Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1841 - November 23 2012   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1841 with a release date of November 23,   
   2012 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QST. Hams in China develop a new digital protocol based   
   on their own written language while mystery signals are being heard on the   
   High Frequency bands coming from that nation. Find out the details are on   
   these stories and more on Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1841   
   coming your way right now.   
      
      
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   EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: NEW CHINESE DATA MODE CP-16 ANNOUNCED   
      
   China makes news again this week with word that hams in that nation have   
   developed their own new data mode. One based on characters in the Chinese   
   alphabet. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, has the details:   
      
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   Up until now, most amateur radio data modes have been based around the   
   English alphabet. The problem is that does not work well for languages that   
   are built around graphic characters rather than letters. Because of this   
   the Chinese Radio Amateurs Club has been working since 2011 on a project to   
   develop a new data mode called CP-16, which stands for Chinese character   
   Pattern of 16 x 16 dot-matrixes.   
      
   To achieve the goal of allowing easy communication at very low signal to   
   noise ratio, CP-16 is designed to directly transmit the graphic image of   
   Chinese a character one line at a time at about 10 milliseconds per line but   
   adjustable according to propagation and other conditions. This makes the   
   total transmission speed of 2 to 5 characters per second, which is suitable   
   for real-time reading.   
      
   To make the system work, CP-16 uses 16 on-off keyed audio carriers spaced at   
   17 Hz intervals, with the total bandwidth under 400 Hz. A CP-16 message can   
   be received by any Software Defined Receiver or the combination of an   
   ordinary SSB receiver and a computer equipped with any type of S-D-R audio   
   analyzing software that produces the traditional waterfall display. The   
   text will be directly shown on the waterfall graph. Designers say that the   
   human brain can then easily filter out all sorts of noise and correctly pick   
   out the character.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.   
      
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   A paper on the work was presented by the Chinese Radio Amateurs Club to the   
   International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 conference held recently in   
   Vietnam. It can be seen at tinyurl.com/CP16-data. (IARU Region 3)   
      
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   INTRUDER WATCH: MYSTERY CHINESE SIGNALS BEING HEARD ON HF BANDS   
      
   Wolfgang Hadel, DK2OM, who is the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System coordinator   
   reports that there are some strange signals coming from China and making   
   their homes on various parts of the Amateur Service spectrum. DK2OM says   
   that since October 25th hams have been hearing from mysterious signals on 7,   
   14, 21 and 21.010 MHz. He notes that they are also audible in the shortwave   
   spectrum at 15, 18, 19 and 20 MHz as well.   
      
   DK2OM says that initially the A3E signals sounded like grunt or cow mooing.   
   Now reports are that thy have become very strong multi-tone signals with a   
   carrier and both sidebands and heard every morning. He speculates that this   
   night become kind of special kind of encrypted broadcast or a new generation   
   of Over the Horizon radar but at the moment its actual purpose is unknown.   
      
   For further details visit www.iarums-r1.org/ and look under "Latest Intruder   
   News". There you can also find a link to a recording of this new intruder to   
   the High Frequency bands. (IARU-R1)   
      
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   INTRUDER WATCH: RUSSIAN TAXIS ON 15 METERS   
      
   And here's a rather strange one. A taxi dispatch system seems to have set up   
   shop on 15 Meters in Russia. This as DK2OM confirms a report of a taxi   
   company in the Russian Federation is transmitting FM around the clock on   
   21.404.2 MHz. He says you can often hear a female voice organizing the   
   business. (IARU-R1)   
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE: NASA PHONESAT COMING SOON TO HAM RADIO   
      
   Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center have built the most affordable ham   
   band satellite to date. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD, has   
   the details:   
      
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   The $3,500 orbital device is a cubesat the size of a coffee cup that uses an   
   off-the-shelf Nexus One smartphone as a central processor and an inexpensive   
   off the shelf radio for communications with the ground.   
      
   Called PhoneSat 1, the tiny bird is scheduled to launch by the end of this   
   year. Once on-orbit it will transmit back photos of Earth on an amateur   
   radio band for 10 days, or until the battery dies.   
      
   Subsequent iterations will be capable of much more. For example, PhoneSat   
   2.0 will have a two-way S-band radio transponder which most satellites use   
   to communicate with the ground and solar panels for extended life.   
      
   More on PhoneSat 1 is on-line at tinyurl.com/phonesat-one. An overview of   
   the entire NASA PhoneSat mission can be found at   
   tinyurl.com/phone-sat-project. At airtime, exact operating frequencies for   
   these tiny birds has not been announced.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, near Berwick,   
   Pennsylvania.   
      
   --   
      
   We will have more space related ham radio news later on in this weeks   
   newscast. (CGC, W7RNA, AI9Q)   
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: US AND MEXICO JOIN FORCES TO COUNTER CROSS BORDER TRAFFICKING   
   OF STOLEN MOBILE DEVICES   
      
   Its going to get a lot harder to activate a stolen smart prone or other   
   broadband device in both the United States or Mexico. Amateur Radio   
   Newsline's Norm Seeley, KI7UP, has the details:   
      
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   FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has announced the signing of a new bilateral   
   agreement with Mexican Communications Under-Secretary Hector Olavarria   
   Tapia. This to combat the theft and cross-border trafficking of mobile   
   devices between the United States and Mexico.   
      
   The agreement builds further on the FCC's `PROTECTS Initiative', and the   
   recent participation of U.S. and Mexican mobile providers in an   
   international stolen device database. This database will prevent mobile   
   devices stolen in U.S. cities from being re-activated in Mexico, and stolen   
   Mexican devices being re-activated in the U.S. market. U.S. carriers were   
   able to join the database from October 31st.   
      
   But it does not end there. The agreement also commits the FCC and Mexico's   
   Secretariat of Communications and Transport to extend their inter-agency   
   cooperation to crack down on the international trafficking of stolen mobile   
   devices through a series of new action steps using technology and   
   transparency. Among other measures, Chairman Genachowski and   
   Under-Secretary Olavarr=EDa agreed that the respective agencies will closely   
   track, analyze, and report progress in preventing mobile device theft.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, in Scottsdale,   
   Arizona.   
      
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   Both the United States and Mexican telecommunications agencies will also   
   develop and share best practices with respect to theft prevention and   
   consumer education. (FCC)   
      
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   BREAK 1   
      
   From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard   
   on bulletin stations around the world including the KM6DF repeater serving   
   Santa Maria, California   
      
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   RESCUE RADIO: DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS WANT HEARING ON HURRICANE SANDY COMMS   
   FAILURES   
      
   A group of top Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee is   
   calling for a hearing to be held on the effect Hurricane Sandy had on the   
   reliability of Internet, mobile, telephone and other communications   
   networks. This after the massive storm whipped across the East Coast.   
      
   In a letter sent to committee chairman Representative Fred Upton and   
   Communications and Technology sub-panel chairman Representative Greg Walden,   
   W7EQI, the Democrats emphasized that network outages put lives at risk and   
   noted that the storm knocked out 25 percent of cell towers in the affected   
   areas. They argue that a hearing would let lawmakers examine vulnerabilities   
   found in wireless and mobile networks during the storm and help with   
   preparation for the next one. The lawmakers said they also want to examine   
   the performance of wireless networks during and after the storm. (The Hill)   
      
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   RADIO LAW: ZONECASTING TO BE TRIED ON THE FM BAND IF FCC SAYS OK   
      
   Something new may soon be coming to the FM broadcast band in the United   
   States. This if a proposed system called ZoneCasting proves out its   
   proposed technology.   
      
   ZoneCasting is the result of research and development by a company known as   
   Geo-Broadcast Solutions. It proposes to use a series of booster   
   transmitters to give FM radio stations the ability to divide their coverage   
   areas into geographic zones and "geo-target" their advertising and   
   programming. Geo-Broadcast Solutions says its ZoneCasting system uses GPS   
   and mobile broadband technologies to slice up the FM signal but avoid   
   interference via a single-frequency network made up of FM boosters.   
      
   To allow the system to work, the company has asked the FCC to modify its   
   current rule that prohibits booster stations from originating programming.   
   A booster operates on the same frequency as an FM station's main channel and   
   is used to improve signal within the station's coverage contour.   
      
   The company and Harris are partnering on the first commercial test, which is   
   expected to launch early next year at WRMF-FM in Palm Beach, Florida.   
   Broadcast engineers say that limiting interference between a main channel   
   signal and booster can be a challenge. Geo-Broadcast Solutions said the   
   purpose of the test at WRMF is to prove ZoneCasting will not cause that type   
   of a problem. (RW)   
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: FOUR UNLICENSED FLORIDA STATION OPERATORS HAVE FINES AFFIRMED   
      
   Four operators of unlicensed broadcast stations in Florida have had proposed   
   fines ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 each affirmed by the FCC. This is   
   because none of them responded to Notices of Apparent Liability that were   
   issued to them last summer.   
      
   The four unlicensed operators are identified by the regulatory agency as   
   Damian Anthony Ojouku Allen, Michael William Downer, McArthur Bussey and   
   Burt Byng. As a result of their failure to communicate back to the FCC the   
   agency has upheld a total of $65,000 in fines and issued Forfeiture Orders.   
      
   Downer and Allen were fined $20,000 each for operating unauthorized stations   
   on 101.1MHz in Pompano Beach and 102.1 MHz in Lauderhill. Bussey was told   
   he has to pay$15,000 for operating on 89.1 MHz in Fort Lauderdale while Byng   
   received a $10,000 penalty for operating an unauthorized facility on 107.1   
   in Miami.   
      
   As is usual in these cases, each was given 30 days to pay the fine or to file   
   an appeal. If they fail to do either the cases may be turned over to the   
   Justice Department for collection. (FCC, RW)   
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: ALLEGED COPPER THIEVES CHARGED IN OHIO   
      
   Federal officials in Cleveland, Ohio, have charged 28 year old Thomas M.   
   Carbone and 23 year old Katie M. Stanton with the malicious destruction of   
   federally-licensed communications lines. U.S. Attorney Steve Dettelbach   
   said that the defendants are accused of allegedly breaking into and   
   seriously damaging radio towers.   
      
   The indictment charges that on or about August 17 to 18, 2012, Carbone and   
   Stanton unlawfully entered the property of Radio One in North Royalton,   
   Ohio, and willfully and maliciously destroyed and removed copper material   
   from four radio station towers on the property. According to the   
   indictment, this unlawful removal of copper depleted the signal strength of   
   the radio station, thereby impeding its ability to broadcast emergency   
   messages. As such emergency repairs cost nearly $11,000 while permanent   
   repairs will cost an estimated $125,000.   
      
   The indictment also charges that Carbone and Stanton conspired together to   
   commit these unlawful acts. (CGC, Published News Reports)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM HAPPENINGS: HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY TO REC.RADIO.INFO   
      
   A very happy birthday to the popular Usenet newsgroup rec.radio.info which is   
   about to turn 20. This with the first articles having appeared back in   
   January of 1993.   
      
   Usenet is an electronic discussion and bulletin system that predates much of   
   the Internet. It later began using the Internet to carry its discussion   
   categories, known as newsgroups. Amateur radio was one of the very first   
   topics to have these newsgroups.   
      
   The rec.radio.info newsgroup carries a wide range of bulletins,   
   announcements, and other informational articles about all kinds of radio.   
   These include amateur, shortwave, and domestic broadcasting all of which are   
   submitted by its readers and selected by its moderation team. Articles from   
   rec.radio.info suitable for amateur radio transmission are also relayed to   
   the amateur packet radio bulletin board service network.   
      
   The rec.radio.info newsgroup can be accessed using a newsreader and   
   subscription to a News Service Provider. A web-based interface to Usenet   
   newsgroups, including rec.radio.info, is available from Google Groups at   
   groups.google.com. (K3FU, K9YA)   
      
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   SOCIAL SCENE: HAMFEST INDIA 2012 TO HOLD US LICENSE EXAMS   
      
   Hamfest India 2012 is in the process of organizing a USA amateur radio   
   license exams session on for this December 16th in city of Radakrishnan.   
   Planners say that they are trying to find a location near to the hamfest   
   venue with the exact location to be updated as soon as its known.   
      
   All the three classes of United States licenses will be tested. As anywhere   
   else, applicants must present a photo identification of whom they and pay   
   the exam fee of $15 or 850 Rupee in Indian currency. Walk-ins allowed and   
   results will be made known to each applicant on the same day.   
      
   Oversight for this exam session will be by the ARRL VEC. More information is   
   on-line at tinyurl.com/us-exams-in-india. (AB9US)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS: THREE ASTRO-HAMS RETURN TO EARTH   
      
   Some names in the news. First up are ISS Expedition 33 Commander Suni   
   Williams, KD5PLB, and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko, RK3DUP, and Aki   
   Hoshide, KE5DNI. All three returned to Earth on Monday, November 19th after   
   127 days in space.   
      
   The descent and landing took over 3.5 hours and occurred at 5:56 am U-T-C.   
   This with a successful touchdown to the north-east of the town of Arkalyk in   
   the Ukraine.   
      
   Expedition 34 arrived at in October is now in charge of ISS operations. It   
   consists of Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Evgeny Tarelkin, as well as   
   NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, KF5GPP. They will spend five months on the   
   orbiting laboratory. (NASA, Southgate, published news reports)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS: ARRL DIVISION ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCED   
      
   Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, who has been elected the new Director of the ARRL's   
   Hudson Division. Lisenco of Brooklyn New York handily defeated incumbent   
   Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF, for the top slot in that Division.   
      
   Meantime in the Northwestern Division, incumbent Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF,   
   defeated challenger William Balzarini, KL7BB, to retain his Directors seat.   
   James Pace, K7CEX, was elected as Vice Director in a three-way race.   
      
   Ballots were counted on November 16th. Those standing for election in other   
   divisions were unchallenged. Terms for all Directors and Vice Directors   
   elected or re-elected begin at noon on January 1, 2013 and run for three   
   years. (ARRL)   
      
   **   
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS: WALDEN TO CHAIR NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL   
   COMMITTEE   
      
   Newly re-elected Oregon Representative Greg Walden, W7EQI, says he will   
   remain chairman of the House Subcommittee that oversees communications and   
   technology policy. This as the former radio station group owner is being   
   promoted within the Republican party leadership in Congress.   
      
   In addition to his other duties, W7EQI will chair the National Republican   
   Congressional Committee. Elected to the post by House GOP members, the   
   National Republican Congressional Committee chairman works with House   
   leadership to set the agenda of that body. The committee also coordinates   
   national efforts to elect Republicans to the House. (Published news   
   reports)   
      
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   NAMES IN THE NEWS: 2012 ARRL UHF CONTEST RESULTS POSTED   
      
   Sean Kutzko, KX9X, who is the League's Contest Branch Manager says that the   
   results for the 2012 ARRL August UHF Contest are now on-line. You can view   
   them at www.arrl.org/contest-results-articles. (ARRL)   
      
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   BREAK 2   
      
   This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur. From the United States of   
   America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline with links to the world from our   
   only official website at www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the   
   volunteer services of the following radio amateur:   
      
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   EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF WIRELESS NETWORKS   
      
   Professors at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of   
   Engineering have apparently developed a way of doubling the efficiency of   
   wireless networks. According to researchers Yingbo Hua and Ping Liang it   
   appears the doubling of efficiency could be achieved by using full-duplex   
   with "time-domain transmit beam forming." They say that the latter   
   digitally creates a time-domain cancellation signal, couples it to the radio   
   frequency front-end to allow the radio to hear much weaker incoming signals   
   while transmitting strong outgoing signals at the same frequency and same   
   time.   
      
   Wireless Design says scientists Hua and Liang see applications in cognitive   
   radio. They say that this is a type of wireless communication in which a   
   transceiver can detect which communication channels are in use and which are   
   not, and move into vacant channels while avoiding occupied ones. You can   
   read the Wireless Design Online article at   
   tinyurl.com/highly-efficient-radio. (Southgate, Wireless Design)   
      
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   TECHNOLOGY CHANGING: SPACE WEATHER TO INTRODUCE TWO NEW PRODUCTS   
      
   This note from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Tentatively   
   on December 11th the Space Weather Prediction Center will introduce two new   
   forecast products titled the 3-Day Forecast and the Forecast Discussion.   
   These new products will be available twice a day at 00:30 and 12:30 UTC to   
   provide space weather information in abbreviated and detailed formats.   
      
   Both will use NOAA Space Weather Scale information. Examples of these new   
   products are available at tinyurl.com/caqy4ox and for the concise, 1-page   
   summary and tinyurl.com/bm9flp6 for the in-depth space weather analysis.   
   These two products will supplement the existing product suite and no current   
   forecasts will be discontinued. (OPDX, W8KVK)   
      
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   RADIO IN SPACE: DARPA RECRUITING AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS FOR SPACE JUNK   
   SURVEILLANCE   
      
   The U.S. military is launching a far-out neighborhood watch. But instead of   
   warding off burglars, it's recruiting amateur astronomers to assist in   
   tracking orbital debris and there-by help in avoiding possible satellite   
   collisions in Earth orbit.   
      
   The sky-monitoring project, called SpaceView, is a Defense Advanced Research   
   Projects Agency or DARPA program that enrolls the talents of amateur   
   astronomers to help protect American space assets from orbital trash. These   
   dangerous objects include spent rocket stages, defunct satellites and   
   fragments from other spacecraft that are the result of erosion, explosion   
   and collision. DARPA says that a collision between one of these small   
   pieces of debris and a satellite could release more than 20,000 times the   
   energy of a head-on automobile collision at 65 miles an hour.   
      
   The concept of the SpaceView program is to provide more diverse data to the   
   Space Surveillance Network. This is a U.S. Air Force program charged with   
   cataloguing and observing space junk and debris to identify potential   
   near-term collisions. NASA estimates more than 500,000 pieces of hazardous   
   space debris orbit the Earth, threatening satellites that among other things   
   support peacekeeping and combat missions.   
      
   For more information on DARPA's SpaceView project take your web browser to   
   www.spaceviewnetwork.com. (Space.com)   
      
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   ON THE AIR: SPECIAL EVENT STATION GB0IDD TO CELEBRATE UN INTERNATIONAL DAY   
   OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   
      
   The United Kingdom's Wakefield District Radio Society will be operating the   
   special event station GB0IDD over the weekend of December 1st to the 3rd.   
   This in celebration of the United Nations International Day of Persons with   
   Disabilities.   
      
   This United Nations sponsored Day of Action takes place each year. Its   
   overall aim is to raise awareness and understanding of disability issues and   
   to promote the independence, inclusion and choice of disabled people and   
   their rights, abilities and well-being worldwide.   
      
   This year's theme is Removing Barriers to Create an Inclusive and Accessible   
   Society for All. Operation will be mainly on 20 through 10 meters and you   
   should confirm this contact electronically via e-QSL only.   
      
   By the way: Some 30 percent of the Wakefield District Radio Society members   
   are disabled in some way, (GB0IDD)   
      
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   ON THE AIR: 5G12ITD CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL TOLERANCE DAY   
      
   And special events station 5G12ITD is on the air Morocco in celebration   
   International Tolerance Day. The United Nations sponsors International Day   
   for Tolerance annually observed to educate people about the need for   
   tolerance in society and to help them understand the negative effects of   
   intolerance. 5G12ITD will be active all bands and all modes through   
   December 16th. QSL via RW6HS. (Southgate)   
      
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   DX   
      
   In DX, word that Members of the F6KOP team expected to be active from Ugands   
   as 5X8C between February 6th to the 18th, 2013, from a location some 20 Km   
   from Entebbe airport. They have announced they will comply to the last IARU   
   bandplan on 40 meters for the region with the frequencies of the PSK and   
   RTTY moved to 7040 and 7042 kHz. For more details see www.5x2013.com   
      
   H44RK has announced that he will be active from Samoa for a while in early   
   December. More details will be forthcoming shortly.   
      
   DL5RMH will be active from Guatemala until middle of January signing stroke   
   TG9 stroke KF5LSG though he is hoping to obtain the call TG9IDX. If you   
   make contact, please QSL via his home callsign.   
      
   VK6DXI will be active stroke FK from New Caledonia until mid December. He   
   has been heard early on Sunday mornings on 28.485 MHz around 07:20 UTC. QSL   
   only via his home callsign.   
      
   LA9JKA continues to be operational as JX9JKA from Jan Mayen Island and will   
   be there until approximately April 11th, 2013. He operates SSB and the   
   digital modes on 160 through 4 meters including 60 and 6 meters. QSL direct   
   only to his home callsign as listed in QRZ.com.   
      
   Lastly, special event station 8J6HAM will be operational from the Island of   
   Kyushu Japan, between December 10th and March 3rd. Activity is in   
   celebration of the 12th West Japan Ham Fair with operations on all bands and   
   using many modes. QSL via the JARL Bureau.   
      
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   NEWSLINE FOLLOW-UP: L.A. AIRPORT'S TRAVELERS INFORMATION STATION IS HISTORY   
      
   And finally this week, thanks to the efforts of a sharp-eyed CGC Communicator   
   reader, we now know why the 530 kHz Travelers Information Station at Los   
   Angeles International Airport reported on last week is silent. Amateur   
   Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak tells us who found out and why its goods and   
   bad news for broadcast band DX'ers:   
      
   --   
      
   According to the CGC Communicator, it was a reader identified as Mark Nodine   
   who provided the answer to the question of why the station went dark.   
   According to Nodine, who holds the call KJ6MS says Los Angeles World   
   Airports canceled their recently renewed license for WNHV296 effective   
   October 1, 2012.   
      
   Los Angeles World Airports is the City of Los Angeles department that owns   
   and operates three airports. These are Los Angeles International, Ontario   
   International and Van Nuys. The latter of the three being mainly used for   
   private and corporate aviation.   
      
   The CGC Communicator goes on to give some interesting technical date about   
   the now defunct Los Angeles International Airport Travelers Information   
   Station. For instance, the station consisted of two separate transmitters.   
   A 10 watt unit was used to provide service to street traffic in a tunnel   
   under the runways while a 100 watt transmitter broadcast to the general   
   public. An FCC waiver was necessary in order to run 100 watts with the   
   above-ground transmitter. That power level was granted back in 2004 after   
   being deemed necessary to communicate with the general public in case of a   
   terrorist attack.   
      
   The bottom line: As we said in our last report, the disappearance of this   
   Travelers Information Service station does open up that frequency in the   
   Southwest United States for DX'ing a 50 Kilowatt religious station in Turks   
   and Caicos islands that operates on the same frequency. But it also means   
   another low power AM broadcast band station that was a challenge for DXing   
   listeners has gone away.   
      
   For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, scanning the   
   medium waves from the newsroom in Los Angeles.   
      
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   As an aside, the Los Angeles World Airports still holds but is not using the   
   license for station WQEA967 on 770 kHz. It is supposed to be a 10 watt   
   station at Southern California's Ontario International Airport. (CGC   
   Communicator)   
      
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