Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1824 - July 27 2012   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1824 with a release date of July 27 2012   
   to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a Q-S-T. The International Amateur Radio Union to vote on   
   admitting two new members; Solar Cycle 24 heats up with a massive East coast   
   VHF band opening; the London 2012 Olympics ham radio stations take to the   
   air and four new ham radio CubeSats go skyward. Find out the details are   
   on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1824 coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   HAM POLITICS: IARU VOTING ON TWO PROPOSED NEW MEMBERS   
      
   The International Amateur Radio Union could have two new members before years   
   end. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Butera-Howell, KB3TZD, is here with   
   the details:   
      
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   The Federation of Radio Sport of Azerbaijan or FRSA and the St. Vincent &   
   Grenadine Amateur Radio Club are being proposed for membership in the   
   International Amateur Radio Union.   
      
   The FRSA based in Baku. It so far has 50 members. The St. Vincent &   
   Grenadine Amateur Radio Club has 21 members. Both have made their proposals   
   through IARU Region 2 for membership.   
      
   The International Amateur Radio Union Calendar notes that the groups have   
   declared that they can satisfy the requirements of the IARU Constitution and   
   Bylaws. As such, their proposed membership has been put up to the vote by   
   all International Amateur Radio Union member societies who have until   
   November 1st to cast a ballot.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Butera-Howell, KB3TZD, near   
   Berwick, Pennsylvania.   
      
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   Meantime, Jim Linton, VK3PC reports on two International Amateur Radio Union   
   member certifications that have been rescinded. Linton says that despite a   
   request, no proof has been provided that the former PNGARS of Papua New   
   Guinea and BARTS in Burma or Myanmar still exist and have been withdrawn   
   from membership. (VK3PC)   
      
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   VHF DX: BIG VHF OPENING ALONG THE EAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL USA   
      
   They are calling it one of the best VHF band openings since the late 1950's.   
   This as hams along the Eastern seaboard and South-Central states report what   
   appears to be both a tropospheric duct and some double-hop E layer skip that   
   permitted QSO's from Vermont south to Tennessee and Texas on bands as high   
   as 220 MHz on Tuesday, July 24th.   
      
   One interesting report came to us from Kevin Duplantis, W4KEV. He says that   
   at about 5:30 pm EST in Knoxville, Tennessee that he was tuning around the   
   FM broadcast band when he stopped on WRJK 106.7. That's when he heard a   
   commercial that seemed out of place so he kept listening. It turned out   
   that instead of WRJK he was hearing a station identifying as 106.7 the   
   Wizard, Burlington, Vermont. After a number of fades happened and the   
   Vermont station came back so strong that it totally wiping out the local   
   Knoxville station that was only 15 miles away.   
      
   At that point W4KEV reports that he took to the 2 meter band where he made   
   what he describes as a ton of contacts into the northeast and southeast and   
   Canada. Some well over 1000 miles distant. He then switched to the 222 MHz   
   band where he noted a definite E-skip opening that lasted a solid half hour.   
   During this time he hears Canadian stations make contact with the lower   
   parts of Alabama and Mississippi.   
      
   W4KEV hays that they do not get many tropo openings in his area so this was a   
   thrill to say the least.   
      
   Meantime the dxworld.com Propagation Logger for 2 meters shows several likely   
   record breaking contacts in sheer numbers if nothing else. By way of   
   example, Mike Larsen, KC0CF in Stanhope, Iowa posted that he worked 32   
   stations from Florida to Virginia during the opening and his report was just   
   one of many.   
      
   In all, it appears as if July 24th, 2012, is one that will go down in the VHF   
   and UHF record books and operators world wide are hoping its only a   
   precursor of what may be still soon to come in DX in the world above 50 MHz.   
   (ARNewsline(tm), 2 Meter Prop Logger)   
      
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   RADIOSPORTS: 2O12L AND 2O12W ON THE AIR TO COMMEMORATE THE LONDON OLYMPICS   
      
   The 2012 Summer Olympics are on the ham radio airwaves. On Wednesday, July   
   25th, two special event call signs were activated in the United Kingdom to   
   celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Take a listen:   
      
   --   
      
   Audio of Opening: "Many thanks for you coming along to the opening   
   ceremonies of 2O12L. This is the special event call sign of the Cray Valley   
   Radio Society to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games."   
      
   --   
      
   As previously reported here on Newsline, 2O12L will operate from London,   
   while 2O12W was to take to the ham bands from Barry in Wales. Both stations   
   will be on the air through August 12th for the games themselves and will   
   continue operations through September 9th.   
      
   Updates on both operations will be available on the Twitter social networking   
   site using the screen names of @2012L and @GW0ZANA respectively. Organizers   
   hope to make 80,000 or more contacts during the time that 2O12L and 2O12W   
   are on the air. (RSGB, Audio bite from YouTube)   
      
      
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   BANDSHARING: THE AMERICAN UHF WOODPECKER STRIKES AGAIN   
      
   Its yakety-yak time on the 70 centimeter band near San Diego, California.   
   This as a new radio system takes to the air on a military base. Amateur   
   Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennent, K6PZW, has the rest of the story:   
      
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   Southern California's Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club reports that it recently   
   began receiving a random ticking interference superimposed over weak   
   incoming signals on its 440.600 MHz repeater inputs channel. Club members   
   have tentatively located the signal as originating at the nearby Marine   
   Corps Camp Pendleton.   
      
   It now appears as if the base has deployed a number of Enhanced Position   
   Location Reporting System radios, or EPLRS devices that use the entire 420   
   to 450 MHz band in a spread spectrum mode. As hams share the 420 to 450 MHz   
   band with the U.S. Government, and the government has priority its likely   
   that the Fallbrook ham community will likely have to live with the problem   
   until such time as the devices are turned off, if that ever occurs.   
      
   Hams are secondary users in the 420 to 450 MHz band and must accept any and   
   all interference from those designated as primary users. Also, the amateur   
   community must not in any way interfere with the operations of those   
   assigned as primary users. In this case the United States military.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.   
      
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   According to the Southgate News, it's believed that at least two dozen EPLRS   
   systems are slated for deployment or are already deployed across the   
   continental United States as well as in Alaska and on Hawaii. (CGC,   
   Southgate)   
      
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   RADIO REGULATION: VANITY CALL SIGN FEE TO INCREASE BY 80 CENTS   
      
   The price of a Vanity ham radio callsign is going up. On July 20th the FCC   
   announced that the cost of a set of amateur radio vanity call letters will   
   increase 80 cents to $15 for a 10 year license term. That works out to 8   
   cents a year for anyone applying for or renewing a Vanity ham radio call.   
   The new fee goes into affect 30 days after notice of the increase is   
   published in the Federal Register. As we go to air, that publication is   
   still pending. (FCC)   
      
   **   
      
   RADIO REGULATION: FCC PROPOSES RE-EVALUATING ITS FEE SYSTEM   
      
   The FCC wants to overhaul its entire regulatory fee system and is asking for   
   public input on that effort through MD Docket 08-65.   
      
   According to the agency, extensive changes have occurred in the   
   communications marketplace since its current system for assessing and   
   collecting regulatory fees for all of the entities it regulates was enacted   
   in 1994. Commissioner Robert McDowell calls the reform long overdue, adding   
   that the agency should update its fee structure to ensure that they are   
   levied not only in a fiscally prudent manner, but in a nondiscriminatory and   
   competitively neutral way.   
      
   Comments to MD Docket 08-65 are due 30 days after publication in the Federal   
   Register. What impact such a re-evaluation might have on regulatory fees   
   imposed on radio amateurs is impossible to assess at this time. (FCC, RW)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: 4 CUBSATS TAKE THEIR FIRST STEPTS TOWARD ORBIT   
      
   Japan's HTV-3 cargo vessel carrying five satellites blasted off on an H-IIB   
   rocket to the International Space Station in the early hours of Saturday,   
   July 21st. Onboard were four amateur radio CubeSats, along with a   
   scientific satellite known as Raiko. The ham radio birds are the F-1,   
   We-Wish, FitSat-1 and TechEdSat CubeSats.   
      
   By way of background The F-1 CubeSat carries a pair of Yaesu VX-3R handheld   
   transceivers to provide communications on 145.980 MHz and 437.485 MHz FM   
   using AX.25 packet radio data.   
      
   FITSAT-1 is an optical communications experiment that as previously reported   
   will attempt to write Morse Code across the night sky, although only when in   
   range of Japan. It will also transmit CW on 437.250 MHz, FM AX.25 data on   
   437.445 MHz and high speed data on 5840.00 MHz.   
      
   We-Wish will transmit on 437.505 MHz FM AX.25 data while TechEdSat will   
   transmit on 437.465 MHz and will also communicate via the Iridium and   
   Orbcomm satellite phone networks. This is a first for a CubeSat.   
      
   The CubeSats will remain on the International Space Station until September.   
   Thats when they will be deployed to orbit by Japan astronaut Akihiko   
   Hoshide, KE5DNI, using the ISS robot arm. And we will have more ham radio   
   space related news later on in this week's Amateur Radio Newsline report.   
   (AMSAT)   
      
      
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   From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard   
   on bulletin stations around the world including the W9AA Hamfesters Amateur   
   Radio Club Net serving Bridgeview Illinois.   
      
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: ALASKA CB OPERATOR ISSUED PROPOSED $12500 FINE   
      
   The FCC has issued a $12,500 Notice of Apparent Liability to Monetary   
   Forfeiture to Glenn S. Yamada, of Kenai, Alaska. This based on allegations   
   that he essentially operated his C-B station in a manner that interfered   
   with international aviation traffic. Amateur Radio Newsline's Norm Seeley,   
   KI7UP, has the details:   
      
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   This story goes back to last January. Thats when the FCC received a   
   complaint regarding interference to an authorized user on 21.964 MHz in the   
   aeronautical band. According to the regulatory agency, the problem   
   concerned a male subject talking and interfering with the control and   
   monitoring of air traffic over the North Atlantic.   
      
   The FCC's High Frequency Direction Finding Center was called into action. On   
   January 31, its operators observed a subject matching the details of the   
   compliant transmitting on 21.965 MHz using the call sign 1600 Alaska. Of   
   even more interest, the actual operating frequency was 27.025 better known   
   as CB channel 6. Direction finding techniques placed the transmissions were   
   coming from Kenai, Alaska. Subsequently, an agent from the FCC's   
   Enforcement Bureau in Anchorage used direction finding techniques and found   
   the source of the interfering signal to be coming from the residence of one   
   Glenn S. Yamada.   
      
   The agent, accompanied by an officer from the Kenai Police Department,   
   inspected Yamada's station on February 6th. At that time the agent found a   
   non-certificated CB transmitter and a linear amplifier as part of Yamada's   
   CB station. During questioning, Yamada admitted to the agent that the   
   linear amplifier was capable of generating a power output level of 200   
   watts. The agent observed that the transmitter and the linear amplifier   
   were connected to a transmission cable and ultimately to the directional   
   antenna in the back of Yamada's residence. Yamada told the agent that this   
   was his hobby setup and that he had been operating it for the last several   
   weeks using the made up call of 1600 Alaska.   
      
   Now, in its July 14th finding authorizing the proposed $12,500 fine, the FCC   
   says that Yamada apparently willfully and repeatedly violated Section 301   
   of the Communications Act of 1934 and Sections 95.409(a) and 95.411(a)(1)   
   and (b) of the FCC Rules. This by operating his CB radio without requisite   
   Commission authorization. In simpler terms, it means that his station   
   equipment was not FCC certified and he was running power in excess of the   
   maximum allowed on the 11 meter band.   
      
   And when it issued the Notice of Apparent Liability, the regulatory agency   
   also stated that given the public safety concerns of the violations that it   
   was directed Yamada to submit a statement signed under penalty of perjury   
   confirming whether he is still engaged in CB operations. If so, he is to   
   state whether he is using a certified CB transmitter. Also, to certify that   
   he has not attached any linear amplifiers to his CB station." Yamada must   
   submit this statement to the FCC Office in Anchorage no later than August   
   17th. That's the same day when payment of the $12,500 Notice of Apparent   
   Liability is also due.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, in Scottsdale,   
   Arizona.   
      
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   As is usual in these cases, Yamada was given the customary 30 days from   
   issuance of the proposed fine to file an appeal. (FCC)   
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: FCC PROPOSES A PAIR OF BROADCAST TOWER RELATED FINES   
      
   The FCC levied two unrelated fines for tower violations. In the first   
   action, the agency says that Equity Communications, licensee of WCMC AM   
   located in Wildwood, New Jersey failed to enclose its tower in a locked   
   fence.   
      
   In issuing the proposed $17,000 fine, the FCC noted that during an inspection   
   in 2011, agents with the Philadelphia Enforcement Bureau determined the   
   tower was in a residential neighborhood but what it called the remnants of a   
   fence would not restrict access to it. At a later date when they   
   re-inspected, the agents found the fence in the same condition. As such,   
   the FCC has proposed a the to fine for the ongoing infraction.   
      
   The other case involves JMK Communications, which was fined $7,000 for not   
   having a locked fence around the four-tower array for WPWC AM in Dumfries,   
   Virginia. The FCC says that during an inspection in 2011, the Enforcement   
   Bureau agents found no fencing around the base of one structure and only   
   partial fencing around the base of the other three. There was also no   
   perimeter fence around the property, according to the commission.   
      
   In this matter the FCC has proposed a $7,000 fine. It has also directed the   
   licensee to submit a sworn statement telling the commission the broadcaster   
   is now in compliance with the tower regulations.   
      
   Both companies were given the customary 30 days from the date the Notices of   
   Apparent Liability were issued to pay or file a response. (FCC)   
      
   **   
      
   ENFORCEMENT: FCC LEVIES $55000 FINES TO UNLICENSED FLORIDA BROADCASTERS   
      
   The FCC issued a total of $55,000 in proposed fines to three men whom it says   
   operated unlicensed broadcast station in the state of Florida. Amateur   
   Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is here with more:   
      
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   In the first two cases, the regulatory agency alleges that Michael Downer and   
   Damian Allen operated an unauthorized station together on the FM broadcast   
   band in the city of Pompano Beach. According to the FCC, it used direction   
   finding techniques to trace a signal to an FM transmitting antenna located   
   atop the storage room of a commercial property.   
      
   The property owner told agents he rented the space to Downer and Allen. The   
   owner called Downer and handed the phone to an agent. Shortly thereafter   
   the other renter, Damian Allen, came and removed the equipment.   
      
   Now its tike to pay the piper. While the base fine for operating an   
   unauthorized station is $10,000 per person, the FCC proposed a $20,000 fine   
   for Downer and Allen each. This is because the commission had previously   
   issued several Notices of Unlicensed Operation to both men for operating   
   unlicensed stations from other Florida locations. The FCC says that the   
   fact that they continued operating constitutes a deliberate disregard for   
   the commission's rules.   
      
   In the third case, the commission has proposed a $15,000 fine against   
   McArthur Bussey. This for operating an unlicensed station on 89.1 MHz in   
   the city of Fort Lauderdale.   
      
   In this matter the agents not only traced the signal to a residence leased by   
   Bussey but also found a fan page on Facebook ad for the illegal station and   
   a picture that matched Bussey's Florida driver's license photo. The domain   
   name for a website: www.891radio.net, was found to be registered to Bussey's   
   residence.   
      
   Bussey's fine was also over the $10,000 base amount because the Miami Office   
   of the Enforcement Bureau had previously issued a Notice of Unlicensed   
   Operation to him for operating an unlicensed station on the same frequency   
   from a different Florida location.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the newsroom   
   in Los Angeles.   
      
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   All three have the customary 30 days from the date the fines were proposed to   
   pay them or to file appeals. (FCC)   
      
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   HAM HAPPENINGS: PERMANENT AMATEUR STATION AT THE OLD BETHANY OHIO VOA RELAY   
   STATION   
      
   Ohio's West Chester Amateur Radio Club has set up a working ham radio station   
   at the closed down Voice of America relay station in Bethany Ohio. A   
   temporary, single position has been activated in the VOA building. It is   
   connected to a temporary trailer mounted beam antenna.   
      
   The Bethany site is located not far from Dayton Ohio. According to the club   
   website, more funding is needed to complete the project. Information about   
   this project can be found on-line at www.wc8voa.org. The history of the   
   Voice of America Bethany Relay Station is at www.voamuseum.org. (KC9VZA)   
      
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   HAM HAPPENINGS: EMCOMM EAST POSTPONED TO 2013   
      
   The EmComm East emergency communications conference will not be held in 2012.   
   According to an announcement from the Board of Directors for Monroe County   
   ARES which hosts the event, they have decided to postpone EmComm East until   
   the fall 2013 due to circumstances beyond their control..   
      
   According to their news release the group is running into a fist-full of   
   scheduling conflicts that are making it difficult to plan an emergency   
   communications conference that is of the same quality as the past   
   conferences that they have hosted in years past. This is because they have   
   several competing events in the region that will significantly take away   
   from normal attendance. Also their call for programs did not have enough   
   responses to fill all of the slots needed for this year's conference.   
      
   Monroe County New York ARES says that it will be announcing its plans for   
   2013 early next January. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to   
   contact them by e-mail to info (at) emcommeast (dot) org or simply keep an   
   eye on www.emcommeast.org for updates. (Monroe County ARES Inc.)   
      
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   CHANGING OF THE GUARD: LEGENDARY HAWAII VHF - UHF EXPERIMENTER LAID TO   
   REST IN CALIFORNIA   
      
   Hawaii's legendary VHF/UHF experimenter Paul Lieb, KH6HME, has been laid to   
   rest following a Catholic Mass on Saturday, July 21st. The service was   
   attended by Lieb's family, friends, and several dozen ham radio operators.   
   Many of the latter were members of California's San Bernardino Microwave   
   Society of which Lieb was a long time member. A number of the radio   
   amateurs drove many hours to attend the service.   
      
   According to his longtime friend Gordon West, WB6NOA, Lieb's ham radio   
   activities played a major part in the memorial service. This included the   
   front cover of a written remembrance program showing KH6HME at the Mona Loa   
   beacon site door that was etched with visiting ham radio call signs. Below   
   his name was his KH6HME call.   
      
   At the end of the Mass, each of the 6 candles surrounding Lieb were   
   extinguished one-by-one. West says that this signified the end of an era   
   when Paul would head for the 8200 foot site on the Mona Loa Volcano. From   
   there he would switch from beacon mode to voice and CW , and complete the   
   2500 mile path on every VHF and UHF band from 6 meters up through 5 GHz .   
      
   KH6HME was buried at the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange, California. West   
   says that the very last line of the memorial program read - and we quote:   
   "He will never be forgotten, and his beacon will continue to delight and   
   amaze us all. 73 Paul. "   
      
   As reported last week, Paul Lieb, KH6HME passed away on Sunday night July   
   15th while visiting his sister and other relatives on the U.S. mainland.   
   (WB6NOA)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: BAOFENG REPEATER TO THE EDGE OF SPACE   
      
   Spanish radio hams have used two low cost handheld FM transceivers to build a   
   cross-band repeater which they then launched to the edge of space on a high   
   altitude balloon. The radios used in the experiment were identified as   
   Luther TL-44 but appear identical to the popular Baofeng UV-3R available on   
   E-Bay from many online dealers world-wide at a cost of between $30 to $45   
   each.   
      
   The balloon flight lasted 2 hours 44 minutes during which 179 contacts were   
   made. The furthest was over a distance of 670 km. You can read the entire   
   story in electronically translated English at tinyurl.com/Baofeng-Repeater   
   (G6UIM)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: KE5DAR TO BE ON-ORBIT DJ AUGUST 3   
      
   NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, KE5DAR, will play Disk Jockey in space on Friday,   
   August 3rd. That's when he will do a live remote from the International   
   Space Station as a part of a two-hour music and talk show to be streamed   
   over Internet station Third Rock Radio.   
      
   Third Rock Radio is calling this outing "The Joe Show." It describes it as a   
   blend of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and art.   
      
   For those not aware, Third Rock Radio is a project of Houston, Texas radio   
   veterans. It is produced under a NASA Space Act Agreement with RFC Media.   
      
   The "Joe Show" is mainly aimed at younger Americans. It can be heard as an   
   audio stream at ThirdRockRadio.net with Acaba's appearance beginning at 4   
   p.m. Eastern time, as we said, on Friday, August 3rd. (Third Rock Radio)   
      
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   ON THE AIR: HONEYMOON TRIP TO MARITIUS IN SEPTEMBER   
      
   On the air, Alex Landi, IW5ELA, says that he will be on the air stroke 3B8   
   from hotel Le Cannonier on Maritius between September 6th and the 12th.   
   This as a part of an extended honeymoon trip with his wife Michela that will   
   take them through Corsica, Mongolia, Finland and Africa. From Maritius his   
   operation will be on 20, 17, 15 and 12 meters using CW and SSB. Because of   
   the nature of this trip all operation is holiday style. QSL via his home   
   callsign either direct or via the bureau. And less we forget, the couple   
   does have a web page. You can visit it on-line at honeymoonafrica2012 (dot)   
   jimdo (dot) com. (OPDX)   
      
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   ON THE AIR: WORK PROGRESSES ON NEW TRANS-ATLANTIC 2 METER BEACON   
      
   A new trans-Atlantic 2 meter propagation beacon is well on its way to   
   becoming a reality. RSGB news reader Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has the latest:   
      
   --   
      
   Brian, WA1ZMS, is making the final preparations to ship the GB3WGI 144MHz   
   transatlantic beacon transmitter over to Northern Ireland.   
      
   Thanks to the kind donation of antenna parts and clamps from G4CQM at   
   Powabeam Antennas, beacon keeper Gordon, GI6ATZ, is in the process of   
   building the antenna system for the beacon, and installing the emergency   
   shutdown system. It is hoped to have the beacon up and running before the   
   end of the year.   
      
   Im Jeramy Boot, G4NJH, in Nottingham.   
      
   --   
      
   Once the beacon is placed into service it will act as a marker to tell hams   
   in the America's when a 2 meter path is open to the UK and possibly beyond.   
   (GB2RS)   
      
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   DX   
      
   In DX, F4EZG will be active between September 1st and the 3rd from Madagascar   
   as 5R8VE. Operations will only be on 20 and 15 meters. QSL via F4EZG.   
      
   EA2BD will be active from Malta as 9H3BD until July 30th. His operations are   
   low power on 20 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home EA2BD callsign.   
      
   WB6OJB is on the air from Botswana as A25JB through the end of July. He can   
   be heard on 40 through 10 meters using mostly SSB with some CW. Again, QSL   
   this station also direct to his WA6JOB home callsign.   
      
   JJ2NYT will be active as stroke FK from Grande Terre New Caladonia between   
   July 29th and August 2nd. His operation will be on 40 through 10 meters   
   using CW, SSB and RTTY. Like the last two, QSL this one also via his home   
   callsign.   
      
   G3SWH will activate the special callsign M0RSE on CW only over the weekend of   
   August 18th and 19th. As you might expect, this is a CW only operation with   
   QSOs to be uploaded to Logbookof the World immediately after the weekend   
   operation concludes. Special QSLs will be available via the bureau or   
   direct with Self Addressed Envelope and adequate return postage or even via   
   the traditional bureau route.   
      
   Lastly, members of the Gemilang Amamteur Radio Club and the Mediterraneo DX   
   Club will team-up to sponsor a DXpedition to Brunei. The multi-national   
   team will be on the air as V-84-S-M-D between November 11th and the 23rd.   
   Operations will be on 160 through 10 meters, including the 30, 17 and 12   
   meter bands. Modes to be supported are CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via IK2VUC,   
   direct or via the bureau.   
      
   Above from various DX news sources   
      
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   THAT FINAL ITEMS: WIND FARMS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE WARMING   
      
   And finally this week, word that's what some call green power might not be so   
   green after all. Amateur Radio Newsline's Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, reprts:   
      
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   Research in the United States has shown that large wind turbine farms used to   
   generate so-called green power might have a warming effect on the local   
   climate, and there-by casting a shadow over the long-term sustainability of   
   wind power.   
      
   Its been long believed that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from   
   burning fossil fuels contribute to the so-called global warming effect.   
   Some scientists believe this could lead to the melting of glaciers, sea   
   level rise, crop failure and other devastating effects. So in an effort to   
   cut such emissions, many nations are moving towards cleaner energy sources   
   such as wind power.   
      
   Now, researchers at the State University of New York at Albany have analyzed   
   over the period 2003 to 2011 the satellite data of areas around large wind   
   farms in Texas, where four of the world's largest farms are located,. The   
   results, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, showed a warming   
   trend of up to 0.72 degrees Celsius per decade in areas over the farms.   
   This as compared with nearby regions without the farms.   
      
   The study attributed this warming primarily to wind farms. It says that the   
   temperature change could be due to the effects of the energy expelled by   
   farms and the movement and turbulence generated by turbine rotors. It   
   concluded that these changes, if spatially large enough, may have noticeable   
   impacts on local to regional weather and climate. That said, the   
   researchers say that more studies are needed at different locations and for   
   longer periods, before any firm conclusions could be drawn.   
      
   Previous research in 2010 by other U.S. scientists found wind farms could   
   make the nights warmer and days cooler in their immediate vicinity, but   
   those effects could be minimized by changing turbines rotor design or by   
   building the farms in areas with high natural climatic turbulence.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Cheryl Lasek, K9BIK, in Zion, Illinois.   
      
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   According to the Global Wind Energy Council in 2011 the world's wind farms   
   had the capacity to produce 238 gigawatts of electricity at any one time.   
   That was a 21 percent rise over 2010 and capacity and is expected to reach   
   nearly 500 gigawatt by the end of 2016 as more, and bigger wind farms are   
   built. More on this story is on-line at   
   http://tinyurl.com/wind-farm-warming. (UK Telegraph, CS Monitor, Forbes,   
   others)   
      
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