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   18 Jul 15 15:02:38   
   
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1968 with a release date of Friday,    
   July 17, 2015 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QST. Dayton Hamvention releases attendance figures    
   and the news is good. A Canadian ham operated remotely from the U.S. on    
   Field Day. Will satellites return to 29 MHz? The newest CubeSat from    
   England?s Surrey Space Center. The Courage Kenny Handiham Program for    
   disabled radio amateurs prepares for radio camp in August. All this and    
   an update on our Young Ham of the Year Award in Amateur Radio Newsline    
   report number 1968 coming your way right now.   
      
   (Billboard Cart Here and Intro)   
      
   Here is this week?s news with Don Wilbanks AE5DW [or ALTERNATE ANCHOR]   
      
   BREAKING: FCC CLOSURES   
      
   We start with breaking news. It was announced on Thursday, July 16th    
   that the FCC would close 11 field offices. The closures are in the    
   cities of Anchorage, Buffalo, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Norfolk,    
   Philadelphia, San Diego, San Juan, Seattle and Tampa. This list is    
   scaled back dramatically from the original plan to close nearly all of    
   the FCC?s field offices. ?It?s a tough decision?, said FCC Chairman Tom    
   Wheeler, He continued saying ?Congress has ordered that we spend less.    
   We?ve been told to do with less.? The vote was 5-0. More in future    
   Newsline reports.   
      
   (Katyonthehill.com    
   )   
      
   EVENT: PACKED HOUSE AT HAMVENTION   
      
   It's hard to argue with numbers, so the recent attendance report from    
   the Dayton Hamvention held in May at the Hara Arena Complex certainly    
   gives its sponsoring group some bragging rights. The official headcount    
   of 25,621 released by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association is an    
   increase of 748 attendees over last year, and an impressive climb of    
   1,079 attendees over the 2013 event. Still, Hamvention's peak attendance    
   was back in 1993 when 33,669 amateurs were on hand. After 1996, when the    
   date of the annual event was changed from April to May, attendance    
   varied from year to year. However, Dayton Hamvention has clearly grown    
   in its profile as the world's largest gathering of hams and has become a    
   magnet for amateur operators from around the globe. Success breeds only    
   more success, and organizers have already set May 20-22 for Hamvention    
   weekend in 2016.   
      
   (ARRL, Henry Ruminski, W8HJR)   
      
   STATION SHOWS REMOTE POSSIBILITIES   
      
   An amateur radio club station based in Canada's Yukon Territory took a    
   creative approach to operating for this year's Field Day and Canada Day    
   activities. The station, VY1AAA, from the Northern Territories, was    
   being operated remotely from the Contoocook Valley Radio Club's Field    
   Day site in New Hampshire -- call sign K1B. The call sign VY1AAA is    
   assigned to the club station of J. Allen, VY1JA, who is located near    
   Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. The goal of the arrangement was to give    
   Allen remote control capability during both Field Day on June 27 to 28    
   and Canada Day on July 1. Some of his remote operation from New    
   Hampshire with the Contoocook Club in June can be seen in a short video    
   posted on YouTube. One of the station's New Hampshire operators, Gerry    
   Hull, W1VE, a former ARRL technical editor who is also licensed in    
   Canada, said the remote Field Day and Canada Day operations ended up    
   generating "a ton" of requests for QSL cards. Canada Day QSOs were also    
   deemed a success, he said, when VY1AAA operated multi-single for a    
   claimed score of 53,000 points.   
      
   AN ALTERNATE SATELLITE FREQUENCY   
      
   A panel of international advisors has been encouraging radio amateurs    
   and satellite developers and builders to return to the practice of    
   satellite uplinks and downlinks on 29 MHz, as a way of providing    
   alternatives to overcrowded band segments elsewhere on the spectrum.   
      
   One panel member, Ray Soifer W2RS, noted that 29 MHz had a solid history    
   for those purposes going back several decades: The segment of the band    
   between 29.300 MHz and 29.510 MHz was used for downlinks beginning with    
   Australis-OSCAR 5 in 1970, followed by AMSAT's first communications    
   satellite, AMSAT-OSCAR 6, two years later. AMSAT-OSCAR 7, launched in    
   1974, is the sole amateur satellite today actively using a 29 MHz downlink.   
      
   The older satellites were, of course, larger than the CubeSats in use    
   today. But many of today's CubeSats, in use by science researchers and    
   universities, are utilizing amateur frequencies and overcrowding band    
   segments at 145 MHz and 435 MHz. The International Amateur Radio Union    
   envisions 29 MHz as a way of relieving some of that traffic.   
      
   (EE Publishers, QRZNOW)   
      
   STALKING THE LATEST CUBESAT   
      
   One of the more recent CubeSats to be launched, The DeorbitSailCubeSat,    
   went into orbit on Friday, July 10. It was built by researchers and    
   radio amateurs at the Surrey Space Centre in Guildford, England,    
   carrying a 1200 bps BPSK beacon transmitting on 145.975 MHz. Ken    
   Swaggart, W7KKE, gave the first DeorbitSail packet reports to Surrey    
   Space from his station in Oregon. As the CubeSat passed over India,    
   Nitin Muttin, VU3TYG, reported receiving signals as well. The satellite    
   will eventually burn up in the atmosphere as it gradually loses altitude    
   and returns to Earth.   
      
   Tracking information is available on the AMSAT-UK website. All telemetry    
   files can be sent via email to Christopher Bridges, 2E0OBC, the lead    
   engineer and researcher at the Surrey Space Center, at    
   c.p.bridges@surrey.ac.uk   
      
   (ARRL, Surrey Space Center)   
      
   BREAK 1   
   Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio    
   Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world. We are being    
   relayed by the volunteer services of the following radio amateur:   
      
   (5 second pause)   
      
   REPORT FROM CAMP COURAGE   
      
   The Courage Kenny Handiham Program for disabled radio amateurs is    
   accepting applications for radio camp to be held August 18 through    
   August 24 in Minnesota. Kent Peterson, KC0DGY, talks to Matt Arthur,    
   KA0PQW, who shares his many summers of experience there.   
      
   [INSERT LEDE-IN FROM KENT, INTERVIEW WITH MATT]   
      
   For an application package for Handiham Radio Camp, call Nancy at    
   612-775-2291.   
      
   NEW BALLOTING FOR KOSOVO   
      
   A revote is in the works among members of the International Amateur    
   Radio Union on whether to admit the Republic of Kosovo's national    
   amateur radio association. A previous membership vote, taken last year,    
   failed narrowly when 49 ballots were cast in favor -- just shy of the 51    
   needed to formally recognize Kosovo. Although the two necessary votes of    
   approval arrived not long after member voting had concluded, the timing    
   rendered the votes ineligible for being counted, according to IARU    
   secretary Rod Stafford, W6ROD. In an email to IARU members, Stafford    
   urged a revote as soon as possible. The Republic of Kosovo, which    
   declared independence from Serbia in 2008, has had a formal amateur    
   radio organization, known by the letters SHRAK, since 2000. In 2008,    
   however, the government set aside the call sign of Z6 for the nation's    
   hams, as amateur radio began to establish a stronghold. The IARU did    
   vote to admit Burundi, with 67 affirmative votes clinching membership    
   for the African Republic.   
      
   (ARRL, Amateur Radio Europe, International Amateur Radio Union)   
      
   BREAK 2   
      
   Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio    
   Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the    
   WC8OH Repeater serving Kettering Ohio.   
      
   (5 second pause)   
      
   THE WORLD OF DX   
      
   NA-067, OCRACOKE ISLAND   
   Jon, WB8YJF, will once again be active as WB8YJF/4 from Ocracoke Island    
   between July 19-26th. Activity will be on CW, SSB, and possibly RTTY. He    
   also plans to be in the Radio Society of Great Britain's Islands on the    
   Air contest on July 25 and 26th. Please QSL direct for a fast QSL or via    
   the Bureau.   
      
   Two other operators, Keith/W4KAZ and Nathan/N4YDU, will also be active    
   on Ocracoke Island. They will operate as W4O between July 23 and July    
   26th. Activity will include the Radio Society of Great Britain IOTA    
   Contest as a Multi-Op/ Single-Transmitter/Low-Power entry. Operations    
   will be on 80 through 10 meters. QSL direct only to N4YDU.   
      
   ET, ETHIOPIA   
   Operators Andy/UR4LRQ, Yaroslav/UW7LL and Igor/UY5LW will be active as    
   ET3AA from the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society club station on the HF    
   bands until Aug. 21st. QSLs only via US0LW.   
      
   FY, FRENCH GUYANA   
   Christian, F5UII, will once again be active as FY/F5UII from the radio    
   club station FY5KE in Kourou City between July 20-28th. Because he will    
   be working, activity will be limited, but he suggests looking for him on    
   80 meters through 10 meters, between 1000-1100Z and after 2100Z. He may    
   also make a side trip to Royal Island during the Radio Society of Great    
   Britain IOTA. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.   
      
   On July 15, Aeriel NY4G moves from Prince Edward Island, Canada to the    
   St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands where he will be using the call sign    
   FP/NY4G until July 21. He will be working mostly CW and RTTY on 80    
   through 10 meters, with his logs uploaded to Logbook of the World and    
   Club Log. QSL direct via NY4G or Club Log OQRS .   
      
   (Ohio Penn DX newsletter, DXWorld)   
      
   YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR   
      
   And finally, meet this year?s Young Ham of the Year, who was chosen by a    
   unanimous vote. We hear more from Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, who chairs the    
   Young Ham of the Year Committee:   
      
   "You're kidding, right? You're kidding?"   
      
   "No, I'm not, you are our choice."   
      
   "Hey dad, did you hear that, I'm the winner."   
      
   That's Anna Veal, W0ANT, our newly minted Young Ham of the Year, in a    
   phone conversation during which she learned she was the unanimous choice    
   of our judging committee.   
      
   Before we told Anna she was our winner, I asked what she would think if    
   she was awarded the honor.   
      
   "The hobby itself is just super fun," she says. "So, I would just think    
   of it as a huge honor and a fun opportunity."   
      
   Anna is 14. She'll turn 15 in August.   
      
   She is the daughter of Paul Veal, N0AH, and Peggy Veal, KD0ISN, and    
   lives in Littleton, Colorado.   
      
   He has two sisters - fraternal twins. They are Claire and Leah, both 10.   
      
   Anna holds a General class license.   
      
   Her story of how she entered amateur radio is unique. But it had    
   something to do with dad.   
      
   "Well, I was around 8 years old and my sisters, were at the time,    
   three," Anna recalls. "And so, one day, my sisters and I were downstairs    
   in the basement messing around with my dad's keyer with zero power on.   
      
   "And, he was talking to us about how he was going to be going to Dayton    
   in a few months. And, so, I decided that it would be kind of fun if I    
   got my license in Dayton. So, I started studying then and once we went    
   to Dayton, on my first try, I got it."   
      
   Even though she didn't have to, Anna decided to pursue learning Morse    
   Code and while in fourth grade in 2010 decided to take and pass the    
   General test and changed her call to the one she has now - W0ANT.   
      
   Anna - with dad's help - started a ham radio club in her elementary    
   school and started rubbing shoulders with the Rocky Mountain Ham Radio    
   Club members who exposed her to various aspects of the hobby.   
      
   She discovered contesting and DXing, and earned invitations to join    
   contest stations and sit and work with those who understand how it's    
   done, especially on CW.   
      
   It was back to Dayton in 2010 and an appearance at the Radio Club of    
   America's youth forum.˜   
   Anna attended Contest Uniiversity in Dayton and earned an invitation to    
   the TI5 Youth DX adventure team.   
      
   "I went to Costa Rica when I was I believe I was about 10 or 11 with a    
   bunch of other kids. It was a really, really great trip," Anna says. "I    
   was really interested, I was contesting at the time. I still am, it's    
   just harder to get into contests with my busy schedule.   
      
   "But, yeah, Costa Rica was a blast. We learned how to DX and Keko was    
   the one who introduced me to satellites and propogation."   
      
   Keko is TI5KD.   
      
   Anna earned the ARRL Rocky Mountain Division's Young Ham of the Year    
   Award in 2011 for all of her achievements at such a young age.   
      
   She credits her activity in ham radio with helping her to get into and    
   succeed at the STEM School and Academy.   
      
   "It started out as me just wanting to mess around on my dad's keyer when    
   I was 8 all the way to me giving presentations in Dayton Ohio and    
   receiving awards all the way to me going to Costa Rica," she says. "So,    
   amateur radio has given me a lot of opportunities as well as led me to    
   meet a lot of really nice people that I stay in touch with now.   
      
   "It's also given me an open door to my school because if I wasn't    
   interested in amateur radio, I don't know if I would be going to the    
   school I am now. So, overall, amateur radio has just given me a lot of    
   opportunities and friends."   
      
   Among them, those who are part of the AB0EX STEM School and Academy    
   Spartan Amateur Radio Club where she is president.   
      
   On behalf of the Young Ham of the Year Award judging committee,    
   congratulations to Anna Veal, W0ANT.   
      
   You can be sure, Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, who started this award and has    
   since left us, would be proud of your achievement.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Philadelphia.   
      
   NEWSCAST CLOSE   
   With thanks to Alan Labs, AMSAT, Amateur Radio Europe, the ARRL,    
   DXWorld, the International Amateur Radio Union, the Ohio-Penn DX    
   Newsletter, Henry Ruminski, W8HJR, Handihams, EE Publishers, TWiT TV,    
   QRZNOW, the Surrey Space Center, and you our listeners. Our email    
   address for news tips and comments is arnewslinetips@gmail.com. More    
   information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official    
   website located at www.arnewsline.org.    
       
   You can also write to us or support us at Amateur Radio Newsline, 28197    
   Robin Avenue, Santa Clarita, CA 91350.   
      
   For now, with our news team worldwide, I?m Don Wilbanks AE5DW with    
   [ALTERNATE ANCHOR] saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.   
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