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   Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1731 - October 15 2010   
      
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1731 with a release date of Friday,   
   October 15 2010 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
      
   The following is a Q-S-T.  Ham radio plays a role in the Chilean mine   
   rescue, Radio Amateurs of Canada announces a survey for the hobby's   
   future, Scouting celebrates the 2010 Jamboree on the air and a historic   
   college amateur radio station is back on the air.  Find out the details   
   on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1731 coming your way right   
   now.   
      
      
   (Billboard Cart Here)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   RESCUE RADIO:  AMATEUR RADIO PLAYS ROLE IN SUPPORT OF CHILE MINE RESCUE   
      
      
   Amateur radio appears to have played a key supporting role in the rescue   
   of 33 miners trapped beneath Chilean soil for 69 days.  Bill Pasternak,   
   WA6ITF, is in the newsroom with the latest:   
      
      
   --   
      
      
   Its being called the miracle of miracles.  This as the world watched   
   live as 33 Chilean miners trapped some 2400 feet underground for 69 days   
   were brought to the surface one at a time.  This beginning on October   
   13th and ending on October 14th using a tiny rescue capsule dubbed the   
   Phoenix and pulled by a hoist.   
      
      
   The saga began when the mine in San Jose, near the city of Copiapo   
   collapsed on August 5th and ended on October 14th when the last miner   
   rose to the surface at 0055 UTC.  And while news reports heralded the   
   success of the rescuers, lost was the small but important contributions   
   made by that nations radio amateurs.   
      
      
   But Chilian hams were there throughout the entire ordeal doing what they   
   do best.  That being another line of needed communications after being   
   called upon to provide it.   
      
      
   According to a report posted to the IARU Region 2 website by Ramon   
   Santoyo,  XE1KK, it was the Radio Cub de Chile and the Radio Club   
   Copiapo   that provided   
   communication support between the authorities and emergency equipment   
   operators inside the San Jose Mine complex.  Chilean hams also provided   
   liaison between the families of the trapped miners and authorities as   
   the rescue coordination center in Copiapo.   
      
      
   Perhaps the most important job performed by the Chilean radio amateurs   
   was to establish an amateur radio communication system into the mine   
   complex itself.  The ARRL reports some of the 80 members of Radio Club   
   Copiapo installed the equipment and then manned it with club volunteers   
   beginning back on August 5th when the mine collapse took place.  This   
   radio system, together with mobile police stations, hospitals and fire   
   battalions, kept everyone abreast of all the needs and urgent   
   requirements of all involved in the rescue work.   
      
      
   No, the hams of Chile were not shown on the front pasge of the New York   
   Time or the Chicago Tribune.  Nor were they featured on NBC Nightly   
   news.  Their part of the story has been low key until now.  None the   
   less it was a job well done by amateur radio volunteers giving of   
   themselves as hams do when their skill and services are needed.  And for   
   radio amateurs, that's what public service is all about.   
      
      
   From the newsroom in Los Angeles, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, for   
   the Amateur Radio Newsline.   
      
      
   --   
      
      
   Until the news release by XE1KK it was not known that ham radio was   
   involved in this mining rescue.  (IARU-R2, ARRL, ARNewsline(tm))   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   RESTRUCTURING:  RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA  SURVEY FOR ITS FUTURE   
      
      
   Seemingly following in the footsteps of the Radio Society of Great   
   Britain, the Board and Executive of the Radio Amateurs of Canada is   
   asking current, past and future potential members as well as amateur   
   radio clubs to provide  thoughts and recommendations on the future of   
   the hobby in that nation.  This, by responding to a set of questions   
   posted to the organizations website by October 20th.   
      
      
   Responses will be considered at a meeting at the end of October to   
   develop a vision for the future of Radio Amateurs of Canada in the 21st   
   century.  In addition they will be establishing a two year operational   
   plan for 2011 and 2012.  Canadian hams wishing to take part in the   
   survey should take their web browser to tinyurl.com/2c8l8wm and follow   
   the instructions found there.   
      
      
   As reported here last week, the Radio Society of Great Britain has   
   launch a major survey of all United Kingdom radio amateurs.  The   
   objective of the survey is to gather as much information as possible on   
   21st century amateur radio operation in that nation.  (RAC)   
      
      
   **   
      
   INTRUDER WATCH:  NEW WAY TO REPORT HAM-BAND INTRUDERS   
      
      
   The latest issue of the International Amateur Radio Union's Region 1   
   Monitoring System newsletter is asking hams to use its new online   
   'Intruder Logger' and 'Intruder Alert System' to file reports of   
   unwanted users of the ham radio bands.  Those providing input should   
   include source, time in UTC and mode being used.  Short time intruders   
   should be sent to the Intruder Logger.   
      
   More on this including on-line reporting forms can be found at the   
   following URL's:   
      
   IARU R1 Intruder Logger:  http://peditio.net/intruder/bluechat.cgi   
      
      
   IARU R1 Intruder Alert System Email Reflector:   
   http://iaru-r1.org/mailman/listinfo/intruderalert_iaru-r1.org   
       (IARU   
   Region 1)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   RADIO SCOUTING:  GROUP CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF JOTA   
      
      
   And around the world the 2010 Scouting Jamboree on the Air is underway   
   as we go to air.  For one group its the 20th year it has been taking   
   part.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark Abramowicz, NT3V- has the rest   
   of the story:   
      
      
   --   
      
      
   They call themselves the SPARK Lodge and they're based at the Musser   
   Scout Reservation outside of Green Lane in Montgomery County in suburban   
   Philadelphia.   
      
      
   Rick Blank, WB3BSA, is president of the organization, which actually is   
   a Scouting Venture Crew with its own call sign - K3BSA.   
      
      
   He says it's a special weekend not just because of the 20th anniversary   
   of J-O-T-A operations for the group, but still being around to offer   
   young people a program that uses amateur radio to teach international   
   brotherhood is special.   
      
      
   "A lot of our contacts have been over in Europe or South  America and   
   when we get a station that we can talk to and put the kids on in a   
   far-away place that's really a special thing because the kids get a   
   really good charge out of that," Blank says.   
      
      
   He credits the longevity of the group to Philadelphia Scout officials   
   who have been supportive of its efforts over the years and a dedicated   
   group of ham operators.   
      
      
   "Well it really is a combination of all the time and effort that the   
   volunteers have put into the building, the enthusiasm that the Scouts   
   get about radio, and communications," Blank says.   
      
      
   "You know being out there in the camp in the nice facility that we   
   turned that building is really just kind of special. We refer to the   
   building now - it used to be called Cook's Cabin - we now call it SPARK   
   Lodge and SPARK, for us, stands for Scouts Practicing Amateur Radio   
   Knowledge."   
      
      
   Blank says SPARK Lodge has a very functionable set-up.   
      
      
   "We have two high-frequency operating positions, and those two operating   
   positions we can use single-sideband and digital modes, Morse Code, and   
   PSK-31 or Phase-Shift-Keying," Blank explains. "And, some of the other   
   operating positions we have VHF, UHF, where we can use a computer to   
   send and receive email through packet radio."   
      
      
   Wires serve as antennas, he says, and wind and ice storms do   
   occasionally play havoc with those.   
      
      
   In addition to JOTA, Blank says SPARK Lodge also offers a year-round   
   program of radio demonstrations at the camp and on special weekends   
   provides a program for Radio merit badge as well as Computers, and   
   Electricity. And, he even says, it's branching out into Railroading.   
      
      
   But Blank says JOTA will always be the premiere event for SPARK Lodge.   
      
      
   "Those that can participate are Scouts of all ages - Girl Scouts,   
   Brownies, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, Explorers - they can all   
   come up and take part in the activity," Blank says. "It's an   
   international Scouting event. It's the largest event in Scouting each   
   year with nearly 500,000 Scouts participating worldwide."   
      
      
   You can learn more about SPARK Lodge by going to their website:   
   www.k3bsa.org  .   
      
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abrams, NT3V, in Philadelphia.   
      
      
   --   
      
      
   And less we forget, if you happen to hear this weeks newscast before the   
   2010 Jamboree on the Air comes to an end, please get on the air and say   
   hello to the scouts taking part, worldwide.   
      
   (NT3V, ARNewsline(tm))   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   BREAK 1   
      
      
   From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,   
   heard on bulletin stations around the world including the W9HSY repeater   
   serving Madison Wisconsin.   
      
      
   (5 sec pause here)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  KJ6CEY SENTENCED FOR JAMMING POLICE   
      
      
   An amateur radio operator from San   Jacinto, California, who had   
   admitted making a series of transmissions threatening the lives of local   
   police officers and fire department personnel has learned her fate.   
   Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, has the details:   
      
      
   --   
      
      
   On Friday, October 8th twenty-nine year old Irene Levy, KJ6CEY, pleaded   
   guilty to seven charges involving interference to the Hemet  California   
   police and the Riverside County Fire Department. A judge in the city of   
   Murrieta sentenced her to three years probation and gave her credit for   
   the time she spent in jail since her arrest last spring. She was also   
   ordered to undergo psychiatric care.   
      
      
   As previously reported here on Amateur Radio Newsline, last May 3rd   
   police closed in on KJ6CEY just seconds after she made a final   
   transmission on a Hemet police frequency using a commercial H-T.   
   Investigators from the Hemet Police Department as well as Cal Fire said   
   that the unauthorized, random transmissions were made from Levy's mobile   
   home in San Jacinto. Her radio transmissions, which included bomb   
   threats, were monitored on frequencies used by the Hemet police and the   
   Riverside County Fire Department and that they went beyond nuisance   
   calls.   
      
   At that time, Hemet Police Sargent Mark Richards was quoted by The   
   Press-Enterprise newspaper in Riverside as saying Levy disguised her   
   voice as a man and made references to the deaths of police and   
   firefighters and made bomb threats. He said some of the transmissions   
   came during a Cal Fire search and rescue call, a major traffic accident,   
   and a brush fire.   
      
      
   Richards report stated the transmissions began May 1stand ended in the   
   early morning hours of May 3rd. He said in the report that   
   direction-finding equipment helped locate Levy, who in one of her   
   transmissions on May 2 suggested "police would never find her." Richards   
   report said that during the raid on her trailer, police seized 11   
   radios, seven scanners, radio frequency lists, computer equipment and   
   other miscellaneous radio gear. He says in the report they also seized   
   Levy's Technician class amateur radio license, showing it had been   
   issued in September 2009.   
      
   On her now removed QRZ.com bio page, Irene Levy had claimed to have a   
   General Mobile Radio Service license, but the call sign attached to it   
   is actually registered to her husband, Michael Levy KE6ALV. She had also   
   claimed to have monitored the Keller Peak repeater as well as the Hemet   
   repeaters. Levy also said in that now gone QRZ bio she was active on   
   Citizens Band radio prior to getting married and described herself as a   
   CB'er at heart.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los   
   Angeles.   
      
      
   --   
      
      
   But Irene Levy's problems may be far from over.  At this point the FCC   
   has not yet entered into the matter.  If it does and decides to cite   
   KJ6CEY, she could face a fine, a license suspension or even a hearing to   
   determine if she should be permitted to continue as an FCC amateur radio   
   licensee.  (Inland Empire News,  Press-Enterprise, ARNewsline(tm))   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  FLORIDA SHERIFF TAKES UNLICENSED BROADCASTER OFF THE AIR   
      
      
   Listeners of two South  Florida radio stations got a surprise when their   
   Christian and classical music stations were was interrupted with what   
   authorities called rap music and profane language.  On Thursday, October   
   7th, authorities found out why.   
      
      
   According to investigators, an unlicensed broadcaster had set up shop on   
   a frequency between to twl licensed stations.  The Broward County   
   Sheriff's Office says the illegal signal came from a Lauderdale Lakes   
   home where an aspiring rapper had attached a laptop, audio mixer and   
   computer.  This gear in turn ded a transmitter and antenna.   
      
      
   The station called itself Trap Radio was allegedly operated by Mikhaul   
   Rhodd.  Rhodd has been charged under Florida state law with unauthorized   
   transmission or interference with public or commercial radio.  At   
   airtime, it's not known if the FCC has become involved in this case.   
      
      
   More is on-line at   
   http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/10/08/20101008pirate-radio-s\   
   tation.html#ixzz11q1BTPWK   
    )  (AZcentral.com)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  NEW   ZEALAND LOW POWER FM BROADCASTER FINED FOR   
   INTERFERING WITH AIR TRAFFIC COMMUNICATIONS   
      
      
   A Christchurch, New Zealand man who ran a hobby radio station has been   
   fined $4000 and had his equipment confiscated after boosting his   
   transmitter power to a level that interfered with an air traffic control   
   frequency.   
      
   According to news reports from down-under, Jeffrey Knowles owned low   
   power non-commercial radio station Sounds FM which has now been shut   
   down.  When it was on the air, it legally broadcast music during the day   
   and streamed BBC programs at night to the Shirley, Papanui and Parklands   
   suburbs of Cristchurch.  And in the past it had earned Knowles a   
   community service award.   
      
   Now, the 48 year old Knowles has admitted in Christchurch District Court   
   he interfered with the air traffic control radio frequency.  This, by   
   broadcasting with excessive power using equipment that had a fault with   
   its overall frequency stability.  Knowles also admitted to a charge   
   under the New ealand Radio Communications Act of transmitting outside   
   the terms of his license.  As a result, his broadcasts caused the   
   closure of an air traffic frequency for 24 hours l,ast  February by   
   interfering with transmissions between aircraft and the control tower.   
      
   Under New Zealand law, Knowles station is permitted to run as a low   
   power FM hobby station.  But in making its case, government prosecutors   
   argued he increased the power to reach up to 45,000 listeners.  The New   
   Zealand Radio Broadcasters' Association reported to the court that they   
   were losing advertising revenue because of Knowles station taking   
   potential listeners away from commercial stations.   
      
   Defense counsel Clayton Williams said Knowles accepted the equipment was   
   faulty and did not oppose it being forfeited. He did however dispute the   
   concerns about the amount of power used.   
      
   In rendering his decision, Judge Gary MacAskill said Knowles had been   
   warned that his broadcasting gear was faulty but had done nothing about   
   it.  He then imposed a fine of $4000 as well as court costs of $130 and   
   a solicitor's fee of $250.  Its unknown if Knowles will appeal.   
      
   Also while a version of this story circulating on the Internet blogs   
   identified Knowles as being a ham radio operator, a check of licenses   
   shows that this is not the case.  (Ontago Daily Times via ZL2BHF)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   NTIA  AWARDS: $20 MILLION TO UPGRADE EMERGENCY RADIO AND TELEVISION   
      
      
   The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has   
   issued approximately $20.45 million worth of Public Telecommunications   
   Facilities Program grants so far this year.  A total of 126 projects   
   have been funded. Of those, 72 grants worth $9.9  million are to replace   
   equipment at public radio and television stations while 30 grants for   
   some $4.6 million will extend new public radio  serviced.   
      
      
   Sixteen  digital conversion grants were awarded for television,   
   representing  just over $4 million. Three digital conversion grants   
   totaling a little over $202,000 were awarded for radio.   
      
      
   With the radio grants, stations in Arcata and San Diego will be able to   
   purchase digital production equipment.  Also, a station in Baton Rouge,   
   Louisiana will be able establish an HD Radio multicast service.  All   
   together, the new radio  service grants will extend service to a   
   potential 500,000 people and provide additional service to almost 1.2   
   million other listeners.   
      
      
   Thirty-eight projects totaling more than $2.8  million will replace   
   urgently needed equipment at public radio stations.  One of these is a   
   $20,407 grant to Cumberland  Communities Communications Corporation.  It   
   was awarded on an emergency basis to replace an antenna that suffered   
   catastrophic failure as a result of a lighting strike.  (NTIA Release   
   via RW)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   WORLDBEAT:  CANADIAN SET OCTOBER 16 AND 17   
      
      
   While its short warning, word that the Canadian Section Emergency Test   
   or SET is coming the weekend, October 16 and 17.  Radio Amateurs of   
   Canada says that this is a great opportunity for ARES groups to practice   
   the delivery of assistance to Canadian municipalities and served   
   agencies.  More in formation is on-line at www.rac.ca.  (RAC)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   RADIO TECHNOLOGY:  NEW BLUETOOTH BASED TELE-MEDICAL SYSTEM ANNOUNCED   
      
      
   A telemedicine communications system based on a modified version of the   
   Bluetooth wireless protocol can transfer patient data almost four times   
   as fast as conventional Bluetooth.  This, without intermittent   
   connectivity problems according to a paper in the forthcoming issue of   
   the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics.   
      
      
   A team lead by two researchers at the PSG College of Technology in   
   India, have devised a dedicated embedded system that uses the   
   short-range Bluetooth wireless networking protocol to connect patient   
   data to the network and then on to the healthcare provider.  This avoids   
   the problem of trying to ensure that a viable connection between   
   monitoring devices and the internet or cellular phone network is   
   maintained constantly.   
      
      
   The team has already demonstrated a specific application of this   
   technology.  This one involved the transfer of patient medical images   
   C-T scans to the healthcare provider's personal digital assistant device   
   as an example of how Bluetooth might work for telemedicine.  The team   
   says that tests with these images of approximately 1.5 megabytes can be   
   transferred using their modified Bluetooth system in just 120 seconds,   
   as opposed to the 400 seconds for standard Bluetooth connections.   
   (Science Daily, Science OnLine, others)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   HAM RADIO TECHNOLOGY:  NEW WB4MAK SDR RECEIVER IN ATLANTA GEORGIA   
      
      
   Mack Mc Cormick, WB4MAK, of Atlanta, Georgia, has made available a   
   web-based 80, 40 and 20 meter SDR based receiver.  We gave it a try from   
   the Newsline office.  Its tuning is very responsive and the first   
   station we came across on 20 meters turned out to be a guest operator at   
   the ARRL Headquarters station W1AW in Newington Connecticut.  Take a   
   listen:   
      
      
   -   
      
   SDR audio.  Please download the MP3 version of this newscast at   
   www.arnewsline.org   to hear it.   
      
   -   
      
      
   We also heard W1AW contacting W6RO on board the Queen Mary ocean liner   
   that's docked in Long Beach, California, but due to band conditions, we   
   only heard the W1AW side of the contact.   
      
      
   -   
      
   SDR Audio.  Please download the MP3 version of this newscast at   
   www.arnewsline.org   to hear it.   
      
   -   
      
      
   The WB4MAK SDR receiver can be a handy tool to check out radio   
   propagation to mthe South-Eastern United States by anyone with a hifg   
   speed Internet connection.  You will find it on line at   
   http://wb4mak.com.   (Southgate)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   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)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   PRESERVING THE PAST:  ELECTRONIC ARCHIVING:  YOUR ARCHIVE MIGHT BE   
   FADING - PART II   
      
      
   Last week, Fred Vobbe, W8HDU, reported on a report detailing problems   
   being faced by audio preservationists in keeping alive mans history in   
   sound.  This, as digital files corrupt or simply fade away mainly due to   
   the instability of optical storage media.  In other words CD's and DVD's   
   that many thought would last hundreds of years are starting to loose   
   data in a decade or less.  Now Fred is back to detail the steps that the   
   Library of Congress and other archivists are taking to insure that   
   audios past will not be lost:   
      
      
   -   
      
      
   Audio only.  Please download the MP3 version of this newscast at   
   www.arnewsline.org    to hear it.   
      
      
   -   
      
      
   If you find this topic of interest, much more on it can be found on-line   
   at www.loc.gov.  (W8HDU)   
      
      
   **   
   CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER INAUGURATES HAM STATION   
      
      
   In ham radio space related news word that an amateur radio satellite   
   ground station has been opened at the Challenger Learning Center in   
   Oregon, Ohio.  According to AMSAT North America the station will   
   stimulate students' interest in math and science and will allow the   
   youth oriented to contacts with the the Astronauts and Cosmonauts   
   on-board the International Space Station.   
      
   The Challenger Learning Center will provide lesson plans and activities   
   on amateur radio to go along with the new ground station.  It will also   
   use the system during camps and workshops to demonstrate ham radio   
   contacts to space.   
      
   The Challenger Center in Oregon, Ohio is part of a series of space and   
   science education centers around the world.  The Challenger Center   
   organization is an international, not-for-profit education group that   
   was founded by the families of the astronauts lost during the last   
   flight of the Challenger Space Shuttle in 1986.   
      
   The station came at the Ohio location came on line on Monday October   
   4th.  More is on line at tinyurl.com/29ljn7o  (AMSAT-NA)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  ARISSAT-1 ENROUTE TO RUSSIA   
      
      
   An update on the ARISSat-1 project.  Word from Project Manager, Gould   
   Smith, WA4SXM, that the former Suit-Sat 2 flight package was shipped   
   from Orlando, Florida to the Johnson Space Center in Houston and has   
   arrived.  From there it goes to Russia where will have the Kursk   
   experiment added to the space frame.  It will then be made ready for   
   transport to the International Space Station next January.  Deployment   
   into space should take place during a space walk slated for February of   
   2011.  (ARISS)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   DX   
      
      
   In DX, keep an ear open for Look for W5JON, operating as V47JA, from the   
   Calypso Bay, on St.  Kitts, from October 20th to November 10th.  His   
   hillside location will overlook the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.   
   He plans to be active on 160 through 10 including 60 meters.  QSL to   
   W5JON at his Callbook address.   
      
      
   The planned DXpedition to Jarvis Island has postponed.  The Team has   
   announced that due to the time required to establish the rules for   
   amateur radio operation in the refuge, the last selection date, and the   
   lead time required to schedule and prepare the MV Braveheart, the   
   expedition has been postponed one year until 2011 November.  Leaders say   
   that November remains the best month to visit Jarvis Island from a   
   propagation standpoint, with the largest combination of openings   
   predicted to Europe on both 160 and 80 as well as on the 12 and 10 meter   
   bands.   
      
      
   ON5JV and ON6AK will be active portable EA8 from Tijoco Bajo, on   
   Tenerife Island between November 26th of this year and February 23rd of   
   2011.  Operations will be on 40 through 10 meters during their evenings   
   using CW and SSB.  QSL via their home callsigns, either direct or via   
   the bureau.   
      
      
   PA0RRS is active as 9M2MRS from Penang Island and will be there through   
   April of 2011.  Operations so far has been mainly on 20 and 17 meters   
   CW.  QSL to Richard Smeets, PA0RRS at his Netherlands Callbook address.   
      
      
   VE7RSV, will be operational from Broughton Island during the W/VE   
   Islands Contest on October 23rd and 24th.  His activity will be on all   
   bands using SSB only. QSL direct to VE7RSV at his address on QRZ.com.   
      
      
   Time is running out to work VU3BPZ as AT10BP.  He is the communications   
   manager of the 29th Indian Expedition at the Antarctic Maitri Base   
   station.  He and his team have less than 2 months remaining on the   
   island.  Operations by AT10BP are SSB only and he is usually on the air   
   around 1700 U-T-C somewhere between 14.276 to 14.280 MHz. QSL direct   
   only via I1HYW.   
      
      
   (Above from various DX news sources.)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   THAT FINAL ITEM:  W7ASU BACK ON THE AIR FROM ASU   
      
      
   And finally this week, Arizona State University radio club station W7ASU   
   is back on the air after a long hiatus.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Norm   
   Seeley, KI7UP, has the details.   
      
      
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   W7ASU dates back to the 1930s, and actually is one of Arizona State   
   University's oldest student clubs. According to Nicholas Radtke, KC7MOD,   
   the current president of W7ASU, there was a station on campus, with some   
   breaks, until about 15 years ago. The club=EF=BE's station was in the   
   old Technology Building with two towers and multiple antennas on top of   
   the building. That building is now Psychology North.   
      
   Unfortunately, a series of events contributed to the club=EF=BE's going   
   into limbo. First, through misunderstandings, the towers and antenna   
   were removed and destroyed during two separate re-roofing projects.   
   Second, most of the club members graduated and the advisers retired,   
   leaving no one to lead the group through change. And finally, because of   
   tight space on campus, the club=EF=BE's room was given to an academic   
   department.   
      
   Radtke, who is a doctoral candidate in computer science explained that   
   around 1997, a new group of students revived the club, and sponsored one   
   major event per semester. They would put an antenna on the third-floor   
   balcony of the Student Services Building, with the station out in front.   
   They also tried doing a few events at club members' houses, using their   
   personal ham radio stations. Attendance at these events was abysmal,   
   with a common complaint being that members couldn't get to events off   
   campus.   
      
   In February 2007, the Student Media offered the club space in Matthews   
   Center, and the hams obtained permission to put up a temporary antenna   
   for several events. But the club still needed a permanent antenna to   
   operate, and that was not to be at Matthews Center.   
      
   In June of 2008, University space planners suggested that the club think   
   about using several rooms in the Community Services Building, where they   
   would be able to put up an antenna. Soon after, the family of Richard S.   
   Juvet Jr., WB7CDK, who had been the club=EF=BE's faculty adviser in the   
   1970s and =EF=BE`80s, donated a tower and antenna and other equipment   
   from his estate.   
      
   Now, with its shack set up and a tower in place right beside the   
   Community Services Building, W7ASU is as they say =EF=BE- ready to roll.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, not to far away   
   in Scottsdale, Arizona.   
      
      
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   The club still hopes to keep its room in Matthews Center to set up   
   equipment to remotely control the station in the Community Services   
   Building.  The full story of the rebirth of the Arizona State University   
   radio club station W7ASU is on-line at tinyurl.com/w7asu  (ASU   
   Newsletter)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
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   For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk, I'm Don   
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