Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1760 - May 6, 2011   
      
      
   NOTICE   
      
      
   We strongly urge all readers of this weeks print newscast to also download   
   the MP3 audio version of from our website at www.arnewsline.org and listen   
   to it. This is because there is no way that the printed word can convey the   
   stark reality of the devastation that hit Alabama on April 27th unless you   
   listen to the voices of those who were in the middle of the storms.   
      
   These are the ham radio operators who were lucky to have survived the wrath   
   of Mother Nature and then immediately set about doing what hams do best:   
   Became the only communications across a state devastated by killer   
   tornadoes. A storm system so intense that most of the commercially built   
   and maintained communications systems totally collapsed or were destroyed.   
      
   It was once again ham radio and only ham radio with its decentralized   
   infrastructure that was able to do what it did after 911 and after Hurricane   
   Katrina. When all else failed, amateur radio was the first responder that   
   saved lives.   
      
   Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF   
   Producer   
   ARNewsline, Inc.   
      
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1760 with a release date of Friday, May   
   6, 2011 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a Q-S-T. Ham radio respond as killer tornadoes rip the   
   south-east and take a big toll in Alabama; the National Association of   
   Broadcasters says that no broadband spectrum crisis exists, the Anchorage   
   V-E-C suggests rules changes that could lead to a lifetime US ham license   
   and human movement might be the thing that replaces batteries in the not to   
   distant future. Find out the details are on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm)   
   report number 1760 coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   **   
      
      
   RESCUE RADIO: HAMS BECOME FIRST RESPONDERS AS TORNADOES RAVAGE THE SOUTH AND   
   EAST   
      
      
   Ham radio operators became the first responders on April 27th and 28th. This   
   as tornadoes and other severe weather took aim at parts of the South and   
   East. Amateur Radio Newsline's David Black, KB4KCH, is in Birmingham,   
   Alabama, where he literally lived through the ordeal:   
      
   --   
      
   Days in advance, forecasters had warned about April 27th. They said it would   
   be a dangerous day for Alabama. What no one knew at the time was how   
   dangerous. That afternoon would mark the largest tornado outbreak and third   
   deadliest in U-S history. More than 300 confirmed tornadoes plow through 14   
   states during a three day period ending April 28th. The death toll is   
   estimated at more than 300.   
      
   In Alabama, massive supercell storms plow through the state's warm, unstable   
   air, spinning a series of deadly, long track tornado es. The state is hit   
   hard--28 confirmed twisters, 250 dead statewide, with damage across the   
   northern two thirds of the state. Thousands are left injured or homeless.   
      
   The National Weather Service says at least eleven of Alabama's tornadoes   
   measured EF3 or greater. A single EF4 tornado--at times up to 1.5 miles   
   wide with winds estimated to have approached 200 miles an hour--plows   
   through Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. The massive twister stays on the ground   
   80 miles, tearing up homes, businesses and lives all the way.   
      
   --   
      
   W4MD: "I saw people getting out from under pieces of plywood. The first   
   person I saw was a person with blood all over their face (and) dripping of   
   their chin. I started collecting the walking wounded and putting them into   
   a thrift store."   
      
   --   
      
   David Drummond, W4MD, is Alabama's ARRL Section Manager. He was at ground   
   zero as the killer storm began destroying Tuscaloosa, producing horrific   
   scenes he and many others will never forget:   
      
   --   
      
   W4MD: " We were covering up the dead. The place where I stopped there was a   
   family who lived across the street and who heard the sirens who went across   
   from where they were living to a house with a basement and when the tornado   
   came it picked up the house that they had left, moved it across the street;   
   set it on the other house and killed them all. And we actually put four   
   adults and one child in a body bag"   
      
   --   
      
   Everywhere Drummond looks is destroyed. Among the victims are five students   
   at the University of Alabama which cancels graduation. The hams trying to   
   help Tuscaloosa's walking wounded suddenly face major communications   
   challenges: Three repeaters being used heavily for emergency messages all   
   go down.   
      
   Police, fire and EMA communications are also knocked out. Drummond and   
   fellow hams have only one option: To use simplex communications.   
      
   --   
      
   W4MD: "Everything was gone. At that point, that was it. It was deathly   
   quiet and there was nobody. There was no other communications of any kind,   
   period.   
      
   "There are still many dead and unaccounted for. We ran out of body bags.   
      
   "There's more in the morgues and a lot of them hadn't been identified.   
   There's people in lakes and there's still a lot of (people) unaccounted   
   for."   
      
   --   
      
   For five hours after the tornado hit, Drummond says hams provided critical   
   communications:   
      
   --   
      
   W4MD: "It was slow developing for support from emergency services because it   
   was to massive. We (ham radio operators) provided much of the   
   communications in the beginning because there wasn't any. The Emergency   
   Communications Center was destroyed which included the EMA which took that   
   mechanism down. That (tornado) also destroyed the adjacent police   
   department's communications system and part of their building which put that   
   in disarray. It also destroyed the Red Cross building which severely   
   interrupted their response."   
      
   --   
      
   By the time the massive storm roars across I-65 just north of downtown   
   Birmingham, it has killed at least 65 people, and injured 1,000 more,   
   becoming the deadliest in Alabama history. Two days after the storms hit,   
   President Obama walks through a storm-ravaged Tuscaloosa neighborhood where   
   dusk-to-dawn curfews were in effect, and calls it beyond anything he had   
   ever seen.   
      
   It's also beyond anything most emergency communications-minded amateur radio   
   operators had ever imagined possible. Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, is the ARRL's   
   Southeastern Division Director.   
      
   --   
      
   W4OZK" "This scale is unprecedented and amateur radio is stepping up in a   
   very big way. I'm proud of all the hams who are providing support"   
      
   --   
      
   In north Alabama, a tornado stays on the ground 132 miles, narrowly missing   
   downtown Huntsville and leaving at least 26 dead. Power is knocked out over   
   so much of north Alabama, that motorists entering the state from Tennessee   
   are warned to make sure they have gas in their cars.   
      
   Division Director Sarratt says Alabama hams have mobilized in large numbers   
   to help a variety of agencies with communications support:   
      
   --   
      
   W4OZK: "Hams have been on multiple bands from HF to 2 meters D-Star. Also a   
   lot of 440 work providing local communications; providing regional   
   communications; and state-wide communications for EMA, the National Weather   
   Service. The Red Cross, the Salvation Army, Southern Baptist (Relief) and   
   other relief type organizations."   
      
   --   
      
   Scores of outlying communities are devastated, as well. In the small   
   northwest Alabama town of Hackleburg--which lost 29 people--hardly anything   
   remains. A tornado rated as EF-5 roars through Hackleburg, lifting a truck   
   and dropping it back down four miles away. In the nearby town of Phil   
   Campbell, at least 51 die.   
      
   100 miles southeast of Birmingham, a tornado slams into Dadeville at night.   
   The storm picks up weights including a 70 pound dumbbell, throwing it about   
   200 yards. Volunteer firefighter Danny Lloyd, KB4MDD, walks through the   
   debris of a devastated neighborhood to see if anyone needs help. He's not   
   sure, but thinks he hears people calling for him in the darkness:   
      
   --   
      
   KB4MDD: "I sort of ignored them in the beginning because I did not know that   
   they were calling for me. Then they said something again and I called out   
   my name and it was my cousins husband and he said that `...we have someone   
   hurt over here..'   
      
   "I went over and spent some time with an elderly lady who would ultimately   
   expire due to her injuries. The storm made it impossible (to get more aid).   
   She had a broken leg but it was just impossible to get her out. I mean it   
   was not possible. All the roads were blocked.   
      
   "They were talking to me and I could see thyem but it took me five minutes or   
   more just to climb through the (downed) trees to where they were at and her   
   house was just gone. It was exploded."   
      
   --   
      
   While trying to help the woman, Lloyd hears tornado sirens; another warning   
   has been issued.   
      
   --   
      
   KB4MDD: "I thought okay, here we go again. Of coarse we had a downpour and   
   I found a coat laying on the ground and I was able to cover here. And she   
   talked to me for a very long time as I stayed there with her and held her   
   hand.   
      
   "It was a very tough ordeal as volunteer firefighter and a first responder,   
   generally when I'm on the scene I have an ambulance crew that's coming up   
   within seconds. They load up a patient and have them to the hospital. And   
   this lady was within a 5-minute drive of a hospital.   
      
   "If it had been normal, you would have been at the St. Martin Hospital within   
   5 minutes. And the heart-breaking thing is that we could not move her   
   without fear that of injuries and that we were going to make matters worse.   
   And the second thing is that we had no way (to transport her). We had no   
   back-board, no gurney to even try to load up to even try to start going   
   somewhere in the midst of all that mess.   
      
   "Its very sad. I understand that she was 70 years old."   
      
   **   
      
      
   BREAK 1   
      
      
   More with David Black, KB4KCH, in a moment. But first its time to identify.   
   From Los Angeles, This is the Amateur Radio Newsline.   
      
   5 Sec Break   
      
   --   
      
   The gruesome scenes are visible statewide. Personal items including papers   
   and even suitcases were discovered 50 to 100 miles away from where storms   
   hit. Trees had their bark completely removed. The ARRL ships amateur radio   
   equipment to the state to help with emergency communications needs. Scores   
   of relief efforts launch, with FEMA and numerous local, state and federal   
   agencies responding.   
      
   Despite the tragically high number of fatalities, authorities believe   
   technology kept the toll from being even worse, since so many people were   
   able to see the storms live and the damage they were causing. Hundreds of   
   pictures and videos are captured by residents. Tower-mounted cameras   
   operated by government agencies and broadcasters also capture the storms.   
      
   Two men do something credited with helping save countless lives: They   
   transmit live video of the massive tornado moments before it slams into   
   Tuscaloosa. One of them is retired television meteorologist and storm   
   chaser John Oldshue, KE4LMU.   
      
   --   
      
   KE4LMU: "My desire has always been to get the video live so that it could be   
   transmitted and people could get a sense of the urgency of what was   
   approaching them."   
      
   --   
      
   The video Oldshue and Ben Greer send from the field is seen live by hundreds   
   of thousands of people watching Birmingham's ABC television affiliate.   
   Chief Meteorologist James Spann, WO4W, warns viewers to take cover while   
   tornadoes are on the ground in different areas at the same time:   
      
   --   
      
   WO4W: "John Oldshue has a large wedge tornado that is now near Interstate 59   
   at the Knoxville exit and this is moving in the general direction of   
   Tuscaloosa and Northport. So we are now calling a tornado emergency."   
      
   --   
      
   Some of amateur radio's newest technology gets a trial by fire. Alabama is   
   home to a statewide D-Star communications network. The system had never   
   been put through such a rigorous test--until April 27th. Section Manager   
   David Drummond :   
      
   --   
      
   W4MD: "This is the first real emergency test of D-Star. So as this   
   (weather) came through all we had to do was go back and straighten up a few   
   antennas, reboot some equipment and we were good to go. It's a great tool.   
   A great tool for that."   
      
   --   
      
   Many Alabama hams suffered losses themselves, but Division Director Greg   
   Sarratt says they're still helping out:   
      
   --   
      
   W4OZK: "Hams that have some damage; some of them total damage and for some   
   not so bad. In both cases I guess they know that there is nothing that they   
   can do to repair or fix their house at this time so they are supporting   
   amateur radio. They are going to a Red Cross Center or a Red Cross Shelter   
   to provide communications. Theres nothing they can do at home to repair   
   right now."   
      
   --   
      
   The storms may also mean a big change about Tornado Alley...that's the   
   corridor associated with the central plains and long thought to be where   
   the most deadly storms strike. Alabama had been ranked 3rd in the number of   
   tornado deaths, but that was until April 27th; the state now has a new grim   
   honor: Number one.   
      
   For now, it's the grim sights so many hams like David Drummond have to deal   
   with:   
      
   --   
      
   W4MD: "I had a woman come up to me screaming that the storm had blown her   
   son away. I said to calm down and asked what did he look like? She told me   
   that he had on cowboy boots, a pair of shorts and no shirt.   
      
   "I said, well you are in luck. He just came by here a few minutes ago to   
   tell me that there was an elderly woman trapped in a basement in a church.   
   He let a cigarette lighter so that she could see and went that way. Three   
   minutes later I had to ask her to quit hugging me. She was so glad to know   
   thyat her son was still alive.   
      
   "Another situation not quite as nice was shortly after this: I mean before   
   bthe dust settled I had an unknown female come up to me and say that `...my   
   parents were in a house right over there. The storm has blown them away...'   
   And there was no house. There was no nothing. What do you tell somebody?   
      
   --   
      
   OFF AIR AUDIO: "WC4Q from KA9Q at the Tuscaloosa EOC. Go ahead.   
      
   "This is WC4Q. Please pass to Marsha or your Red Cross rep...   
      
   --   
      
   The emergency may be over, but not the need for communications help. Hams   
   all across Alabama remain busy helping on the air, as well as with many   
   other needs. Weather experts say the reason so many died was due to the size   
   and path of the tornadoes. In many cases, they acknowledge, someone trying   
   to seek shelter would not have been able to survive. Danny Lloyd:   
      
   --   
      
   KB4MDD: "There was just not safe place to be. In some homes in that kind of   
   tornado, theres just not a safe place and I think we saw that all across   
   Alabama. There just was not a safe place to be in the path of some of these   
   storms unless you were underground in a shelter."   
      
   --   
      
   For radio amateurs active in emergency communications, the April 27th tornado   
   outbreak hits with a shocking reality. Even though many believed they had a   
   solid emergency preparedness plan in place, what happened that violent   
   spring day convinces them: It's time to re-write the book.   
      
   From the Southeast Bureau in Birmingham Alabama, I'm David Black, KB4KCH, for   
   the Amateur Radio Newsline.   
      
   --   
      
   There are some in ham radio who say that amateur operators have no place in   
   being the first to respond to a major disaster. They question why some hams   
   put their lives on the line for their communities. Well don't ask that to   
   the people of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, or other South Eastern cities hit by   
   these tornadoes and storms. They know well that the hams will be first on   
   the scene and there to save lives, when all else fails. (KB4KCH, ARNewsline   
   (tm))   
      
   **   
      
      
   TORNADO DAMAGE: SEVERE WEATHER CANCELS SVHFS CONFERENCE   
      
      
   And the storms that hit Alabama also forced the last minute cancellation of   
   the 2011 Southeastern VHF Society Conference that was to have been held in   
   Huntsville, Alabama, on April 29th and 30th. According to a bulletin issued   
   by conference planners, the mayor of Huntsville directed that all events   
   thru the weekend be cancelled. He was also instituting a dusk to dawn   
   curfew that was scheduled to last several days.   
      
   At the time of the press release, the Huntsville Airport was closed and the   
   conference hotel was without power after the Tennessee Valley Authority lost   
   towers on a 500 KV main tie line.   
      
   The conference planning committee will make a determination regarding the   
   rescheduling of the conference to a future date. Any information regarding   
   the rescheduling of the conference will be posted on this website at   
   www.svhfs.org. (K4CSO)   
      
   **   
      
      
   RADIO LAW: NAB STUDY SAYS NO SPECTRUM CRUNCH EXISTS   
      
      
   The National Association of Broadcasters has released a study arguing that   
   there is no spectrum crisis. According to NAB, the research shows that   
   insufficient analysis and reliance on faulty information in the formation of   
   the FCC's National Broadband Plan has led to the overstated assumption of a   
   nationwide spectrum shortage for future broadband expansion. NAB says that   
   this is not the case,   
      
   The White House, the FCC and numerous in the wireless industry have cited a   
   spectrum crisis as a justification for policies that would reallocate TV   
   airwaves for mobile broadband use. But broadcasters have said that there is   
   no way that they will willingly relinquish even a single hertz of spectrum   
   to broadband. .   
      
   The report authored by a former FCC aide was released the week of April 26th.   
   It come on the heels of the NAB's recent statement reported here last week   
   that the broadcast lobby group is in full battle mode to stop the reframing   
   of broadcast spectrum to broadband providers. (RW)   
      
   **   
      
      
   INTRUDER WATCH: RUSSIAN VOCODER RETURNS TO 15 METERS   
      
      
   The Russian vocoder system known as Yakhta has appeared again on the 15 meter   
   band. Its been heard and logged by an IARU Region 1 monitoring station on   
   21 dot 001 dot 5 kHz. Its running F1B in band key-synchronized at 100 baud   
   s and 150 Hz shift. The F1B has been active daily and at times encrypted   
   voice transmissions have also been heard.   
      
   The German Department of Post and Telecommunications has filed another   
   complaint about the system. The first was made back in 2010 when it was   
   active from the same location and on the same frequency. (IARUMS - Region   
   1)   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK 2   
      
   From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard   
   on bulletin stations around the world including the W6RHC repeater serving   
   Chico, California.   
      
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   RADIO LAW: ANCHORAGE VEC FILES PETITION FOR LIFETIME EXAM CREDIT   
      
      
   The Anchorage Volunteer Examiner Coordinator has asked the FCC to grant   
   permanent credit to radio amateurs for examination elements they have   
   successfully passed anytime in the past. This would, in effect, create a   
   license exam credit that would be valid throughout an amateurs' lifetime,   
   never expiring. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, is here with   
   the details:   
      
   --   
      
   Currently, Amateur Radio licenses are good for 10 years. Hams may renew   
   their license not more than 90 days before it is set to expire. If a ham   
   fails to renew their license before it expires, but less than two years   
   after it expires they can reapply for their license and call sign without   
   having to retake any examination for the license. Under the current rules,   
   hams may not apply to renew the license after the two year grace period.   
   Instead, they must start all over and take new examinations to receive an   
   Amateur Radio license.   
      
   In its Petition, the Anchorage VEC asks the rhetorical question if the   
   passage of time somehow invalidates a person's knowledge? It then states   
   that it believes this to not be the case.   
      
   The Anchorage petition then states the groups belief that any applicants who   
   can demonstrate that they have passed certain elements at some previous date   
   or who have held a license grant for a particular class of license on or   
   before various applicable dates, should not have to be re-examined on those   
   elements before a new license can be granted. The Anchorage VEC also   
   believes that if a person can show proof of having held a license grant for   
   a specific class of license, they have in fact demonstrated that they have   
   earned credit for having passed the elements required for that class of   
   license.   
      
   According to an ARRL spokesperson, the petition filed by the Anchorage VEC   
   does not address the cases of radio amateurs who had their licenses   
   suspended or revoked. It says that if this Petition is looked upon   
   favorably by the FCC, a provision should be made that no examination credit   
   should be given if the operator license was ever suspended or revoked, or if   
   the operator license was surrendered to avoid enforcement proceedings.   
      
   For the Amateur radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles   
      
   --   
      
   The Anchorage's plan calls for all 14 VEC's to handle these applications. At   
   airtime no rule making number has been assigned to this rule making request.   
   (Anchorage VEC, ARRL)   
      
   **   
      
      
   RADIO RULES: COST OF VANITY CALL MAY RISE   
      
      
   The FCC wants to raise the cost of a vanity callsign by 90 cents. Currently   
   the fee for a 10 year vanity call sits at $13.30. If the new rate is   
   approved that will rise to $14.20 for that same 10 year period. In its   
   press release, the FCC said it anticipates some 14,600 Amateur Radio vanity   
   call sign or applications during the next fiscal year. That would bring in   
   over $207,000 in fees from the vanity call program. Any new fee would start   
   at the beginning off the FCC's next fiscal year. (FCC)   
      
   **   
      
      
   DX   
      
      
   In DX, A multi-national team, all members of Mediterraneo DX Club will be   
   active as 9N0MD from Nepal during November. Activity will be on all HF   
   bands and modes. The team plans to give away trophies and prizes. More is   
   on-line at www.mdxc.org/nepal.   
      
   9M6XRO is once again be active stroke V85 Brunei through May 9th. Hisa   
   operation is mainly CW with the possibility of some RTTY or SSB. QSL via   
   M0URX, direct, by the bureau, or via Logbook of the World.   
      
   K0YAK is now in Kathmandu and is expected to be operational as 9N7AK until   
   early July. He is using a Kenwood TS-50 with a Cushcraft MA5V lightweight,   
   5-band vertical antenna. QSL via K0YAK.   
      
   Lastly, the Intrepid-DX Group will conduct a DXpedition from Afghanistan for   
   ten days in May. Due to security concerns, the exact dates and location of   
   the DXpedition will not be announced until the eve of their activation. For   
   update on this operation, it is suggested to watch their Web page at   
   www.intrepid-dx.com/t6pse   
      
   (Above from various DX news sources)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   THAT FINAL ITEM: PUBLIC THANKS WO4W AND ABC 34/40 FOR LIFE SAVING SEVERE   
   WEATHER COVERAGE   
      
      
   And finally this week, yet another albeit indirect ham radio connection to   
   the tornadoes and severe weather that hit the South-East last week. This as   
   Alabama's ABC 33/40 television group consisting of stations WCFT, WJSU, and   
   WBMA used a handful of web-based tools, some ham radio volunteers and a very   
   knowledgeable forecaster to provide the local community with ongoing   
   coverage of the devastating storm system that tore through the state on   
   Wednesday. Amateur Radio Newsline's Michael Grebert, KJ6ZZV, has the   
   details:   
      
   --   
      
   At the point position of this outstanding storm coverage was Meteorologist   
   James Spann, WO4W. He used Facebook and Twitter to update and interact with   
   its audience as well as those outside the local viewing area. The station   
   group also used Ustream to live stream the local weather radar online and   
   the ABC 33/40 weather blog to share photos and videos, many of which were   
   captured by viewers. Also contributing were a group of local ham radio   
   operators, many of whom are also known ABC 33/40 Skywatchers.   
      
   Over the course of the coverage WO4W appeared regularly on the air for almost   
   18 straight hours giving live weather updates. When he was off camera, he   
   was reportedly assembling the latest weather information along with photos   
   that the station was receiving from viewers online.   
      
   As the severe weather system charged across Alabama and the death toll began   
   to climb, ABC 33/40 s Facebook page became not only a place for the station   
   to disseminate information. It was also a meeting ground for members of the   
   community to interact with Spann and each other about power outages and   
   storm damage while also taking time to honor the deceased.   
      
   What James Spann, WO4W and his crew at both the station and the volunteer   
   hams in the field was likely best summed up by this viewers posting on   
   Facebook:   
      
   "I'd like to thank James Spann and all of the meteorologists and crew at ABC   
   33/40 for keeping not only the people of northern Alabama informed, but the   
   whole world informed. I know dozens of people from around the country,   
   including myself, who were watching the UStream feed faithfully all day.   
   Your professionalism and dedication saved countless lives today."   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Michael Grebert, KJ4ZZV, in Music City,   
   Nashville, Tennessee.   
      
   --   
      
   In addition to his being the Chief Meteorologist for ABC 33/40, James Spann,   
   is one of the founders of Weatherbrains.com. This is a weekly Internet   
   based radio that unites weather geeks worldwide. He also owns the WO4W   
   repeater atop Shades Mountain that serves the greater Birmingham area.   
   (ARNewsline and other reports)   
      
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   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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   And a reminder that the nominating period for the year 2011 Amateur Radio   
   Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award is now open. Created by Newsline back   
   in 1986, this award is offered to recognize one young United States or   
   Canadian radio amateur age 18 or younger for his or her contributions to   
   society through Amateur Radio.   
      
   As in years past, the 2011 recipient will receive an expense paid trip to the   
   Huntsville Hamfest in Huntsville Alabama courtesy of Vertex-Standard   
   Corporation which produces Yaesu brand amateur radio gear. Vertex-Standard   
   will also present this years winner with a special ham radio related gift.   
   CQ Magazine will again treat the recipient to a week at   
   Spacecamp-Huntsville. We at Amateur Radio Newsline will present the winner   
   with a plaque honoring his or her achievements.   
      
   All nominations and materials required by the official rules must be received   
   by ARNewsline before June 30, 2011. A downloadable nominating form is at   
   our website at www.arnewsline.org. A nominating form can also be obtained by   
   sending a request along with a self addressed stamped envelope to the Young   
   Ham of the Year Award in care of Amateur Radio Newsline, Inc. 28197 Robin   
   Avenue, Santa Clarita California 91350.   
      
   Again, the cutoff date for this year's Young Ham of the Year Award   
   nominations is June 30th. We ask you to do your part by nominating a young   
   ham who has done something special related to ham radio. The nomination   
   form is at www.arnewsline.org   
      
   For now, Im Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk saying 73 and we   
   thank you for listening.   
      
      
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