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   Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1749 February 18 2011   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1749 with a release date of Friday,   
   February 18, 2011 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a Q-S-T. The deployment of ARISSAT One is delayed until   
   this summer but a test from inside the I-S-S shows that the bird should   
   perform flawlessly. Also, the Sun wakes up with a big flare on February   
   13th, the United Stastes recognizes reciprocal CEPT licensing with   
   Montenegro, lots of enforcement news from the FCC and a cockroach may soon   
   be headed to the edge of space. Find out the details on Amateur Radio   
   Newsline(tm) report number 1749 coming your way right now.   
      
      
   (Billboard Cart Here)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ARISSAT-1 DEPLOYMENT DELAYED UNTIL JULY   
      
   A delay until this summer for the deployment of ARISSAT One from the   
   International Space Station. This as the Russian space station manager RSC   
   Energia announces the delay based on the work schedule of the Cosmonauts and   
   Astronauts dunging the upcoming space walk otherwise known as an Extra   
   Vehicular Activity or EVA.   
      
   On Wednesday, February 9th NASA had announced that EVA number 28 will be   
   broadcast live on NASA TV, starting at 1245 UTC on February 16th. Included   
   in the schedule posted by NASA was the deployment of ARISSAT One.   
      
   On Thursday, February 10th Energia decided to have the crew do a checkout of   
   ARISSAT One to make certain that it had survived the trip up on board the   
   re-supply cargo flight that had carried it to its temporary home on the   
   I-S.S.. This test was not an event that was previously scheduled and there   
   was no public announcement of it made. Instead, a message was sent to the   
   I-S-S- crew to connect ARISSAT to one of the external ham radio antennas, to   
   turn it on and listen to it on the Kenwood dual-bander normally used for   
   ARISS school contacts. During the test, Energia decided to keep the ARISSAT   
   transmitter on through to the next day after with the crew reported back   
   that the satellite was functioning flawlessly and it was ready to go off   
   into space on its own.   
      
   But that was not to ne. On Friday, February 11th Energia management   
   announced that the deployment of the ARISSAT One satellite had been removed   
   from the schedule of events for E-V-A 28. This Energia said was due to   
   changes in the tasks associated with the work scheduled to be performed   
   during this spacewalk. Subsequently, Energia informed NASA that deployment   
   of ARISSAT One will be added to EVA number 29. It's currently scheduled for   
   sometime this coming July.   
      
   But the good news in all this is that ARISSAT One will likely work exactly   
   as it was designed to once deployed on-orbit. Hams on the ground to heard   
   ARISSAT One during the test period said its signal was definitely loud and   
   clear.   
      
      
      
   (ANS, ARISSAT)   
      
      
   **   
      
   PROPAGATION: EARTH-DIRECTED SOLAR FLARE COMES OUR WAY   
      
   Has Mother Nature finally heard the prays of hams world? This may be the   
   case as Old Sol unleashed Sunspot number 1158 at 17:58 UTC on Sunday,   
   February 13th.   
      
   Sunspot 1158 is described as the strongest solar flare of the year so far.   
   It was an M6.6-category blast. The eruption produced a loud blast of radio   
   waves heard in shortwave receivers around the dayside of our Eaeth. NASA's   
   Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the intense flash as being of extreme   
   ultraviolet radiation.   
      
   Preliminary data from the STEREO-A and SOHO observatories in space agree that   
   the explosion produced a fast but not particularly bright coronal mass   
   ejection. The actual cloud was predicted to hit our planets magnetic field   
   on or about February 15th and held the potential to cause high latitude   
   auroral displays.   
      
   At its initial peak also on February 15th the active region of this solar   
   eruption was more than 100,000 km wide with at least a dozen Earth-sized   
   dark cores scattered beneath its unstable magnetic canopy.   
      
   (AF4JF, VHF Reflector)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO LAW: USA RECOGNIZES MONTENEGRO UNDER CEPT LICENSE   
      
   The FCC has added Montenegro as the latest nation that the United States   
   recognizes in accord with the C-E-P-T reciprocal agreement for radio   
   amateurs Under the compact, US citizens who hold an FCC-issued General,   
   Advanced or Amateur Extra class Amateur Radio licenses may now operate in   
   Montenegro, as well as the other countries covered by the European   
   Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations This, subject   
   to the regulations in force in the country visited, to operate in those   
   countries. US amateurs with a General class license will be granted CEPT   
   Novice Radio Amateur License privileges while those holding an Advanced or   
   Amateur Extra class license will be granted CEPT Radio Amateur License   
   privileges.   
      
   **   
      
   BREAKING DX NEWS: SABLE ISLNAND TEAM HOPES MARCH 7 15 WILL BE A CHARM   
      
   The C Y Zero DXpedition team has set March 7th to the 15th as its target   
   schedule to be on the air from Sable Island.   
      
   The operators plan to travel to Halifax, Canada on 5 March to take care of   
   final logistics details in preparation for the charter flight to Sable on   
   the 7th. The team says that it has maximized its personal schedules to be   
   as flexible as possible to adapt to any potential weather delays. One   
   change in operators has K8LEE replacing WA4DAN who had to withdraw due to   
   business commitments.   
      
   As most listeners know, this will be the third try to make it to Sable with   
   the previous attempts put on hold due to long term weather delays. The team   
   leaders say that even weather will always be impossible to predict, they   
   have been encouraged by several successful supply flights to Sable in the   
   past month. Should they experience yet another weather delay, they hope to   
   stay in Halifax in anticipation that the delay with be short term rather   
   than an extensive one. In other words they will remain ready to go on a   
   day-to-day basis for a period of time as the weather permits.   
      
   The website will be updated periodically as to the status and any potential   
   impact on the planned activation date. Its in cyberspace at   
   www.cy0dxpedition.com. We will have more DX news at the end of this week's   
   Amateur Radio Newsline report.   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK 1   
      
   >From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard   
   on bulletin stations around the world including the K6OX repeater serving   
   the Antelope Valley in Southern California.   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
   **   
      
   ENFORCEMENT: FCC ENORCEMENT BUREAU AGREES TO POSTPONE K1MAN LICENSE RENEWAL   
   HEARING   
      
   The FCC's Enforcement Bureau has agreed with Glenn Baxter, K1MAN, that the   
   hearing on his license renewal should not go forward until the civil action   
   to collect a $21,000 fine against the Maine radio amateur has been   
   adjudicated.   
      
   In her February 10th filing to Chief Administrative Law Judge Richard Sippel,   
   Enforcement Bureau Chief Michelle Ellison stated that the Bureau agrees with   
   K1MAN that the proceeding in the matter of Baxter's pending license renewal   
   should not be scheduled until the matter of the federal litigation to   
   collect the fine has concluded.   
      
   She did however include one proviso. This being that the discovery aspect of   
   the case continue per its schedule to provide for judicial economy and   
   efficiency. Ellison says that this will permit the parties to move to trial   
   as quickly as possible after a final decision in the federal collection   
   action is reached.   
      
   (FCC)   
      
   **   
      
   ENFORCEMENT: $25000 NAL ISSUED TO UTAH U-NII OPERATOR   
      
   The FCC has issued a $25,000 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and   
   Order to Utah Broadband who the regulatory agency clams to be the operator   
   of two Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure or U-NII transmission   
   systems in Salt Lake City, Utah. This by operating intentional radiators   
   not in accordance with Part 15 of the Rules and the devices Equipment   
   Authorization.   
      
   In its February 11th release the FCC says that on October 5, 2010, FCC agents   
   from the Enforcement Bureau's Denver and San Diego Offices, along with FAA   
   personnel, used direction-finding techniques to locate emissions on the   
   frequencies 5580 and 5640 MHz. On the following day, FCC and FAA personnel   
   used those same techniques to confirm that the identified interference   
   resulted from radio emissions emanating from a pair of transmission systems   
   located on the rooftop of the Brody Chemical Building in Salt Lake City.   
      
   The FCC agents inspected the systems which were operated by Utah Broadband.   
   Both U-NII systems utilized the modular transceiver model XtremeRange5, an   
   intentional radiator manufactured by Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.[1] The FCC   
   Equipment Authorization for the Ubiquiti XtremeRange5 transceiver limits the   
   device to operations within a frequency range of 5745 MHz to 5825 MHz.   
   During the inspection the FCC agents observed that both were operating out   
   of band. The FCC agents also observed, and Utah Broadband personnel   
   acknowledged, that the required frequency assurance functionality of each   
   transceiver was disabled. During the inspection, Utah Broadband adjusted   
   the devices' operating frequencies to end any interference they were   
   causing.   
      
   In assessing the $25,000 N-A-L the FCC says that based on the evidence before   
   it the agency finds that Utah Broadband apparently willfully and repeatedly   
   violated sections 301 and 302(b) of the Act, and sections 15.1(b) and   
   15.1(c) of the FCC's Rules, by operating intentional radiators in a manner   
   not in compliance with the Part 15 Rules. Also doing so in a manner   
   inconsistent with their Equipment Authorization and, consequently, without   
   authorization.   
      
   Utah Broadband was given the customary 30 days to pay the N-A-L or to file an   
   appeal.   
      
   **   
      
   ENFORCEMENT: FCC ISSUES $10000 NAL TO ALLEGED NJ UNLICENSED STATION   
      
   And the FCC has also issued a $10000 Notice of Apparent Liability for   
   Forfeiture to one Bernabe Moreno. This, for his alleged operation of an   
   unlicensed radio transmitter on the frequency 102.3 MHz in Passaic, New   
   Jersey.   
      
   On April 3 and April 7, 2010, in response to a complaint, agents of the   
   Enforcement Bureau's New York Office used mobile direction-finding   
   techniques to monitor the frequency 102.3 MHz in Passaic and determined the   
   source of the transmissions to be a radio station operating from a building   
   located on Pasaic's Monroe Street. The agents observed an FM broadcast   
   antenna on the roof of the building and a coaxial cable going from the   
   antenna on the roof to the second floor of the building. The agents   
   subsequently took field strength measurements and determined that the   
   signals being broadcast exceeded the limits for operation under Part 15 of   
   the Commission's rules and therefore required a license. A review of the   
   Commission's records revealed no evidence of a Commission authorization for   
   operation of a radio station on 102.3 MHz in the Passaic, New Jersey area.   
      
   On April 7, 2010, the agents returned to the building to conduct an   
   inspection of the radio station and knocked on the door where they believed   
   the station was located. The person who answered the door identified   
   himself as Bernabe Moreno.   
      
   Moreno told the agents that he owns and operates the station on 102.3 MHz at   
   this location. The agents observed that the station was active at the time   
   of the inspection until Mr. Moreno turned off the transmitter at the agents'   
   request. The agents then verbally warned Moreno about the consequences of   
   continued operation of an unlicensed radio station and provided him with a   
   written Notice of Unlicensed Operation, requiring him to permanently cease   
   operation.   
      
   Now in its follow-up, the FCC has issued the $10000 Notice of Apparent   
   Liability to Moreno for operating the unlicensed station. Moreno was given   
   the usual 30 days to pay or to file an appeal.   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPEININGS: VISALIA DX CONVENTION TOP BAND DINNER   
      
   Turning to the ham radio social calendar, the 2011 Top-Band Dinner Banquet at   
   the Visalia DX Convention is now open for reservations. This years event   
   will take place on Friday, April 15th, at 6:30 PM at the Holiday Inn,   
   Visalia, California. This years program will be a presentation titled The   
   Low Bands from VP8ORK South Orkneys. The cost is $37 per person. If you   
   wish to attend, please send an E-mail with the number of reservations you   
   would like along with your call, name and e-mail to wb6rse (at) mac (dot)   
   com.   
      
   (WB6RSE)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS: IRTS AGM AND RALLYE IN LIMERICK MARCH 26-27   
      
   The Irish Radio Transmitting Society's Annual General Meeting weekend,   
   including the Annual Dinner and Rally will be held on Saturday March 26th   
   and Sunday March 27th. The event will be hosted by the Limerick Radio Club.   
   The venue is the Radisson Blu Hotel in the city of Limerick. For more   
   information contact, Ger McNamara EI4GXB by e-mail to ei4gxb (at) gmail   
   (dot) comAnd for those of you nopt aware, in Europe a rallye is the same as   
   a convent=tion or large hamfest here in the USA.   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: GEORGE TRANOS, N2GA, NAMED NEW CQ MAGZINE CONTEST EDITOR   
      
   Some names in the news. First up is George Tranos, N2GA, of Long Island, New   
   York, who has been named the new Contesting Editor of CQ Amateur Radio   
   magazine.   
      
   George Tranos comes to this position with over two decades of contesting   
   experience in a variety of station settings, and has several top scores to   
   his credit. Both as a single operator and as part of contesting teams. He   
   has operated extensively from the Caribbean as well as from his home station   
   in New York. He has been also been a referee at three World Radio Teamsport   
   Championship competitions.   
      
   Professionally, N2GA is president of a software and management consulting   
   firm, vice president of a school for professional motorcycle riders, and a   
   freelance journalist. He is married to Diane Ortiz, K2DO, an accomplished   
   contester herself and a former columnist for CQ Contest magazine during the   
   1990s.   
      
   Tranos succeeds John Dorr, K1AR, who stepped down after writing the   
   magazine's contesting column for nearly 22 years. George Tranos' first   
   column will appear in the March 2011 issue of CQ.   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: WEATHER BRAINS AT AGE 5   
      
   And a well done to Alabama Meteorologist James Spann, W-Oh-4-W and the crew   
   at Weather Brains. This, as the on-line show about the weather celebrates   
   its 5th anniversary this month.   
      
   For those of you who never heard of Weather Brains, this is a weekly audio   
   presentation delivered over the Internet that says it unites weather geeks   
   worldwide. According to its website, the presenters do their best to cover   
   the world of weather in a fun way, and believe that they have the best   
   weather show on the web.   
      
   Each show generally runs 60 to 80 minutes. They are record on Monday nights   
   and are usually available about midnight Monday nights Eastern Time. So   
   far, W-Oh-4-W and his Weather Brains associates have produced over 200 shows   
   and have never missed a week since the day they started.   
      
   You can hear a new show each week on-line at www dot weatherbrains dot com.   
   And we add our own congratulations to the crew at Weather Brains on a job   
   well done.   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK 2   
      
   This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur. From the United States of   
   America, 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)   
      
   **   
      
   WORLDBEAT: NORWAY TO END ANLOG FM BRODCASTING IN 2017   
      
   The Norwegian Government has announced plans that would see both the nations   
   national public and commercial radio services cease all analog FM broadcasts   
   in 2017. A report in Radioworld Online quotes a Norwegian government press   
   release as saying that the nation's radio industry wants an end of analog FM   
   and the government is now takes active steps to facilitate a transition to   
   digital radio and to take care of listeners' interests. More is on-line at   
   www (dot) rwonline (dot)com/article/113286.   
      
   (RW)   
      
   **   
      
   WOLDBEAT: COMMEMORATING RADIO PRAGUE   
      
   Mike Barraclough reports that a special broadcast commemorating the end of   
   Short Wave transmissions from Radio Prague is now available online.   
   Included are two recordings from 1937 and two from 1968 along with an   
   interview with Oldrich Cip, now head of the High Frequency Co-ordination   
   Committee. Back in the 1960's he hosted the stations DX program in the   
   1960's using the stage name of Peter Skala. Also included are contributions   
   from listeners. The show is on line at tinyurl.com/48pn5qd .   
      
   **   
      
   WORLDBEAT: NEW DUTCH CONTEST CLUB FORMED   
      
   A new Dutch amateur radio contest group has been born and located in the   
   northwest part of the Noord-Holland Province. Its call sign is PA6NH with   
   PA2PAC, PA3FUN, PA7TWO, PH9HB, PD1AIQ and PE1OPK as the charter members.   
   Currently, their station setup consists of surplus Harris 590 receivers and   
   Telefunken S2525 amplifiers, with Yaesu and ACOM equipment as backup. This   
   new radiosporting team plans to participate in all the major contests as   
   they come along. As a general rule, all QSOs will be uploaded   
   electronically to the Logbook Of The World. The group invites you to   
   checkout the PA6NH pictures on QRZ.com.   
      
   **   
      
   ON THE AIR: COMMEMORATING THE LAST SWISS MEDIUM WAVE TRANSMITTER   
      
   On the air, members of Switzerland's Rav Radio Amateurs of Vaudios whose   
   regular club call sign is HB9MM will activate the special callsign HE3OM   
   from the town of Sottens during the month of February. Sottens is a small   
   village where the last medium waves transmitter active in Switzerland was   
   located. It ceased operation on December 31st, 2010.   
      
   Permission has now been granted to the club to use the stations two giant   
   antennas for amateur radio purposes. The tallest is 188 meters high, and is   
   being used on the High Frequency bands, especially the lower frequencies   
   such as 160 and 80 meters. The somewhat smaller mast at 125 meters in   
   height is connected to the VLF station transmitting on the 137 kHz amateur   
   band.   
      
   QSL cards go to HE3OM via HB9TOB. For more details, see www (dot) hb9mm (dot)   
   com/sottens   
      
   **   
      
   DX   
      
   In DX, the XF4 Revillagigedo DXpediton has been assigned callsign 4A4A. A   
   team of 9 operators will take to the air from Isla Socorro March 4th to the   
   19th on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and some digital modes. A   
   possibility of 6 meters was also mentioned. More on line at www (dot)   
   revillagigedo2011 (dot) com   
      
   ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that the 9X0SP 2010 DXpedition to   
   Rwanda has been approved for DXCC credit. If you have cards that were   
   recently rejected for this operation, please send an e-mail to the ARRL DXCC   
   Desk. Moore says that once your record is updated, results will appear in   
   Logbook of The World accounts or in the live, daily DXCC Standing.   
      
   VK8NSB, VK8FNCY, 9M6DXX, 9M6XRO and MW0JRX will be operating from TImor-Leste   
   in East Timor between September 16th and the 26th. The precise location   
   will be Atauro Island, which is about 30 kilometers north of the capital,   
   Dili. The group says that it is working closely with the Timor-Leste   
   licensing authority and the DXpedition callsign will be announced soon.   
   They will have three stations on all bands 10 - 160m using CW, SSB and RTTY.   
   QSL information will be announced in a future news release.   
      
   Lastly, VK3FY is reporting on DX-World.Net he is hoping that the weather   
   improves in the South China Seas so that he and his group can board the ship   
   which will take four operators to Pag-Asa in the Spratly Islands. He notes   
   that as this is a scouting trip, operating time on the island will be   
   limited to a few hours to a maximum of three days. The time on the island   
   will be utilized in taking pictures of prospective sites and time permitting   
   getting D-X-Zero-D-X on the air as a prelude to the planned April operation.   
   QSL for this trip will be as per D-X-Zero-D-X via N-2-O-O.   
      
   **   
      
   THAT FINL ITEM: VK CLUBS TO LUNCH COCKROCH TO NEAR SPACE   
      
   And finally this week, two clubs down-under are joining forces to send a   
   cockroach to the edge of space in a balloon aptly named Loki One. Yes, we   
   said a cockroach as in those kind of disgusting bugs that nobody wants to   
   find in their homes. Here's the rest of the story.   
      
   Norse mythology claims that Loki is the great mischief-maker. It's also the   
   name of the edge of space balloon experiment that the Tamworth Radio Club   
   members and Tamworth Oxley Scout members will be launching in the coming   
   weeks.   
      
   The payload of Loki-1 includes an APRS equipment for tracking and flight   
   data; a camera set to take photo's at 1 minute intervals; sensors to record   
   temp and radiation, some paper aircraft that will be dropped from a height   
   of approx. 30 kilometres with information on them about the scout group and,   
   of coarse, the previously mentioned cockroach.   
      
   The Tamworth radio club has installed 7 ground stations around the North West   
   and New England regions of New South Wales. These will be used to receive   
   APRS data from Loki-1 then transfer it to the internet for live tracking via   
   the APRS network. It is expected that Loki-1 will reach an altitude of   
   about 100,000 feet giving the craft a radio horizon of 700 kilometers.   
      
   As airspace is heavily regulated regarding its use, the flight planners say   
   that negotiations are well in hand with Australia's airspace regulator the   
   Civil Aviation Safety Authority as well as air traffic controllers This,   
   regarding a host of regulations that need to be complied with regarding the   
   flight of the balloon through controlled air space which in Australia starts   
   at various altitudes above ground depending on where you are, and extends   
   right straight up to 60,000 feet. Most civilian jet aircraft cruise at an   
   altitude between 25,000 and 40,000 feet. Non compliance with all the   
   necessary regulations can carry severe penalties.   
      
   As to the welfare of the cockroach? Well nothing has been said if it will   
   fly in a pressurized compartment or just have to take its chances as the   
   balloon makes its way to the edge of space and back down to the ground. And   
   at airtime there has not been any outcry of inhumane treatment of the bug   
   from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Cockroaches, if such a   
   group even exists.   
      
   Up to date information on this high altitude balloon flight can be found on   
   Tamworth Radio Club's web site under the topic of projects. It's in   
   cyberspace at www.trci.org.au   
      
   (Southgate, VK2BOZ and VK2YGV)   
      
   **   
      
   NEWSCAST CLOSE   
      
   With thanks to Alan Labs, AMSAT, the ARRL, the CGC Communicator, CQ Magazine,   
   the FCC, the Ohio Penn DX Bulletin, Radio Netherlands, Rain, the RSGB, the   
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   AE5DW, saying 73 and we thank you for listening.   
      
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