Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1790 - December 2 2011   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1790 with a release date of Friday,   
   December 2nd, 2011 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a Q-S-T. An unwanted Christmas present as new rules on BPL   
   to take effect on December 21st, the AO-51 ham radio satellite falls silent   
   while ARISSSat One may be approaching its last days in space; hams in   
   Germany hear the Mars Space Laboratory as it wings its way toward the red   
   planet, New Zealand hams get a power upgrade, and the controversary over the   
   speed of light continues. Find out the latest details are on Amateur Radio   
   Newsline(tm) report number 1790 coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   THE BPL FIGHT: FCC SECOND BPL R&O RULES TAKE EFFECT DECEMBER 21   
      
   Barring any last minute appeal by the American Radio Relay League or another   
   entity, the FCC's latest order to revise rules for access Broadband over   
   Powerline systems is set to become effective on December 21st. Amateur   
   Radio Newsline's Heather Butera-Howell, KB3TZD, reports:   
      
   --   
      
   The commission's second Broadband Over Powerline or BPL Report and Order was   
   published in the Federal Register on November 22nd making the effective   
   implementation date December 21st. However, Petitions for Reconsideration   
   concerning it are also due on that same date. As such there is speculation   
   that the ARRL may ask for a reconsideration before the implementation date   
   arrives.   
      
   As previously reported here on Amateur Radio Newsline, the ARRL had argued   
   there should be mandatory notching of the amateur bands to a level 35 dB   
   below the general emission limit to reduce the likelihood of harmful   
   interference to amateur stations. In the Second Report and Order the   
   commission decided not to adopt mandatory notching. Instead, the agency   
   increased the requirement for BPL systems to have the ability to notch   
   frequency bands to at least 25 dB. This is an increase of 5 dB from the   
   prior requirement of 20 dB.   
      
   The ARRL called the increase in notch depth a step in the right direction but   
   said that doesn't go far enough to protect the amateur radio spectrum from   
   harmful interference of the type known to be generated by Broadband over   
   Powerline data transmission systems. The ARRL is on record as stating that   
   it believes that now is the time to fix the rules by imposing mandatory   
   notching of BPL signals in all of the Amateur Service spectrum. This is so   
   that any new entrants will be competing on a level playing field with the   
   existing Broadband over Powerline firms that have recognized the need for   
   notching out of the amateur bands.   
      
   In other matters addressed in the Report and Order, the FCC also made   
   technical adjustments to its rules for determining the distance between a   
   power line and a measurement antenna and for determining site-specific   
   extrapolation factors. This as part of a measurement standard modification   
   for determining whether a BPL system is in compliance with the maximum   
   allowable levels of radiated emissions.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Butera-Howell, KB3TZD, from near   
   Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.   
      
   --   
      
   While Broadband over Powerline has failed in the marketplace as a medium for   
   delivering broadband connectivity to consumers, the technology is perceived   
   to have some `smart grid' power delivery and system monitoring applications.   
      
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: AO-51 GOES QRT   
      
   The AO-51 ham radio satellite has gone QRT. AMSAT-North America Vice   
   President of Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA says that the bird has   
   ceased transmission and is not responding to any commands from the ground.   
      
   Glasbrenner's announcement came on Tuesday November 29th. In making public   
   word of the demise of AO-51, KO4MA, noted that the last telemetry data   
   received had indicated that the third of six batteries that power AO-51 was   
   approaching a short circuit condition. Also that further observation   
   indicated the voltage from three remaining cells was insufficient to power   
   the UHF transmitters. Initial tests with the S-band transmitter were also   
   not positive either, although more attempts are expected.   
      
   Glasbrenner says that the control team tried leaving the satellite in a   
   configuration where if voltages climb high enough, the 435.150 transmitter   
   may possibly be heard. He says that the command team will regularly attempt   
   communications with the satellite over the coming months noting that there   
   is always the possibility that a cell will open from its short circuited   
   state and make AO-51 useful once again.   
      
   And in a related item, word that Clint Bradford, K6LCS, is attempting to   
   document the last VHF and UHF communications through AO-51. To find out   
   more go to his special Web page for at tinyurl.com/AO51-DCARR.   
      
   The AO-51 ham radio satellite was on-orbit and serving the world-wide ham   
   radio community for the better part of 7 years. (ANS, K6LCS, Others)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ARISSAT-1 APPROACHING LAST DAYS ON-ORBIT   
      
   If you have been putting off trying to make contacts through the ARISSat One   
   on-orbit repeater, the next few weeks will be your last opportunity to be a   
   part of this satellite's history.   
      
   Since deployment in August, ARISSat One has descended about 60 km, and is   
   currently losing more than 1 point 5 km per day. The rapid rate is   
   partially the result of the recent solar activity on the atmosphere,   
   significantly increasing the drag.   
      
   The predictions by several individuals and groups are all converging toward a   
   reentry of ARISSat One into the Earths atmosphere in January or February of   
   2012. Heating will become significant before then.   
      
   The orbit period changes about 30 seconds per day, and that will steadily   
   increase. As the descent continues, this will become even more critical to   
   copying the telemetry beacon.   
      
   The ARISSat One team says that getting good telemetry in this period will   
   provide it with valuable information to be used in future projects. The   
   latest information on the orbital health of ARISSat One is on-line at   
   www.arissat1.org.   
      
   (WA4SCA)   
      
   **   
      
   WORLDBEAT: NEW ZEALAND HAMS GRANTED POWER INCREASE TO A FULL GALLON   
      
   Hams in New Zealand are celebrating. This with word that their regulatory   
   authority has granted then a power increase of up to one Kilowatt. Amateur   
   Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, is in Nelson, New Zealand with more:   
      
   --   
      
   It has been suggested as a Christmas gift arriving early for amateur radio   
   operators in New Zealand. That's the news from the countries Communications   
   Regulator, Radio Spectrum Management that it has agreed to a request from   
   New Zealand's National Amateur Radio Society, NZART, that the general power   
   limit for Amateur bands be increased.   
   NZART Members were informed of the news by their President Roy Symon, ZL2KH,   
   on the Society's National Broadcast on Sunday 27th November.   
      
   From the 30th November 2011, the power limit for most NZ amateur bands bands   
   will rise from 500 watts to 1000 watts peak envelope power as defined in ITU   
   Radio Regulation 1.157.   
   The only exception to this power increase is for those bands (130 to 190 kHz,   
   505 to 515 kHz, 26.95 to 27.30 MHz and 921.00 to 928.00 MHz) which currently   
   have lower limits and, in these cases, the current limits will continue to   
   apply.   
      
   This result is seen as a very satisfactory conclusion to the Hawkes Bay   
   Amateur Radio club Remit submitted to the 2010 NZART Conference. It will   
   assist New Zealand Amateurs to participate in weak signal work including   
   EME, meteor scatter, DXing etc and to also remain competitive, despite New   
   Zealand's remoteness, when participating in contests.   
      
   Reporting from sunny Nelson, New Zealand, I'm Jim Meachen ZL2BHF for   
   Newsline.   
      
   --   
      
   According to ZL2BHF, a November 28th news release from the Wireless Institute   
   of Australia's Peter Young, VK3MV, indicates that the New Zealand decision   
   may well be the needed catalyst for the ongoing discussions between that   
   national society and the Australian regulator ACMA. This in regard to a   
   similar power increase for Australian Advanced class licensees. (NZART)   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK 1   
      
   From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard   
   on bulletin stations around the world including the W9UVI repeater of the   
   Peoria Amateur Radio Club serving the city of Peoria Illinois.   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
      
   **   
      
   REACHING OUT: ARRL TO RELEASE NEW VIDEO AIMED AT MAKER COMMUNITY ON DECEMBER   
   27   
      
   'The DIY Magic of Amateur Radio' is a new 8 and one half minute video from   
   the American Radio Relay League to be released on Tuesday, December 27th.   
   Its target audience is the world-wide maker and hacker community. Amateur   
   Radio Newsline's Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, has more:   
      
   --   
      
   According to the ARRL, the show is directed toward the D-I-Y or Do It   
   Yourself movement. This is a fairly new leisure time interest that is   
   inspiring a whole new generation of techno hobbyists. It also could be a   
   pool of future technologists who might want to become hams if they knew   
   morew about our hobby and that's the reason the new video was created.   
      
   To do this, Executive Producer Allen Pitts, W1AGP and Producer Bill   
   Pasternak, WA6ITF brought together an all-star team consisting of several   
   well known film makers along with some newcomers to ham radio movie making.   
      
   Directed by Hollywood's Dave Bell, W6AQ, the video which is titled "The Do It   
   Yourself Magic of Amateur Radio" was recorded on location in Ohio, Texas,   
   North Carolina, California, Utah and on-orbit aboard the International Space   
   Station.   
      
   It's script was written by Henry Feinberg, K2SSQ, of West Orange New Jersey.   
   Feinberg is a former producer of the award-winning Watch Mr. Wizard science   
   television series. A winner of several Cine Golden Eagle awards, K2SSQ is   
   also the ham radio operator who created the umbrella space communicator seen   
   in the Steven Spielberg motion picture "ET the Extraterrestrial."   
      
   The show is hosted by famed New York City based maker community leader and   
   fashion designer Diana Eng, KC2UHB. Mark Abramovich, NT3V, serves as the   
   show narrator.   
      
   Original music was provided by Andrew-John Huddleston, Oh-Zed-5-E, and his   
   Denmark-based group "The Ham Band."   
      
   Dave Booth, KC6WFS, of Santa Clarita, California was the shows principal   
   videographer.   
      
   According to the ARRL, the new video will be simultaneously released on its   
   Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages, and will be also be available at   
   www.arrl.org. DVD copies for showing to large audiences in high definition   
   16 by 9 wide screen and standard 4 by 3 definitions will be available at a   
   later date.   
      
   For the Amateur radio Newsline, I'm Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, reporting from Zion,   
   Illinois   
      
   --   
      
   Again that's Tuesday, December 27th at about 10 a.m. Eastern U.S. time for   
   the release of the new ARRL video titled The Do It Yourself Magic of Amateur   
   Radio. It's a magic carpet ride into a pair of techno-hobby worlds that   
   compliment one another very well. (ARRL, DIY Production Team)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO IN THE MEDIA: FOX NEWS REPORTS HAM RADIO GROWTH   
      
   Fox News reports on the boom in Amateur Radio licenses in the United States.   
   According to Fox, in October the FCC logged 700,314 licenses, with nearly   
   40,000 new ones issued in the last five years.   
      
   In her report Michelle Macaluso interviews John Pritchett W6JWK. She also   
   shows an Amateur Radio Direction Finding competition. Her story is titled   
   Radio Days Are Back: Ham Radio Licenses at an All-Time High. You will find   
   it on-line at tinyurl.com/fox-ham-stats. (QRZ.COM)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO LAW: WALDEN RELEASES SPECTRUM AUCTION MEASURE   
      
   United States House of Representatives Communications Subcommittee Chairman   
   Greg Walden, W7EQI, and other GOP panel members have introduced a version of   
   a broadcast spectrum incentive auction bill. The measure would authorize   
   the FCC to reclaim spectrum from broadcasters for re-auction and compensate   
   them from the proceeds. It also sets aside money to compensate broadcasters   
   who elect not to give up spectrum for the costs of moving to another channel   
   or sharing channels with another broadcaster. It also covers the costs   
   incurred by cable operators of moving their systems to accommodate such a   
   change. The end result of the bill is to allocate spectrum for an   
   interoperable broadband public safety network. That also would align the   
   measure more closely with the Senate version that has already passed out of   
   the Commerce Committee there. More on this proposed measure is on-line at   
   tinyurl.com/walden-auction-bill. (B&C)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO BUSINESS: MIRACLE ANTENNA SUSPENDS ORDER TAKING DUE TO ILLNESS OF   
   VA2ERY   
      
   If you are planning to purchase a product from Miracle Antenna, be aware that   
   the company has temporarily stopped taking orders. According to a notice on   
   its website, online ordering has been temporarily suspended due to medical   
   illness and to please check back with us soon.   
      
   For those not aware, Miracle Antenna is the Montreal Canada-based company   
   that manufactures the very popular Miracle Whip and other accessory items   
   that are extremely popular with both the QRP and H F back-pack communities.   
   An e-mail received by Bryan Herbert, KE6ZGP, and forwarded to Newsline   
   confirms that Robert Victor, VA2ERY, is quite ill and that his family has   
   stepped in to help with running the business.   
      
   According to the e-mail to Herbert, for the moment the Victor family is only   
   filling standing orders and answering e-mails. Anyone wishing to contact   
   the family or to send get well wishes to Robert Victor, VA2ERY, may do so by   
   e-mail to info (at) miracleantenna (dot) com. For information updates   
   please keep an eye on miracleantenna.com. (KE6ZGP, others)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO BUSINESS: MORSE DECODER FOR MAC   
      
   If you are a ham who uses an Apple computer, then here's something just for   
   you. The Southgate news reports that Morse Decoder is a simple to use Mac   
   OS X application for translating Morse Code sounds into text. The program   
   uses the built-in microphone on an Apple Mac with both audio filtering and   
   DSP signal analysis.   
      
   Morse Code Decoder also includes a built-in spectrogram to detect the audio   
   frequency of the Morse Code tones, and an optional narrow band audio filter   
   to help filter out background noise.   
      
   More information is on-line at tinyurl.com/mac-morse-decoder. And if you do   
   give Morse Decoder a try please let us know how well it works. Nobody here   
   at Amateur Radio Newsline has a Mac to try it ourselves. (Southgate)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HONORS: DAYTON HAMVENTION SOLICITING NOMINATIONS FOR 2012 AWARDS   
      
   From now through January 15th he nominating period is open for the 2012   
   Dayton Hamvention Awards. As in previous years, the Hamvention will honor   
   three deserving individuals with the Technical Excellence, Special   
   Achievement, and Amateur of the Year Awards. Also receiving recognition   
   will be a ham radio group or organization which will be selected as Radio   
   Club of the Year. To be considered for any of these awards the nominations   
   must be submitted no later than January 15, 2012. Nomination forms and   
   instructions on how to file are on-line at hamvention.org/awards.php.   
   (WS8B, Hamvention 2011)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: HAMVENTION 2012 GETS NEW ASSISTANT GENERAL CHAIRMAN   
      
   Also from the Dayton Hamvention comes word that General Chairman Mike Kalter   
   W8CI, announced the appointment of Charles Kaiser, KD8JZR, as the events new   
   Assistant General Chairman. Kaiser replaced Josh Long, KD8BVD, who stepped   
   down because of work commitments.   
      
   The Dayton Hamvention is the world's largest amateur radio gathering. It   
   opens May 18, 2012, and runs for three days at the Hara Arena in surban   
   Trotwood, Ohio. This will be its sixty-first consecutive year and planners   
   believe that more than 20,000 people will attend the 2012 outing   
      
   For more information about Dayton Hamvention 2012 please visit the website at   
   www.hamvention.org or e-mail media@hamvention.org on the World-Wide-Web.   
   (Hamvention)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: HAM HELPS OPEN NEW SPACE EXHIBIT AT AMERICAN MUSEUM OF   
   NATURAL HISTORY IN NYC   
      
   The American Museum of Natural History has raised the curtain on its brand   
   new space exhibition with help from two seasoned space travelers one of whom   
   is an amteur radio operator.   
      
   NASA astronauts Mike Massimino and John Grunsfeld, KC5ZTF both flew on the   
   last space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. The two   
   were on hand at the museum to introduce a new exhibition called "Beyond   
   Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration."   
      
   The American Museum of Natural History is located on Central Park West at   
   79th Street in New York City. The new space exhibit will run through August   
   12, 2012. More is on-line at www.amnh.org/exhibitions/beyond. (Space.com)   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK 2   
      
   This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur. From the United States of   
   America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline with links to the world from our   
   only official website at www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the   
   volunteer services of the following radio amateur:   
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
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   WORLDBEAT: SOUTH AFRICA'S DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS WITHDRAWS UNPOPULAR   
   AMENDMENTS   
      
   In news from around the world, word that South Africa's Department of   
   Communications has withdrawn a proposed and very controversial Electronic   
   Communications Act amendment bill. This, for further consultation with that   
   nations government leadership.   
      
   The proposed amendments to the Electronic Communications Act would have   
   diminished the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa power on   
   several fronts. This would have included frequency allocation and spectrum   
   management by giving a government Minister more power over these issues.   
      
   There was widespread opposition across South Africa to the proposed   
   amendments. At airtime it is not certain as to when South Africa's   
   Department of Communications will publish revised changes to the Electronic   
   Communications Act, if at all.   
      
   According to the South African Radio League this issue was high on its agenda   
   to be considered and discussed. Now however as matters currently stands,   
   the SARL sees no further action required at this time. (SARL)   
      
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   WORLDBEAT: RSGB ANNOUNCES UK CLUB OF THE YEAR COMPETITION   
      
   If you like n the United Kingdom, this one is for you. The Radio Society of   
   Great Britain has announced its Club of the Year Competition now open.   
      
   The Club of the Year Competition is described as an RSGB Regional Team   
   initiative designed to encourage local radio clubs to do more in their   
   communities to promote amateur radio. Locally based, the idea is get   
   recognition of a club's efforts by the amateur radio community.   
      
   The competition will be independently judged and will concentrate on a club's   
   contribution to promoting amateur radio, its contribution to training and   
   education, its work in charitable activities and general club activities.   
   Each region will get to present its own trophy and all the trophy winners   
   from around the UK will be entered into a national competition where we   
   select a National Club of the Year and two runner ups.   
      
   More about this competition is on-line at www dot rsgb dot org slash   
   cluboftheyear. This is an idea that other national societies around the   
   world might want to consider making into a global competition event.   
   (Southgate)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO IN SPACE: HAMS HEAR MARS SCIENCE LAB AS IT FLIES TOWARD MARS   
      
   The world's largest ever built extraterrestrial explorer is on its way to   
   Mars. The six-wheeled, one-armed robotic rover named Curiosity known   
   officially as the Mars Science Laboratory blasted off from Cape Canaveral at   
   10:02 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday, November 26th. It was carried into   
   space on board an Atlas Five launch vehicle. The journey to Mars will take   
   8=BD months and cover 354 million miles.   
      
   Meantime a group of radio amateurs have received signals from the Mars   
   Science Laboratory using an AMSAT DL amateur radio facility in Germany.   
   Barely 7 hours after launch, the X-band telemetry signal from the lab was   
   received using the ham radio station at the German AMSAT group's resource at   
   Bochum.   
      
   This is believed to be the first reception of the Mars Science Laboratory   
   outside of the NASA Deep Space Network. The signal, received by the ham   
   operators was with the probe at a distance of 112,000 km from Earth.   
   Telemetry said the enroute lab had a spin-modulation of +/- 3.5 Hz at 2   
   revolutions per minute.   
      
   The Mars Science Laboratory is expected to arrive at the red planet in August   
   2012 after a nine month flight. (AMSAT DL)   
      
   **   
      
   ON THE AIR: CELEBRATING THE CBC/RADIO CANADA 75th ANNIVERSARY   
      
   On the air, listen out for some special prefixes to be used by Canadian hams   
   during the month of December. From December 1st to the 31st the prefixes .   
   VG, VX, XJ and XK will be utilized by those Canadian radio amateurs who wish   
   to help celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Canadian Broadcasting   
   Corporation and Radio Canada.   
      
   Better known as CBC/Radio-Canada, the famed broadcaster offers programming in   
   English, French and eight aboriginal languages on its domestic radio   
   service. It also broadcasts in nine languages on its international radio   
   service known as Radio Canada International. A recent addition is its   
   Web-based eight language RCI Viva. This is described as being a service for   
   recent and aspiring immigrants to Canada. (Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Club,   
   Wikipedia Commons)   
      
   **   
      
   DX   
      
   In DX, word that six operators from the U.S. and Canada will be active from   
   Kiritimati Island between January 17th and February 2nd. The group will   
   operate from the same location that the recent T32C expedition utilized.   
   They also will take part in the 2012 CQ World Wide 160 meter CW Contest   
   from January 27th to the 29th as T32XX. QSL via KB8TXZ.   
      
   AH0AJ will beactive as KG4AJ from Guantanamo Bay for the next two years. QSL   
   only via his home callsign.   
      
   Members of the Pacific DXers will be on the air from Tuvalu as T2T through   
   December 8th. Activity is on 160 through 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and   
   PSK31. Logbook of the World and eQSL will be uploaded within 12 months   
   after the operation is completed. QSL via VK4FW direct or via the bureau.   
      
   Lastly, CX3AN and CX4CR will be active on the air as 8Q7HU from Maafushi   
   Island in the Maldives between January 25th and February 5th. Their   
   operations will be on 80 through 6 meters using CW, SSB and several digital   
   modes with a special emphasis on contacting South America. QSL this one as   
   directed on the air.   
      
   Above from various DX news sources)   
      
   **   
      
   THAT FINAL ITEM: SCIENTISTS REJECT OTHER SCIENTISTS ON NEUTRINO FASTER THAN   
   LIGHT   
      
   A Follow-up to last weeks story about a group of researchers at CERN who say   
   that they have shown particles that can exceed the speed of light. An   
   international team of scientists in Italy studying the same neutrino   
   particles has now rejected the findings and saying their tests had shown it   
   to be wrong. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, with the   
   latest on this scientific controversary:   
      
   --   
      
   As reported last week, the September announcement of particles exceeding the   
   speed of light along with the recent finding after new studies backed up the   
   original claim has caused a firestorm of sorts in the scientific world.   
   This was because it seems to suggest Albert Einstein's ideas on relativity,   
   and much of modern physics, are based on a mistaken premise.   
      
   The first team, members of the OPERA experiment at the Gran Sasso laboratory   
   south of Rome, said they recorded neutrinos beamed to them from the CERN   
   research center in Switzerland as arriving 60 nanoseconds before light would   
   have done. But ICARUS, another experiment at Gran Sasso argues that their   
   measurements of the neutrinos energy on arrival contradict that reading.   
      
   In a paper posted on the same website as the OPERA results, the ICARUS team   
   says their findings refute a faster than light interpretation of the OPERA   
   result. They argue, on the basis of recently published studies by two top   
   U.S. physicists, that the neutrinos pumped down from CERN, near Geneva,   
   should have lost most of their energy if they had travelled at even a tiny   
   fraction faster than light.   
      
   But in fact, the ICARUS scientists say, the neutrino beam as tested in their   
   equipment registered an energy spectrum fully corresponding with what it   
   should be for particles traveling at the speed of light and no more.   
   Physicist Tomasso Dorigo, who works at CERN, the European Organization for   
   Nuclear Research, and the U.S. Fermilab near Chicago, said in a post on the   
   website Scientific Blogging that the ICARUS paper was very simple and   
   definitive.   
      
   Under Einstein's 1905 Special Theory of Relativity, nothing can travel faster   
   than light. That idea lies at the heart of all current science of the cosmos   
   and of how the vast variety of particles that make it up behave. There was   
   widespread skepticism when the OPERA findings were first revealed, and even   
   the leaders of the experiment insisted that they were not announcing a   
   discovery but simply recording measurements they had made and carefully   
   checked.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.   
      
   --   
      
   Other experiments are being prepared at Fermilab and at the KEK laboratory in   
   Japan to try to duplicate OPERA's findings. Confirmation from one of these   
   would open the way for a full scientific discovery to be declared. Failure   
   to duplicate the OPERA team findings would likely put the matter to rest.   
   At least for the time being. (Published news sources)   
      
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