Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1768 - July 2 2011   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1768 with a release date of Friday, July   
   2, 2011 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QST. A New York State representative introduces anti   
   distracted driving legislation in Congress. Will it affect amateur radio?   
   Also, Alberta Canada get a strange exemption from a new distracted driving   
   law set to go into effect this fall, two people are held in connection with   
   the death of a Wisconsin ham, the U-S Supreme Court to review the so-called   
   safe harbor for children broadcasting rule and in the future the time on   
   your clock may vary. Find out what we mean on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm)   
   report number 1768 coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   RADIO LAW: ANTI DISTRACTED DRIVING MEASURE INTRODUCED IN US HOUSE OF   
   REPRESENTATIVES   
      
   Federal legislation to ban use of handheld phones and other mobile devices   
   while driving has been introduced in the United States House of   
   Representatives. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, reports:   
      
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   According to published news reports, Representative Carolyn McCarthy of New   
   York said the legislation titled the "Safe Drivers Act of 2011" would direct   
   the Department of Transportation to set a national standard to prohibit   
   drivers from using hand-held mobile devices, except in certain emergency   
   situations. The legislation, as now proposed, states a handheld device   
   would at this time not include voice-operated, vehicle-integrated, or   
   hands-free devices that allow an individual to operate that device without   
   the use of either hand - except to activate or deactivate a feature or   
   function.   
      
   In addition to developing a national handheld ban, the legislation would also   
   require the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on all aspects   
   of distracted driving. In particular, the study would look at cognitive   
   distraction which involves whether drivers can still be dangerously   
   distracted while using mobile phones even when they are operated with   
   hands-free devices or voice commands.   
      
   Within two years of the proposed law's passage, the Department of   
   Transportation would be required to report on its findings and possibly   
   tighten its restrictions even further on the use of all mobile device used   
   in vehicles. States that did not comply with the Federal government's   
   standard within two years would be penalized by having 25% of their federal   
   highway funding withheld.   
      
   It's unknown whether or not the use of handheld push-to-talk microphones used   
   by two-way radio users such as police, fire, delivery services, CB operators   
   and hams would be exempted from McCarthy's proposed national ban.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I;m Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles   
   --   
      
   The complete text of the proposal as currently written is available for   
   download in pdf format at tinyurl.com/3w63f9t (Detroit Free Press,   
   Infrastructurist.com, SFGte.com, others)   
      
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   RADIO LAW: ALBERTA CANADA HAMS GET TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM DISTRACTED   
   DRIVER LAW   
      
   Hams in Alberta Canada have received a kind of strange dispensation from a   
   new distracted driver law set to take effect on September 1st. The new   
   statute will restricts drivers from using hand-held cell phones, texting or   
   doing e-mailing using electronic devices like laptop computers. It also   
   bans drivers from using video games, cameras, video entertainment displays   
   and programming portable audio players, entering information on GPS units,   
   reading printed materials in the vehicle writing, printing or sketching, and   
   performing any form of personal grooming.   
      
   However, Alberta hams and other operators of two-way radio gear have been   
   granted a temporary reprieve. This, in the form of an exemption that says   
   any an individual who holds a Canadian radio operator certificate issued   
   under the Radiocommunication Act may drive or operate a vehicle on a highway   
   while holding, viewing or manipulating a 2-way radio communication device.   
      
   So whats the catch? It comes in Section 5 of the new law. It says that for   
   the purposes of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for ongoing   
   relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be re-passed in its   
   present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires on   
   June 1, 2016.   
      
   The bottom line: It appears as if Alberta Province ham radio operators and   
   other licensed two-way radio users don't create problems for 5 years, the   
   exemption may be extended for many years to come. (VE6TEQ, VA6GCT via   
   QRZ.com)   
      
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   RADIO LAW: TWO HELD IN CONNECTION TO MURDER OF WISCONSIN HAM   
      
   Two people are being held in connection with the murder of John Aegerter,   
   WA9GAR, of Brookfield, Wisconsin. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak,   
   WA6ITF, is in the newsroom with more:   
      
   --   
      
   Authorities in Brookfield, Wisconsin have ordered Tommy V. Douyette, held on   
   $750,000 bail on suspicion of first-degree intentional homicide and Lynn M.   
   Hajny held on $500,000 bail on suspicion of first-degree intentional   
   homicide, party to a crime. This in the death of 63 year old John Aegerter,   
   WA9GAR.   
      
   Aegerter's body was discovered by Brookfield police after officers were asked   
   by one of his employees to go to his home check on him because he had not   
   shown up for work. His body was found face down in the garage. His ankles   
   were tied with a black electrical cord, and a white electrical cord was   
   around his neck. A sleeping bag had been placed partially over the body.   
   According to court records Aegerter may have been strangled or had his neck   
   broken during the attack at his home in a dispute over money.   
      
   Authorities said that they could not comment on what led them to arrest   
   Douyette and Hajny. However, court records indicate that Hajny's cousin   
   called police and told them Hajny had telephoned her and told her she had   
   killed someone. Sometime after that call, Hajny and Douyette showed up at   
   the woman's home and said they had been at Aegerter's home. Hajny then told   
   her cousin Aegerter was in the garage "dead with his feet tied," and that   
   she had taken his house and car keys, $75 in cash from his wallet and his   
   credit card. Hajny's husband, Albert, at one time was employed by Aegerter,   
   and Hajny had asked him about money he owed her husband, court records   
   state.   
      
   Friends of John Aegerter say that he was an intelligent businessman who   
   collected antique radio transmitters and other communications equipment.   
   Jack Hughes, identified in news articles as a fellow ham radio operator is   
   quoted as saying that Aegerter was proud to have built up his own companies.   
   That at age 63 was a workaholic who still climbed his towers to maintain   
   them rather than hiring others to do it.   
      
   Another friend identified as Keefe John said WA9GAR developed one of the   
   first mobile data communications systems used in police squad cars.   
      
   At airtime, formal charges against Doyoutte and Hajny were pending.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasterenak, WA6ITF, in the newsroom   
   in Loa Angeles.   
      
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   Authorities say that an autopsy was being conducted on Aegerter remains to   
   determine the exact cause of death. Aegerter, who lived alone, owned a   
   communications business and several radio towers used by cellular telephone,   
   pager and two-way radio companies. More on this story is on line at   
   http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/124418999.html (KM6X, K9KHJ,   
   jsonline.com)   
      
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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 WA2EHL repeater serving   
   Burlington New Jersey.   
      
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: FCC ISSUES NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION TO CALIFORNIA   
   CORPORATION   
      
   A major shopping center in California has come under FCC scrutiny for   
   allegedly operating a repeater without proper licensing. Don Wilbanks,   
   AE5DW, has the details:   
      
   --   
      
   The FCC's Los Angeles Office has issued a Notice of Unlicensed Operation to   
   the Irvine Company which operates the Irvine Spectrum Center in California.   
   This, after the commission received information that an unlicensed repeater   
   was operating on a frequency pair 462.5875 and 467.5875 MHz in the Irvine   
   area.   
      
   Back on April 27th an agent from the FCC's Los Angeles office confirmed by   
   direction finding that radio the signals were emanating from the Irvine   
   Spectrum Center. An inspection determined that portable radios used by the   
   maintenance staff were simultaneously retransmitted on 462.5875 MHz by a   
   Motorola Radius repeater. The Commission's records show that no license had   
   been issued for operation of a radio station at this location on 462.5875   
   MHz.   
      
   It should be noted that the frequencies 462.5875 MHz and 467.5875 MHz are   
   only available for use under the Family Radio Service. The repeater at the   
   Irvine Spectrum Center could not legally operate on FRS frequencies because   
   it does not meet the FCC's technical regulations for F-R-S operation and   
   therefore was not certified for use under the Family Radio Service rules.   
      
   The regulatory agency's notice warned the Irvine Company to immediately cease   
   operation of the illegal repeater station. It also gave the Irvine Company   
   10 days from the June 3rd date of the Notice of Unlicensed Operation to   
   respond and provide any evidence that it has any form of authority to   
   operate on those frequencies as granted by the FCC.   
      
   Im Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, reporting for the Amateur Radio Newsline.   
      
   --   
      
   At airtime, any response made by the Irvine Center to the FCC has not been   
   made public by either entity. (FCC)   
      
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   RADIO LAW: US SUPREME COURT WILL REVIEW FCC AUTHORITY IN SAFE HARBOR   
   PROGRAMMING CASES   
      
   The Supreme Court says that it will review the First Amendment fight over   
   what broadcasters can put on the airwaves when young children may be   
   watching television. Amateur Radio Newsline's Norm Seeley, KI7UP, has the   
   details:   
      
   --   
      
   A June 27th release says that the justices will re-examine appeals court   
   rulings that threw out the Federal Communications Commission's rules against   
   the isolated use of expletives as well as fines against broadcasters who   
   showed a woman's nude buttocks on a 2003 episode of ABC's "NYPD Blue."   
      
   In a landmark 1978 decision, the court upheld the FCC's authority to regulate   
   both radio and television content, at least during the hours when children   
   are likely to be watching or listening. That period includes the primetime   
   hours before 10 p.m.   
      
   For many years, the FCC did not take action against broadcasters for one-time   
   uses of curse words. The policy stemmed from the 1978 decision that upheld   
   the FCC's reprimand of New York radio station WBAI for airing a George   
   Carlin monologue containing a 12-minute string of expletives in the middle   
   of the afternoon. This is when the FCC created the so-called safe harbor   
   hours prohibiting the airing this type of material when youngsters were   
   likely to be listening to the radio or watching television programming.   
      
   The "NYPD Blue" episode led to fines only for stations in the Central and   
   Mountain time zones, where the show aired at 9 p.m.. This was inside the   
   safe harbor child-friendly hours than the show's 10 p.m. time slot in the   
   East and 3 hour delay in the Pacific time zone.   
      
   Another part of the case that involves fleeting expletives involving the   
   awards shows has been to the high court before. Three years ago, the   
   justices narrowly upheld the policy, but in a ruling that pointedly avoided   
   dealing with First Amendment issues. Instead, the court directed the   
   appeals court to undertake a constitutional review.   
      
   The Obama administration objected that the appeals court findings in these   
   cases had in essence stripped the FCC of its ability to police the airwaves   
   on matters dealing with adult language that was not suitable for children's   
   ears and not video that parents would likely find objectionable for   
   youngsters to see. On the other side, the television networks claim that   
   the FCC's long-time safe harbor for children who might see such programming   
   policy is outdated. This is because it applies only to broadcast   
   television, leaving unregulated the same content if transmitted on cable TV   
   or over the Internet.   
      
   For the amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, watching this case   
   from Scottsdale, Arizona.   
      
   --   
      
   No date was given for arguments before the court to begin nor is it known how   
   long it might take for the justices to render their opinion. (Published   
   news reports)   
      
   **   
      
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: VE3NUZ NAMED NEW DIRECTOR OF SATERN   
      
   Some names in the news. First up is Major Rick Shirran, VE3NUZ, of Toronto,   
   Canada, who has been appointed as the new Director of the Salvation Army   
   Team Emergency Radio Network.   
      
   Major Shirran obtained his amateur radio license in 1975. He served 12 years   
   as a member of the Royal Canadian Navy as a Radio Operator and   
   Communications Technician. He is a Commissioned Officer and Pastor in The   
   Salvation Army Canada and Bermuda Territory. Prior to his appointment,   
   Shirran served as the Emergency Disaster Services Director and SATERN   
   Director for The Salvation Army in Canada and Bermuda Territory.   
      
   Shirran replaces Major Patrick McPherson, WW9E, who founded the Salvation   
   Army Team Emergency Radio Network back in 1988. (SATERN, ARRL, Southgate,   
   Others)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS: VE3FFK APPOINTED AS RAC ADVISOR TO NATIONAL FIELD   
   SECRETARIAT   
      
   Mike Kelly VE3FFK has joined Radio Amateurs of Canada as an advisor to the   
   RAC National Field Organization Secretariat. With a wealth of emergency   
   preparedness knowledge and experience, Radio Amateurs of Canada says that   
   Kelly is regarded as a much needed presence in the Ottawa area in dealing   
   with both the Federal and Provincial governments on matters relating to   
   Wireless Radio Interoperability.   
      
   According to the RAC press release, Kelly has had a long standing   
   relationship with the Canadian Emergency Management College and is the "go   
   to" guy to be registered for their training programs. He is also a regular   
   volunteer at Radio Amateurs of Canada headquarters in Ottawa. (RAC)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: KM0A AWARDED ARRL FRED FISH MEMORIAL AWARD NUMBER 4   
      
   A word of congratulations to Mark Ammann, KM0A of Florissant, Missouri who   
   has been awarded the ARRL Fred Fish Memorial Award #4. According to an   
   announcement from Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, Ammann submitted   
   the final batch of QSLs to ARRL about a week or so ago and the cards were   
   approved by both Kutzko and ARRL Awards Branch Manager Bill Moore, NC1L.   
   More information on the Fred Fish Memorial Award is on-line at   
   www.arrl.org/FFMA (VHF Reflector, KX9X)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: W5KUB TO NETCAST 2011 HUNTSVILLE HAMFEST   
      
   And Tom Medlin, W5KUB, says that he will once again be netcasting live from   
   the 2011 Huntsville Hamfest in Alabama on August 20th nand 21st.   
      
   This is a large hamfest that pulls many people from not only the   
   South-Eastern states but also from across the entire United States. As is   
   usual, Tom says that he will have prizes for his viewers. He adds that as   
   this is an all indoor hamfest at the famed Von Braun Center, it should have   
   perfect connectivity to enable him to stream the event with what he terms as   
   great quality video.   
      
   Toms netcast from the Huntsville Hamfest complete with ongoing chat-room will   
   be carried live at w5kub dot com. If you cannot be there in person, this is   
   definitely the next best way to take part. (W5KUB)   
      
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   HAM HAPPENINGS: ARNEWSLINE LOOKING FOR SPEAKERS FOR HAM RADIO TOWN MEETING   
   IN TORRANCE CALIFORNIA ON SEPTEMBER 10   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline will be hosting a 90 minute Ham Radio Town Forum on   
   Saturday, September 10th at the 2011 Southwestern Division Convention. This   
   will be a reprise of the highly successful "How to Make a Ham Radio Video in   
   the 21st Century" conference held at the Dayton Hamvention several weeks   
   ago.   
      
   We are currently looking for speakers from within the Southwestern Division   
   or others who may be visiting the area and who work in the T-V or film   
   industries to speak at this session. If you are interested in being a part   
   of this session please contact us by e-mail to Newsline (at) arnewsline   
   (dot) org.   
      
   This years Southwestern Division Convention runs from Friday, September 9th   
   to the Sunday the 11th. The venue is the Marriott Torrance South Bay, 3635   
   Fashion Way, Torrance, California. More about it is on-line at   
   www.hamconinc.org. We hope to see many of you there. (ARNewsline(tm))   
      
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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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   EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: ALE HFN REACHES 4 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS OPERATION   
      
   The Global Automatic Link Establishment High Frequency Network has set a new   
   time on the air record. This, by operating continuously on all   
   international amateur radio shortwave bands 24 hours a day, 365 days a year   
   for 4 years.   
      
   While crested to foster High Frequency interoperability between all types of   
   organizations, agencies, individual ham operators and nets with a primary   
   focus in international emergency communications, the service also has ample   
   capacity for radio operators everywhere to use for ordinary calling and   
   QSO's, including some DX'ing. And with about 2000 registered operators, the   
   High Frequency Network covers a vast area of the planet.   
      
   All radio stations in this worldwide system scan the ham bands every 10   
   seconds, rapidly maintaining contact through short digital bursts of signals   
   using a system known as Automatic Link Establishment or A-L-E. More   
   information is on line at hflink.net (KQ6XA)   
      
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   TECHNOLOGY TRYOUT: POWER COMPANIES TO EXPERIMENT WITH NOT HOLDING POWERLINES   
   TO 60 HZ   
      
   If you are a United States radio amateur that depends on a powerline   
   synchronized clock for logging and other station operations, you might want   
   to look toward buying a stand alone unit that does not rely on the power at   
   your outlet being precisely 60 hertz. This is because of an upcoming   
   yearlong experiment with the nations electric grid could un-synchronize   
   clocks that use synchronous motors to display the time.   
      
   Since 1930, electric clocks have kept time based on the rate of the frequency   
   of the A-C electrical current that powers them. If the frequency changes   
   from its usual 60 hertz rate, clocks run a little fast or slow. Power   
   companies have long taken steps to keep the frequency as close to 60 hertz   
   as is possible but the group that oversees the U.S. power grid, the Federal   
   Energy Regulatory Commission, is proposing an experiment that would allow   
   more frequency variation than it does now without corrections being made.   
      
   The North American Electric Reliability Corporation runs the nation's   
   interlocking web of transmission lines and power plants. At a June 14th   
   company presentation it spelled out the potential effects of the change. It   
   said that synchronous motor driven clocks or any timing device that uses the   
   60 Hertz powerline as a time base to lock to can be off by ba signifigant   
   amount. On the East Coast clocks could run as much as 20 minutes fast over   
   the year. Clocks West Coast are only likely to be off by 8 minutes during   
   the 12 month long test.   
      
   The test is tentatively set to start in mid July. More on this upcoming   
   experiment with the time of day can be found on line at tinyurl.com/3h6lfcn   
   and tinyurl.com/3uzut3g along with other on-line news websites. (Various)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: JULY 15 DEADLINE TO SCHEDULE ARISS CONTACTS   
      
   In ham radio space related news, word that NASA is seeking formal and   
   informal education institutions and organizations in the United States,   
   individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio on the   
   International Space Station, or ARISS, contact. This, between the dates of   
   January 15 and July 15, 2012.   
      
   To maximize these radio contact opportunities, NASA is looking for   
   organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the   
   contact into a well-developed education plan.   
      
   During the first six months of 2012, crew members aboard the International   
   Space Station will participate in pre-scheduled amateur radio contacts in   
   addition to random operation. These scheduled radio contacts are   
   approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students and educators to   
   interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.   
      
   An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via amateur radio   
   between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms   
   and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity   
   to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in   
   space. Due to the nature of human spaceflight, organizations must   
   demonstrate the flexibility to accommodate changes in contact dates and   
   times.   
      
   Interested parties should contact Teaching From Space to obtain information   
   related to expectations, content, format, audience, proposal guidelines and   
   forms by sending an e-mail to JSC-TFS-ARISS@mail.nasa.gov or by calling   
   281-244-2320. The deadline to submit a proposal is July 15th. More   
   information is on-line at tinyurl.com/6fc2lzn (NASA, ARISS)   
      
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   SPACE SCIENCE: A YEAR OF THE MOON IN 2 =BD MINUTES   
      
   And a new on-line time lapse video of the Moon produced by the Goddard Space   
   Flight Center's Scientific Visualization Studio compresses one month into 12   
   seconds and one year into 2.5 minutes. Constructed using data data from the   
   Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, the video shows how the Moon   
   wobbles in its orbit, the way that it changes in libration and axis tilt and   
   the is numerous phases. You will find the video at YouTube by taking the   
   shortcut of tinyurl.com/3ffmhbe (NASA, AMSAT)   
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   DX   
      
   In DX, PY2FN will be active as PY0FO from Fernando de Noronha through July   
   9th. Operations will be on 160 through 6 meters on CW only. Logs will be   
   uploaded to Logbook of the World QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the   
   Bureau.   
      
   F8IJV will be active as 6V7Q from the Le Calao resort in Senegal between   
   October 22nd and November 11th. Operations will be on 160 through 6 meters,   
   operating mainly on SSB, possibly some Digital and CW. Log will be uploaded   
   to Logbook of the World. QSL via his home callsign, direct or via the   
   bureau.   
      
   Lastly, VA2WDQ, will be on the air portable FP from Miquelon Islland between   
   July 7th and the 11th. Activity will be on 160 through 6 meters using mostly   
   CW with some SSB. His main goal is to participate in the IARU HF   
   Championship on July 9th and 10th. All logs will be uploaded to Logbook of   
   the World and to eQSL once he returns home.   
      
   Above from various DX news sources   
      
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   THAT FINAL ITEM: 13 COLONIES EVENT CELEBRATES AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY   
      
   And finally this week, from now through July 5th, you'll have a special   
   opportunity to look for and work a group of amateur radio stations operating   
   from the 13 original American colonies. You'll be able to score some nice   
   QSL cards and a great certificate for your effort, too. We get more from   
   Philadelphia, the birthplace of American liberty, from Amateur Radio   
   Newsline's Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, with all the details:   
      
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   Yes, the Fourth of July holiday weekend is a long and busy time.   
      
   But if you have a couple of spare minutes, maybe a few hours, there is an   
   operating event worth your time.   
      
   It's the annual 13th Colonies special event.   
      
   Ken Villone, KU2US, is the event manager...   
      
   "We added more operators and more modes," Villone says. "We're doing CW, we   
   doing side-band, we're doing PSK-31.   
      
   "In fact, we have one club that's just specifically is going to be operating   
   on PSK-31.   
   "And, this year is the first year that we will have all of the satellites   
   representing the 13 colonies states. So a clean sweep of the colony states   
   on the birds is a possibility. But it's going to be really hard to do this."   
      
   To emphasize the theme of "Independence," Villone says stations will be on   
   the air during the event from Philadelphia.   
      
   "It's the whole patriotic theme of the event, the time that it's going to   
   take place during the Fourth of July week," Villone says. "And, also, the   
   Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club fit right in beautifully with the theme   
   because of the Independence Hall."   
      
   Bob Josuweit WA3PZO is helping to coordinate the Holmesburg club's   
   operations...   
   "We'll have several stations on the air in a Field day-type operation,   
   actually operating from people's homes," Josuweit says. "But, we'll be   
   rotating bands and modes during the course of the holiday so that we can all   
   enjoy part of the holiday with our families but still to keep the call sign   
   on the air and work as many people as possible."   
      
   Josuweit says this is the first year Philadelphia will be directly   
   represented in the event...   
      
   "After all, that's where the Declaration of Independence was signed and   
   created," Josuweit says. "And, we'll be using our club call sign of WM3PEN,   
   we affectionately know for William Penn, the founder of Philadelphia."   
      
   Event coordinator, Ken Villone says, you don't have to be a contester to work   
   the event. He compared operations to the ARRL's Sweepstakes event. But, in   
   this case, he cautions, it may require some patience...   
      
   "The person who wants to contact us, basically will probably have to work   
   through pile-ups because it's very hard to find where we are just by going   
   through the frequencies and hunting," Villone says. "So you have to really   
   be on top of everything and all of our operators basically, they pick their   
   own time and their own frequency to operate.   
      
   "There's no set of rules for that. So, it's basically like the same way that   
   you would operate on the ARRL event."   
      
   Villone says check the DX Clusters and links for callouts. And, if you work a   
   Colony station, he'd love to see you post it there so others can get in on   
   the fun.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Philadelphia.   
      
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