Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1809 - April 13 2012   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1809 with a release date of April 13th,   
   2012 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QSTT. Carole Perry, WB2MGP, celebrates a quarter of a   
   century leading educators and youth forums at the Dayton Hamvention, an FCC   
   enforcement in California action may not be what it seems, entry level hams   
   in Belgium to get a power increase on the High Frequency bands and a United   
   States broadcaster pays homage to its oldest and longest listener. Find out   
   who she is on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1809 coming your way   
   right now.   
      
      
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   RADIO CELEBRATION: CAROLE PERRY, WB2MGP TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF SERVING   
   YOUTH AT HAMVENTION 2012   
      
   A true milestone for educator Carole Perry, WB2MGP. This as she celebrates   
   her 25th consecutive year moderating both the Youth Forum and Instructors'   
   Forum at the Dayton Hamvention. Amateur Radio Newsline's Cheryl Lasek,   
   K9BIK, has the rest of the story:   
      
   --   
      
   It all started back in 1987. That's when Carole Perry, WB2MGP, was at the   
   Dayton Hamvention to accept the Radio Amateur of the Year Award. Hamvention   
   planners offered her the opportunity to moderate a forum on "Using Ham Radio   
   in the Classroom." And as Carole tells us, it all grew from there:   
      
   --   
      
   WB2MGP: "Its impossible for me to speak about anything with amateur radio   
   without talking about the fun and the educational validity of including it   
   as a part of a school program.   
      
   "And so we did a forum and then we thought it would be a good idea to teach   
   other people who were interested and who were ham radio operators to include   
   it in the curriculum at their schools or to start it as a club, or if they   
   were lucky enough to do it the way I did it where it became part of the   
   schools regular course and curriculum."   
      
   --   
      
   Prior to WB2MGP bringing ham radio into the classroom and educating teachers   
   on how to work with the hobby, there was little in the way of direction or   
   leadership for young hams. In only a few short years, WB2MGP managed to   
   make the concept of youth in amateur radio a modern day cornerstone in the   
   hobby. This she says is all thanks to the support that emerged over the   
   past quarter century that has as its core the two yearly forums at   
   Hamvention:   
      
   --   
      
   WB2MGP: "It (Ed. youth in amateur radio) really started taking on a life of   
   its own where people got ideas and the sharing of ideas among other   
   educators and people who ran youth groups to incorporate this and expose   
   young people to it.   
      
   "As you know, we've had them as young as 8 years old coming in and just   
   blowing the audience away with their stories of participation in amateur   
   radio."   
      
   --   
      
   2012 is that quarter century point and according to WB2MGP, she intends to   
   mark the occasion in a very special way. And she has a very special   
   invitation for each of you:   
      
   --   
      
   WB2MGP: "If you have never been to the Youth Forum or the Instructors Forum   
   please make it a point to stop by. And I guarantee that if you sit there   
   long enough you are going to be smiling. And knowing who I have speaking   
   this time and this year, it'`s going to be really fabulous."   
      
   --   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK in Zion, Illinois.   
      
   --   
      
   Carole Perry's Instructors Forum takes place on Friday, May 18th from 10:30   
   to 12 noon and her Youth in Amateur Radio Forum is on Saturday May 19th from   
   9:15 a.m to 12:15 p.m. - both Eastern Daylight Time. Even if you can't   
   stay for an entire session please take a moment to drop by and congratulate   
   Carole Perry, WB2MGP, on this quarter century milestone in service to ham   
   radio and her opening the new world of amateur radio to those who will be   
   its next generation and many generations to follow. (ARNewsline(tm))   
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: FCC ISSUES NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO ATV REPEATER OPERATOR   
      
   The FCC has issued a Notice of Violation to a California ham for interfering   
   with FAA radiolocation operations. It also claims he was broadcasting   
   television signals in the 23 centimeter band. But it now appears as if   
   these charges are not what the regulatory agency might want us to believe.   
   Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom with   
   more:   
      
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   Gary Dent, AF6HP, has operated 1 point 2 GHz fast scan amateur television   
   repeaters and beacons for about the past 10 years. One of these was located   
   at the Sunset Ridge radio site 40 miles North East of the city of Los   
   Angeles, California.   
      
   Dent tells Newsline that in February he received a phone call from a person   
   identifying himself as an agent of the FCC's Cerritos California office.   
   The agent told Dent that his AF6HP system on Sunset Ridge was interfering   
   with some newly installed radar system. Dent tells Newsline that he   
   immediately functioned the system off the air and told the agent he would   
   remove the hardware from the hill as soon as road access made it accessible.   
      
   According to Dent a few weeks later he received another call from the same   
   agent informing him that he was again transmitting from the Sunset Ridge   
   location and was to cease these transmissions immediately.   
      
   Dent says that he can only assume that one of the power failures that took   
   place during a severe weather outbreak reset the controller putting the   
   system back on the air in beacon mode. Beacon operation is legal under   
   Section 97.203 of the Amateur Part 97 Rules.   
      
   Wanting to comply with the FCC's request he immediately verified the   
   situation; again remotely turned off the system and has since removed the   
   gear from the site.   
      
   Case closed you would assume? Well if you do you are wrong.   
      
   On March 30th the FCC's District Director of the Los Angeles Office Western   
   Region Enforcement Bureau issued a two prong Notice of Violation to AF6HP.   
   It charges that on February 29, March 2nd, and March 22nd that, in response   
   to an interference complaint from Federal Aviation Administration, an agent   
   of the Enforcement Bureau's Los Angeles Office used direction finding and   
   other investigative techniques to identify transmissions in the 23 cm band.   
   He found them coming from Station AF6HP.   
      
   The Notice of Violation says that the agent observed violations of 97.303(b)   
   which is the interference issue. He also charged Dent with broadcasting   
   under Section 97.113(b). The latter is curious in that AF6HP says that when   
   the system came back on that it was in its default beacon mode. As already   
   noted, beacon operation is legally authorized under FCC Rule 97.203(b).   
   However Section F of the same rule states that a beacon must cease   
   transmissions upon notification by a District Director that the station is   
   operating improperly or causing undue interference to other operations. The   
   beacon may not resume transmitting without prior approval of the District   
   Director. But nowhere in Section 97.203 is the term broadcasting applied to   
   beacon operation.   
      
   Where this matter goes in relation to AF6HP is now up to the FCC. The   
   offending equipment was removed and Dent tells Newsline that it will   
   eventually be re-installed at another site that hopefully will not interfere   
   with FAA or any other radio systems serving the Los Angeles or Riverside   
   areas.   
      
   For the Amateur radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the newsroom   
   in Los Angeles.   
      
   --   
      
   We will definitely keep you posted on this one. (FCC, ARNewsline(tm))   
      
   **   
      
   RESTRUCTURING: BELGIUM ENTRY LEVEL HAMS MAY GET POWER INCREASE   
      
   The UBA which is Belgium's national society reports on plans to allow Belgian   
   Foundation license holders to run 50 watts on the High Frequency bands   
   instead of the cureent 10 watts.   
      
   Belgian Foundation holders are currently permitted 50 watts only on 144 and   
   430 MHz. On bands between 3.5 to 52 MHz the limit is currently 10. The new   
   proposal means these entries level hams would be able to run 50 watts on the   
   H-F and 6 meters as well. The U-B-A says via its website that taking into   
   account the so called 3 dB rule this would permit the use of a standard 100   
   Watt transceiver.   
      
   The full proposal in electronically translated English is on line at   
   tinyurl.com/Belgium50wFoundation. (UBA)   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK 1   
      
   From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard   
   on bulletin stations around the world including the KJ0A repeater serving   
   Maryland Heights Missouri.   
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: NO JAIL TIME FOR FLORIDA UNLICENSED STATION   
      
   The former operator of a Florida-based unlicensed radio station has been   
   spared doing time in whats often called the Grey Bar Hotel. Amateur Radio   
   Newsline's Jim Damron, N8TMW, reports:   
      
   --   
      
   The operator of an unlicensed radio station in the town of Dunbar in Lee   
   County, Florida has agreed to perform 20 hours of community service in lieu   
   of jail time.   
      
   Florida has what it calls an anti pirate radio law and under it Al Knighten   
   had faced up to five years of jail time. However media reports say that the   
   State Attorney charged with prosecuting the case changed course and decided   
   to drop the radio piracy charges.   
      
   Knighten had previously admitted that he had operated "Dunbar Community   
   Radio" illegally out of his Fort Myers home. The FCC accompanied by local   
   police raided Knighten's home last December and took the station off the   
   air.   
      
   Earlier on Knighten told the local press that the licensing process had been   
   too expensive. But in a more recent interview Knighten now says that he and   
   his associates will try to license the station legally now that they have   
   more monetary support.   
      
   From Charleston, West Virginia, I'm Jim Damron, N8tMW, reporting.   
      
   --   
      
   Knighten's obtaining a license for his station might not be as easy as it   
   sounds. This is because the FCC has a policy in place not granting station   
   licenses to anyone who previously ran an unlicensed radio transmitter for   
   broadcast purposes. (RBI)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO LAW: TWO SENATORS ASK FCC TO SAVE LIGHTSQUARED   
      
   The story that never seems to want to die just took a step toward the   
   weirder. This with word that two well known United States senators are   
   asking the FCC to save Lightsquared from oblivion by moving the proposed   
   broadband network to alternative spectrum in an effort to save the troubled   
   company from going under..   
      
   As previously reported, LightSquared has invested billions of dollars in   
   plans for a nationwide 4G network in spectrum directly adjacent to that used   
   by the Global Positioning System or G-P-S. But in February the FCC moved to   
   block the network over concerns that it would interfere with G-P-S devices.   
      
   Now in a letter obtained by the on-line blog The Hill, Democratic senator   
   John Kerry and Republican senator Lindsey Graham have stated their view to   
   FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski that they understand his agency's decision   
   to prevent LightSquared from interfering with GPS devices. But the senators   
   said that instead of putting the company out of business, the FCC should   
   allocate a different block wireless spectrum to LightSquared.   
      
   The two senators did not suggest which block of spectrum the government   
   should set aside for LightSquared to use. The company had previously stated   
   that its needs can only be fulfilled in bandspace in or close to where its   
   infrastructure is right now. (Various news reports)   
      
   **   
      
   RESCUE RADIO: NEW MARS STATION TO BE INSTALLED IN CUMBERLAND FALLS KY   
      
   A new Military Auxiliary Radio System or MARS radio system designed to help   
   emergency communications is to be installed in Kentucky's Cumberland Falls   
   State Park.   
      
   News reports say that the repeater station will be placed atop the park's   
   water tower, to assure a good signal links to the state Emergency Management   
   headquarters in Frankfort. However, on-site testing by local radio amateurs   
   showed that the proposed repeater could likely receive the signal as far   
   south as Knoxville, Tennessee.   
      
   In addition to MARS communications Park official Pam Gibson says the repeater   
   can also be used for weather spotting and to alert the park in the event of   
   emergencies. Gibson noted that the new system will be equipped with an   
   emergency power source to keep it in operation in case of failure of the   
   normal power mains.   
      
   The system should be in operation by this summer. No band or callsign was   
   given in the news press release. Nor was there any explanation of the   
   sharing agreement by MARS and the rest of the ham radio emergency   
   communications community. More is on-line at tinyurl.com/mars-park-repeater   
   (eHam.net, other reports)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO LOCATION: UNITED STATES TV COVERAGE MAPPING FROM NPR LABS   
      
   National Public Radio Labs has introduced its new interactive online mapping   
   system that they say can accurately predict digital versus analog service   
   coverage for both radio and television transmissions. NPR says that this   
   software should help engineers and managers of approximately 3,000 public   
   radio and television broadcast stations and translators to get a better idea   
   as to how their predicted analog and digital coverage on automotive, mobile   
   handheld and indoor receivers. The online system is available for viewing   
   at secure.nprlabs.org/radiotvmapping. (NPR)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO RULES: NZART CHANGES ITS REPEATER LICENSE FEE METHODS   
      
   A decision from the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters will have   
   an impact on several of its branches. Those where repeater and beacon   
   licenses currently held in the name of NZART will be handed back to them.   
      
   The current system of invoicing and renewals means a heavy administrative   
   workload for society's resources at a time when subscription renewals are   
   also being processed. This will mean that this coming November when the   
   individual licenses are up for renewal, each branch will receive the license   
   renewal invoice direct from the government telecommunications regulatory   
   authority. This in turn means that branch secretaries will need to be aware   
   of this and ensure that payment is made by the date due. Failure to do so   
   may result in the license being cancelled.   
      
   Unlike the United States where individual hams own and hold license to   
   repeaters, in many nations it is the national society that is the repeater   
   and beacon licensee. Those hams involved merely build and maintain   
   repeaters. In fact, in some nations these hams are known as repeater   
   keepers rather than as owner operators of such devices.   
   (NZART, ARNewsline)   
      
   **   
      
   HAMVENTION 2012: FORUMS LIST POSTED   
      
   If you have been waiting to find out who will be holding forums at this years   
   Dayton Hamvention, the wait is over. A complete list of this years sessions   
   along with the day, time and room that each will be held in is now available   
   at hamvention.org/forums.php. It again appears to be a loaded schedule so   
   if you will be headed to Hamvention this May be sure to check this list out   
   well in advance. (KE4WLE)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: 6 YEAR OLD BELIEVED TO BE YOUNGEST EVER UK HAM   
      
   Some names in the news. First up is Kayleigh Huntley, who at age 6 is   
   believed to be the youngest person ever to hold a United Kingdom amateur   
   radio license.   
      
   According to the Humber Fortress DX Amateur Radio, Kayleigh passed her   
   Foundation exam at age 5 years and eleven months. The news release from the   
   Humber Fortress club did not however mention Kayleigh's callsign.   
      
   Kayleigh Huntley is the granddaughter of Andy Neilsen G7LRR who is credited   
   with introducing her to the magic world off amateur radio some three years   
   ago. (Southgate)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: VE2NHK NAMED NEW QUEBEC SEC   
      
   Radio Amateurs of Canada has announced that Normand Pitre VE2NHK has been   
   named the new Section Emergency Coordinator for the Quebec Section effective   
   immediately. Pitre recently earned his Radio Amateurs of Canada Certified   
   Emergency Coordinator designation, and resides in the city of Saint Zotique.   
   (RAC, VA2SGL)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: NEW 50 MHz EME DIGITAL SARL DX RECORD   
      
   Derek Gravette, ZS5Y, in Scottburgh, South Africa and established a new 50   
   MHz South Africa Radio League Earth-Moon-Earth record. This, by making   
   contact with Mike Staal, K6MYC, in northern California here in the United   
   States.   
      
   On April 4th, the two completed a QSO on E-M-E using the JT65a digital mode.   
   JT65 was developed by Joe Taylor, K1JT and released in late 2003. It is   
   intended for extremely weak but slowly-varying signals, such as those found   
   on tropo-scatter or of coarse E-M-E paths. (SARL)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: N0BYH GIVEN AWARD FOR AIDING HAM RADIO SCOUTING   
      
   Here in the United States, Tim Arimond, N0BYH, has awarded the Boy Scouts'   
   District Award of Merit. This for his work in promoting amateur radio with   
   the Boy Scouts in the Minneapolis and St Paul area.   
      
   The award recognizes Airmond's extraordinary service to youth that has   
   included instruction to help prepare scouts to take the amateur radio exam   
   as well as his service as a merit badge councilor for Electricity,   
   Electronics, and Radio. It was also noted that he was also one of the adult   
   leaders behind the local K0BSA. (KD0NYS)   
      
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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: FRENCH PREPARE FOR DIGITAL RADIO LAUNCH   
      
   Radio in France is going all digital. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather   
   Butera-Howell, KB3TZD, has the details:   
      
   --   
      
   The French audiovisual regulatory authority known as the CSA has announced   
   that it will launch terrestrial digital radio or DAB this year. It will   
   also deliver authorization to the stations that were pre-selected in 2008.   
      
   The French CSA had issued a call in 2008 for stations that would like to be   
   on the leading edge of the analog to digital conversion. It then chord 55   
   radio stations in Paris and Marseille, as well as around 40 in Nice, but the   
   process then stalled. At that time the CSA said that its goal is to reach   
   50 percent of the French population based on a 2007 law on the modernization   
   of audiovisual broadcasting. But over the years the launch of digital radio   
   in that nation has been constantly postponed due to opposition from larger   
   private broadcasters who complained that the distribution costs were too   
   high.   
      
   Now, the CSA is pulling the plug on lobbying from the broadcast giants and   
   proceeding with the conversion process. At the same time, the CSA would   
   like France to adopt the DAB+ broadcast platform as currently used in   
   Germany, saying it would complement the selected but more expensive T-DMB   
   standard to replace analog radio.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Butera-Howell, KB3TZD, in   
   Berwyck, Pennsylvania.   
      
   --   
      
   There is one downside to France's digital radio switchover. As happened when   
   that nation made the switch to digital television last November, the analog   
   to digital radio change will again mean that French households will be   
   forced to replace all of their in-home and portable radio receivers. (Media   
   Network)   
      
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   WORLDBEAT: SWEDEN SDR HAM-BAND RECEIVER ON THE WEB   
      
   A new online Software Defined Radio located in Sweden and set for reception   
   of the amateur radio 75, 60, 40 and 20 meter bands is now available via the   
   World Wide Web. Located in the city of Mora and is maintained by SM4JLX,   
   the system is made up of three Soft66lite receivers and a band-pass filter.   
   You need both Java and JavaScript enabled for the WebSDR to work properly.   
   You can hear it on-line at tinyurl.com/sweden-sdr. (Southgate)   
      
   **   
      
   WORLDBEAT: NEW IRISH BROADCASTING CHARGE MAY REPLACE TV LICENSE   
      
   Changes appear to be coming to the way televiewers in Ireland get charged for   
   watching T.V. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeff Clark, K8JAC, has the details:   
      
   --   
      
   Ireland's Minister for Communications has confirmed that he is considering a   
   new household broadcasting charge to replace the television licensee fee.   
   Pat Rabbitte told the Dail newspaper that this would not be an additional   
   charge, and would not affect anyone who was already paying their television   
   license.   
      
   Rabbitte agreed that the current funding model was not sustainable in the   
   long run. This was partly because of technological change which meant fewer   
   people were watching on traditional television sets, and partly because of   
   evasion.   
      
   Minister Rabbitte said a working group in his department had concluded that a   
   household broadcasting charge "is a viable model", and those discussions had   
   taken place with the Department of the Environment about accessing a   
   database of households. He said it was mainly younger people who were using   
   devices other than traditional television receivers to access programming.   
      
   I'm Jeff Clark, K8JAC.   
      
   --   
      
   Just how long it might be before Irelands televiewing public sees this change   
   in the way fees are collected is at this time, unknown. (Media Network)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ISS CONTACT TO HISTORIC FLABOB AIRPORT   
      
   A group of students are preparing to talk to an astronaut aboard the   
   International Space Station, but not from a traditional classroom setting.   
   According to ARISS Technical Support Volunteer Clint Bradford, K6LCS, the 10   
   minute live question-and-answer session will take place in hangar 16A at the   
   historic Flabob Airport which is the seventh oldest surviving airport in   
   California.   
      
   The Flabob Airport to the I-S-S contact opportunity is being coordinated by   
   The Tom Wathen Center's Kathy Rohm with technical support provided by K6LCS.   
   The contact is slated to begin at at 10:03 AM Pacific Daylight time on the   
   morning of April 19th and should last for about the usual 10 minutes.   
      
   More is on-line at www.iss-flabob.com (ARISS, K6LCS)   
      
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   RADIO AND SPACE: HAM ASTRONOMER NEEDED DOWN UNDER   
      
   According to APRS pioneer Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, there is need for a Amateur   
   Astronomer who is also a radio amateur in Canberra Australian on June 4th to   
   the 6th. His or her assistance is needed to support a science team of   
   students from the United States to observe the last transit of Venus this   
   century. The Australian ham will essentially provide real-time   
   communications to a second team in Japan to share observations of this   
   historic event. Interested individuals for this historic event, contact   
   WB4APR (at) amsat (dot) org.   
      
   (Southgate)   
      
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   DX   
      
   In DX, EA3OW is now active through May 12th stroke HH8 from Southern Haiti.   
   His operation is limited to only his free time. When he is on listen out   
   for him on 40 through 10 meters using SSB, RTTY and digital modes. QSL via   
   his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct.   
      
   OM3CGN is now active from the Cameroon as TJ6RM until mid-April.   
   His operation is on 40 through 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via OM3CGN.   
      
   Members of the Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitter Society and the 9M4SDX   
   Team will be active 9M0L from Sabah, East Malaysia through April 24th. QSL   
   direct to 9M2TO: 9M0L TEAM PENANG, PO BOX 125 GPO 10710, Penang Island,   
   Malaysia or via the bureau to Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters Society   
      
   DJ9RR will be on the air as S79RR from Mahe Island between May 15th and the   
   23rd. Activity will be holiday style on 40 through 10 meters   
   using CW and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign, direct, via the bureau or using   
   Logbook of the World.   
      
   Members of the Jersey Contest Group will be active as GJ2A from the Isle of   
   Jersey during the Radio Society of Great Britaians' Islands on the Air   
   Contest. This event taking place on July 28th and 29th. QSL direct to   
   GJ3DVC or electronically using Logbook of the World.   
      
   G3ZAY and M0VFC are planning to be active as ZD9UW from Tristan da Cunha   
   possibly in September but nothing yet is confirmed. More details should   
   soon be forthcoming at www.zd9uw.org.uk.   
      
   ON4LO will be active as 5P4LO from Romo Island between April 15th and the   
   20th. His operation will be on 10 to 80 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK.   
   QSL via ON4LO, direct or via the bureau.   
      
   Lastly, JH4VUC will once again be operational from Saipan using the callsign   
   WH0VU through April 21st. Activity will be on all H-F bands using all modes.   
   QSL direct to his home callsign.   
      
   **   
      
   THAT FINAL ITEM: KDKA HONORS ITS LONGEST LISTENER   
      
   And finally this week, a famed radio station has honored its lifelong   
   listener. Representatives from Pittsburgh's KDKA broadcasting did so when   
   they recently visited 106 year old Lucy Treccase.   
      
   Created by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation KDKA AM is often called the   
   first commercial station in the United States. Treccase claims that she   
   remembers hearing KDKA's inaugural broadcast of the presidential election   
   results on November 2nd, 1920 between Warren Harding and James Cox.   
      
   At the gathering Ms. Trecasse was interviewed by KDKA radio's Larry Richert   
   and KDKA-TV's Dennis Bowman. Richert and Bowman also presented her with a   
   specially engraved plaque. It reads to: "Lucy Treccase - In Honor of   
   Decades of Listenership; November 2, 1920 to the present."   
      
   More on this rather heart-warming story is on-line at   
   tinyurl.com/kdka-oldest-listener. And you have to admit that this is a nice   
   way to end this weeks newscast.   
      
   (RW)   
      
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   Specifically noted are the launch of ham radios first satellite, OSCAR 1 on   
   December 12, 1961 and the launch of OSCAR 2 on June 2, 1962.   
      
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   W2JKD, saying 73 and we thank you for listening.   
      
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