR 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF OSCAR 7 LAUNCH   
      
   On the air, Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, has secured the special call sign W7O.   
   This for use in commemorating the 40th anniversary of the launch of   
   AMSAT-OSCAR 7 that took place on November 15th 1974 from Vandenberg Air Force   
   Base on California's southern coastline.    
      
   Stoddard plans on having the W7O call for 10 days between November 15th   
   through the 24th working many of the ham radio satellites as he can and   
   possibly other terrestrial ham radio bands as well.   Stoddard says that he   
   will work as many birds as he can from his location in Arizona, including   
   passes of the now four decade old AMSAT OSCAR 7.  He may also recruit some   
   operators to work High Frequency bands using the W7O commemorative call.    
   WD9EWK will handle the QSL requests for the W7O call during this period.   
      
   If you want to volunteer or have any questions related to this operation   
   please contact Stoddard direct by e-mail to patrick at wd9ewk dot net.  But   
   adds Stoddard the W7Ohcall can only be operated from US territory, where   
   amateur radio is regulated by the FCC.  It cannot be used from outside US   
   territory, as 1 by1 special calls are not covered by any of agreements   
   between the USA and other countries.   (ANS)   
      
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   ON THE AIR:  TURKEYS TO BE ACTIVATED FOR THANKSGIVING    
      
   In celebration of Thanksgiving, Terry Joyner, W4YBV, plans to be on the air   
   November 22nd and 23rd.  This to activate two islands on the Suwannee River   
   in Levy County, Florida for the United States Islands Award Program.    
      
   Adeptly enough these land masses are called Turkey Island and Little Turkey   
   Island.  Look for Terry on 40 through 10 meters from 1300 and 2200 hours each   
   day.  More information including QSL routing is available at W4YBV on   
   QRZ.com.  (OPDX)   
      
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   ON THE AIR:  CO0SS CELEBRATING FOUNDING OF TWO CUBAN CITIES   
      
   And be on the lookout for Cuban special event station CO0SS between November   
   21st and the 23rd.  This, to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the two   
   heritage cities founded in 1514 in south-central Cuba.  Operations will be on   
   40 through 10 meters using CW, SSB, PSK, SSTV and RTTY.  QSL via EA5GL.    
   (OPDX)   
      
   **   
      
   DX   
      
   In DX, DC0KK will active as 4S7KKG from Sri Lanka through April 10th, 2015.    
   He operates mainly using CW and the digital modes.  QSL via his home   
   preferably via the bureau.  Direct cards go to the information listed on   
   QRZ.com.   
      
   EA7FTR is active as D44KS from Cape Verde through December 5th.  Operations   
   are limited to his spare time due to work commitments but you can listen out   
   for him on 40 through 6 meters using SSB and RTTY.  QSL via EB7DX.   
      
   OZ1DJJ will be operational as OX3LX from Disko Island between November 26th   
   and December 2nd.  Activity will be on the High Frequency bands. QSL via   
   OZ1PIF direct.   
      
   PA0VDV will be on the air from stroke PJ2 from Curacao between November 20th   
   and December 26th.  Activity will be on 80 through 10 meters using only CW   
   only. QSL to his home callsign direct or via the bureau.     
      
   VE6LB will be active as stroke A6 from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates   
   between December 2nd and the 25th.  This will be a holiday style operation on   
   40 through 10 meters but with a focus on the 12 and 10 meter bands.  Paper   
   QSL requests go direct via his home callsign.  Electronic QSL's can use   
   either Logbook of the World or eQSL   
      
   Lastly, DF3FS and DL9OLI will be operating stroke 5Z4 from Diani Beach,   
   Kenya, between February 16th and March 8th of 2015.  Activity will be holiday   
   style on 80 through 10 meters using CW and SSB.  QSL via their home   
   callsigns, either direct or the via the bureau.    
      
   **   
      
   THAT FINAL ITEM:  MEASURING POLORIZATION OF COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION   
      
   And finally the POLARBEAR Consortium headed by researchers at University of   
   California at Berkeley has reported a major breakthrough in measurement of   
   polarization of cosmic microwave background radiation.  This by capturing   
   some of the oldest light in the universe and using newly developed   
   instrumentation to assess it.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Davis, W2JKD,   
   reports:   
      
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   POLARBEAR measures remnant radiation from the Big Bang, which has cooled and   
   stretched with the expansion of the universe to microwave lengths.  This   
   cosmic microwave background or CMB acts as an enormous backlight illuminating   
   the large-scale structure of the universe and carrying an imprint of cosmic   
   history.   
      
   To capture this energy the research team says that it developed sensitive   
   instruments called as bolometers to analyze this early light.  The bolometers   
   record the direction of light's electric field from multiple points.  The   
   team says that it has mapped these angles with resolution on a scale of about   
   3 arc-minutes which equates to one-tenth of the diameter of the full Moon.   
      
   The POLARBEAR consortium's Cosmic Microwave Background polarization   
   experiment being conducted by more than 70 researchers from numerous   
   universities.  The team's overall mission is to gain an in-depth knowledge of   
   the universe and its origin since the cosmic microwave background carries an   
   imprint of the cosmic history.     
      
   The research team has provided more information in the paper published in   
   the Astrophysical Journal.  More is on-line at tinyurl.com/space-of-the-past   
      
   I'm Jim Davis, W2JKD.   
      
   --   
      
   In all a very fascinating look back at the history of the universe from the   
   dawning of time.  (Phys.org, Uncover California)   
      
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