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   Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2036, November 4 2016   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2036 with a release date of Friday,   
   November 4 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QST. We bring you an update on the brave hams in India who   
   are monitoring suspicious signals on the border. We pay tribute to three   
   Silent Keys -- and if you're a fan of AM operation, you'll be glad for some   
   news we have from Australia. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline   
   Report 2036 comes your way right now.   
      
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   BILLBOARD CART   
      
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   UPDATE: AMATEURS TRACK POTENTIAL TERROR   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We begin with an update about some courageous amateurs who   
   have apparently made some progress tracking a potential terror threat in   
   India. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH.   
      
   JEREMY: India's Intelligence Bureau is now responding to reports from amateur   
   radio operators who believe they have pinpointed the region from which   
   suspicious radio transmissions have been intercepted. The hams spent several   
   days conducting around-the-clock monitoring of the signals, which were sent   
   at night along the border with Bangladesh.   
      
   Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA, secretary of the West Bengal Amateur Radio Club,   
   has been listening on VHF with club members after authorities had expressed   
   concerns that the transmissions might be linked to extremists or terror   
   activity.   
      
   A report in the Indian Express notes that the coded transmissions, heard at   
   night, appear to have been pinpointed as coming from the West Bengal region   
   of Basirhat. Basirhat has been widely viewed as a nexus for terrorism.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.   
      
   **   
   ATTACK PLAN SUSPECTED ON HAARP FACILITY   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Two men in Georgia have been charged with plotting an attack   
   on the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project in Alaska, a facility   
   of great interest to the amateur community. Authorities released news of the   
   arrests as Newsline went to production. An arsenal of weapons was also   
   recovered that police believe were to be used in the planned attack. The plot   
   was discovered during an investigation of reports that one of the suspects   
   was engaged in selling drugs. Marmian Grimes, a representative of the   
   University of Alaska at Fairbanks, told the Alaska Dispatch that the research   
   facility has faced threats before and was grateful Georgia authorities were   
   alert. The authorities said the pair had told them they were acting on   
   directions from God.   
      
   (ARRL)   
      
   **   
   IN MEMORY OF THREE SILENT KEYS   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The amateur community has suffered three more losses. They   
   are National Medal of Science winner, an expert in acoustics and ARRL   
   president emeritus, Jim Haynie, W5JBP.   
      
   Jim had been in failing health when he died on November 1. He was the ARRL's   
   13th president and began his term in January of 2000. He served in that post   
   for six years. His tenure was marked by strong advocacy for ham radio   
   education and his promotion of radio science in the classroom led to the   
   ARRL's Education & Technology Program. He was outspoken on Capitol Hill on   
   such issues as spectrum protection and deed restrictions. Haynie, who was   
   named Amateur of the Year at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention, was a force in   
   mustering hams to assist after the 9/11 attacks and testified before Congress   
   about radio response during Hurricane Katrina.   
      
   Jim Haynie was 73.   
      
   We hear now from Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun, WD9GCO about contester   
   and DXer Paul Obert K8PO.   
      
   PAUL: Contesting is an activity that some hams just approach casually, and   
   others very seriously. And for some, like Paul Obert, K8PO, it was an   
   obsession. His antenna farm resembles an antenna research facility. Sadly,   
   Obert became a Silent Key on October 21st.   
      
   I spoke with two hams who had known Paul and asked for their memories of the   
   man. Larry Emery, K1UO, remembers the first time he heard him on the air:   
      
   LARRY: When I first heard Paul on the air, he was what I would call my "new   
   competition" that I didn't know about when he came to Maine. I kept wondering   
   who he was, who this K8PO guy was who kept beating me out on the low bands   
   because we enjoy 160 meters DXing and so forth.   
      
   And so, one day my wife and I took a drive up to Paul's and his wife Jackie's   
   place up in Union and I saw all of these towers and stacks from 40 to 10   
   meters and a full-sized 160 meter vertical and I said, "Ah-Ha!" and that sort   
   of answered that question!   
      
   And that was the first day I met him and we kinda hit it off and of course   
   Paul would do anything for you. The last few years we'd meet sort of halfway   
   in a little hole-in-the-wall diner and run over the past contest activities   
   or just anything in general we were trying. One of the last things we were   
   talking about was remoting because I was in an HOA.   
      
   PAUL: Scott Redd, K0DQ, fondly remembers his friend as a man of many talents:   
      
   SCOTT: Paul was, in my view, what I would call a triathlete in ham radio. He   
   was an accomplished DXer on all bands, especially the low bands; he was a   
   contester, which was my particular interest, and he did some great things   
   there; and he was an incredible engineer.   
      
   He was a station designer - he had a good station, but it was engineered   
   perfectly. He was of German descent, and it showed. Paul did all of those   
   things in terms of his ham radio skills, and he was also a wonderful human   
   being.   
      
   PAUL: If you'd like to see a few photos of Paul's towers, go to his QRZ page.   
   There you will also see some of his awards, including the W1AW Worked All   
   States for the ARRL Centennial. Some of his other achievements included 359   
   confirmed countries, including 20 that are no longer on the list. He was one   
   zone away from achieving Nine-Band-Worked-All-Zones.   
      
   Paul Obert will be missed by many around the world. But where he is now, the   
   reception is static-free and the bands have no limits.   
      
   All of us at Amateur Radio Newsline offer our condolences to his family and   
   friends.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Neil Rapp WB9VPG tells us more about Internet pioneer and   
   acoustics expert Leo Beranek.   
      
   NEIL: National Medal of Science winner Leo Beranek, a former amateur radio   
   operator and the creator of ARPANET, the precursor to today's Internet - has   
   become a Silent Key at the age of 102. A renowned acoustical scientist, he   
   ran the electro-acoustics laboratory at Harvard University in the 1940s and   
   the Navy Systems Research Laboratory at Beavertail Point, Rhode Island, for   
   which he was given the Presidential Certificate of Merit from President Harry   
   Truman for his work during World War II.   
      
   The Iowa native, who ultimately got a PhD from Harvard University, had worked   
   with the young startup Collins Radio Company years earlier when he'd had to   
   drop out of college. Many years later, in 1972, he helped found WCVB, the TV   
   station in Boston. Leo had become a licensed radio amateur during his college   
   years, although records now of his call sign are not available. He was given   
   the National Medal of Science for Engineering in 2003 by President George W.   
   Bush.   
      
   The Leo Beranek Student Medal for Excellence in the Study of Noise Control   
   was created in 2010 by the Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the   
   United States, to honor him.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG.   
      
      
   (ARRL, BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL, BOSTON GLOBE, INSTITUTE OF NOISE CONTROL   
   ENGINEERING)   
      
   **   
   BREAK HERE:   
      
   Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,   
   heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the K7MRG repeater in   
   Prescott, Arizona on Tuesday evenings.   
      
   **   
   CELEBRATING AMPLITUDE MODULATION IN AUSTRALIA   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Amplitude modulation is alive and well, especially in   
   Australia. We hear more from Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW.   
      
   JOHN: Single Sideband changed the shape of how we talk on the radio, putting   
   amplitude modulation, or AM, on the sidelines because of its more sizable   
   bandwidth. In Australia, however, there is a renewed focus on AM as a result   
   of a newly released band plan. The guidlines apply to Australian amateur   
   bands below 30 MHz. On 10 meters, AM is now recommended for 29.0 to 29.1 MHz.   
   On 40 meters, crystal-controlled AM can be found around 7.125 MHz. The upper   
   portion of 160 meters is also recommended for AM transmissions.   
      
   The band plans were updated recently by John Martin VK3KM, the technical   
   advisory committee co-ordinator for the Wireless Institute of Australia.   
      
   By the way, if you're going the AM route, be sure to listen for WIA president   
   Phil Wait VK2ASD, whose homebrew AM transmitter can be considered something   
   of a frequent flyer on that designated spot on 40 meters. Not only is 7.125   
   used for crystal-controlled rigs but also VFO-rig AM operation.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.   
      
   (WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA)   
      
   **   
   HISTORY, BRAVERY AND AUSTRALIANS ON THE AIR   
      
   STEPHEN: The spirit of a famous naval battle from the first World War lives   
   on in a special event station in Australia. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's   
   Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.   
      
   JASON: The team members of VICTOR INDIA 4 SYDNEY EMDEN ACTION have their work   
   cut out for them. They are commemorating November 9, 1914, a remarkable day   
   for the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Sydney took on the German adversaries   
   aboard the SMS Emden off the Cocos Keeling Islands. It was the first WW1   
   action seen by Australia's Navy.   
      
   One hundred and two years later, this special event station, which began its   
   operation on the first of November, will conclude its international contacts   
   on November 9, but not before the operators sweep the bands between 630   
   meters to 6 meters. It's no small detail that most of the operators are   
   former navy or military personnel.   
      
   The station's QRZ page notes that the special event station does not attempt   
   to glorify war but to commemorate everyone's bravery on both sides of the   
   conflict.   
      
   With that in mind, the Australian radio operators ask hams to remember all   
   the brave sailors involved - not only those from Australia but also those   
   from Britain and Germany.   
      
   Indeed, the QSL card features side-by-side portraits of Australia's Capt.   
   John Glossop and Germany's Capt. Karl von Muller, calling them both "The Last   
   Gentlemen of War," no doubt a nod to the 1984 history book, "Gentlemen of   
   War."   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW   
      
   (SOUTHGATE, QRZ, WIA)   
      
   **   
      
   YOUNG HAMS WHO MAKE THE GRADE   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: It's smart to be a ham.....but it can pay off especially well   
   to be a smart young ham. We hear why from Amateur Radio Newsline's Geri   
   Goodrich KF5KRN.   
      
   GERI'S REPORT: The ARRL Foundation is looking for a few bright students.   
   Actually, the foundation is searching for a couple of dozen -- all of them   
   hopeful recipients of more than 80 scholarships available from the foundation   
   in amounts ranging from $500 to $5,000. The scholarship application window   
   opened on October 1 and students who are active radio amateurs have until   
   January 31 to submit their online application along with a PDF of their   
   transcript from their most recently completed academic year.   
      
   The scholarships support the students' post-secondary school education in the   
   academic year 2017 to 2018.   
      
   Last year, 81 students were awarded funds for a total of $120,150 in   
   scholarships which are funded entirely through contributions to the   
   foundation by clubs, friends and amateurs themselves.   
      
   Read more about the scholarships, or find an application, by visiting   
   arrl.org/scholarship-descriptions   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Geri Goodrich, KF5KRN   
      
   (ARRL)   
      
   **   
   KC0W IS ON THE MOOOOOOOVE AGAIN   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: There's good news for hams who are chasing Tom Callas, KC0W,   
   the noted "Cows Over the world" DXer whose DXpeditions came to a halt after   
   he was the victim of a theft. Tom has announced on his QRZ.com profile that   
   he expects to start operating in early November through the 25th of the month   
   from the Philippines using the call sign 4I7COW. So welcome back Tom - and to   
   everyone else, go get him!   
      
   **   
      
   WORLD OF DX   
      
   Elsewhere in the world of DX, John AD8J is working as AD8J/HR9 until November   
   12 from the island of Guanaja, Honduras, IOTA reference NA-057. Send QSL   
   cards via his home call sign.   
      
   Roly ZL1BQD is working until November 25th as E51RR from Rarotonga in the   
   South Cook Islands. Listen for him 40, 20 and 15m. Send QSL cards to his home   
   call.   
      
   Be listening  for the callsign XU7MDC until November 14th. That would be a   
   team of radio operators from the Mediterraneo DX Club on the air from   
   Cambodia. You can listen for them on all HF bands. The team's QSL manager is   
   IK2VUC.   
      
      
   (IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)   
      
   **   
      
   KICKER: A COMIC STRIP TRIBUTE TO CODE   
      
   We close this week's newscast with this story of a classic comic strip with a   
   surprise element: Morse Code. Now, Samuel Morse isn't exactly the kind of   
   character you'd find in the pages of any comic strip, much less the classic   
   strip, "The Phantom." The Phantom, an avenger with a sense of justice, was   
   created in the 1930s, long after Samuel Morse devised his system of dots and   
   dashes in the 19th Century. In the strip's earliest days, The Phantom was   
   already using amateur radio to send important messages. It seems that in the   
   intervening years, he hasn't forgotten ham radio's reliability -- nor has he   
   forgotten his CW.   
      
   Now he is an older, wiser Phantom - and the father of two, including a son   
   attending college at a remote Himalayan location. He is seen in the comic's   
   current story thread keeping tabs on his son by communicating with one of his   
   teachers via code. His wife, of course, asks her crime-fighting husband   
   "isn't that obsolete?" The Phantom replies: "Not at all."   
      
   Right you are, Phantom. That's what makes you OUR hero too!   
      
   (SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS)   
      
   **   
      
   NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; Boston Globe; Boston   
   Business Journal; CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Institute of   
   Noise Control Engineering; Irish Radio Transmitter Society; Ohio-Penn DX   
   Bulletin; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show;   
   Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners,   
   that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address   
   at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio   
   Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.   
      
   For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and our   
   news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio saying 73   
   and as always we thank you for listening.   
      
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