Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1761 - May 13 2011   
      
   The following is a closed circuit advisory. With a word concerning   
   Newsline's current finances, here's our Producer Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF.   
      
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   It's been almost 6 months since I was here to ask for financial support for   
   Amateur Radio Newsline. Thanks to donations made through late last year we   
   have been able to keep from bothering you for a while. And in all honesty,   
   I prefer not to make these requests unless it's absolutely necessary as it   
   takes time that could be better spent reporting the news.   
      
   But now its spring and all the bills from last winter have been mounting up.   
   And, as usual, we are at the time of year when there is really not very much   
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   Than you Bill. Now, Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1761 with a release   
   date of Friday, May 13, 2011 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a Q-S-T. The FCC rolls out its new Personal Localized   
   Alerting Network and says that New York City will have it first; an   
   experimental 4 meter beacon takes to the airwaves here in the United States,   
   Hamvention opens its doors on Friday May 20th, Bob Heil, K9EID to have his   
   own weekly Internet television show about ham radio and those scary Pythons   
   are on the radio. Its not Monty Python we are talking about but you can   
   find out the details are on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1761   
   coming your way right now.   
      
      
   (Billboard Cart Here)   
      
      
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   RESCUE RADIO: FCC SAYS ALERT WILL BE IN OPERATION 6 MONTHS EARLY IN NYC   
      
   Smartphone and other GPS enabled mobile device users in the New York City   
   will be the first in the United States to receive emergency alerts on their   
   handsets. This with word that the new FCC inspired Personal Localized   
   Alerting Network or PLAN system will be inaugurated in the Big Apple by the   
   end of the year.   
      
   Once in operation, it will deliver geographically targeted text messages to   
   GPS-enabled cellular telephones. The new system will be used for just   
   three types of alerts. These are ones issued by the president, alters of a   
   life-threatening and AMBER Alerts in search of kidnapped or missing   
   children. Participating carriers can opt out of all but the Presidential   
   alerts.   
      
   Back in 2006 Congress directed the Federal Communications Commission to set a   
   deadline for implementing a mobile emergency warning system. The FCC   
   established set an April 2012 end date for participating carriers to launch   
   the service. It will be up and running six months prior to that in New York   
   City.   
      
   The mobile alert system was created to complement the Emergency Alert System   
   that issues alerts using the long established broadcast TV, radio and cable   
   delivery infrastructure. That system is in the process of being updated to   
   handle a Common Alerting Protocol from notifying agencies.   
      
   Already, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon are on board in New York, where a   
   late-2011 launch was announced on Tuesday, May 10th. (FCC)   
      
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   EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: EXPERIMENTAL US 70 MHZ BEACON ON THE AIR   
      
   A new 70 Mhz beacon is on the air from the United States East coast operating   
   under a non-amateur experimental license and signing the call WE9XUP. Its   
   operating frequency is 70.005 MHz with its location atop Apple Orchard   
   Mountain in Bedford, Virginia at some 4200 feet above sea level. That's   
   Grid Square FMO7fm for those of you who chase grid squares.   
      
   WE9XUP is currently scheduled to run 24 hours a day until September 1st   
   transmitting in Morse. Its primary purpose is that of propagation study   
   including trans-Atlantic E-skip. Reception reports go to Brian Justin via   
   e-mail at WA1ZMS (at) arrl (dot) net.   
      
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   WORLDBEAT: WORLD RADIO DAY FEATURED ON GERMAN TV   
      
   World Amateur Radio Day took place on April 18th and was featured on German   
   regional news reports by broadcasters WDR, NDR and HR. All three covered   
   the day in news packages where viewers saw 3 minute reports about radio   
   amateurs in the cities of Bonn, Flensburg, Kassel and about one in a   
   mountain hut near Wetzlar. As a result of the TV coverage over half a   
   million people throughout Germany got a rather positive insight into the   
   hobby. The theme for World Amateur Radio Day this year was "Amateur Radio:   
   The first technology-based social network."   
      
   (Southgate)   
      
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   WORLDBEAT: UK DIGITAL RADIO BROADCASTING TO BE DELAYED   
      
   The London Daily Mail newspaper reports that the United Kingdom has abandoned   
   the 2015 target date to phase out analog F-M radio broadcasting in favor of   
   all digital transmissions. The newspaper cites a leaked government memo   
   that reportedly suggests that a 2017 start is more likely, and that loss of   
   analog services probably would have to be phased in by region over several   
   more years.   
      
   According to the newspaper, the new digital radio technology has failed to   
   grip the public's imagination as the shift to digital TV did. It notes that   
   there is opposition from FM loyalists who cannot see the point of moving the   
   major stations off the analog service. It also estimates that 130 million   
   analog radios would be made instantly obsolete by the locked in 2015   
   changeover date.   
      
   But there appear to be other reasons as well. The UK uses DAB digital radio   
   technology that requires different spectrum than analog FM. Regulators also   
   want stations using the DAB technology share digital transmission   
   facilities. But says the leaked memo, the UK radio industry probably can't   
   afford the transmitter infrastructure costs associated with a digital   
   switchover before 2017. Part of the problem seems to be the need to build   
   out local digital radio to match the coverage area of the analog FM   
   stations. (RW, Daily Mail)   
      
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   BREAK 1   
      
   From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard   
   on bulletin stations around the world including the N7ZEF Simplex Net   
   serving Sinclair, Wyoming.   
      
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   THE SOCIAL SCENE: THE DAYTON HAMVENTION SET TO OPEN MAY 20   
      
   The Dayton Hamvention is set to open on Friday, May 20th and this year the   
   planers have added something new. Use of social media to build excitement   
   for the event. Josh Long, KD8BVB, is this years Assistant General Chairman   
   who recently spoke to Hap Holly, KC9RP, of the Rain Report:   
      
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   KD8BVB: "We are advertising of coarse in all of the amateur radio magazines   
   but this year we also started out into social media. You can find   
   Hamvention now on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube where we are literally   
   engaging thousands of attendees and volunteers on there. Wr have give-aways   
   and we solicit volunteers."   
      
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   The 2011 Dayton Hamvention runs the weekend of May 20th to the 22nd at the   
   HARA Arena in suburban Dayton, Ohio. Amateur Radio Newsline will be hosting   
   the annual Ham Radio Town Meeting on Saturday the 21st from 11:45 a.m. to 2   
   p.m. in Meeting Room 2. Our topic this year is titled How to Make a Ham   
   Radio Video in the 21st Century.   
      
   We will have some top names in movie making to show you how to use video to   
   let the world know more about our service and hobby. If you have your own   
   home made ham radio video, please bring it along on DVD and we will be happy   
   to show it and then to critique it for you as time allows.   
      
   Again, that's the Ham Radio Town Meeting on Saturday the 21st from 11:45 a.m.   
   to 2 p.m. in Hara Arena Meeting Room 2. We hope to see you there.   
   (ARNewsline(tm), Audio courtesy of The RainReport)   
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: FCC ISSUES OFFICIAL CITATION FOR ALLEGED SALE OF CELLPHONE AND   
   GPS BLOCKERS   
      
   The FCC has issued an Official Citation to Internet retailer GadgetTown.com.   
   This for allegedly marketing in the United States unauthorized radio   
   frequency cell phone signal blockers and GPS signal jammers in violation of   
   section 302(b) of the Communications Act, and section 2.803 of the   
   Commission's rules. Amateur Radio Newsline's Norm Seeley, KI7UP, has more:   
      
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   Cellular telephone and GPS jamming devices are illegal in the USA. And   
   according to the Citation, its this law that lead its Enforcement Bureau   
   initiated an investigation of GadgetTown and its marketing of several   
   unauthorized radio frequency devices in the United States. These are   
   identified as the Cigarette Case Cell Phone Signal Blocker, the Portable   
   Cell Phone Signal Blocker, the 60 M Range Mountable Cell Phone Signal   
   Blocker and the Portable Anti-Tracker GPS Signal Jammer Blocker.   
      
   The staff of the Bureau's Spectrum Enforcement Division observed that   
   GadgetTown offered for sale the four signal jamming devices over company's   
   web site. On July 23, 2010, the Division issued a letter of inquiry to   
   GadgetTown regarding those products.   
      
   The company responded to the letter on August 31, 2010 at which time it   
   stated that it marketed the aforementioned signal jamming devices between   
   July 1, 2010 and July 22, 2010, selling a total of 15 signal jamming devices   
   to U.S. consumers during that period.8 In addition, GadgetTown identified   
   the supplier and quantity of each device sold and explained that it did not   
   manufacture any of the devices, but shipped the products directly from   
   Shenzhen, China. Finally, GadgetTown stated that it was not aware of   
   regulations prohibiting the import and sale of the signal jamming devices,   
   and that since receiving notification from the Commission, it has taken   
   steps to ensure that there will be no further prohibited items imported into   
   the United States.   
      
   But that was not good enough for the FCC. In the citation, the regulatory   
   agency ordered that GadgetTown should take immediate steps to avoid any   
   recurrence of this type of incident. It noted that jamming devices such as   
   these pose significant risks to public safety and other radio communications   
   services. It also warned GadgetTown that if after receipt of the Citation,   
   the company violates the Communications Act or the agency's Rules by   
   engaging in future sales of these devices that the Commission may impose   
   monetary forfeitures.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, in Scottsdale,   
   Arizona.   
      
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   GadgetTown was given thirty calendar days after the May 4th release date of   
   the Citation to file a response. (FCC)   
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: FCC AFFIRMS $10000 FINE TO OKLAHOMA LPFM   
      
   A $10,000 fine issued to the Enid Public Radio Association, licensee of a   
   low-power FM radio station in Enid, Oklahoma, has progressed to a Forfeiture   
   Order.   
      
   The penalty, originally issued in July 2010, was for airing commercials   
   rather than underwriting announcements and for operating at an antenna   
   height greater than authorized. KEIF-LP was fined $5,000 for selling   
   advertisements and $5,000 for broadcasting from an antenna that was almost   
   double the legal height.   
      
   The commission announced the affirmation of the Forfeiture Order in late   
   April. This after noting that nobody representing KEIF had not disputed the   
   findings nor tried to get the fine reduced or cancelled. Therefore there was   
   no basis on which to change the proposed penalty and the FCC must impose the   
   total fine of $10,000.   
      
   The station was given the customary 30 days from the confirmation of the   
   Forfeiture Order to pay or to file an appeal. Another broadcaster, Chisholm   
   Trail Broadcasting Co., had complained to the commission about the   
   violations. (FCC)   
      
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   RADIO LAW: PROPOSED REVISIONS TO CALIFORNIA ANTI-CELLPHONE WHILE DRIVING LAW   
   COULD COST VIOLATORS BIG BUCKS   
      
   If you get caught talking or texting on a cellular telephone phone behind the   
   wheel in California, some lawmakers say it should cost you even more money   
   along with a penalty attached to your driving record. And they have   
   introduced legislation to make it happen. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim   
   Davis, W2JKD, reports:   
      
   --   
      
   A proposed hike in the penalties imposed on driving while using anything   
   other than a hands-free device could end up totaling hundreds of dollars for   
   drivers caught violating the states ceellphone and texting while driving   
   ban.   
      
   If the bill becomes law, the current $20 cell phone ticket will increase to   
   $50. But when you add in court costs and other administrative fees, a   
   violation may ultimately total up to $300 or more. A second offense would   
   push this fine up to $500 or more.   
      
   But that's not all. In addition to the fine the proposal would also add on   
   one point penalty to a drivers file with the Department of Motor Vehicles   
   each time a conviction occurrs. This in turn could lead to significantly   
   higher insurance rates since many if not all automotive insurers quote   
   prices based on a persons driving record.   
      
   Also targeted by the revised law would be those who ride bicycles or other   
   non-motorized vehicles. The new law would penalize them with the same fines   
   for pedaling and talking or texting on their phones while in motion.   
      
   It should be noted that the current California hands-free rule has no   
   provision to exclude radio amateurs, C-B operators or others who use two way   
   radios in their vehicles, but to date that aspect of the rule has not been   
   widely enforced.   
      
   Im Jim Davis, W2JKD.   
      
   --   
      
   If enacted as proposed it would become one of the nations toughest   
   anti-cellphone while driving law. (Published news reports)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM MILESTONES: SOTA PASSES MILLIONTH QSO   
      
   Some big news for hams who like to operate portable off of tall rocks called   
   mountains. Here's Jeramy Boot, G4NJH with the details:   
      
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   Summits on the Air recently passed a significant milestone with its millionth   
   QSO being made over the recent holiday period.   
      
   SOTA started in 2002 and has now grown into a worldwide award scheme with 55   
   associations across the world and around 44,000 qualifying summits.   
      
   I'm Jeramy Boot and you are tuned to the Amateur Radio Newsline.   
      
   --   
      
   For more information on the scheme, check out the internet at   
   www.sota.org.uk. (GB2RS)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO CHANGES: W8BBA FALLS SILENT AFTER 50 YEARS SERVICE TO VETERANS   
      
   Amateur station W8BAA located at the Veterans Administration Hospital in   
   Brecksville Ohio fell silent on April 29th after at least 50 years of   
   service to veterans.   
      
   The Brecksville VA hospital operations are being moved to the main Cleveland   
   VA hospital and he Brecksville radio club equipment is being transferred to   
   the radio room at that facility. The club call at the main hospital is   
   WA8VA. (W8KBF)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: HAM NATION WITH K9EID PREMIERES MAY 24   
      
   Amateur Radio's Mr. Audio, Bob Heil, K9EID, will be hosting a new weekly HD   
   video webcast about our hobby titled Ham Nation. According to Bob, each   
   weeks Ham Nation will feature interesting guests as they discuss the many   
   fascinating aspects of the hobby.   
      
   The shows premiere on May 24th will have famed rock guitarist Joe Walsh,   
   WB6ACU, and broadcast facility designer Dave Jennings, WJ6W, as Bob's   
   special guests. Jennings is one of the hosts of the Amplitude Modulation   
   International net that meets every Wednesday on 3870 kHz.   
      
   Ham Nation will air Tuesday evenings at 9 p.m. Eastern, 8 p.m. Central and 6   
   p.m. Pacific time on Leo Laporte's TWIT TV Internet network. To tune in,   
   please take your web browser to live.twit.tv and join the fun. (K9EID)   
      
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   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:   
      
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   WORLDBEAT: RADIO NETHERLANDS UPGRADES MADAGASCAR RELAY STATION   
      
   One of the worlds best known shortwave broadcasters is upgrading its relay   
   site in Madagascar. Felix Scerri, VK4FUQ, of the WIA News is there with the   
   details:   
      
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   Radio Netherlands Worldwide management has confirmed the purchase of three   
   500 kW short-wave transmitters from the recently-closed short-wave site at   
   Horby in Sweden. The transmitters are currently being dismantled for   
   shipment to RNW's station in Madagascar.   
      
   Recently, RNW management announced that it intended to speed up the process   
   of replacing short-wave with other distribution platforms, including the   
   closure of its relay stations in Bonaire and Madagascar. The Bonaire   
   facility is scheduled for closure at the end of October 2012, but no closure   
   date has yet been decided for Madagascar.   
      
   However, late last year RNW decided it was time to replace the nearly   
   40-year-old Philips transmitters at Madagascar. Rather than invest in new   
   transmitters, the opportunity was taken to purchase the three ABB   
   transmitters from the Swedish station at H”rby which was closed at the end   
   of last year. These were installed in 1993.   
      
   For the WIA News, I'm Felix, VK4FUQ.   
      
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   No date has been announced as to when the new transmitters will take to the   
   air from the Radio Netherlands Madagascar relay site. (WIA News)   
      
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   ON THE AIR: GB6COD TO CELEBRATE COLLINGWOOD OPEN DAY   
      
   On the air, the United Kingdom's Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society will run a   
   special event station on the H.M.S. Collingwood on Saturday June 4th. The   
   callsign to be used is GB6COD which stands for Collingwood Open Day. The   
   station will be operational on all amateur bands from 1.8MHz through 440   
   MHz. The Society headquarters station will also be open for viewing from   
   9.30am to 6pm the same day. The open day will also feature the Royal Navy   
   Field Gun Competition. (GB2RS)   
      
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   ON THE AIR: COMMEMORATING THE TURKISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE   
      
   Two special event stations will be active in May to commemorate the start of   
   the Turkish War of Independence and the 130th anniversary of the birth of   
   Mustafa Kemal Atat=FCrk. Between May 16th and May 22nd listen out for   
   TC130ATA. On the 18th, 19th and 20th TC1919ATA is the call to look for.   
   QSL each as directed on the air. (Southgate)   
      
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   HAM CELEBRATIONS: 50 YEARS OF IOTA   
      
   2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Islands On The Air   
   Program by British SWL Geoff Watts. As a build-up to celebrations on this   
   occasion, the RSGB Islands On The Air Manager and Committee have announced   
   an exciting activity period in which all licensed amateurs world-wide are   
   invited to participate.   
      
   For a two-year period during 2012 and 2013, Islands On The Air chasers are   
   encouraged to contact as many different IOTA groups as possible. Also, for   
   hams so inclined to play their part by operating from as many groups as   
   possible, with special emphasis on the less-frequently activated ones.   
      
   The complete rules of the Islands On The Air 50th Anniversary Marathon will   
   appear in the forthcoming RSGB IOTA Directory to be released at the Dayton   
   Hamvention. They can also be on-line at www.g3kma.dsl.pipex.com (G3KMA)   
      
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   DX   
      
   In DX, the he Jan Mayen DXpedition led by SQ8X scheduled for July 6th to the   
   14th has announced that their callsigbn while on the island will be their   
   group's callsign will be JX5O instead of JX7VPA as first announced. The   
   DXpedition will focus on 30 through 6 meters operating CW, RTTY, PSK, with   
   some SSB if conditions permit. Accompanying the operators will be a   
   television production crew is coming to produce a broadcast documentary   
   about the ham radio project and the island. Updated details and QSL route   
   are available janmayen2011 dot org   
      
   Members of the Algarve Star DX Team will be active as CR55PQ from the inside   
   of Portuguese Airborne Troops School between May 21st and the 23rd. This,   
   to celebrate 55 years of operation at this military school. Operations will   
   be on 80 through 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY.   
   QSL to CT1EHX, either via the bureau or direct.   
      
   The Radio Club de los Andes reports that its station LU8YE will be on the air   
   on May 20th to the 22nd from Meliquina Lake which is located at 45   
   Kilometers from the city of San Martin de los Andes. Operation will be on   
   80 through 10 meters using SSB and CW. QSL's for in country contacts go to   
   LU8YE. DX contacts are via EA7FTR   
      
   W5FJG reports that he has been assigned to work on Midway Island as the Chief   
   Communications Officer. He was scheduled to arrive last week with an Icom   
   IC-7000 but no antenna or power supply. He says he is working to get this   
   modest station on the air stroke KH4 and hopes to be on the air no later   
   then June 1st. His assignment is open ended, and he will be on Midway for   
   at least one year. Operation should be from 6 through 40 meters on SSB, CW,   
   RTTY and other digital modes. He says that he will provide a QSL route and   
   operating times at a later date.   
      
   Lastly, N5OMG says that the K5N Activation Group will be leaving from Venice   
   on Thursday morning, June 2nd, heading for Grid Square EL58. This, to   
   activate 6 meters in an all out effort to make this rare grid available to   
   as many operators as they can make contact with. They are hoping to be on   
   the air by noon local time operating all modes up the band a bit on 50.210   
   Mhz. First up will be a Meteor Scatter attempt followed by all other modes.   
   This operation is slated to last four days. No QSL information is   
   available as we go to air.   
      
   (Above from various DX news sources)   
      
   **   
      
   THAT FINAL ITEM: SNAKES ON THE RADIO   
      
   And finally this week, the story of a research program that's putting snakes   
   on the radio. Well, kind of. Here's Graham Kemp, VK4BB, of the WIA News   
   with the slithering details:   
      
   --   
      
   Snakes have a face only a mother could love, but that hasn't stopped PhD   
   student Melissa Bruton, from the University of Queensland's School of   
   Geography, Planning and Environmental Management from getting up close and   
   personal.   
      
   Melissa was recently awarded a grant by the Wildlife Preservation Society of   
   Queensland to support her research into reptiles in the southern Brigalow   
   Belt region of Queensland and New South Wales.   
      
   Melissa has a particular interest in the elusive Woma Python. To do this,   
   she be implanting radio-transmitters into the body cavity of several larger   
   pythons and radio-tracking them for one year each.   
      
   After finishing just one summer of trapping Ms Bruton already has eight Woma   
   Pythons to study.   
      
   The tracked womas are quite mobile but early indications are that they return   
   to preferred burrow sites. Each Woma will be tracked every second day for a   
   minimum of 12 months so we will know a lot more about these elusive pythons   
   in 12 months' time.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB, of the WIA News   
   reporting from Brisbane Australia.   
      
   --   
      
   Many have seen the movie Snakes on a Plane but snakes on the radio makes a   
   lot more sense. At least in his particular case. (WIA News)   
      
   **   
      
   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   
   Southgate News and Australia's WIA News, that's all from the Amateur Radio   
   Newsline(tm). Our e-mail address is Newsline(at)arnewsline(dot)org. More   
   information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's(tm) only official   
   website located at www.arnewsline.org. You can also write to us or support   
   us at Amateur Radio Newsline(tm), 28197 Robin Avenue, Santa Clarita   
   California, 91350   
      
   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 these years 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, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk, Jeff Clark, K8JAC,   
   saying 73 and we thank you for listening.   
      
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   -73-   
      
      
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